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Money

You get what you pay for

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Fake Steve Jobs We all know that there’s no fucking way in the world we should have microwave ovens and refrigerators and TV sets and everything else at the prices we’re paying for them. […] You want to “fix things in China,” well, it’s gonna cost you. Because everything you […]

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Places

Apollo 11 and the dish

Do you remember the Apollo 11 landing? Where you were, what you thought? I don’t remember the landing that clearly, because so much was happening at that time. I was 14 1/2, recently moved to Seattle, feeling lost in the city but connected to the times—getting caught up in both the anti-war and flower power […]

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Stuff

Fly me to the moon

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Today marks the 40th anniversary when a group of three men shook the dirt of this mud ball from their shoes, in order to plant their feet where no man has gone before. Today marks the anniversary of the take off of the Apollo 11. You might be considering dusting […]

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Media Money

Frugal music

This week, I realized that my older first generation, fifth generation video ipod only has about enough room for a few hundred songs. In the years since I bought the device, I’ve managed to add an additional 15 GB of music to the already extensive collection of music from previously purchased CDs. And I’ve increased […]

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Musical options for the frugal

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I don’t buy *plastic CDs anymore. Digital downloads is the way to go: better for the environment, and better for my wallet. Online sites such as iTunes and Amazon’s MP3 get most of the attention when it comes to online music buying, but for the frugal music lover, there are […]