Monthly Archives: March 2010

Making a Popular Game Site

By Jacob Allred | Published: March 27, 2010

Back in late October 2009 I created a new Flash game arcade site called Rhyta. A month in, it was barely making any money and traffic was dismal. Now, a few months later, I’m getting steady search engine traffic and I’m consistently making about $2 per day (around $750 per year). That may not sound [...]

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The Smallest Excuses

By Jacob Allred | Published: March 22, 2010

I read a post on a blog somewhere awhile back that went something like this: A daughter visited her mom’s house and was given a bunch of yummy food to take home. The food was securely placed in a plastic bag to make for easier transport. When the daughter got home and put the food [...]

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Saving for a Goal with SmartyPig

By Jacob Allred | Published: March 21, 2010

If you haven’t used SmartyPig before and are comfortable with online savings accounts (like ING Direct), I highly recommend checking it out. SmartyPig is an online savings account that currently pays 2.01% APY. That rate isn’t much different from most of the other online (well, nearly double ING Direct’s at the moment), but how the [...]

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Savings Goals

By Jacob Allred | Published: March 20, 2010

Many months ago (June 2009), my wife and I set a goal for the amount of money we wanted to save. We wanted to save enough for a down payment on a modest house by May 1, 2010. Since then our plans for that money has changed somewhat, but the dollar amount and date of [...]

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Open Atrium

By Jacob Allred | Published: March 16, 2010

I’ve recently discovered Open Atrium. I love it! Built on Drupal, this “intranet in a box” is the perfect solution for my company. These are the things I love about it: Works without a lot of configuration, but is still highly configurable in case you need it to do something special. Allows you to define [...]

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