Category Archives: Money

Spinning down external USB drives with TomatoUSB

By Jacob Allred | Published: January 13, 2012

My most recent power bill was 30% higher than usual. Yikes! So how to save some money? If you are using TomatoUSB and have a USB hard drive connected to it, then you can save some money — and extend the life of the drive — by having it spin down when idle. For some [...]

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Half-birthday investment gift

By Jacob Allred | Published: November 25, 2011

My baby girl had her first half-birthday yesterday. It is crazy to think that it has been 6 months already since my first “holy cow I’m a dad” moment. Anyways, my wife and I have a lot of goals for how to raise our daughter. We want her to have the resources to go to [...]

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4 birds with 1 stone

By Jacob Allred | Published: July 13, 2011

Problems: Becca and I feel guilty whenever we buy things like candy, treats, or soda. We hate spending money, but love the entertainment of finding stuff to buy. We are awful at consistently holding Family Home Evening. We have a bunch of dollar coins from the US Mint. Solution: A $1 per day allowance paid [...]

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CT passes dumb tax provision, Amazon responds

By Jacob Allred | Published: June 11, 2011

Connecticut passed a wonderful little piece of legislation that requires online retailers to charge sales tax if they have affiliates in Connecticut even if the retailer doesn’t have a physical presence in Connecticut. This is ridiculous! As an Amazon affiliate, I am not selling anything on behalf of Amazon. I am simply pointing people towards [...]

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Awkward Turtles finally in print — and 3 copies sold!

By Jacob Allred | Published: March 25, 2011

A long time ago, in a city far far away, I started writing a book codenamed The Project. My secret mission was to write a Choose Your Own Adventure-style book outlining the entire dating history of my at-the-time girlfriend (Becca) and myself. If you aren’t familiar with Choose Your Own Adventure books, I’ll give you [...]

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