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« Previous EntriesBEWARE! Phone and Internet Fraud Reminders
Friday, November 30th, 2007Unfortunately, it’s that time of the year when phone fraud and Internet scams are on the rise.
As the holidays approach, the scumbag shysters are even more intent on ripping you off.
Sadly, the scammers get more clever every year, and innocent people keep getting fleeced out of their hard-earned money.
Follow these simple tips […]
Teaching Your Kids Dollars and Sense
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Tomorrow is a big day at the Mauder household… Our 19 year old daughter is finally moving out on her own.
Yup, she found a small studio apartment and signed a rental agreement. Of course, she only has a part time job that pays around $200 per week, she has zero savings, and up until […]
Best Laptop Bag in the World!
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007OK, this has absolutely nothing to do with matters of money, but I have to share my excitement with someone. My wife thinks I’m crazy and won’t listen to me…
As a computer engineer, I’ve tried more laptop bags, briefcases, and backpacks than I care to remember. Most of the time, they are either too big, […]
Getting Started on the Road to Financial Freedom
Sunday, May 6th, 2007I’ve been to so many personal finance sites that just blog about new topics all the time, but they don’t offer guidance on what do first, second, and so on. They just expect you to read all their posts and figure it out for yourself.
That approach doesn’t work for me, and I suspect it doesn’t […]
Blogger.com Posts Imported to WordPress
Thursday, April 19th, 2007Thanks to this handy WordPress plug-in, I was able to import all my past blogger.com posts without a hitch! I’ll be going through the category (topic) list to get everything streamlined by this weekend.
In case you’re wondering, I’ll be posting an update soon about the Beef Jerky empire and what’s been going […]
Back to Personal Finance
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007After many hours trying to figure out how to customize and use WordPress, I finally came up with something halfway decent thanks to this cool WordPress template I found over at
Spam, Email, and Wormholes…Oh My!
Monday, December 18th, 2006Have you ever heard of a wormhole? No, not the ones in the ground where worms live, and not the ones that transport you to the other side of the galaxy. Or are those blackholes? Uh, it doesn’t matter.
No, I’m talking about email wormholes. The kind that let you receive email from anyone for a […]
RSS Feeds Explained (and How to Subscribe)!
Sunday, August 13th, 2006(If you already know all about RSS feeds, then simply click here to subscribe to Mauder’s Money Matters Blog.)
How many people really know how to subscribe to a blog feed? How many even know what a feed is? You probably see the buzz words such as RSS, Atom, XML, feed, RSS Reader, and syndication all […]
A cross cut shredder could save your a$$!
Saturday, March 18th, 2006You know all those wonderful credit card offers you get in the mail? What do you usually do with them? Hopefully you don’t just rip them in half, or even into tiny piece and toss them in the trash.
Why? Because they have YOUR name and address on them and someone might just fish them out […]
Paper or Plastic? er, I mean Electronic… Statements that is.
Friday, March 17th, 2006I was rifling through a stack of papers this morning trying to find a statement from one of my brokerage accounts. The frustration brought on by this search made me start thinking about the age old question… Should I choose paper or electronic statements?
It seems that every time I log into one of my […]