Archive for September, 2007

  • 1. Bad Luck (such as ill health) 2. Lack of Long Term Preparation 3. Foolish Decisions Read more bankruptcy stats at The Digiterati Life. It is amazing to know that more than 50% of the people who declared bankruptcy were affected by poor health in the past.   0 #
  • Ah! This one’s a gem, carefully hidden out of my sight till I stumbled across it! Someone on a travel fellowship (how do I get one?) catalogs the 10 best restaurants he’s come across in his travels around the world. The article is definitely worth a read, check it out. The mouth waters, and the heart fills with envy for this young man.   0 #
  • 10 Firefox extensions to improve your productivity by Lifehack.org   0 #
  • Ingenue Perspective shares what she read in the Glamour magazine vis-a-vis saving the planet.
    “It’s not about doing everything,” says Laurie David, author if Stop Global Warming: The Solution is You! “It’s about everyone doing something.”
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  • Every week, the Beeb Posts some things we did not know last week. This is a yearly roundup featuring some of the best, like how Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies, and how Orthodox Jews jaywalk more than the others. 100 things we did not know last year   0 #
  • Bokardo’s 9 Lessons for Aspiring Bloggers makes a good read for us. When in doubt, Blog - indeed!   0 #
  • 15 tips for more blog traffic. Somehow, I get the feeling I will never see the end of these “more traffic” lists. Add #16: Write a post with tips on how to drive more traffic to your blog. :)   0 #
  • How to Live Life Without Regret. From the article: There is an old Eskimo proverb, “Yesterday is ashes; tomorrow wood. Only today does the fire burn brightly.”   0 #
  • This forum thread covers the deepest canyon, the largest seed, the largest telephone tower, the most populated city, just about everything extreme on our planet, with pictures.   0 #
  • Five Simple Ways to Boost Reader Participation in Blogs. Simply put:
    1. Make it easier for readers to comment
    2. Write posts in a timely fashion with begging questions at the end
    3. Include a link to the Comment Feed
    4. Reward Commenters
    5. Enable subscribing to comment replies via email
    I do most, but not all of these here. I don’t expect too much participation since I must primarily be driving folks to other blogs.   0 #
  • According to bankrate.com, the following are the top 10 avoidable expenses to cut down on: Coffee, Cigarettes, Alcohol, Bottled Water, Manicures, Car washes, Weekday Lunches Out, Vending Machine Snacks, Interest charges on credit cards and finally, Unused memberships   0 #

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