Category Archives: Frugal Living

Silencing a Harbor Freight Item 93575 Safe

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Don

Harbor Freight sells a pretty decent safe for secure storage of selected items in the home, their item number 93575. With the right discount coupon the cost was about $24, just a couple of dollars more than their smaller safe … Continue reading →

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Motley Fool: Immoral or Incompetent?

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Don

I have to say I feel quite let down. When I first started investing to save for my retirement (quite some time ago) I came across material from the Gardiner brothers, a.k.a. the “Motley Fools”. The information was funny and … Continue reading →

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Password and Files Encryption/Sync/Backup: Gettin ‘er Done!

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Don

One of my to-do list items for quite some time now has been to get my computer files organized and to set up automated backup and synchronization across my computing devices. I’d kept putting this one off because I wanted … Continue reading →

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Palm GnuKeyring Conversion to KeepassX

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Don

I was a very early user of the original PalmPilot device. Way back when I actually had the PalmPersonal syncing with my ’90s era Sun Microsystems SPARCstation 4 work calendar and email, etc. I eventually moved on to a Treo90 … Continue reading →

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Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) on an Asus EeePC 1000HA

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Don

I’m a long time user of UNIX-based computers and have been using Linux exclusively for my primary computing for close to 10 years now. For the past couple of years Linux Mint has become my favorite distribution for desktop and … Continue reading →

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Better than a rooftop box, and roomier too!

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Don

I’m one half of a “new parents” team focused on our little daughter. Wow, kids require so much stuff! So, we were planning an extended car trip and I knew we were not going to be able to comfortably fit … Continue reading →

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Linux Mint 11 (was Debian/Xfce) on a HP Pavilion ze4600

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Don

My brother’s Win XP laptop died. He has limited computer needs, really just needs to use some web applications like Facebook, Yahoo mail, Hulu and Youtube. In the past he has had significant virus issues under Windows and I’ve been … Continue reading →

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One Year of Mobile Phone Service for ~$120, with New Phone!

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Don

Yes, I’m frugal. Not so much when I’m giving a gift to someone else, but otherwise I really like getting only what I need for what I want to pay or less. So I grew disenchanted with standard monthly mobile … Continue reading →

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Reviving “Dead” NiMH Batteries

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Don

I prefer to use rechargeable batteries whenever possible. Recently I noticed that several of our AA cells were being reported as dead (“null” when inserted) by the charger. Some of them were rather new, so I was a bit miffed … Continue reading →

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A Frugal Shopper’s Bonus: Ebates

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Don

One of the earliest sites I joined on the internet was this one, way back in 2002 – wow, 2002! Seems like things have changed so much, so quickly! OK, back to the real point of this post. I’m frugal, … Continue reading →

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