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Entries for July, 2009

The Black Light Golf Ball Finder

Interested in fashioning a new contraption to help you earn some cash? Feel free to try out this idea if you’re feeling creative. Every day tons of golf balls fall victim to the unforgiving tangles of the golf course rough. Golfers don’t usually bother to waste time looking for their lost balls, but would gladly [...]

ATTENTION ALL LEMONADERS!!!

By Staff As an update to our previous lemonade stand challenge, we have decided to turn this into a full-fledged contest with a winner, a prize, and bragging rights to boot. We will send a “Benjamin” ($100) to the winning entry.  There are a few catches however. You must fulfill the “experiment” as stated in [...]

Jazz Things Up With A Comic Strip

By Staff Looking for something fun to do? Or maybe you just need a little break from chasing after those Benjamins. Check out Bitstrips.com, an online comic creation and sharing service. This website lets you design yourself or any other character you can dream up and put it into your own comic strip! Its very [...]

Worms Are Taking Over!

By Chris   After writing the TerraCycle article the other day, I came across a great local business that also uses worms to create revenue.  The business, Worm Power, is based out of Avon, New York. They currently house over 8 million worms which makes Worm Power the largest vermicomposting facility in the Eastern United [...]

Taking Recycling To A Whole New Level: TerraCycle

By Chris I was walking through Target the other day when I came across pencil cases and folders that seemed to have been made from old potato chip bags. After closer inspection, I learned that they truly were made from old garbage by a company called TerraCycle.   Turns out that TerraCycle was a company [...]

Got Stuff? Rent For Cents

By Megan I’ll be the first to admit that I am a huge pack-rat. I have tons of stuff that sits unused 99% of the time, and I hold onto it long after it is useful to me (if it ever was in the first place!). I’m sure there are plenty of others just like me. [...]