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Entries for July, 2009

Trading In The Couch For A Job

By Staff Who says you can’t make money just lazing around the living room? Well guess what, experienced slackers, the federal government recognizes your special skills and is offering companies a bundle of money to hire you. Yes, that’s right, you may now be more valuable having done nothing the last six months than if you’d [...]

Lights, Camera, Action! Howcast.com’s Filmmaker Program

By Staff Do you have a passion for filmmaking? If so, and if you’re any good at it, howcast.com has an awesome program for you. When you apply for the program, you pick a movie topic from a list and howcast.com will send you a script, voice-over, graphics, and guidelines all to be used in your video. [...]

Aaaaay! Don’t Mess With The Ponz

  By Staff That’s right folks, I said Ponz, not Fonz. Just like Henry Winkler’s character on Happy Days, Ponzi schemes should not be messed with. Just ask Bernie Madoff… He’s facing 150 years in the slammer for his shenanigans. For those of you who are not familiar with Ponzi schemes, check out Wikipedia. Bernie Madoff [...]

How I scored $8K from Uncle Sam

  By Chris  No joke. I recently received a check for $8,000 from the U.S. government. It’s now sitting in my bank account. All I had to do was buy a house. Maybe you could do the same thing.   As part of his economic stimulus package, President Obama decided to offer first-time homebuyers an [...]