Excellent article.

Another ploy that marketers use to make people spend is using a high price to encourage people to spend more. Think of a wine list. Having a $500 bottle of wine that no one ever buys suddenly makes the $50 bottle of wine seem like a bargain - and also a better choice than the $20 bottle of wine which now seems…

Excellent way of troubleshooting the budget. Most people have one big one they cant see until they record all transactions for a month.

I believe the one you’re warning people off is their “American Vodka,” which is perfectly serviceable for most all of your vodka needs. Why pay a premium if you’re just going to mix it into a Bloody Mary or with Sunkist Sparkling Lemonade (PS do the latter. It’s bomb.)

Why does socializing have to equate to “going out somewhere” at all? Having a group of friends over at your house costs next to nothing—just any food/drinks you serve—and that food is going to cost much less than it would at a restaurant. It’s even better if you can get friends to either potluck it, or decide as a…

I thought I read something about encrypting the phone and then doing a reset would remove part of the problem of recoverable data.

Built in with SlimKat, and (I think) CM11.

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Surprised this one isn’t up yet that I can find.
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I should say that Google Calendars has helped very much with the variety of schedules I have as a student. I have personal calendars, a calendar for my work schedule, a calendar I give to my boss to help him work around personal appointments while scheduling, an extra curricular calendar, and a calendar that reminds…