Month: June 2008

Month: June 2008
General Thoughts and Fun Topics

Carbon Tax

Starting tomorrow there is going to be this carbon tax that is going to be introduced here. Basically, for every litre of fuel that is sold about an additional 2.5 cents will be added to it. The idea is to try and make people more aware of harmful greenhouse gases to encourage less usage of

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General Thoughts and Fun Topics

Non Money Saving Bundle Deals

I was at a Walmart the other day and I saw that they were having this clearance sale of various DVD titles. In an effort to get rid of them faster I suppose, a lot of the DVD’s were marked as a bundle deal such as buy any two DVD’s for $10 or other ones

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Business

iPhone Rate Plan Backlash

I was just reading about the new data rate plans for the iPhones that are going to come out here and wow are they ever expensive. There is an article online at the globe and mail where you can read more about it. The lowest plan is $60/month which gives you 400MB of data and

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Business

Trying To Operate A Business In A Poverty Area

Here in Vancouver there is a very known street area located at Hastings and Main where a lot of homeless people and illegal drug transactions often take place. I was talking to a business owner recently who knew another person that ran a business around that area. He told me stories such as how the

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General Thoughts and Fun Topics

When People Insist In Giving You Discounts

I was at a martial arts store today looking to purchase some training equipment based on a referral and this was my first visit to this particular place. It was a pretty small store it seemed but I know it has been in business for a long time. Upon entering I was greeted by the

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Making Money

Money To Entice People For Research

I received a phone call today from a company that was interested in doing some kind of consumer research about people who work in or have connections with people in the IT industry involving servers during normal working hours. They mentioned that as a form of compensation they would give me $20 for my time

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