Early Retirement Extreme

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Meetup in Sunnyvale, CA 6/13/10, 2:30pm

Published in June 8th, 2010
Posted by in Personal
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J_ has offered to host an ERE meet up this coming Sunday in Sunnyvale, California. DW and I will be there and there’s room for 6 5 4 more, total. There is a pool and the deal is bring your own (snacks, alcohol, swimwear). If you know you can come, send a mail to jacob […]

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How blog comments look in a parallel universe

Published in June 5th, 2010
Posted by in Personal, Work
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Forum post: “I just read an article about a guy that has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms in his house. Apparently he makes $40,000 a year, but then he has to go to a big office and spend 8 or 9 hours a day filling out forms and going to meetings all week long. He […]

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Blogs as passive income, no way!

Published in May 30th, 2010
Posted by in Personal, Work
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Blogs are sometimes presented as a way to passive income. Let’s dispense with the income part and just consider the “passive” part. I can’t imagine any way that a blog can be thought of as being a passive endeavor in the long run. A blog is like a steam locomotive and the job of the […]

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