There’s a fellow up here in Canada that has got an interesting project on the go. Kyle MacDonald started out on July 12th, 2005 with one red paperclip and the intention to trade himself up to a house. Yes, that’s right - a house!
Over the last 7 months he has been gradually up-trading […]
Wow. This is such a cool, simple and yet elegant example of recycling genius. It was spotted at the Idle Hand Tattoo Studio in San Francisco. An old ladder that’s been repurposed into a bookshelf.
It’s awesome idea because you can use any old ladder, any shape or size. It doesn’t matter if […]
A new weblog launched yesterday that I thought some of you might find interesting. Thriftcraft.com is the work of Hillary Lang, renowned craft blogger of Wee Wonderfuls fame, and it deals with the sport of thrifting.
For those of you who may be scratching your heads, the sport of thrifting deals with the fine art […]
For those of you in the US, here’s a cool web-based service for finding sales and deals at brick & mortar stores in your area.
Cairo.com uses some super ninja search technologies to identify every advertised sale in your town and then enables you to find the best prices in your neighborhood on virtually any kind […]
This looks like a cool little appliance, whether you’re cruising in the RV or penny-pinching in the dorm. The Cyclone Washmate II is billed as the world’s most compact washing machine and at no bigger than an oversized water bucket, features take-it-anywhere portability.
The unit measures in at a diminutive 16″ x 13″ x 13″ […]
In celebration of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 250th birthday, the Danish national broadcaster - Danmarks Radio - is offering 9 of the master composer’s symphonies for free download. The downloads are in mp3 format and of a very high quality.
Now, when you go to the DR.dk webpage for Mozart250, don’t be alarmed when everything is […]
The Tenth Edition of the Festival of Frugality is up at Boston Gal’s Open Wallet. It’s an impressive selection this week and Boston Gal has done a great job of putting it together.
My favorite from the last week is Jim’s post entitled Play Board Games, Save Money from his Blueprint for Financial Prosperity blog. […]
b5media, the company that owns this little chunk of cyberspace here, has got a special project going for the just opened Winter Olympic games.
LightTheTorch.net is our blog that’ll be covering the games, but it’s not just our blog. We’ve opened up involvement to other networks and other bloggers with an invitation to join us […]
Here are some ways to return some simplicity to your life. Banish the junk! And by junk, I mean the junk telemarketing phone calls that interrupt your dinners and all the junk that fills your mailbox with yet more offers of easy credit and excessive insurance. For folks in the US, there […]
SingleMom&Money wrote last month on the dangers of going grocery shopping when you’re hungry. She believes that it should be against the law because it’s as dangerous as drunk driving. I don’t know if it’s as dangerous as that, but it’s something that can defintely put a dent in your bank account.
SingleMom offers […]
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Written by Jennifer Chait [email], and Katelyn Thomas [email] for b5media.
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