The business section of the Post-Dispatch had a good article on avoiding college debt. It’s tricky, as even Mizzou costs $22,000 a year now. I’m pretty sure when I was a Tiger, it was more like $10,000 a year, though I had scholarships that knocked that down even more.
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Advice on avoiding college debt–at least for Missouri residents
Posted by Dave Farquhar on August 17, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/08/advice-on-avoiding-college-debt-at-least-for-missouri-residents/
Remembering Rossino’s
I thought of Rossino’s, a hideaway Italian restaurant in St. Louis’ Central West End the other day. And then today, I saw the obituary for Nina Lee Russo, one of the owners of the secluded yet popular restaurant. The obituary mentioned the restaurant closed in 2006, when the second generation wanted to retire. But the [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on August 14, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/08/remembering-rossinos/
Busted at the Safeway for phone phreaking
Software developer, author, and blogger Jeff Atwood wrote his confessions of the 1980s this week. As a teenager and not-quite-adult, he was a phone phreaker. More of this went on than anyone wants to admit.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on August 11, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/08/busted-at-the-safeway-for-phone-phreaking/
Buying that Nook was more work than it needed to be
I drove to the Kmart the 90s forgot–on Manchester Avenue in St. Louis, if it matters–in search of a $70 Nook Simple Touch. I found it in the electronics section, in the very back of the store, in a glass case with a bunch of obsolete stuff. If you need VHS tapes, I know your [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on July 19, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/07/buying-that-nook-was-more-work-than-it-needed-to-be/
Want to be a landlord? Read this
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch had a good, short piece on landlording. It’s pretty good, but misses a couple of things.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on July 5, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/07/want-to-be-a-landlord-read-this/
If there’s an IT skills gap, part of the problem is in HR
IEEE Spectrum posted an interview with Peter Cappelli, author of a useful-sounding book called Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs: The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It. He nails the problem, as far as I can tell.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on June 22, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/06/if-theres-an-it-skills-gap-part-of-the-problem-is-in-hr/
And another nail in Crestwood Plaza’s coffin
The old 10-screen Crestwood Plaza AMC theater closed last month. It took two weeks for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to notice, and probably for many others. As a sign that I’m getting older, the theater’s obituary called it “dated.” And I thought to myself that it wasn’t long ago that they built it.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on June 3, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/06/and-another-nail-in-crestwood-plazas-coffin/
What I know about Wise Bread’s 10 worst ways to make extra money
Wise Bread gives the 10 worst ways to make extra money. The scary thing is, I’ve actually looked into most of these, and tried some.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 20, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/05/what-i-know-about-wise-breads-10-worst-ways-to-make-extra-money/
Dave, have you seen this classmate?
This is a companion piece to Ken Floro’s The Southside Cavaliers vs. Vanishing Tom. I’m trying my best to write in someone else’s style and not get my keyboard (among other things) handed to me. In Ken’s story, I’m Hacker Dave. I accidentally spent my 16th birthday with Vanishing Tom. We both attended a school-sponsored [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 10, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/05/dave-have-you-seen-this-classmate/
School administrators need to focus on their hallways, not Facebook
In the St. Louis suburb of Clayton, a high school principal is resigning amid allegations that she posed as a student and friended 300 students on Facebook. School administrators seem to be obsessed with what goes on on Facebook. I suggest they should be paying more attention to what goes on in their own hallways.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 8, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/05/school-administrators-need-to-focus-on-their-hallways-not-facebook/