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Control your debt, stay in school, stay employed and out of prison

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:03:09 +0000

Some people are worried that student loans are the next debt time bomb that can potentially wreck the economy, and that fear of student-loan debt will make people less inclined to seek the education they need. Two statistics should discourage

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Don’t follow Dvorak’s password advice

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:55:44 +0000

I mostly agree with Dvorak’s Permanence of Posting Online, but I take serious, serious issue with what he says in that piece about passwords. Dvorak: The processing power of a Core i7 by itself is enough to crack almost any

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Twice-monthly mortgage payment alternatives

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:11:01 +0000

The debate over paying your mortgage every two weeks rather than every month is making the rounds on some popular blogs right now.

Whether this trick works depends on several things, but the most important part is that you shouldn't pay a penny extra for this service.

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Date or Soul Mate… reviewed.

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 22 Jun 2003 04:22:06 +0000

Date or Soul Mate? How to Know if Someone is Worth Pursuing in Two Dates or Less seems like it has as many homework assignments per page as my college algebra textbook did. I'd verify that, but the bookstore was offering $15 for that textbook and I didn't ever want to touch it again. So I guess selling my college algebra book paid for this one, nine years later.

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