Tips for Using Home Air Conditioning in Arizona

saving money
These tips will help you use your air conditioner efficiently and in the end is a way of saving money since your electricity bill will be lower, and in some cases can prolong the life of your unit since you may be able to catch a problem that could worsen if you just keep running it without having it serviced. Please bear in mind that I've lived in Arizona all my life and this information is derived from my personal… Read the rest

Blast from the Past July 2008

Blast From the Past
Hello and welcome to my monthly edition of Blast from the Past. Out of Debt again was 11 months old in July 2008. Here we go: On the first I wrote that Our Stimulus Check Arrived and shared what we'd be spending it on. On the second I gave an Electricity Update for June’s Usage. I was very pleased that the programmable thermostat had helped out us to save money. On the third I shared where I get my Free… Read the rest

What To Do If You’ve Been Labeled As Spam by Akismet

Tech Stuff
August 1, 2010: This post has been updated with new information resulting from an email conversation from Alex at Automattic, the creators of Akismet. It seems I made some incorrect assumptions on how Akismet works, so I would like to correct that information now. Following my original post you will find a few more questions that Alex answered for me. Some personal finance bloggers lately have been diving head first into my spam folder, no thanks to my Akismet plug-in. … Read the rest

Yakezie Alexa Challenge Roundup

Carnivals
Today it's my turn to round up the Yakezie blogs.  I only had one blogger send an entry so I scooted around the Internet looking for interesting posts from bloggers in the group. 20s Money shares a history lesson with: World War II Did Not Lead America Out of Depression. Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance shares Summer Reading for the Personal Finance Enthusiast. Bargaineering tells us How To Recover From a Stolen Credit Card. Beating Broke asks Is Gold The Next… Read the rest