16 December 2007 No Comment Print This Post  Email This Post

This past Thursday I handed in my last school project and I’m officially a college graduate assuming I’ll get my diploma in the mail with no issues. It was a 30 page business plan and the idea was so good I considered pursuing VC capital and going for it. I decided against such a big task as I do plan to move within the next year and I have a lot on my plate as is. Last night I joined my girlfriend for her company Christmas dinner sponsored by the bank she works at. I met a lot of cool people, ate, drank, and saw some interesting things to say the least. I got home around 3AM and I’m slowly recovering. Overall its been an exciting week for me. I have a lot of things planned for this site and I now actually have the time to work on it. I’m also starting the process of a server migration this week as well. Traffic increased a lot on this site and my current host just isn’t cutting it although I appreciate their efforts. We already moved to another server with the same host but it just isn’t working out. Thank you all for reading Money Socket and sticking by through the server woes. Goodness, I better finish up my online Christmas shopping today too.

On with this week’s hot topics from some great sites.

New PineCone Paid Survey Link. Jonathan shares with us some great sites for paid surveys. This is a cool way to make some extra money on the side. I’ll probably sign up with a few just to see what happens and how it works.

15 Products That Save Time, Money, and Space. The lazy man gives us some great product recommendations as we can all save some time and money in our lives. If you live in a metropolitan city you’ll probably need to save space as well. The condo I just sold and moved out of was 650sqft.

How to Start Investing. Steve gives a straight forward guide on how to start investing. I bump into people every day that have no idea what investing is and how starting early can multiply their future wealth. This is a great guide for starters as you can start simple and passive as you learn about more intricate investment vehicles. Anything return is better than no return.

Santa Isn’t Coming This Christmas Because There Isn’t Any Home Equity to Tap Into. Jeremy comments on a alarmingly growing(now slowing) trend of tapping into home equity to buy stupid stuff. I’m sorry, but not even Christmas gifts are worth tapping into home equity for. There are smarter ways to have a great Christmas. During the boom, many people where refinancing and buying stuff with imaginary money. Unfortunately what most don’t realize is when you “cash out” equity, all that means is that you’re getting a bigger loan, and all loans must be repaid. Sorry, no sympathy from me as well.