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Alex - who has written 380 posts on Wealth Junkies.

Alexander is an entrepreneur, stock investor, internet marketer, computer programmer, blogger - and the editor of Wealth Junkies. Follow him on Twitter.

Peer Pressure Is Dangerous

Posted on 01 July 2007

To celebrate and encourage Wealth Junkie readers to achieve financial freedom, we are celebrating the month of July at Wealth Junkie as Financial Freedom Month. Each day, I and/or other financial bloggers will be sharing one tip to help you achieve financial independence.
Today’s tip for financial independence is: When it comes to spending [...]

Tom LaSorda Should Be Fired

Posted on 26 June 2007

The Senate just passed an energy bill that would require automakers to develop cars that average at least 35 miles per gallon in the model year 2020 - i.e. 13 years from now.
I personally think that the bill is pathetic. The Senate should have pushed for tougher fuel efficiency NOW, not 13 years from [...]

Laptop or Desktop?

Posted on 19 June 2007

I own a 20″ iMac G5, which used to be my desktop, but I had it in storage for a little more than six months. In the meantime I had been using my 13″ MacBook exclusively.
Now I’ve just set up my iMac again, but I’m not sure I like it as much as my [...]

Google Bows To eBay (And No One Else)

Posted on 14 June 2007

I read earlier today that eBay had abruptly decided to stop advertising on Google Adwords. I always wondered why eBay advertised on Adwords anyways - their ads tend to be vague and must have a poor quality score, considering that they always use dynamic keyword insertion to create ads with the same text every [...]

Biofuels and the Future

Posted on 25 May 2007

I’ve been a big fan of investing in biofuels for the past several years - and it has paid off handsomely for me, with returns in excess of 200% in just one year.
I think biodiesel and ethanol are great ideas in principle. But I think many people miss the big picture about biofuels in [...]

Coolest Mobile Phone Feature Ever?

Posted on 24 May 2007

I just heard about Verizon Wireless’s new V CAST Song ID feature - and it sounds absolutely amazing. Check this out:
With Verizon Wireless’ exclusive new V CAST Song ID, you can now hear a song, hold the phone toward the music so it can identify the music, and purchase a full-track song, Ringtone or [...]