Bank Statement Analysis with Excel!
You can’t drive a car if you can’t see where you’re going. You can’t pilot your financial kingdom if you have no way of knowing what’s going on. I’ve heard it a billion times – “oh i know what I’m Read More …
Nostalgia
Nostalgia, It’s almost spring (?). Spring brings on longer day light, blue skies, patches of un-melted resilient snow and warmth. Spring is an era of unmitigated nostalgia. As a teenager it was the season that brought on an unabridged freedom Read More …
DVI, HDMI cables are a huge rip-off in Brick and Mortar Stores.
My 8 readers, welcome to a Frugal Nexus rant. Today, upon the freezing rain and gusty winds I braved a drive to go to Best Buy. I wish I could yell “Jokes!” right now, but I can’t because this really Read More …
My Experience Building a Frugal PC
Last year I built a computer. The day I pulled out the precision screw-drivers, grasped my cigar, and poured a rum & coke, was January 11th 2016 it was that day I assembled my build. But like a nocturnal Read More …
A Year in Review: Frugality
It’s review time, and I throw myself under the frugal microscope. A new job, more money, but a murky future! Historical review My modern paradigm of frugality comes from being a poor university student, a trope that is as cliche Read More …
DIY Steam Punk Lamp
DIY steam-punk lamp! Read More …
A Year in Review: The Frugal Nexus
So progress on TFN has been….. anemic for most of 2016. Somewhat on the edge of being forgotten. Even logging into this site to cook up some articles feels a little foreign. But to fully reflect on this year, I Read More …
A Year in Review
2016 is almost over, and what a zany year. We have a litany of celebrities who died, I’m not even embarrassed to say I cant name a single one on the top of my head, but I know death has Read More …
Home Made Magnetic Stirrer
So confession time. I always wanted a magnetic stirrer, and despite my grade B mental gymnastics, I could not con myself into spending $100+ on one. What was I ever going to do with one, stir my rum and cokes? Read More …
Frugal Dash Cam Part 1
The idea of a dash cam conjures up a litany of Youtube videos from the annals of bizarre and zany things happening in the Russian Federation. Russian military equipment flying around, people kicking out windshields, it’s the wild west over Read More …