Hijinks Inc.

Category: News

  • What’s happening here?

    There’s some crazy stuff going on these days in the wide, wide world of sports. And, you guessed it, I’ve got some thoughts on it. This is the part where you decide if it’s worth reading.

    Injury Bug

    All across the NFL, players are dropping like flies from all sorts of injuries. Tampa Bay lost Cadillac Williams to a potentially career threatening injury last week. They turn around this week and watch their backup running back go down for 6-8 weeks with an ankle injury. Miami got the chance to watch their starting QB get knocked out (getting a grade 3 concussion, the worst kind) after going for a low block. This after he was knocked out for over a month last year with a less serious concussion last year. And this wasn’t just limited to the Florida teams. Denver lost their starting center for the whole year, Carolina’s going to be without Jake Delhomme for the remainder of the season (I told you Carr would be the full time starter by week 7), Matt Leinart won’t see the field for about 6 weeks, the Aints lost Deuce for the year, and Cincy didn’t even get Kenny Irons into the regular season before he was shelved.

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  • Cutting Monthly Costs

    Take an hour, sit down and go through your monthly expenses, gather your bills from the past few months and figure out what you can cut out in order to save yourself money. For example, I canceled my satellite radio, and switched to a text messaging plan with fewer monthly texts to save money a total of $23.75 a month.
    The more you’re willing to sacrifice the more you can save, some things you may consider for cutting costs

    • Cable
    • Online gaming (Xbox live, WoW, etc)
    • Magazine/newspaper subscriptions
    • Movie rental subscriptions (Netflix, Blockbuster Online)
    • Gym membership you never use

    Of course with things like Blockbuster online, you might actually be saving yourself money instead of renting locally or going to the movies in theater, so take that into account.

    Next, take that money you were already spending each month and put it into a savings account (see: Longterm Savings Growth).

  • Passive Income

    As a freelancer my income is anything but steady, so in recent weeks I’ve undertaken the task of trying to generate some passive income through various projects. I’ll be posting a monthly report on how much I make through passive income, but first, here’s an overview of where my passive income will be (hopefully) coming from.

    This Blog:
    The concept is simple, write about random things I have an opinion on, toss in a few Google Ads and hope somebody clicks… However, this money is split between myself and my fellow bloggers, so I doubt it’ll generate that much income.

    Google Adsense:
    I run a random forum which I spend 3 minutes a week actually running, and again it has some Google Ads up on it, it currently makes enough to pay for its hosting (and the hosting of this site).

    LinkWorth:
    I’ll be using LinkWorth to sell some text links on various sites that I run.

    Revver:
    We’ll see just how many cents can be made uploading random videos to Revver.

    Dividends:
    I have a few investments that pay out dividends, one monthly, the rest quarterly. I’ll be looking to add several more dividend stocks over the next 3-6 months.

    Interest:
    Much like dividends, this could be considered cheating… but what the hey.

    Cash Back:
    My credit card gives me “rewards” for spending money, and while I don’t plan on spending more money just to earn rewards, it’s a nice bonus. To take advantage, I’ve moved as many of my bills as I can over to my Chase card, I have to pay them anyway, so why not earn a little cash back?

  • Apple hits a new 52 week high

    Less than a week after hitting a 52 week high, Apple has done it again, this time closing at $161.45

    Apple Chart

    All this despite the recent problems with their new iMacs freezing up, iPod touch screen problems, etc…

  • Leopard coming Oct. 26th?

    AppleInsider is reporting that Apple may be shipping it’s latest installment of OS X this month on the 26th.

    While sources have requested that we not go into detail regarding the specific measures being put into place, they say the announcements are likely to arrive any time between the 22nd and 27th of the month.

    Obviously, such a timeframe would coincide with Apple’s self-imposed release schedule for Mac OS X Leopard, which the company — after having delayed the software once — has promised for “October.”

    As of Wednesday evening, the source code to Leopard had not yet been frozen and a Gold Master had not yet been declared. However, the operating system in recent weeks has inched closer to this status with the last full builds including only one known issue.

    Historically, Apple has tapped the final Friday of the month to roll out its major operating system overhauls. For instance, it launched Mac OS X Tiger on the eve of Friday, April 29, 2005.

    Sources have yet to rule out the possibility that Leopard would be accompanied by additional announcements from the Cupertino-based company.

    You can pre-order a copy over on Amazon.com for $129