Bnpositives Blog

Blog

By

Inexpensively – Tips On Living Under Budget

Following on a little bit of a pattern, I keep coming across some great websites that are focused on the topic of saving money and improving your financial situation. The Inexpensively website is a blog network of bloggers focused on living inexpensively.

inexpensively

A friend of mine has recently started blogging as The Queen of Free and she’s knocking it out of the park for being a new blogger. There’s a focused niche of people that are really on fire in this arena and the Inexpensively website puts many of them together into a network and brings you the best of their information and their posts.

Inexpensively gives you opportunities to save, the latest alerts on great deals available both online and off, getting the most out of your grocery budget and capitalizing on coupons. You can also see frugal bloggers organized by your state.

It’s hard to change a behavior that’s been cultivated in your life over a period of years. It’s even harder when you realize that just about everything you read, watch on TV or see on the Internet is trying to sell you something.

Getting into the habit of seeing things a different way and saving money is what needs to happen for you to change your life. The Inexpensively website will keep feeding your some of the antidote for the consumer mentality.

Uncover some more of your own money with Inexpensively.

By

Using a Webcam to Move Into Online Video

Something I’ve been thinking about purchasing for a few months now is a web cam for my laptop. My thoughts are thought I’d use it to do some video blogging posts here and there. I’d also use it for video phone calls with friends and family.

logitech-webcam-pro-9000

I’ve always been happy with products I’ve purchased from Logitech. For that reason I’ve been looking specifically at the Logitech Pro 9000 for notebooks. My question is whether or not I’ll really jump into using it as much as I’d like or expect myself to do.

I’ve got a great set of headphones and mic that I use with Skype, but I don’t always have Skype running while I’m online. More than likely due to my working arrangements during the day, having headphones on and the privacy to have a voice conversation via Skype is fiarly unlikely. I’m wondering if the same will be true of my video endeavors. If I rely on using it after hours, will it be used.

Here’s the question and thought for you, the readers. Are you drawn to video blog posts? Do you use any webcams? What’s been your experience with making it a regular part of your online availability? Is it worth the purchase or should I take that money and put it towards something else I’d use more frequently?

By

I'm Diggin' Farm Town on Facebook

It’s finally happened. I’ve installed an application that I really hadn’t expected to install ever! Due to the regular comments from a good friend, (it’s all your fault Neil!) I’ve joined the ranks for Facebook Farmers of America (FFA). We’ll probably have to get a different color than purple for our corduroy jackets.

farm-town

It really reminds me of the old game I used to play called SimFarm by Maxis Games. In fact, I’d say some of the code is probably reused for Farm Town.

If you’re not familiar with the game you have a farm that has different plots of land available to you. You have to plow the fields, then buy seeds for various crops and plant them. You can work your own farm or work on other people’s farms. Many times doing work on other people’s farms is more profitable for you than working on your own farm.

Different crops are worth different amounts and take different amounts of time to grow and reach maturity to harvest. In order for things not to be a complete time suck you have to schedule things that will give you the opportunity to get in and out and get as much done as possible quickly.