Below is a comprehensive list of all my Internet writing. Feel free to click around and learn a thing or two. If you wish to get in touch about any sort of writing opportunity, please don’t hesitate to email.
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Slideshows
- The cost of one man’s Star Wars obsession
- Five sources for cheap, DIY Valentines
- Master of his domain: The cost of having Jerry Seinfeld’s apartment
- Why you should avoid penny auction sites
- 9 great sites for deals (that aren’t Groupon)
- The most expensive March Madness colleges: a 68-school rundown
- The cost of re-creating Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- The best ways to watch TV online for free (or almost-free)
- Nine ways our brains trick us into spending
- How one professional basketball player spends his money
- Six designs of IKEA stores that trick you into spending money
- 15 places where you can buy American-made jeans
- 10 celebrities who get paid to “tweet”
- 20 unique wallets, from affordable to innovative to extravagant
- Is Whole Foods really that expensive?
- How to eat well and save money
- Cheap, fun summer activity ideas
- 9 ways to get rid of summer pests
- Ways in which we still waste money
Insights
- Why rising gas prices are actually sort of a good sign
- Coming soon: the new $100 bill
- In 2011, you’ll know which TVs can save on electricity
- BitTorrent has more users than Netflix and Hulu combined and doubled
- Buy your Congressman a water bottle, trim the deficit for them
- Your Christmas shopping season begins now. Here’s why
- 64 movie tickets: Cheaper than you may think
- Four financial lessons for kids
- Money-saving tips for a small wedding
- Avoid these nine tax season mistakes
- Golden rules for saving on everything
- Ten reasons you may need to make some changes to your insurance policy
- Giving away company stock with a case of beer
- A two-in-one table for small apartments
- Get some use out of your old video game console
- The cost of a wallet
- Let charities keep the change
- Principal sells her shoes to save her teachers
- Tuition — now 10% off!
- The most effective way to clean your jeans
- How to shop for a cell phone under $100
- Financial padding in the most literal sense
- How to beat expensive airfare
- Are you paying more for poor quality clothes?
- 50% off Skype subscriptions
- Knockoffs — Is imitation good for business?
- A cheap, simple, and effective replacement for air-conditioning
- A jury of your Facebook peers
- The success of Panera’s “pay what you want” cafe
- Please Wait to be Seated: Restaurants in March Madness Host Cities Thrive
- Joe Says It’s So — $184 million in Minnesota is better than $250 million in Manhattan
- Is there a financial benefit to being a non-smoking teetotaler?
- Everyday driving = the sad, new way to travel
- Young people donate 66% less than average to charity. Seniors? 40% more.
- Are your funny books a hobby or an investment?
- Filing Your Own Taxes: how much does it cost you?
- A parts list for vintage male celebrity style — how much does it cost to dress like Steve Martin?
- Seven neighboring cities, seven different costs.
- Tossing Peanut Shells on the Trading Floor: a NYC bar takes a cue from Wall Street.
- Durham to Newark: Coach K might want to consider going pro
- Texan’s beer drinking budget = an infinite stimulus package
- The Tiger Woods Economy
- The yearly cost of improved public transportation
- Circumnavigating the globe WITHOUT taking to the skies
- The federal government likes New Mexico best
- NASA’s hometown: extraordinary and ordinary all at once
- Immigrants earning big and helping cities grow
- Columbine: Anytown, USA*
- One-third of America Supports Soda Tax: Do you?
- American Express cardholder spending up — what’s the deal?
- Caution: budgeting may be habit-forming
- Oklahoma City: more big-time than I thought
- Cash, check, or cellphone?
- Married rich parents love office supplies
- The high (and low) cost of baseball fandom
- This magazine isn’t even real, why does it cost money?
- A large mechanical device holding food does not a refrigerator make
- Target and Wal-Mart: does one deserve our money more than the other?
- A Hawaiian vacation for $3 per day? Kind of.
- $1000 for a pizza. (No, really.)
- Fall asleep and save money (not necessarily in that order)
- At the foot of the Rockies, it’s quite tech-tonic
- A uniform way of saving money on clothing
- Our wallets thank you, Boston Celtics
- How much do you want to eat Yoda for breakfast?
- Changing your world, one pretty penny at a time
- These aren’t the gift cards we’re looking for
- No oil and no problems
- Money CAN buy happiness (if you do it right)
- George Washington: First President, Richest President
- How much is your health insurer spending on you?
- Want to save money and have a better-looking lawn? Just mow less
- Boston and LA disagree on basketball but very little else
- How to save: just use 50% less
- June is the best time to buy tools, televisions, gym memberships, and more
- Cheaper to buy than rent in Fresno, CA
- Spend a Little More on Electronics Now, Save on Utilities Forever
- Increased first quarter electronics spending didn’t live up to Best Buy’s expectations
- Convert to solar power, get a free gun! Wait… what?
- Apply yourself when looking for appliances
- Traveling with your cell phone and how to make it work
- Amazon Kindle marked down 27% but don’t celebrate just yet
- The REAL cost of your next-generation smartphone over two years
- How much are your material possessions worth to you?
- Will digital license plates help ease California’s budget woes?
- How much would you pay for cell phone self control?
- The art and craft of saving at Michaels
- Charity at the speed of 3G
- New Mexico’s big hobby spending MUST be related to all the cool and legal fireworks*
- Behind my irrational desire to make my own yogurt and honey
- The best place to live in America will cost you
- Congratulations, your Toshiba TV is free! (Can you read the invisible fine print?)
- The Golden State Warriors just sold for a record $450 million — what else could that money buy?
- What’s behind those shades? The secret of designer sunglasses
- Bartering is back: Swapping a cell phone for a Porsche
- Who can put a price on helping your sister? I can
- For sale to the highest bidder: my personal information
- Propane: The smell of savings
- Would you pay more for faster broadband?
- The Internet is the cheapest form of guidance
- The $2.6 billion book collection
- The rich must sleep really well
- What can you live without?
- Taking minimalism to the streets: the virtually homeless
- 365 dollars, 365 outfits — now with less ugly!
- Something I don’t pay for anymore: magazine subscriptions
- Smaller bank accounts, but more generosity
- Is Hulu Plus worth the price of admission?
- What the consumer protection legislation means for you: more fees
- Clear out that junk in your trunk! Four essential things to stash in your car to save you money
- How much does it cost to be happy in your city?
- When a $1.5 million speedboat is a business strategy
- For real fuel economy, forget the Prius and go for the 1984 Avion
- Laptops, cars, and pizza — cheaper in 2010
- The Meadowlands Sports Complex: Making it easier for fans to spend money
- Owning too much stuff can lead to paralysis in our golden years
- Would you buy a celebrity Twitter friend?
- Envision a world without e-mail
- Smoking: Now illegal outdoors!
- Should I get a flu shot? Either way, a dollar a day keeps the doctor away
- The smarter the people, the more expensive the city
- Would you pay for an iTunes subscription?
- How much money would you save if you were trapped in a mine for 69 days?
- Buy some monsters, help out a family
- Link: Old cell phones can serve a purpose, after all
- Corn and wheat will likely cost more in 2011
- You’ll soon be spending more on hand sanitizer
- Higher education, even higher costs: Can textbook rentals help?
- The new Netflix: Will you embrace the subscription rate hikes?
- In the spirit of Thanksgiving, head west and acquire some free land
- When it comes to coupons, it never hurts to do the math
- Ditching cable and satellite TV: more popular than ever
- Link: Chic, cozy, affordable home in Beijing
- Your wallet is your new money manager
- The quandary of the missing gift
- Link: Free money from Coinstar
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Features
- Mimobot Yoda Flash Drive Review (and Contest!)
- The Cargo Hold: 9 Things Every Man Should Have in His Trunk
- So You Want to Watch an HD Action Flick on Valentine’s Day...
- Get Your Money Back… From the Future!
- 25 Statutes to Help You Make the Rest of the Year Better than the First 25%
- Sparring With Joe Manganiello
- Six Supposedly Feminine Skills That Every Man Should Master
- Katie The Conqueror: An Interview with Katie Chonacas
- From Paper Clip to Profit: An Interview with Jonathan Boos, Founder of Würkin Stiffs
- Grooming Products for the Every Man
- Gift Ideas for Guys: A Wishlist for Modern Men
- 11 Last Minute Gifts for Your Girlfriend
- 10 Words You Mispronounce That Make People Think You’re An Idiot
- Five Unique Gifts for Your Guy Friend
- The Five Best Sites for Great Deals on the Internet
- Everything You Need to Know to Survive a Conversation on Sports
- A Lazy Brain Stays Lazy: Wake Up!
- Enter to Win a Hlaska Caliper V2 Briefcase!
- A Modern Manners Manifesto, Revised for the Naked-without-the-phone, Post-it-to-Facebook Generation
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Know It All
- The First Movie Commercially Released on VHS
- Why Do So Many Zippers Bear the Letters ‘YKK’?
- When Did Refrigerators Become Common in Households?
- How Many People Have Walked on the Moon?
- What is the Longest Running American Television Show in History?
- What’s the Story Behind Chewing Gum?
- Why Do Some American Coins Have Ridges Around the Edge?
- What’s Better for Fuel Economy — Windows Rolled Down or Air Conditioning?
- What’s the Scientific Term for “Booger”?
- Why Do Leaves Change Colors?
- What’s the Fastest Speed Ever Achieved by a Human Being?
- When was Sliced Bread Invented?
- Everything You Didn’t Know About Halloween
- What’s the Largest Animal to Ever Live?
- The Origins of Pi
- Why Does NASA Launch Their Shuttles from Florida?
- Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?
- When Did Pangaea Break Apart?
- Why is American Football Called “Football”?
- Where, When, and Why Did the Phrase “Caught Red-Handed” Originate?
- Why is Bird Poop White?
- Who Invented Ice Cream?
- Why Do We Say “God Bless You” After Someone Sneezes?
- What’s the Difference Between Snow, Freezing Rain, Sleet, and Hail?
- Where Does the Term “Bootleg” Come From?
- What’s the Longest Word in the English Language?
- Why Does Salt Melt Ice?
- W’s and K’s - The History of Radio and Television Call Letters
- Why Does Bottled Water Have an Expiration Date?
- Why is Coffee Called “Joe”?
- What Purpose Does ‘Daylight Saving Time’ Serve?
- Why is a Marathon 26.2 Miles?
- Why is a Bunny Associated with Easter?
- What is the Speed of Light?
- What is the Best Score Ever Posted by a Professional Golfer?
- What’s the Difference Between Jelly, Jam, Marmalade, Preserves, and Fruit Spread?
- What’s the Largest Great White Shark Ever Recorded?
- Why Do Men’s and Women’s Shirts Button on Different Sides?
- Do Amish People Pay Taxes?
- When Was Plastic Invented?
Five for Friday
- Five Nicolas Cage Movies That Are Perfectly Acceptable For One to Own
- Five Best Things to ‘Upcycle’
- Five Slogans That Need to Be Put Out to Pasture
- Five Forms of Internet Shorthand That Make You Sound Like a 14-Year-Old Girl
- Five Things Your Parents Seemingly Will Never Understand
- Five Desolate Film Futures I Would Like to Visit/Potentially Inhabit Forever
- Five Items You’ll Use Everyday That are Worth Paying For
- Five Things You Should Always Buy Online
- Five Adjectives You Should Be Using, Instead of “Amazing”
- Five Old Movies That Really Hold Up
- Five Questions That Could Destroy Five Superhero Franchises
- Five Ways to Help You Finally Get Some Work Done
- Five Good Parts of Five Bad Movies
- Five Terrifying Dinosaurs That Deserve More Attention
- Five Dunks on Lebron James About Which Nike Should Be Much More Concerned
- Five Ways to Make Your Cell Phone Battery Last Longer
- Five Ways That You Can Go Green and Save Green
- Five Reasons You Should Be Swimming Laps
- Five Cover Songs That are As-Good or Better Than the Originals
- Five Staples of Cool Movie Trailers
- Five Exciting Energy Solutions for the Future
- Five Things That Can Surprisingly Make You Smarter
- Five Overused, Meaningless Phrases That You Will Undoubtedly Hear Frequently During Football Season
- Five Awesome Things to “Geek Up” Your Fall
- Five Little Ways to Help You Maintain Your Weight
- Five Facts to Keep in Mind During the Baseball Playoffs
- Five Great Words That Probably Aren’t in Your Vocabulary
- Five Halloween Costumes You Should Avoid (and Tips on How to Pick a Better One)
- Five Weapons We Should Use in the Event of a Giant Monster or Alien Attack
- Five Things You Use Everyday That You Need to Clean
- Five Reasons to Stop Panicking About the Fate of the World
- Five Christmas Songs That Should Be in Your Holiday Music Rotation
- Five Twitter Feeds You Must Follow
- Five Good* Movies Still to be Released This Year
- Five Kinds of Gifts That You Absolutely Should Not Give
- Five Incredible Things Accomplished in This Decade
- Five Readily-Available Products You Should Try
- Five Iconic Landmarks That Have Somehow Never Been Destroyed in Film
- Five Awesome Free Online Services
- Five Reasons You Might Want to Bet on the Saints in the Super Bowl
- Five Things to Watch Out For at the NBA All-Star Weekend
- Five Superhero Movies We Somehow Still Haven’t Seen
- Five Bad Habits You Need to Drop (…Like a Bad Habit)
- Five Myths About Vegetables
- Five Things That Took a Lot Longer to Happen Than Most People Realize
- Five Intriguing Subplots Brewing in the NBA Playoffs
- Five Cool Concepts for Redesigning the American Dollar
- Five Fake Movies from ‘Seinfeld’ That I Would Pay to See
- Five Reasons You Should Start Using the Forearm Handshake
- Five Great Art and Design Blogs You May Not Know About
- Five Tips to Help You Survive the Rest of the Summer
- Five Things You Should Buy in the Next Six Weeks
- Five Words You Didn’t Know Were Actually Brand Names
- Five Reasons the Zombie Apocalypse Will Never Come to Pass

