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Time Lapse Solar Panel Installation

Yazan: dp | 29 March 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Frugality, Projects

Very cool time lapse video showing an Ann Arbor mans solar panel installation. Many thousands of dollars were spent to get it all right; he expects a $0 electricity bill “soon”. via YouTube – Ann Arbor Michigan Solar Roof Installation.

I miss my BMW

Yazan: dp | 13 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Frugality

I miss my BMW. I miss the 325 horsepower that the 4.4L V8 put out. I miss the real-wheel drive fun. I miss having heated seats (though, right now, it’s still too hot for them). I miss having a 6-disc CD changer. I miss having iDrive (even though so many people despised it). I miss [...]

Frugality of buying “expensive” sunglasses

Yazan: dp | 02 August 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Frugality

When my wife and I started dating, she’d buy a new pair of sunglasses every month or so. It wasn’t because she wanted to. It’s because she had to. She’d break or lose her sunglasses within a couple of weeks of buying them, then have to buy another pair, ad nauseum. These were only $15 [...]

The math behind carpooling

Yazan: dp | 31 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Frugality

Everyone knows that carpooling saves you money. But the question is, how much money? Here’s the math behind it. Assume your car gets 20 miles per gallon. If you carpool with one other person, that means you drive half as often, which means you spend half as much money on gas. If you drive 20 [...]