As I step out of the security line in one of the Dubai airports today, I get asked, “Do you have a pointer?” by the security guard. I told him yes and he asked me what color it was….I reluctantly said the magic word “Green” which I knew would be bad.
They asked me to [...]
Neville's Financial Blog
Tracking the road to financial success from the age of 22 (now 27).
Yearly Archives: 2009
Dec 26
The Dubai Laser
Dec 18
Handwriting Blogs
Boring hyperlink to the post.
It took me three sheets of paper, a scanner and Photoshop to make this post, that might be one reason it isn’t a popular format:
….However when tablets (with both multi-touch and pen inputs) become more popular, this style of blogging shouldn’t be difficult at all….and with tags you can make [...]
Dec 17
Weird Holiday Products
Over at House Of Rave it’s been busy because of the Christmas holiday shopping season. Owning a store that sells light-up and relatively unique items, I’m always tickled by the surprise hit products that seem to sell like crazy during the holidays.
Every year I see odd products that previously didn’t really sell, then all [...]
Dec 13
The Kramer Poster Shirt
Kind of in the spirit of my self-made spray painted shoes, I went to a “T-shirt Deli” in Austin that serves up your very own custom created silk-screened shirts.
You can pick out one of their designs or make your own custom print on the computer or with paper and an Exacto knife.
If you make a [...]
Dec 07
Speeding Tickets = City Donations
I’ve long held a rather odd belief about speeding tickets, which might be why I don’t particularly mind getting them.
First of all, any time I’ve got some sort of traffic ticket I’ve been actually doing something wrong, so there’s really no reason to bitch about it.
When you get a drivers license you clearly consent to [...]
Dec 03
Spray Painting Shoes
I like weird color shoes because they break up the seriousness of any outfit. I bought some white shoes a long time ago and they made everyone look, but then white shoes started to come into fashion (that’s right, I alone started the whole trend) ;-)
After a few years some of these shoes still [...]
Nov 17
My 27th B-day!
In celebration I’m taking friends out to watch the remainder of the Leonid Meteor Shower tonight!
Nov 14
On the mens room wall…
I should've renamed my Homeless Experiment the "Residentially Challenged" Experiment!
