Tag: Budget

I generally love Razer’s “Basilisk” series of mice — even if they are just a careful non-legally-infringing copy of Logitech’s wildly popular G502 models. The Basilisk V3 is a true modern performer, with a cool smart scroll wheel that can auto change between d...

Welcome to this article, this time we look at a situation that occurred during this week. I won’t keep you in suspense any longer, and I will introduce you to the problem that has arisen. I was asked by a customer to give him arguments (ammunition) therefore to be able to justify buying a chea...

I generally love Razer’s “Basilisk” series of mice — even if they are just a careful non-legally-infringing copy of Logitech’s wildly popular G502 models. The Basilisk V3 is a true modern performer, with a cool smart scroll wheel that can auto change between d...

There are many controversial topics around getting rich quick or how the rich has come to their current positions. However, I can assure you that they all bear on one same principle that makes who they are today, and that is Budgeting. Budgeting is simply a plan for how you will spend yo...

On stage, a few months back, I quipped that indie was “more a24 than a16z”. Although it may have sounded nonchalant, there is a lot more thought, structure, and nuance than that off-handed comment might have suggested. In most creative fields you tend to have BIG (studios, l...

Figuring out how you should budget for illustration work is definitely a tricky thing to figure out. If you’ve never hired an illustrator before, or a freelancer in general it can be even more difficult to figure out. In this article I’m going to talk to you a bit about some of the chall...

When it comes to comparing cost data from AWS cost reports with our planned budget, there are several metrics to consider. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are essential tools for tracking, analyzing, and optimizing cloud spending. To analyze the data, we’ll leverage Python and the visuali...

BACKGROUND: Read following blog as a background document. That was the first document related to this project and outlines the “why”. SUPPORTED/UNSUPPORTED: Our plan is to run unsupported and per the rules outlined by Fastestknowntime.com ROUTE: (Update Jun...

I’ve now spent a month in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, my new home for the next months. I’ve overspent on groceries, gotten lost finding my way, played myself for not knowing the locals’ hacks, and learned from lots and lots of mistakes. Now that I know better, I t...

For the past four years, I lived in Dublin, Ireland, only moving home this past June. While the main purpose of my time abroad was to study, I had plenty of time to play tourist in Dublin, discovering some of the coolest (and cheapest!) spots in the city. No matter your budget, these activities will...

In a recent social media livestream, rapper Cardi B didn’t hold back as she criticized New York Mayor Eric Adams for the recent budget cuts in the city, foreseeing escalating crime and sanitation issues. Expressing concern for her family and friends residing in the Bronx, Cardi B questioned...

On Tuesday November 7, 2023, Supervisor Ahsha Safaí (District 11), introduced changes to the proposed charter amendment that would politicize the SFMTA’s budget when it comes to increasing transit fares or parking fees. The Board adopted the changes. The charter amendment will...

Friends of the flat pack, lovers of the shiny and new, proceed at your own peril. I’m talking to the thrifters, the weekend salvagers, warriors of the freestyle aesthetic. If you appreciate things that are (usually) put together, had some previous love, showing the marks of time (a bit like th...

After researching, I discovered that I already knew about cash stuffing, just did not know it. For years, my wife advocated placing money into envelopes and earmarking them by category. And that is essentially what cash stuffing is. With cash stuffing, you create a separate envelope for every spe...

If your organization is an optical ally unwilling to change (An optical ally as defined by Latham Thomas who coined the term is an “allyship that only serves at the surface level to platform the ‘ally,’ it makes a statement but doesn’t go beneath the surface and is not aimed ...

Forget election-time splurges, this budget is all about playing it smart. Fiscal prudence, long-term investments, and responsible spending — that’s the name of the game. It might not be flashy, but it’s the kind of budget that lays the foundation for a stronger, more sustainable fu...

I’m a data scientist. That being said, I am not a huge fan of spreadsheets. Despite its impressive data handling and manipulation powers, Excel is not a tool I like to use unless I have no choice. My sentiments toward spreadsheets changed when I started using the MacOS app Numbers. It feels...