In looking at my site stats, I’ve noticed that a number of people arrive here from search engines looking for answers to fairly specific question. In some cases, those answers can be found in one or more articles within my archives, but in other cases they can’t. Thus, I’ve decided to periodically pluck out some [...]
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Money Q&A Series
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Published on June 6th, 2007 - One Comment
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Migration Complete, We Have Lift Off
Written by Nickel - 4 Comments
If you’re reading this message, then it means that you’re now accessing FiveCentNickel from the new server. During the move I also took the opportunity to upgrade to the newest version of WordPress (the software that runs this site). While I’ve tested things fairly thoroughly and hope that I have the bugs worked out, it’s [...]
Published on June 2nd, 2007
Modified on June 3rd, 2007 - 4 Comments
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Modified on June 3rd, 2007 - 4 Comments
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Two Years of FiveCentNickel and a Big, Huge Giveaway
Written by Nickel - One Comment
Guess what? FiveCentNickel is officially two years old! That’s right, I published the first post on this site on May 1, 2005. In the time that this site has been live, I have published a total 985 articles (check out the archives!) and received 5,574 comments. Thanks to all of you for your contributions!
If you’re [...]
Published on May 1st, 2007
Modified on September 9th, 2007 - One Comment
Filed under: About/Admin, Giveaways
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Modified on September 9th, 2007 - One Comment
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Welcome Hartford Courant Readers (and Others)
Written by Nickel - 2 Comments
Just a quick note to welcome those of you that found your way here via Gregory Karp’s article that was syndicated in today’s Hartford Courant (and perhaps elsewhere). If you’re a new visitor, then welcome. If you’ve been here before, then welcome back. Either way, I encourage you to poke around and see what this [...]
Published on April 15th, 2007 - 2 Comments
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New Strategy for Blocking Comment Spam
Written by Nickel - 5 Comments
Just a quick note to let everyone know that I’m testing out a new strategy for blocking comment spam. It’s should be totally invisible to you, and it shouldn’t cause your comments to get trapped in a spam filter (that may still happen, but it won’t be the fault of the new measures). I just [...]
Published on February 14th, 2007 - 5 Comments
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Full-Text RSS Feed Problems Solved
Written by Nickel - 5 Comments
Just over a month ago, I announced that I was switching over to full-text RSS feeds, so you can imagine my surprise when I received an e-mail from a reader this morning stating that he had subscribed, and then immediately unsubscribed when he saw that I was only offering a summary feed. First off, no, [...]
Published on February 11th, 2007 - 5 Comments
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Recent Site Changes (Improvements?)
Written by Nickel - 15 Comments
In case you didn’t know, I love reading your comments. In fact, I love it so much that I’ve had a leader board over there in the right sidebar for quite some time. And until just recently, FMF of FreeMoneyFinance.com had a stranglehold on the all time lead. However, I just noticed that Blaine Moore [...]
Published on February 11th, 2007
Modified on February 12th, 2007 - 15 Comments
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Modified on February 12th, 2007 - 15 Comments
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Welcome New York Times Readers!
Written by Nickel - One Comment
Just a quick note to welcome those of you that found your way here via Damon Darlin’s article in the New York Times. If you’re a new visitor, then welcome. If you’ve been here before, then welcome back. Either way, I encourage you to poke around and see what this site has to offer. All [...]
Published on February 3rd, 2007 - One Comment
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Changes Afoot: Full-Text RSS Feed and Daily Links
Written by Nickel - 4 Comments
Just a quick note to let say that I’ve decided to switch over to a full-text RSS feed. This means that you can get the entire content of my articles, including links and graphics, delivered to your doorstep (so to speak).
Note that the full feed is available regardless of whether you subscribe through a newsreader [...]
Published on January 8th, 2007 - 4 Comments
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RSS Feed Problems
Written by Nickel - 7 Comments
Just a quick note to say that I’m having issues with my RSS feed right now. I’ve been unable to make any modifications to it through the Feedburner interface pretty much all day today, and now I’m not even sure they’re picking up the feed. If you’re reading this via RSS, do me a favor [...]
Published on January 5th, 2007
Modified on January 6th, 2007 - 7 Comments
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