In weeks forthcoming, Lucas Joaquin, film expert and friend of 801a will share his encyclopedic knowledge of film with us through the lens of the recession. What should we watch that will help us to contextualize and cope with the recession? Look out for his guest blogging, TK.

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It searches mp3s posted to blogs, and you can download them for free.
http://skreemr.com/
Thanks Carl

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It’s true, the recession is upon us – and it’s international. The global market has us all lashed to one another, and our little raft is taking on water. Think you can escape the crunch by fleeing to the UK, or to Australia? Perhaps you think this is 1908, sonny-boy, but you’re out of expatriatic [...]

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Emily shared this recipe for Wisconsin Mac n Cheese with us. We tested it out – amazing! Definitely more than 2 servings….

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Going to the rock and roll show is a very fun and special experience. When its good, its priceless. But we’re in a recession folks, and its time re-consider what we choose to see live. Instead of blowing $70 this April 8th at the Hot Chip show ($35 for a ticket, $8 for ticketmaster, $14 [...]

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I buy the Times each morning, even though I also read it sporadically through the day for free on the internet. I do this because I am a fabulously rich man, but with the recession this will soon change, and it’s time that we stopped spending money on words. There are so many words to [...]

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How many recessions have you lived through? You’ll live through this one too! The recession of the 2001-2002-2003 era sucked, but not as bad as the recession in 1992. I don’t remember the recession of the late eighties and wasn’t even in utero during seventies-era hyperinflation, but I know my parents weren’t fond of those [...]

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Tip #5: Learn some basic HTML and CSS
Graphic Designers: In recession and in boom times, quick cash can always be at hand if you know some very basic html and css. Small-scale quick web projects are easy to find— believe me I know. As a graphic designer, I’m sure you get asked about them all [...]

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A couple of years or so ago, I realized that if I wanted to keep my business small and my clients cool, I was going to have to learn how to make more from less, savingswise. So I bought a couple books and learned enough to be conversant in the ways of Wall Street. Now [...]

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Tip #3: Don’t have kids.
Kids cost money. According to common knowledge, they cost upwards of $17,000 a year. Do you have a spare nearly 20 grand lying around? Perhaps you’d like to spend it on Legos and child-size skateboards that linger, unused, in the garage. In place of the car you had to sell. Or [...]

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