Recent content by dougdo

I've lived for extended periods in Mexico and Costa Rica. The difficulty in answering your question is that it all comes down to it depends how you want to live. You should move to a place because you love the culture, the pace of life, the people. Not because it's cheaper to live there...

I just came back from 2 1/2 weeks in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a change from my usual Mexico or Costa Rica vacation spots. The experience was totally different though, more like Europe than the rest of Latin America although the prices are great! But it is just so far to get to--it was almost...

Thanks for the replies. Yeah, i was indeed declaring the income and expenses from it over the years. I had the domain for 5 years before selling it and actively ran it as a business for 2 years so it does sound like I can declare the cap gain. I think I will take the advice proffered and talk...

Someone of you who may have been visitors to my previous website TravelBlogs.com may have noticed there's been little activity in the last 7 months. That's because I sold it this summer to a couple of Norwegians who are taking their time redesigning it for their own platform (and just taking in...

Not having a huge asset base, I occasionally use my good credit score to make a few extra bucks. Right now for example a bank is giving me $50000 on a credit card at 1.99% for 9 months which is sitting in my savings account earning over 5%. Hey, it's like $125 free a month!

If you have enough money you can retire in Canada as an immigrant investor. Means sticking enough cash into a business venture that creates a few jobs. I can't remember the numbers -- a million bucks C$ comes to mind but I think there's a lower amount available too for certain sectors/if you...

Well I'm split on Vancouver, Puerto Vallarta and Puerto Viejo in the caribbean of Costa Rica. I know them both well that's why I've been playing with building maps for both of them! PuertoVallartaSatellite.com PuertoViejoSatellite.com Check them out if you want to explore the area or if you...

Ah, ok, that makes more sense than 22 millionaires. Now I'm surprised on the other end. From that perspective all of those 22 were probably a hell of a lot wealthier than Bill G and his 50 Billion in today's dollars...

Has anyone tried to go Skype with a SkypeIn number? It's only 10 Euros for 3 months, 30 for a year. No 911 service yet though and no number portability and if you don't want to call through a computer you'd have to purchase a special Skype handset. Someone is coming out with a Skype mobile soon...

Another reason to get a cheapo watch: generally waterproof watches will no longer be waterproof once you open them up and replace the battery. The seal just isn't the same afterwards. So get a $20 watch and throw it away when the battery finally dies (although they seem to last longer than it...

Ok, not as impressive as snow in San Diego, but we had snow here in Vancouver last week. Almost unhreard of in March in these days of global warming. Of course it didn't stick seaside where i live but there's still a little in the higher burbs...

Really? There were only 22 millionaires in 1900? And 800+ Billionaires today. That's kinda surprising actually. We may actually have hit a new record for the gap between rich and poor; outdid the middle ages...

Forbes now has 800 some people on their Billionaires list -- a big increase from last year. Maybe a Billionaire is the new millionaire? I wonder how many millionaires there were in the world at the turn of the century? (19-20 that is).

Some great cube stories! I remember most the gopher effect--one person would pop up above the cubicle to ask something and then someone would pop up to ask them and then others would pop up to see what was going on. The last company i worked for some of us had offices (i did thankfully) and...

So true, but being a slacker my innate laziness kicks in if someone else isn't telling me what to do. Of course the reality is that if someone IS telling me what to do then it's not long before i'm resenting it either! Anyway, if I had a job I wouldn't be heading off for a month in Costa Rica...