DFHW: Living the 4-Hour Work Week

A lot of us 4HWW’ers are searching for muses that are Passive Income Generators (PIGs) and also require little investment upfront or continued maintenance (to allow them to be true 4 hour a week exercises). Maybe it’s a panacea, since if there was truly something that can return income with little or no time investment, [...]

For those that don’t know, yesterday was Yom Kippur, which is the Jewish day of atonement. You’re supposed to fast and attone for your sins, etc. I’ve never really been a religious type, and I’m most definitely not observant. But I usually go to services more as tradition and something to do with family.
Anyways, at [...]

In my day job, I spend a lot of time creating Internet applications. I guess that’s why I’ve taken to writing a blog like this one. But more importantly, I’m also trying to build my four-hour-a-week business / muse.
I have recently come across a company called Actuate that offers a platform for creating Rich Internet [...]

Following on my previous post. As we all now know, the current economic crisis is a crisis of confidence. Banks and markets simply don’t have confidence enough to lend each other money. The result is that regular folks like you and I find our options tightened.
In pursuing my muse, I have become somewhat dependent on [...]

This is a very funky economic environment and everyone’s tightening their belts. If you have a 4HWW muse, then I hope it’s already providing returns. If you have ditched your job and are in the midst of making 4HWW progress, but haven’t gotten there yet, this is bound to be a tough time.
Personal Loans from [...]

As I mentioned briefly in my previous rant on Craig’s List, I’m in the midst of remodeling my basement. I’ll post some more details of all the considerations for those looking to build a waterproof, or at least water-resistant basement. Long story short: yes, it is indeed possible if you focus on all the details [...]

The Decay of a Social Network
Has anyone else had this experience? I am in the midst of remodeling my basement (I’ll have a few posts on that subject, so sorry to bore you all if you don’t care). In the process, I had to get rid of a washer/dryer combo that was not going to [...]

Recently, I was musing about how some of my friends who were idealistic, can-do attitude type Democrats in their youth became jaded, self-interested, dogmatic Republicans in their aged years. I’m pretty apolitical as much as I am arelgious because I believe organized politics makes just as much (or little) sense as organized religion. After all, [...]

Did you notice? We have a new theme here at the DHFW site! In looking around for free Wordpress themes, I encountered lots of sites touting their top lists of WordPress themes. I would have expected a lot of overlap between these sites, but I was surprised — there are more themes than sites talking [...]

How to know what time it is when you don’t even know where you are.
Following up on the previous post on efficiency, I just want to point one other item out. I travel a lot. I mean a LOT. At one point, it was cheaper and easier just to fly around the world for 4 [...]