I recently returned some compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) to my local hardware store because they were too dim and white. The traditional bulbs they replaced had been much warmer and brighter, and I prefer this kind of light.

Recently a client of mine tried to low-ball me. She knew our standard rate for the project in mind, but asked if I would consider going lower–of course, just this once.

Tom McKay, New Mexico State Game Warden, 1975 Today we return to our “So You Want My Job” series, in which we interview men who are employed in desirable man jobs and ask them about the reality of their work and for advice on how men can finally become what they always wanted to be when they grew up.

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from J.D. Roth, who writes about smart personal finance at Get Rich Slowly.

  Truly acknowledge that you are the CEO of your own life and a better life immediately becomes imminent.

By Linsey Knerl

Over at Vimeo, Jonathan Jarvis has created a ten-minute film that offers an overview of the credit crisis. If you’ve been struggling to understand what went wrong with the American economy, this will give you some of the basics: The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: seven tips for making new friends.

Dennis writes in with the following question about CD rates:

I had lots of fun revisiting some of the old hacks in this earlier post. So here is more. Scroll down the original post to view the new versions. Bill's Ordning ceiling lamp Philip's vinyl stopper Scott's Lack TV unit with sliding doors Blund bear monogram Decoupaged Fira chest Alicia's faux-apothecary Fira craft cabinet  Ruby saves her old chair

In a previous post I mentioned that if you are the type of person who focuses on personal productivity, you probably shouldn’t be working for someone else.  I wanted to explain why.

(Photo: Timothy K. Hamilton) Total read time: 5 minutes. I’ve evolved as a user of the micro-blogging tool called Twitter. That said, technology is a great slave but a terrible master, and Twitter can turn the tables on you with surprising subtlety. This post will explain how I use Twitter and the 5 rules I follow to keep it from using me…

An accident and an old shell lamp turns out to be a Cappiccinini, a term Pinky coins for her new lamp. The frame of the Skylar lamp (can't find the link), after a gust of wind tears the paper lamp shade, is given a second chance at life with a shell lampshade. The accident The new lamp See more of Pinky's Capiz shell lamp.

All Unitasker Wednesday posts are jokes — we don’t want you to buy these items, we want you to laugh at their ridiculousness. Enjoy!

2008 Is ‘trading up’ your space worth it?A family moves from a 6,000 sq. ft. home into an RV and learns valuable life lessons. Reader suggestion: Staying organized with binder clipsReader Christine shows us how to create a hanging file system with binder clips.