Clever Dude founded CleverDude.com in June 2006 while working as a technical analyst in the Washington, D.C. area. A Penn State graduate, he built the site as a side project alongside a white-collar career that included earning a master’s degree and multiple promotions.
In five years he wrote nearly 1,300 articles on personal finance and life lessons drawn from his own experience. The blog grew from a hobby into a recognized early voice in the personal-finance community and generated meaningful revenue. He sold the site in 2010, continued as a guest contributor through 2015, and returned in 2023 after further career advances, paying off his home, and extensive travel.
A few months ago, I found out that my wife's long-time favorite Christian band, Jars of Clay, was coming to DC. Outside of Blockbuster Online, and maybe one trip to the movie theater per year, we generally don't do anything entertaining that costs … [Read more...] about We finally dipped into our entertainment budget
Just this morning (how very long ago), I wrote about the mental affects of a gas mileage computer in your car. One of my frequent commentors, Samerwriter, commented that he uses a device that plugs into his car's ODBII port and gives him real-time … [Read more...] about An expensive gadget to monitor gas mileage
Just a quick FYI. If you're looking for my series on marathon training for new runners, you'll find it over at Stacie's site, Building Nutrition. The series fits better with Building Nutrition than with my own site, so I transferred all posts and the … [Read more...] about Marathon Training Series transferred to BuildingNutrition.com
How many of you have a gas mileage computer in your car? It's that little readout somewhere on your dash that says you're only getting 3 mpg in the Hummer H2 every time you floor the gas. We have one in our Chevy Malibu, and every time I drive the … [Read more...] about The Mental Effects of a Gas Mileage Computer in Your Car
Being a blog owner, I read dailyblogtips.com every day. A couple weeks ago, I found that Dan was running a project to collect stories of mistakes we bloggers have committed in the past, how we fixed them, and what we learned from them. If you've … [Read more...] about DailyBlogTips.com Project: 48 Experiences of Blogging Mistakes
I'm pleased to announce the official launch of Clever Dudette's (aka Stacie's) own nutrition and fitness site, Building Nutrition. She already had her own site, but we have decided to transfer her existing articles to the new site, as well as my … [Read more...] about Announcing Clever Dudette’s own nutrition website!
This past week, I hosted my first finance carnival. It was small, but the 4th Carnival of Credit Report Stories included some excellent articles with explanations of credit, credit reports and personal stories about credit. On Monday, I finished … [Read more...] about Clever Dude’s Week in Review March 24 – April 1, 2007
Google is offering a revolutionary mode of data transport called TiSP for free! Speeds are at least 10x DSL, and higher speeds (up to 40x DSL) cost only $24.95 a month. What's new about this system? Well, you utilize your sewer system to connect … [Read more...] about Free High-Speed Internet Access from Google – TiSP
