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.
This week was a good week. I'm very proud of my "Insulating Your Crawl Space Properly" post, as it was featured on LifeHack.org, and a few other websites. Here's the rest of my clever articles this past week: I actually snuck a post in on … [Read more...] about Clever Dude’s Week in Review Feb 11-16
I've seen a definite upswing due to lifehack.org posting a summary of my article about insulating your crawl space to save money. If you like what you see on the rest of this site, click the subscribe icon up there on the top right sidebar, or … [Read more...] about Welcome LifeHack Readers!
Back in December, I wrote about How I beat Sears and saved $233 by repairing my GE Profile refrigerator myself. I ordered the part from RepairClinic.com, and because I have been so pleased with my experiences (twice) with them, I'd like to review … [Read more...] about Repair Clinic: A Web Site for your Appliance Repair Needs
The IRS announced today that it had entered into an agreement that resolves several disputed tax issues with Merck & Co., Inc. and its subsidiaries. The agreement will result in a payment to the government of approximately $2.3 billion in federal … [Read more...] about Merck Agrees to Pay IRS $2.3 Billion
On today, Valentine's Day, to all the retailers telling me they love me cause I'm a customer or potential customer...No you don't. You want my money. I don't love you either, and I don't feel bad about it. To all my readers, I care about whether … [Read more...] about Sorry, I don’t love you
I've been catching a lot of slack lately from my wife for buying lottery tickets. I spend $3 twice a week for a Mega Millions ($1) and Maryland Multi-Match ($2). Some weeks, I don't buy them at all, but others I might throw in a few … [Read more...] about Why I Buy Lottery Tickets
FYI, if my site is down or messed up tonight or tomorrow morning, it's because I'm upgrading to Wordpress 2.1. I don't have too many plugins installed, and I haven't edited any Wordpress code, so I should be able to track down any bugs or problems … [Read more...] about Clever Dude will be upgrading to WordPress 2.1 Tonight
Thanks to the King of Debt at We're In Debt for providing the CSS list and HTML to add my own debt scale on the right sidebar. As you know, we're trying to pay off our Chevy Malibu loan of $15,000 in 8 months. We transferred the loan onto a credit … [Read more...] about New Debt Scale thanks to The King
