This article over at the Achieve-IT! blog is a great summary of why starting a side business is an idea everyone should consider. Believe me, while my little side venture isn’t exactly enough to allow me to quit my “real” job, it’s definitely helped me learn a ton, and it’s kind of fun. Not to mention the fact that earning upwards of $900 from what is essentially a hobby with $0 in advertising cost? Well, hey, that’s pretty dang successful!

Thanks to the always awesome Life Hacker for this link.

LHAOTD – The Lifehacker Pack – a collection of great software that you shouldn’t live without. This ties in very nicely with my personal adoration of Google’s applications, and of course Firefox! It also includes a few apps that I need to install and try at home soon.

DSAOTD – Ever wonder what happened to Freddie Mitchell? Well, he just might be headed to the Arena League. Now if only the NFL can blackball TO next year and force him to go to the CFL…

from Zap2It.com:

• I might have a reason to subscribe to Showtime soon
• Hmmm, maybe two reasons…
• Maybe it could take the place of UPN on my channel list?

from The Dilbert Blog:

• The guy who has a cartoon with a talking dog talks about evolution
• …then makes fun of some of the people arguing why he’s wrong
• Personally, I think he makes some good points

from the newly redesigned ESPN.com:

• Cuba is going to be playing in the World Cup of Baseball after all

Today’s highlight from Lifehacker is an article linking to the first two steps in a multi-part series on improving your financial decisions.

Personally, I’ve applied a bunch of these steps randomly over the last 10 years, so I’m interested in step 3 where I assume he tells me how to become crazy rich.

LifeHacker Article Of The Day – my favorite article from Lifehacker.com today

It’s probably not something I’d ever do, but these enterprising college kids who built a bar completely out of books trashed at their library is pretty cool.