Posted on November 30, 2009 by Adam Nash
Only a long time Quicken user will empathize with the trauma of having your Quicken data file fail to open. It happened to me this weekend, and after a couple days of experiments, I finally solved the problem. I’m posting this here on the blog because my Google searches on the topic turned up *nothing*, [...]
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Posted on November 16, 2009 by Adam Nash
The traffic to my blog from my first Fishville post has been staggering. How can I resist? That’s right, it’s time for Yet Another Fishville Post (YAFP). Come on, you know you want to read more… I’ve been a little surprised to see how few accurate blog posts exist out on the web that break [...]
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Posted on November 12, 2009 by Adam Nash
My Zynga addiction clearly knows no bounds. Last week, Zynga launched a new game called Fishville, and clearly at this point I have no ability to resist any new Zynga game. Fishville has a deceptively simple frame: you have a fish tank, and you buy fish eggs for it. The fish hatch, you feed them, [...]
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Posted on November 9, 2009 by Adam Nash
I really haven’t had enough time to write the second post I had been planning on Buzz measurements and the profitability by unit time of different dishes. So, instead, this week I’m posting updated tables for some of the new dishes that Zynga has rolled out. (Still looking for an accurate breakdown of CP for [...]
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Posted on November 8, 2009 by Adam Nash
Zynga launched several new crops this week: Cranberries, Pattypan Squash, and Acorn Squash, so I thought I’d update my tables for active players out there. So yes, this is Yet Another Farmville Post (YAFP). For quick reference, here are the links to my first seven Farmville posts: The Personal Economics of Farmville The Personal Economics [...]
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