A Reprieve

With some help from my readers, I managed to renew my domain registration. Not to bore you with the details, but there is an amusing bit: the solution involved resetting the password for an account I didn’t know existed from a year-old password reset email I received after first getting my domain.

I always feel bad whenever I blog about blogging. In this case, I was rewarded with several suggestions from readers that added up to a solution. Thanks to the Big Cajun Man, Bet Crooks, Kevin Chmilar, Glenn Cooke, and Neil Jensen for suggestions and offers of help. Thanks also to Tom Bradley, Greg, Tara C, Be*en, Returns Reaper, Trish M., and an anonymous reader for assuring me that I’d be missed. Sorry if I forgot anyone.

Some actual financial content: If I take the number of hours I spent solving this problem, and work out how much I would have been paid for this time at my day job, the resulting sum is the equivalent of 16 months of my blog’s income!

Comments

  1. My Own AdvisorDecember 9, 2013 at 8:00 PM

    Glad you're staying in business, even if the blog income is low like mine :)

    Mark

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  2. Bet CrooksDecember 9, 2013 at 9:08 PM

    Glad to hear the lights will be staying on!
    And thank goodness you archived that password reset email. It's a timely reminder that I should back up my email to a DVD again.....

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  3. AnonymousDecember 9, 2013 at 9:37 PM

    Thank goodness, glad that you will continue to be around.

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  4. JuliaDecember 9, 2013 at 11:15 PM

    Love your blog! Happy you're able to stay on-line! Please, keep up the good work for the benefit of all DIYourselfers!

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  5. DarynDecember 10, 2013 at 12:08 AM

    Guess logic says you need to stay on the air for at least another 16 months, then? ; )

    (Best personal finance blog on the web, by the way. Count me as one of those who very much enjoys your perspective.)

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  6. AnonymousDecember 10, 2013 at 12:20 AM

    Glad you're going to stick around.

    I read all your posts, though I rarely comment.

    -Paul G

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  7. WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.comDecember 10, 2013 at 8:46 AM

    I went dark long ago. It's not bad. We have cookies.

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    1. Michael JamesDecember 10, 2013 at 9:55 AM

      @Preet: When it comes to going dark in that way, I prefer my Trinidadian buddy -- he has Johnny Walker Green instead of cookies.

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  8. Michael JamesDecember 10, 2013 at 9:56 AM

    Thanks to all for the words of encouragement.

    Cheers,

    Michael

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  9. Be*enDecember 10, 2013 at 7:10 PM

    Would you ever monetize the hours of happiness derived from blogging? :)

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    1. Michael JamesDecember 10, 2013 at 8:22 PM

      @Be*en: I have no idea how to put a figure on this, but I definitely enjoy blogging enough that the lack of derived income doesn't concern me much.

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