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Fun with fiverr

Get things done
with just a fiver
By Aidan Mouellic, Contributor

f I’ve learnt anything from the

30 minutes of reality television
I’ve watched in the past year, it’s
that people will do anything for
a little bit of fame and cash. In
the current economy, where paid
work can be tough to find, there
is an ever increasing crowd of
people that will find creative
methods of making money.
This is where the Israel-based
website Fiverr.com comes into
the picture. Launched in 2010,
fiverr is a website where you can
find individuals from around
the world selling services and
products for five bucks. With
more than a million gigs offered,
it is the go-to website for people
seeking to micro-outsource work
or just have some fun for a fiver.

The types of services

offered on fiverr cover a lot
of categories, anywhere from
website design, graphic design,
video production, and content
writing for blogs. Payment
is safe and secure thanks to

PayPal. Purchasing a ‘gig’ from
a seller is simple and efficient.
You select what you want,
click “buy,” and then you are
redirected to a messaging page
where you convey to the seller
exactly what you need done
and give them any relevant
information they need. You
are then kept in the loop as to
when the gig is expected to be
completed and how progress
is going. I have used fiverr a
handful of times for different
services and the sellers have
always been excellent and
delivered what was promised.
I was skeptical at first because
some of the gigs on offer seemed
too good to be true, but I was
always left impressed and
happy with what was delivered.
Finding a good seller is
easy; each seller has a quality
rating and the page for each
gig has reviews from past
clients. The seller also tells you
how long it will take for them
to deliver the gig. It can take
anywhere from less than a day
to two weeks. I've had sellers
deliver in less than 10 hours
before, so it varies a lot, but
usually they deliver within 24
hours. To get the best results

I would recommend using a
seller who has a high rating and
plenty of solid reviews—this
will ensure you are getting what
you pay for. Purchasing a gig
from someone with no reviews
and a low rating is risky. On the
plus side, you usually only have
five bucks on the line.

Fiverr is a great tool
for saving time online by
outsourcing small tasks or
for just finding that unique
personalized gift you have
always wanted. Some of
the more popular gigs are
for acquiring more Twitter
followers. For five dollars you
can send anyone a thousand or
more Twitter followers within a
day. It can be quite entertaining
seeing friends go mad trying to
figure out how they went from
30 to 1,100 followers overnight.
Be warned though, it is easy to
get lost in the array of weirdness
and end up spending more than
anticipated—so shop wisely and
have fun with it!

If you’re wondering what
can be had for a fiver, here are
some samples—but to discover
the diverse variety, your best
bet is to go and check out Fiverr.
com.

Simply Simple Campus Cuisine

Baked egg omelet cups

By Sophie Isbister,
Life & Style Editor

hen I saw these super-cute

little egg buns on Pinterest
(and then again on Facebook,
and again on Instagram, and
yet again on Facebook), I knew
they’d be the perfect addition
to my morning routine. Protein
rich with the goodness of eggs,
baked not fried, and chock full
of veggies, these mini omelets
promise to be a tasty time saver.

Because I’m all about the

simple food revolution, I’m
not going to provide very strict
instruction on what you should
put in your version of mini
omelets. You can use whatever
vegetables you have on hand
and even meat if you want. But
since meat is for the rich, and
the only thing in my crisper was
some wilted basil, soft tomatoes,
and mushrooms that had seen
better days, I decided to try out
a vegetarian version to share
with you all.

10

What you'll need:

Eggs—about 8

Milk or milk
substitute—about a
quarter cup

Meat (optional, and pre-
cooked)

Sautéed vegetables
Cheese (the poor man’s
meat, about half a cup)
Vegetable oil—a very
small amount

Pinch of salt

Larger pinch of pepper
Muffin tins

What you do:

Preheat your oven to 375
degrees. While the oven is
warming up you can get all
your ingredients ready. Cook
any meat you might want to
use, in the usual way. Chop and
sauté your vegetables (minus
any herbs). In a large bowl,
whisk together the eggs with the
milk, oil, and salt and pepper.
Whisk the crap out of it until
it’s really fluffy. That’s what
makes omelets so tasty—their

fluffy texture. Grease 12 muffin
tins (grease them well), place
your vegetable mixture in the
bottom, throw some cheese

on it, and fill to the top with
your fluffy, peppery egg milk.
Once you think you’ve made a
masterpiece, you can pop those
suckers in the oven, and load

an episode of Community on
Netflix because you're going to
have to wait 18 minutes or so.
Every oven is different, so check
on your mini omelets to make
sure you don’t end up with mini
hockey pucks.

How to enjoy:
Once they’re done, you

can eat a few right away, but
the rest you'll probably want to
store in an airtight container in
your fridge to eat over the next
few days. Have two or three at
a time. Get creative! Stick them
between two slices of toast,
heat them up, eat them cold, go
crazy. These are your creations.
Enjoy them!

 

 

 

 

 

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Screenshot from fiverr courtesy of Aiden Mouellic

 

Photo courtesy of Sophie Isbister