Ok, ladies and gentlemen, here it is! The contest was over at midnight last night – we still had a few entries after midnight so I decided to count them anyway, because what the heck, right? Well, it was an interesting morning today to say the least. I’ve been trying to contact winners for the…
Online Music Stores Amazon & Wal-Mart follow Suit After Apple in Pricing Schemes
According to PC Magazine, corporate giants Amazon and Wal-mart have likewise changed up their pricing schemes to include tiered pricing, much like Apple’s new pricing scheme for DRM-free music. This is a loss for the consumer, because Amazon at least already offered DRM-free tracks usually between 79 and 99 cents and often offered deep discounts…
Got an Itch for HDTV? Scratch it With Charter
If you’re only recently aware that the 21st century has brought people into current technologies like HDTV, high-speed internet and internet-based phone service (VOIP, or voice-over-internet-protocol), you probably have been wondering what all the fuss is about. Perhaps you’ve just been confused, and not really been sure what you want, but you know that you…
SunEGrl Loves to Shop – and Save!
I found this blog, and thought it was interesting enough to share. SunEGrl has lots of links to savings for online shopping, hotel and travel stuff, and other cool ways to save money. What caught my eye besides the savings, is that SunEGrl has recently purchased her first home, just like me. Some of what’s…
Entrecard Market Reopens!
The folks over at Entrecard have been working hard! Lots of new features and policies have been rolled out lately, it would seem. One of the newest features is the Entrecard Market! If you’ve been an Entrecard member for some time now, you’ll remember there used to be a store where you could buy products…
Holiday Toast: Wine.com Coupon
Well, it’s the holidays, and it’s less than a week till Christmas, and about a week and a half until New Year’s Eve. If you haven’t already stocked up, wine and champagne are both fun party accessories and great gifts. Plus, lots of folks like to have champagne to toast at midnight on New Year’s…
Help Me Win a Wish Granted by Sears!
Sears is having a “Don’t Just Give a Wish, Grant a Wish” program – they’re taking donations to send Sears gift cards to the families of military men and women overseas. There are over 30,000 families signed up for the program, and at your local Sears store you can make donations – even $1 will…
Lazy Days at the Villa and Dell Support
It’s Thursday, already? That just seems crazy. This vacation is flying by pretty quickly, and before you know it, I’ll have to get off my butt and go Christmas shopping. Yes, I know I’m crazy shopping at the last minute. It means I have to pay the “last minute” tax, since most places it’s already…
Combo Breaker: Update
So I’ve neglected to write here for a while, primarily because I’ve been living life instead of blogging it (well, that’s not entirely true) – and partly because I have been experiencing a lot of stuff lately that I don’t want to post publically where just anyone can read it. I would do protected posts,…
Save Family Stories with Dragon Naturally Speaking
I don’t know if you’ve tried Dragon Naturally Speaking before – it’s come a long way since it’s inception. It used to be that you’d have to train it and retrain it and then you’d finally get a semi-working program. But by the time you got it working right, you could have just typed it…