A couple days ago, I wrote about getting a free rental from a Red Box movie rental machine using a promo code I got when I signed up and gave them my e-mail. Those codes can be used once per credit card, so if you had a credit card and say, a check card with…
Learn to Cut Costs and Build Wealth
Hey, we could all benefit from a little more wealth, right? If you’ve always wanted to get creative with your finances but weren’t really sure where to start, then check out CutThatBill.com. This blog is pretty nifty, with a good selection of posts about how to invest and build wealth. As I read through the…
My Take on the Dreamhost Billing Mix-up
So, if any of you haven’t heard – Dreamhost, my web hosting company, had a royal screw-up the other day. They were apparently trying to run some clean-ups on their billable accounts in order to generate payment invoice e-mails to users behind on their bill. Unfortunately, there was an error on the date they generated…
Get Help With Your Home Theater
If you either received or bought for yourself a new home theater system this past Christmas and still haven’t hooked it up, maybe it’s time you got some help. Nowadays, you have DVD, surround sound, speaker wires, video game systems, DVR, satellite or cable boxes, cd-changers, and sometimes phone or internet connections to your television.…
MacWorld 2008: AppleTV Software Upgrade
With the announcement of the AppleTV upgrade to allow for iTunes movie rentals also came some exciting news: a complete redesign of the user interface. Another issue some people are up-in-arms about is the fact that the HD movie rentals will only be available for the AppleTV. Which is fine with me – standard definition…
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My roommate loves the food, pepperjam. His mom makes it, and it’s very peppery. I’m not a huge fan of peppers outside of their natural form for cooking. I usually use them when I’m making something and I’ll chop them up for extra flavor. However, this Affiliate Marketing program, Pepperjam, spices up your income! Most…
MacWorld 2008: Updates, Movies, and Macbook Air
Steve Jobs came onto the stage to the cheers and clapping of all the major tech blogs and magazines and attendees at MacWorld today. Among the excitement of the keynote address were four major announcements. I’ll give Steve credit, he’s succinct in his keynotes. The four major announcements are: 1) iPhone Apps on the iPod…
UK Car Insurance Premiums Drop in Late 2007
In a recent report released by data and credit information company Experian, it is reported that in the United Kingdom the cost of complete-coverage car insurance (more than just the legal minimum, essentially full-coverage) have dropped considerably in the final quarter of 2007. It is believed, get this, that the major reason for the ubiquitous…
MacWorld 2008 Keynote Address Today at Noon
Hello there, sports fans! If your head hasn’t been under a rock or you own a TV, you’ve either been converted to the cult of Apple, or been watching the company with enthralled anticipation. Since the age of iPod came upon us, Apple has been blowing up the scene with newer, hotter desktops and portables…
Disney DVD: Better Upconversion than Most?
A few months back, I ditched my old Magnavox Divx-playing DVD player for a Phillips one that has HDMI output and also plays DivX movies. It was about $60 at Wal-mart and does 1080i up conversion on non-HD DVDs. It also doesn’t play HD movies, but it does make my current DVD collection look awesome…