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…
New Yorkers Ride in Style with Dial 7
New York City business people have a new car service to get rides both to and from places like Manhattan, Brooklyn, New York City, and even New Jersey. Dial 7 has a fleet of over 450 town cars and sedans toted to provide safe and reliable transportation throughout New York. Why would you need a…
Snow Lethargy
I’m not sure if it’s the nice toasty heating system from the central air in this building, the snow outside, or my general lack of sleep as of late, but man – I feel lazy. I’m sorry for the slowness of posts the last two days. It’s been so cold; I feel like I’m cold…
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…
Bachelor Chow: Awesome Dogs II
I’d like to introduce to you a new segment on The Raging Tech called “Bachelor Chow,” the name of course, stolen from the tv show Futurama. What I’ll be sharing in “Bachelor Chow” are recipes for the single, lazy, or low-income man (or woman). They are by no means necessarily healthy or nutritional, but they…
Business Recreation: Get Serious About Golf
For any budding young entrepreneur, it’s important to know how to “wine and dine” your clients or potential business partners. For many business people, that means small talk and hanging around the club house after a rousing game of golf. Plus all the walking has natural health benefits. It seems cliché, but it’s true: golf…
MobileTalk Packet8 International VOIP on Your Cell Phone
MobileTalk is a new technology from VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) and internet telephony company Packet8 that allows you to make VOIP calls internationally from anywhere in the United States at severely reduced rates. I have entered the MobileTalk Packet8 video contest, and created a brief video (yes, it’s on YouTube) to submit to the…
Trade Your Used Video Games Without the Gamestop Tax
The video game industry has some of the smallest profit margins on earth. Unless you’re a game store retailer who also deals in trading in used games. If you’ve ever been to a Gamestop or an EB Games and tried to trade in your old games, they’ll buy them from you for $3 – $5…
Use a lot of Printer Ink? Don’t Spend a Lot!
It’s a well-proven fact that printer companies don’t make their money selling printers. They make their money on the ink you’ll buy afterwards. Countless tech publications have posted stories about how manufacturers make cartridges with special technologies to ensure that you’ll buy plenty of ink. How can you beat this system? Well, short of throwing…
Health Insurance for Entrepreneurs
Talking about my phone insurance reminded me that for a lot of start-ups, a big question is: Where are you going to get your health insurance from? Normally, the business you work for provides you with health insurance. If so far your business only includes partners and not employees, this is something you’ll all need…