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VistaPrint
If you’re a member of any points-for-signup programs, you already know about VistaPrint. They are most famous for their free business cards offer – which I have actually used twice, as well as buying a set of “real” business cards from them. But they also offer a bunch of other free products, including invitations, rubber … Continue reading
Academic Prices on Software
I’ve been using OpenOffice since I got my new laptop toward the beginning of the school year. My old one had Microsoft Office but this didn’t; it would have cost more to get it. The Word and Excel equivalents are great, but I cannot figure out the PowerPoint equivalent to save my life! I keep … Continue reading
Hotels in Los Angeles
Right now I am searching the USA Hotel Guide trying to find hotels for Anaheim. My wife has decided that we should stay there for the first couple of nights and go to Disneyland, and then return to El Segundo for her training. I worked up the package pricing to stay in a Disney “Good … Continue reading
Scoring Tech Bargains
Here is a good site for tech bargains – they don’t sell things themselves, but rather they direct you to deals on other sites around the web. They update frequently and you can get updates via RSS, which means you’ll have no problem snapping up a limited-time bargain on a great new toy. Like travel … Continue reading
Shopping for Phones
I have been looking around lately for T-Mobile phones, because I discovered that the Helio Ocean is not all cracked it’s cracked up to be. (No ssh? No thanks!) I was looking at the MDA instead, and I glanced at the Wing and some Blackberries. But I really ended up with my heart set on … Continue reading
Solar Decathlon
The BP Solar Decathlon just ended, with the team from Technische Universität Darmstadt taking first place. The contest involved 10 teams from around North America and Europe, all competing to build the most efficient solar house. Each team was made up of students from a variety of disciplines, including architecture, engineering, economics, and more. Once … Continue reading
Free Trip Giveaway to Raleigh, NC
If you know me, you know I love to travel. You also know that I don’t care where I’m going! I would travel just about anywhere except places where the State Department’s travel warnings are particularly grave. But I would go anywhere in the United States as long as it was free! You can win … Continue reading
Video Phones Across America
I was so excited when I saw the Packet 8 opportunity come up! It’s actually a contest, and the most creative entry is going to win a video phone! I’m not particularly creative, so I don’t think I will win, unfortunately. I thought about doing this piece in ASL, because that would have been creative, … Continue reading
Pretty Wedding Dresses
It doesn’t take much to get me to write about wedding dresses, I like to look at sets of things that are very alike and yet have their own similarities. This dress is really pretty, I like the slimming wrap-around effect and the way it has the rhinestones following the length of the wraparound. I … Continue reading
Improving Your Home’s Value
Right now, our home is worth about two and a half times what we paid for it. We used to dream about installing a hot tub and remodeling the master bathroom, both of which would increase our home’s value…though we no longer have money for either of those plans. And yet some people have enough … Continue reading