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Cool Flip Clock For Your Desk

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments

I found this cool flip clock while flipping through the feed from Apartment Therapy, a slick blog dedicated to living in small spaces in regards to design and technology.  The main site also has a section called Unplggd which focuses even more on technology!  I really love the flip clock design and this is the [...]

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Tags: Deals

Box.net Provides Free Fax Service

December 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Box.net provider of online storage is now offering free fax service through your Box.net account.  The fax service is provided through eFax.com, a provider of email fax services.  Unlike many offers of free faxing you may come across online this is a truly free service.  This partnership is made possible by the Open Box Services [...]

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Tags: Deals · Tech

Blast From the Past: Door to Door Magazine Sales

November 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Just over a year ago I wrote about our experience with DSS Inc. a subsidiary of All Star Promotions and the shady magazine sales they run.
Boy am I a sucker sometimes. Anyway I looked into the company DSS Inc, which is owned/operated by All-star Promotions based out of Texas. Well All-Star has had [...]

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Tags: Customer Service · Deals · Financial

It’s Like Cinnamon Gum With A Radar Detector

September 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment

First off I am a Buzz Agent, this means occasionally companies will share samples of new products with me in order to generate buzz or word of mouth advertising about their product. The latest item I received was from Wrigley and it included samples of their new gum, “5 Gum“, which rocks.
I haven’t had [...]

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Tags: Deals · Misc.

Sprint SERO Deals and Ohio Coverage Updates

July 9th, 2007 · No Comments

Sprint has some great deals available from their employee and friend program which is available to pretty much anyone. The program is known as SERO and you can sign up online at the SERO site. If you enter the email address savings@sprint.com as the referral address you will gain access to the deals [...]

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Tags: Alltel · Deals · How To · Phone PDA · Sprint

Soundpedia Rocks Your Office!

June 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Earlier today I found out about Soundpedia via the PopCandy Blog, and wow this is a slick site!
Soundpedia has a huge selection of full CDs which you can stream. There is also the ability to create playlists and more. Soundpedia excels in having a large selection of new material as well as an [...]

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Tags: Deals · Music

I Lowered my Citicard APR and So Can You

April 8th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Well, since my knee surgery and the associated expenses are more than we have in savings we will need to put them on a credit card while taking several steps to pay them down quickly.
My first step was to call Citi to get a lower rate. It took 3 calls before I reached Darnell [...]

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Tags: Customer Service · Deals · How To

It’s a Wii filled Wiikend

January 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Last night we “camped” out at Walmart with Toby for a Wii.  After an hour and a half the assistant manager who was very nice rolled out a cart of 20 Wii (or Wiis?) and the checkout began.  My wife and I stayed up til about 2 playing Wii sports and we are heading out [...]

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Tags: Deals · Games

Does Wal-Mart have Wii in stock for Jan 28

January 26th, 2007 · No Comments

I just got this flyer in my mail!
There is no number of units promised, an states no rainchecks so it could be all for nothing. Let me know if you get a Wii this wiikend. Good Luck!

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Tags: Deals · Games · Tech

Read Magazines on your WM5 PPC or Portable Device

January 16th, 2007 · No Comments

I just found this site today, Perooz.com which has pre-formatted mobile versions of several popular magazines. These are all FREE and don’t require a special program to use. They are simply pictures.
Including:
FHM
Maxim
Stuff
GQ
Car and Driver
Road and Track
etc
They also have movie trailers available for download.
I found that choosing any device which sports a 320×240 screen [...]

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Tags: Deals · Phone PDA · Tech