Category: Electronics/Technology

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It’s All About Getting The Best Bang For Your Buck

We are all looking for ways to cut back on our expenses these past couple of years. There is a lot of information on the TV about ways to reduce your expenses, but for folks like me that don’t get to see much TV, we depend on the Internet for information and tips instead. I just watched a clip on a new book, “Living Large in Lean Times”, that was just recently released by Clark Howard, a money expert, who is famous for giving us all kinds of advice on how to get the best bang for our buck and how to avoid being ripped off in the process. I don’t have much time for books these days but hearing short clips like this that let you know that you can get prescription eyeglasses for $7 at ZenniOptical or that you can extend the life of your razor just by drying it after each use, I can take in small doses and not get over whelmed with too much information.

Shopping online is the way to go these days, especially for people like me that don’t live right in town, the nearest town to me is over 35 miles away, so running into town is a time consuming chore and takes a lot of gas just to save a couple of bucks on something that is on sale. With so many companies catering to the ever growing online shopping population you can find great deals all over the Internet and if you stick with only the companies that provide you with free shipping you can really make out on top. Let them bring it to me, yes indeed, that is what I’m talking about.

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My Love of The Ford Mustang

My first car was a 1967 Ford Mustang and I wish I had never gotten rid of it so long ago. Surfing the Internet earlier I ran across a site that sells Mustang Parts and I ended up taking a trip down memory lane for a time being, then I came back down to earth with only the sight of Mustang Tail Lights in the far distance once again.

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Dad’s Old Harley, a Basket Case

Since my brother has caught wind that I found and am going to try and restore our fathers old 1932VL Flathead, Harley Davidson, a sweet little 74 incher, he has been emailing me much more frequently and is showing enthusiasm in the whole project that lies ahead for the both of us.

Since he rides a Harley for a living he knows a lot about bikes and their accessories, so I’m happy to hear anything that he has to say about the situation facing us. He has found several websites for me to check out, so many options to choose from and so many decisions to be made, glad that we are not in a major rush to get this “basket case” up and running and looking suitable once again after so many years of collecting dust and I’m sad to say some rust has taken place as well, understandably so.

The latest company that he is referring me to is called cruiser customizing and they have a good website that I have been drooling over for the last hour or so. A good site to bookmark and come back to in the near future, when warmer weather prevails and I have some spare time, money and energy.

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Virginia State Car Inspections

Here in Virginia we have to have our vehicles inspected once a year. It is a pain the rear, but I can understand the reasoning behind this mandatory law. If your vehicle isn’t able to pass this state inspection then you are putting yourself and everyone else that is on the roads with you are are in danger as well and that just isn’t cool. So I believe that for $16 a year it is well worth the time and money that it takes to have this done. I just wish more automotive service centers offered this for their customers and that more of them stayed open on Saturdays to do the job. For some reason a most of them close at noon on Saturdays and apparently it is against the law to do these inspections on Sunday, which makes no sense to me what-so-ever and I have never found anyone that can explain to me why this is the case.

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Just a Bit Out of My League

Tomorrow is Father’s Day so my sister just shot me an email inviting me to come over to her place for dinner with her family. Since both of our parents have passed Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are a real drag around the farm, so it will be nice to get away for the day and spend time with her, her hubby and the 3 kids.

The bad news is that she wants me to stop and pick up a few presents for her hubby that she didn’t have time to get to this week. She wants me to check out a Blu ray Ripper and/or a Blu ray Burner, which I really don’t know much about, so I’m going to do some research on the Internet to find out more about them so that I can learn more about them before having to make a blind purchase. It is too bad that there isn’t enough time to order these online, that would be the way to go as far as I’m concerned, but stuff happens and now it is up to me to stop in town and see what I can find on my own. Wish me luck on this task folks, I think I’m going to need it.

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Netflix

My sister gave me a Netflix coupon that I just activated, last night, that just gave me one month’s worth of movies for free. I don’t have a lot of time for movie watching, but when I do have the time to sit down and enjoy some TV time it will be nice to be able to pick something that I really want to watch and to be able to watch it when I want to.  There are tons of movies and TV shows to choose from, more than I expected to find. So for the next month I’ll be catching up on as many movies as I ca

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Save Time and Money, Shop Online

We really have become a society that expects and demands instant gratification in so many ways. We have gotten to where when we find we need or want something we run right out and get it as quick a we can in order to move on to the next thing. With us growing up and living out on a farm, things move a little slower, but by having the Internet available makes it possible to speed things up just a bit and save us money along the way.

Since money is so tight everywhere alot of folks are starting to take a step back and look around for the best deal on many of the items and services that we require and have become accustomed to, before just jumping in with both feet and buying the first thing available. There are numerous websites devoted to finding deals and one of my favorite ones to check out before buying anything is http://www.savings.com. It is very easy to use and has a wide variety of ways to save money for online shoppers. This site has an “Ask, Answer & Save” page that provides you with answers from their community of deal experts to your questions that you submit, which is pretty cool. There is also a blog that you can read for useful information on savings as well.

Before I purchase anything these days I take some time to look around for the best deal that I can find. Online shoppers have so many ways to save money, the first thing I look for is free shipping, that in itself is a money saver. With gas prices once again on the rise, I don’t want to go into town for anything that I don’t have to.

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More Winners

The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.

 And the winners are:

 1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs

2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained

3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4. Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk

5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.

6. Negligent, adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown

7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp

8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash

9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline

11. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam

12. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists

13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist

14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms

15. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there

 16. Circumvent, n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men

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A Skiers Paradise

I appreciate the guest post, Jewel Rodgers

Winter Park, Colorado is truly a skier’s paradise. With virtually no lift lines and a mountain that boasts mogul skiing at it’s best, this is a favorite spot of mine.

Once I load up the skies and dogs, set the home security alarm (home Alarm systems prices) and head west, I always find time to stop at Beau Jo’s pizza in Idaho Springs on the way. They have the best pizza and it’s a Colorado tradition. My drive continues up Berthold Pass (which can be dicey so check the weather reports) and back down into Winter Park. It’s an old skiers town. There’s nothing fancy here. No fur coats, no expensive accomodations, just the awesome mountain and a ton of snow! I like to go directly to Mary Jane. This is the mogul mountain. After a day skiing the bumps I’ll hop back over to the base of Winter Park and enjoy some groomed runs. Everyone is friendly and happy in Winter Park. There’s no pretense of anything fancy. We are all there to conquer the same thing…the mountain.

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The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational

The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

Here are the winners:

1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

 2 Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.

3. Intaxicaton: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

5. Bozone(n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future

6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid..

7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high

8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.

9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

11. Karmageddon: It’s like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like, a serious bummer.

12. Decafalon(n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

13. Glibido: All talk and no action.

14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

15. Arachnoleptic Fit(n.): The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.

16. Beelzebug(n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

17. Caterpallor(n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you’re eating.