All Entries in the "Odds and Ends" Category
Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions with These Free and Cheap Apps
Tweet It’s the New Year and there’s nothing that you want more than to stick to a resolution. You may have failed at dieting and budgeting in years past but 2013′s going to be different, right? I’m every bit as optimistic as you when it comes to goal setting and that’s why I decided to [...]
Amazon Prime Now Has iPad App for Instant Video Streaming
Tweet Good news for Amazon Prime members. The service now has an Instant Videos app for the iPad. You can watch your favorite movies and TV shows on the go for no additional cost. This is perfect for vacations and business trips. Best of all, it’s a perk of having an Amazon Prime membership. If [...]
How to Learn a Foreign Language for Free
Tweet Forget Rosetta Stone! I have some ways to learn the foreign language of your choice for free. For example, the Internet is full of educational websites dedicated to making you bilingual and multilingual. Rather than spend a small fortune on language lessons, I believe in the power of self-learning. Here are some of the [...]
Doomsday Preppers Shows the Importance of Being Prepared
Tweet If you haven’t had the opportunity to catch an episode of Doomsday Preppers, National Geographic Channel’s new series, you’re missing out. Where else are you going to learn how much time, energy, and resources go into prepping? The hour long program follows average Americans as they prepare for TEOTWAWKI (The End of the World [...]
Five Places You Can Listen to Music for Free
Tweet Want to listen to music while working out or cleaning house but don’t want to pay an arm and a leg for it? Why don’t you try these five sites on for size? Not only will you have unlimited access to all your favorite tunes, it also won’t cost you a cent! Now, that’s [...]
How to Streamline Your Morning Routine
Tweet Save Time With These Tips It’s time to send the kids back to school and with that in mind, there has to be a better way to get out the door in the morning. Missing keys and misplaced permission slips can put a damper on your day and make it difficult for you to [...]
How to Get Free Redbox Rentals
Tweet A Few Different Ways to Get Free Redbox Rentals Who doesn’t love a free movie rental from time to time? I do and that’s what makes Redbox so enticing. Not only do I see a kiosk when I pass by the supermarket, drug store or neighborhood McDonald’s (there are 27,000 Redbox locations nationwide), the [...]
Reducing Your Risk of Costly Car Repairs
Tweet After sinking nearly $600 into new front and rear brakes and four brand new tires, I thought that it might be in my best interest to learn a little something about car maintenance. As a woman, I haven’t been inclined to keep up with my automobile like I should. To be quite honest, other [...]
How to Spot a Craigslist Scam
Tweet We’ve all done it. Answered an ad on Craigslist that didn’t seem right or even worse, appeared to be too good to be true. I’ve had my fair share of dealing with crooks as a freelance writer and will be the first to admit that there sure are a lot of scammers out there [...]
Being Financially Prepared for a Disaster
Tweet Disasters happen. There’s simply no way around it, and most of the time there’s nothing we can do about them. And most disasters are extremely rare, so this makes for a devastating combination. But look no further than early 2011 and see that disasters can and do happen, and can affect millions of people. [...]
How to Have a Successful Yard or Garage Sale
Tweet The battered old station wagon sputtered and choked its way down the street and up to my front yard. Rather than parking his car and getting out to survey the contents of my garage sale, the driver opted to gently ease his foot off the brake and coast by my house without even stopping. [...]
How to Turn Your iPod Touch Into a Phone with One Amazing App
Tweet A couple of days ago, I read an article on CNN about a guy who turned his iPod Touch into a cell phone. I was hoping to gain some insight as to how I could perfect this process as I just purchased a headset with microphone specifically for this purpose. What I was surprised [...]
What’s In My Wallet?
Tweet People seem to have a curious fascination with what other people carry in their wallet or purse, and various personal finance memes have gone around highlighting what bloggers carry in their wallets. Well, even though I’ve been doing this for over four years now, I realized I haven’t taken part in any of them. [...]
Postage Prices Not Set to Increase Again in 2011
Tweet UPDATE: As of September 30, 2010, the postage increase is on hold. Regulators have denied the request for a rate hike so postage prices will not be increasing in 2011 as originally planned. This doesn’t mean a rate hike isn’t in our future, but it won’t happen as soon as originally anticipated. The remainder [...]
Hulu Plus is Putting The Brakes on Free TV
Tweet You may have heard from various sources this week that Hulu is going to start charging a monthly fee to access some of their premium content. We knew this was coming eventually, but now that it has been officially announced it has people talking. Hulu has been a staple for those who wanted to [...]
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