Consumer Connection (1)
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For all its efficiencies—or perhaps because of them—our modern economy is woefully impersonal. We rarely come to know the people behind our clothes and comestibles. Scott Ballum, a Brooklyn-based designer, took this state of affairs as a challenge. In March, he pledged to spend a year buying only the things he could trace back to a specific person, and he’s since begun chronicling the experience online, with what he calls the Consumer Reconnection Project.“The idea ...
Why Blizzard needs to put AH data on the Armory (1)
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Blizzard, AddOns, Making moneyThere is a certain party, a regular emailer to us among our readers, who believes that we here at WoW Insider take a little too long at the start of our posts to get to the actual point of each story, so in this one, I'll just get right down to it: Blizzard needs to put Auction House information on the Armory.I've been on ...
My Moon, My Land (1)
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For geography buffs and real estate sharks, a new frontier: Lunar real estate. In the interest of funding privatized exploration, settlement and development of the Moon,Lunar Registry is selling seemingly legit deeds to lunar property by the acre. While their mission statement to permanently inhabit the Moon by 2015 seems somewhat loony—or at least astronomically ambitious—shares of lunar land are copyrighted and deposited in the U.S. Library of Congress, the U.N. Depository Library, and international ...
Are We Nearing The End Of Credit Card Consumerism? [Consumerism] (3)
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Is it possible? Can this country's insatiable appetite for consumer goods be slowing down? No! Surely not! US News & World Report's Alpha Consumer, Kimberly Palmer took a look at consumer demand and its relationship to cheap credit. Only twice since 1965, despite half a dozen recessions, have Americans spent less in a year than the previous one. Indeed, it often seems that we have defined ourselves by our ability to buy supersized everything, from ...
How to Buy Advertisement on YouTube (1)
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It took me quite a bit of research via Adwords (advertisers buying ads) and Adsense (publisher tool to make money) to discover how to buy ads on YouTube. If you want to place an “Invideo” ad (one that sneaks up along the bottom) or other ads, you’ll need a lot of money. According to Google’s Adwords help, Direct YouTube advertising contracts for US advertisers targeting the US require the following cost commitments. You’ll need to ...
Amazon Watcher Auto-Orders Items When They're In-Stock [Shopping] (23)
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Windows/Mac OS X: Amazon Watcher isn't the first gadget that can monitor Amazon items for price drops and availability, but it is the rare tool that can automatically buy your rare gear for you. Once you add your account information (and assuming you have payment methods stored on that account), you're set to have Amazon Watcher buy x units of whatever you're hunting, but it can also pop up the order page or email you, ...
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Buying Donuts (1)
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I’m buying donuts for software engineers to enjoy. Tests prove that donuts increase productivity in geeks by up to 3.147 percent. If you know a computing professional, buy them donuts today and enjoy better software tomorrow.
App Store Stats: Who’s Buying What, What’s Buying You (1)
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Interested in knowing what apps are being bought at the App Store? Well, lucky you, Medialets has estimates for your viewing pleasure. To determine demand, Medialets uses the number of ratings each app has and also takes into account the average rating of an app as well. So though it may not be the most accurate measurement, it’s still a fairly good barometer in determining app popularity. So what rules the App Store? FREE. According ...
Nokia N810 drops to $299 (3)
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CompUSA now has the Nokia N810 at $299. That's not bad for an 800x480 web browser with Flash, a Skype phone, an Email and chat device, a music and video player, and a GPS with a navigation upgrade. Nope. Not bad at all. I hope the international community gets some price-cut love soon too.Update: There's already a thread on InternetTabletTalk discussing this.
Home Prices Are Low, But Getting a Mortgage Is Tough (1)
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For first-time buyers, sinking home prices should be a good thing, making homes that once seemed out-of-reach more affordable. The trouble is: Potential home buyers face stricter standards and higher costs in securing a mortgage. According to an article in today’s WSJ, mortgage insurers have been dramatically tightening their standards throughout the U.S. (See “Mortgage Insurers Raise Bar“.) To diminish their exposure, mortgage insurers have been defining an increasing number of markets as declining (see ...
20 Ways To Make The Most Of Your Groceries (23)
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Americans throw away a quarter of our food uneaten, which translates into serious wasted cash over time. The Guardian compiled an excellent list of ways to shop smarter so you end up buying what you need, and eating what you buy. Make A List! Shopping lists top every saving strategy we offer, and for good reason. Lists make for routinized, disciplined shopping. Don't Fear An Empty Fridge: Food grows mold, not interest. An empty fridge ...
An Atlas of Radical Cartography (1)
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The idea of maps as more than simply direction-givers is taken to the extreme in this collection of abstract cartography. Featuring the projects of different designers (including the Center for Urban Pedagogy and Brooke Singer of Superfund365, both previously covered in these pages), the maps in the atlas range in subject from New York’s garbage-removal system to the secret CIA rendition flights. They may not help you navigate the roads, but they will help you ...
Buy Only from Stores with Free Shipping with Free Shipping On [Shopping] (1)
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Easily find items sold online with free shipping on sites like Amazon, eBay, and more than 500 other online stores with website Free Shipping On. The website sports easy navigation: two tabs that allow you to perform searches for items available on Amazon and eBay with free shipping, and then a third tab takes you to a page that offers free shipping coupons for over five hundred stores, from Apple to Walmart and organized by ...
