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Posted by TJ on Tuesday May 6, 2008 @ 02:37 PM
[Tags: links, alcohol, review]
Here is a good list if you're lookinh for good beers. I'll have to check if any of these are available near me.
link: http://beeradvocate.com/top_beers?this_cId=&this_style=&cId=US&style=
[Tags: links, alcohol, review]
Here is a good list if you're lookinh for good beers. I'll have to check if any of these are available near me.
link: http://beeradvocate.com/top_beers?this_cId=&this_style=&cId=US&style=
Posted by TJ on Friday May 2, 2008 @ 11:04 PM
[Tags: review, business, hints]
XM satellite radio is great for music and in my opinion is definitely worth the price especially if you know how to bargain. I never had to pay full price for a subscription and just got my best deal yet... $69 for a full year.
Here is how I get this price: If your current subscription is coming to an end/or you're a new subscriber call them up and say you want to cancel your subscription because "the price is too high" and the customer rep will offer you a better deal to try and keep you as a subscriber... but don't accept this say the price is still too high... they should then offer you even a better deal. If it's not around $80 bucks tell them the most you'll pay is $80/year.. Now once you got an a good subscription price down they should offer you discount to switch to electronic billing, take that and you now got a great service at a great price. I was paying $15/month called up and was offered a deal for $119 and said no this is still too high "I want to cancel unless you have something under $80. The rep offered me a deal at $83/year then a $15 discount for switching to ebilling.
Kudos to XM radio for their great radio, good customer service, and good prices.
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[Tags: review, business, hints]
XM satellite radio is great for music and in my opinion is definitely worth the price especially if you know how to bargain. I never had to pay full price for a subscription and just got my best deal yet... $69 for a full year.
Here is how I get this price: If your current subscription is coming to an end/or you're a new subscriber call them up and say you want to cancel your subscription because "the price is too high" and the customer rep will offer you a better deal to try and keep you as a subscriber... but don't accept this say the price is still too high... they should then offer you even a better deal. If it's not around $80 bucks tell them the most you'll pay is $80/year.. Now once you got an a good subscription price down they should offer you discount to switch to electronic billing, take that and you now got a great service at a great price. I was paying $15/month called up and was offered a deal for $119 and said no this is still too high "I want to cancel unless you have something under $80. The rep offered me a deal at $83/year then a $15 discount for switching to ebilling.
Kudos to XM radio for their great radio, good customer service, and good prices.
Posted by TJ on Sunday April 20, 2008 @ 01:16 AM
[Tags: links, amazon, review]
The Amazon Kindle is now back in stock... $399. This was out of stock for a long time. This a new revolutionary way to read books. Save paper and become green with this ebook reader. It has free wireless!
link: Amazon.com: Kindle
Product Overview
* Revolutionary electronic-paper display provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper.
* Simple to use: no computer, no cables, no syncing.
* Wireless connectivity enables you to shop the Kindle Store directly from your Kindlewhether youre in the back of a taxi, at the airport, or in bed.
* Buy a book and it is auto-delivered wirelessly in less than one minute.
* More than 110,000 books available, including more than 90 of 112 current New York Times® Best Sellers.
* Download New York Times® Best Sellers and New Releases for $9.99, unless marked otherwise.
* Free book samples. Download and read first chapters for free before you decide to buy.
* Top U.S. newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post; top magazines including TIME, Atlantic Monthly, and Forbesall auto-delivered wirelessly.
* Top international newspapers from France, Germany, and Ireland; Le Monde, Frankfurter Allgemeine, and The Irish Timesall auto-delivered wirelessly.
* More than 250 top blogs from the worlds of business, technology, sports, entertainment, and politics, including BoingBoing, Slashdot, TechCrunch, ESPN's Bill Simmons, The Onion, Michelle Malkin, and The Huffington Postall updated wirelessly throughout the day.
* Lighter and thinner than a typical paperback; weighs only 10.3 ounces.
* Holds over 200 titles.
* Long battery life. Leave wireless on and recharge approximately every other day. Turn wireless off and read for a week or more before recharging. Fully recharges in 2 hours.
* Unlike WiFi, Kindle utilizes the same high-speed data network (EVDO) as advanced cell phonesso you never have to locate a hotspot.
* No monthly wireless bills, service plans, or commitmentswe take care of the wireless delivery so you can simply click, buy, and read.
* Includes free wireless access to the planet's most exhaustive and up-to-date encyclopediaWikipedia.org.
* Email your Word documents and pictures (.JPG, .GIF, .BMP, .PNG) to Kindle for easy on-the-go viewing.
* Included in the box: Kindle wireless reader, Book cover, Power adapter, USB 2.0 cable
link: Amazon.com: Kindle
[Tags: links, amazon, review]
The Amazon Kindle is now back in stock... $399. This was out of stock for a long time. This a new revolutionary way to read books. Save paper and become green with this ebook reader. It has free wireless!
link: Amazon.com: Kindle
Product Overview
* Revolutionary electronic-paper display provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper.
* Simple to use: no computer, no cables, no syncing.
* Wireless connectivity enables you to shop the Kindle Store directly from your Kindlewhether youre in the back of a taxi, at the airport, or in bed.
* Buy a book and it is auto-delivered wirelessly in less than one minute.
* More than 110,000 books available, including more than 90 of 112 current New York Times® Best Sellers.
* Download New York Times® Best Sellers and New Releases for $9.99, unless marked otherwise.
* Free book samples. Download and read first chapters for free before you decide to buy.
* Top U.S. newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post; top magazines including TIME, Atlantic Monthly, and Forbesall auto-delivered wirelessly.
* Top international newspapers from France, Germany, and Ireland; Le Monde, Frankfurter Allgemeine, and The Irish Timesall auto-delivered wirelessly.
* More than 250 top blogs from the worlds of business, technology, sports, entertainment, and politics, including BoingBoing, Slashdot, TechCrunch, ESPN's Bill Simmons, The Onion, Michelle Malkin, and The Huffington Postall updated wirelessly throughout the day.
* Lighter and thinner than a typical paperback; weighs only 10.3 ounces.
* Holds over 200 titles.
* Long battery life. Leave wireless on and recharge approximately every other day. Turn wireless off and read for a week or more before recharging. Fully recharges in 2 hours.
* Unlike WiFi, Kindle utilizes the same high-speed data network (EVDO) as advanced cell phonesso you never have to locate a hotspot.
* No monthly wireless bills, service plans, or commitmentswe take care of the wireless delivery so you can simply click, buy, and read.
* Includes free wireless access to the planet's most exhaustive and up-to-date encyclopediaWikipedia.org.
* Email your Word documents and pictures (.JPG, .GIF, .BMP, .PNG) to Kindle for easy on-the-go viewing.
* Included in the box: Kindle wireless reader, Book cover, Power adapter, USB 2.0 cable
link: Amazon.com: Kindle
Posted by TJ on Saturday April 19, 2008 @ 04:06 AM
[Tags: technology, ipod, hints]
Someone argued with me today that it's bad for the iPod if you shut down your computer with the iPod connected. I do not think this is the case as shutting down the computer properly ends the communications with the iPod just as if you hit eject in iTunes. However my friend said that the iPod says "Do not disconnect" just for this reason. But the real thing they are telling you not to do is disconnect the iPod when the computer is on by pulling the cord. I also heard from reliable sources that you can even pull the cord to disconnect as long as there is no file transferring going on. Well I searched the internet for a hard-core proof that shutting the computer down with the iPod connected is not harmful and could not find any so I figured I'd write the proof myself so here:
Shutting down the computer with the iPod connected is not harmful and should not cause any issues. What is harmful is disconnecting the iPod with out properly choosing to safely disconnect the hardware in the windows task bar or ejecting it in iTunes. Please any one who has had issues to contrary please discuss in comments.
[Tags: technology, ipod, hints]
Someone argued with me today that it's bad for the iPod if you shut down your computer with the iPod connected. I do not think this is the case as shutting down the computer properly ends the communications with the iPod just as if you hit eject in iTunes. However my friend said that the iPod says "Do not disconnect" just for this reason. But the real thing they are telling you not to do is disconnect the iPod when the computer is on by pulling the cord. I also heard from reliable sources that you can even pull the cord to disconnect as long as there is no file transferring going on. Well I searched the internet for a hard-core proof that shutting the computer down with the iPod connected is not harmful and could not find any so I figured I'd write the proof myself so here:
Shutting down the computer with the iPod connected is not harmful and should not cause any issues. What is harmful is disconnecting the iPod with out properly choosing to safely disconnect the hardware in the windows task bar or ejecting it in iTunes. Please any one who has had issues to contrary please discuss in comments.
Posted by TJ on Saturday April 19, 2008 @ 03:54 AM
[Tags: personal, humor, rant]
Ok so I don't normally post about my daily life in this blog because that'd probably get boring as my life is pretty boring. However yesterday was so assiduous I just to have post about it. It all started with going to work this morning. I knew my boss or other manager wasn't going to be in today so I took upon myself to issue a dress down Friday and parted from my normal business casual attire. It's kinda weird on Fridays anyway becuase my office has two firm's working side by side and one has dress down fridays and the one I work for doesn't. So it's kinda like going to a party overdressed every friday. But you know how they say it's to be over dressed than under and I sole heartedly agree in this situation. Like always I left my house at 9:00 am to be to work at my start time of 9:00am (notice something weird here?). I just finished with tax season so I didn't feel like working much. However, I received an alert that we had to get schedules to an IRS auditor for one of big corp's. So I prepared these at a leisurely pace. Once 5:30 hit I made sure I was on my way to my car. I got in the apartment and felt tired so I took a nap until about 8pm. This was perfect becuase my roomates have left by then and I'm anti-social so I having the place to my self. I then sat down and put a netflix movie in the DVD and watched it on the $1,000 TV DVD setup that I purchased last year. The movie was "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" and was turned off quickly becuase I realized that I already seen this movie. I found another movie laying around in the apartment movie and put this in. Around 11 o'clock I realized I forgot to eat dinner and developed a perfect craving for the perfect meal Ramon Noodles. So I cooked up a package. So then I cooked up a package. No I did just repeat that unintentionally as I cooked two packages one after the other as I was more hungry then I thought and those ramon noodles are so damn good. I finished out the night by drinking a bottle of beer. Now I know drinking alone is a sign of alcoholism but so is denial and I just told all the world that I drink alone so that's not denial. Now why I am I writing this again? Oh yeah ... to tell you just how exciting my friday was... that will have to wait till next friday I guess
[Tags: personal, humor, rant]
Ok so I don't normally post about my daily life in this blog because that'd probably get boring as my life is pretty boring. However yesterday was so assiduous I just to have post about it. It all started with going to work this morning. I knew my boss or other manager wasn't going to be in today so I took upon myself to issue a dress down Friday and parted from my normal business casual attire. It's kinda weird on Fridays anyway becuase my office has two firm's working side by side and one has dress down fridays and the one I work for doesn't. So it's kinda like going to a party overdressed every friday. But you know how they say it's to be over dressed than under and I sole heartedly agree in this situation. Like always I left my house at 9:00 am to be to work at my start time of 9:00am (notice something weird here?). I just finished with tax season so I didn't feel like working much. However, I received an alert that we had to get schedules to an IRS auditor for one of big corp's. So I prepared these at a leisurely pace. Once 5:30 hit I made sure I was on my way to my car. I got in the apartment and felt tired so I took a nap until about 8pm. This was perfect becuase my roomates have left by then and I'm anti-social so I having the place to my self. I then sat down and put a netflix movie in the DVD and watched it on the $1,000 TV DVD setup that I purchased last year. The movie was "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" and was turned off quickly becuase I realized that I already seen this movie. I found another movie laying around in the apartment movie and put this in. Around 11 o'clock I realized I forgot to eat dinner and developed a perfect craving for the perfect meal Ramon Noodles. So I cooked up a package. So then I cooked up a package. No I did just repeat that unintentionally as I cooked two packages one after the other as I was more hungry then I thought and those ramon noodles are so damn good. I finished out the night by drinking a bottle of beer. Now I know drinking alone is a sign of alcoholism but so is denial and I just told all the world that I drink alone so that's not denial. Now why I am I writing this again? Oh yeah ... to tell you just how exciting my friday was... that will have to wait till next friday I guess
Posted by TJ on Friday April 18, 2008 @ 02:24 PM
[Tags: mailbag, tjshome, humor]
I received this email from someone today regarding the colorblind page. Can anyone help this poor guy out?
[Tags: mailbag, tjshome, humor]
I received this email from someone today regarding the colorblind page. Can anyone help this poor guy out?
From: lkbossong@[REMOVED].COM
Subject: A RED CORRECTIVE CLIP ON OVER EYE GLASSES
Date: 04-18-08 07:27 AM
Referral: http://tjshome.com/selftest.php
IP: [REMOVED]
i HAD A PAIR OF RED CLIP ON (SUN GLASSES TYPE) TO PUT ON WHEN I WORKED IN QUALITY CONTROL IN ORDER TO SEE COLOR AND WOULD HELP ME IN PASSING THE COLOR BLIND TEST.
LADIES AND OR GENTLEMEN
I LOST THESE IN A RECENT MOVE AND LOOKING FOR A REPLACEMENT PAIR, AND AN ASKING IF YOU MAKE OR KNOW WHO MIGHT MAKE THIS TYPE OF CORRECTIVE GLASSES.
A BRIGHT RED LENS ABOUT THE COLOR OF THE OLD ANUS CANDY PAPER WRAPS
LARRY K. BOSSONG
PHONE NUMBER [REMOVED]
Posted by TJ on Monday March 31, 2008 @ 04:38 PM
[Tags: accounting, work, rant]
At my real job, I've been working a lot lately on an small internet start up that is slated to get really big in the next year. Well last week I had an interview with my boss and the CEO and during the meeting the CEO told my boss that "I am doing a phenomenal job" and "he's lucky to have me" on the account. That made my day. And then to top it off same week I was on a conference call with another client doing some consulting for a business aquisition and the client said to my boss "Make sure you keep him around" referring to me of course. Wow... those are nice comments. Now I still have a big head from all that... and I know I might be boasting here but this is MY BLOG what you expect me talk about?
[Tags: accounting, work, rant]
At my real job, I've been working a lot lately on an small internet start up that is slated to get really big in the next year. Well last week I had an interview with my boss and the CEO and during the meeting the CEO told my boss that "I am doing a phenomenal job" and "he's lucky to have me" on the account. That made my day. And then to top it off same week I was on a conference call with another client doing some consulting for a business aquisition and the client said to my boss "Make sure you keep him around" referring to me of course. Wow... those are nice comments. Now I still have a big head from all that... and I know I might be boasting here but this is MY BLOG what you expect me talk about?
Posted by TJ on Wednesday March 26, 2008 @ 01:17 AM
[Tags: links, hints]
The USPS website is very useful here is what it has to offer:
Address Validation: http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp - Want to make sure you sending something to a valid address use this form.
Free Shipping Supplies http://shop.usps.com/ - The USPS will send you boxes, tape, envelopes, completely free for priority and expedited shipping. Use the top menu bar, Express and Priority supplies will show up as "No Charge". Just make sure you only use this stuff for shipping or else you goto jail.
[Tags: links, hints]
The USPS website is very useful here is what it has to offer:
Address Validation: http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp - Want to make sure you sending something to a valid address use this form.
Free Shipping Supplies http://shop.usps.com/ - The USPS will send you boxes, tape, envelopes, completely free for priority and expedited shipping. Use the top menu bar, Express and Priority supplies will show up as "No Charge". Just make sure you only use this stuff for shipping or else you goto jail.
| USPS.com said: |
| I understand that Express Mail, Priority Mail, Global Express Guaranteed, Express Mail International and Priority Mail International packaging is the property of the United States Postal Service and is provided solely for sending Express Mail, Priority Mail, Global Express Guaranteed, Express Mail International and Priority Mail International. Misuse may be a violation of federal law. |
Posted by TJ on Friday March 21, 2008 @ 10:54 AM
[Tags: links, internet, cellphone]
A lot of employers and colleges sign agreements with Verizon wireless to get employees savings. You can see if your employer participates by following the link below. It's very easy you just need a qualifying work or school email address. Enter your emails address that uses your schools or job domain (IE: you@yourcompany.com,you@school.edu). I saved 19%!!
Verizon Subscribers: https://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/employee/emaildomainauthentication.jsp
AT&T Subscribers:
https://www.wireless.att.com/business/authenticate/index.jsp?zipCode=null&bref=IB00010007900004&_requestid=27105
[Tags: links, internet, cellphone]
A lot of employers and colleges sign agreements with Verizon wireless to get employees savings. You can see if your employer participates by following the link below. It's very easy you just need a qualifying work or school email address. Enter your emails address that uses your schools or job domain (IE: you@yourcompany.com,you@school.edu). I saved 19%!!
Verizon Subscribers: https://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/employee/emaildomainauthentication.jsp
AT&T Subscribers:
https://www.wireless.att.com/business/authenticate/index.jsp?zipCode=null&bref=IB00010007900004&_requestid=27105
Posted by TJ on Friday March 14, 2008 @ 10:11 AM
[Tags: news, myspace, internet]
News Corp bought Myspace back in 2005 for $580 million dollars. It is estimated that myspace is worth over 15 billion now. That greater than a 100% return each year. Forgot stocks.. from now on I'm buying whole companies.
This comes as AOL agrees to buy other popular social networking site for $850 million. I never heard of this site till today but I'm thinking of trying to outbid AOL. Any one want to fund this?
Link: MSNBC: AOL to buy Bebo for $850 million
[Tags: news, myspace, internet]
News Corp bought Myspace back in 2005 for $580 million dollars. It is estimated that myspace is worth over 15 billion now. That greater than a 100% return each year. Forgot stocks.. from now on I'm buying whole companies.
This comes as AOL agrees to buy other popular social networking site for $850 million. I never heard of this site till today but I'm thinking of trying to outbid AOL. Any one want to fund this?
Link: MSNBC: AOL to buy Bebo for $850 million
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