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10 ways to save $100

There is a good list of easy ways to save money over on Personal Finance Advice. Call Your Credit Card Company: If you have a credit card that currently has a balance on it, call your credit card company to try and get the interest rate lowered. Depending on how good of a customer you […]

Neat Tourist Attraction

Boat makes its home on beach Pretty neat although I don’t even know where Goa is… Technorati Tags: boat, tourism, tourist, cool, ship, beach

Finally a Windows Message I can agree with!

Technorati Tags: Windows, error, messages, message, info, funny, humor

Old Navy Opens

Just heard the radio ad. Sounds like Saturday is the big day here in Bismarck. 100 free shirts to the first 100 customers at 9 am on Saturday. Technorati Tags: Old Navy, open, opening

Lamp not so bright

Last night we ventured out to the new Super Target or Target Grande or whatever they call it. Same Target. Newer store. Our purpose was to replace our fire-hazard halogen light in the living room with a safer incandescent one. We found one in our budget and took it home. I put it together only […]

Blackberry Sync Problems

Since I returned from Las Vegas, I have had to manually sync my blackberry to receive any new email. I was hoping this would clear up on its own but it hasn’t. Anyone have any ideas on how to get it to sync automatically again? Technorati Tags: blackberry, sync, question, manual, problems

Bismarck Gas Prices

Average regular unleaded fuel prices in Bismarck have officially dropped below Grand Forks and Fargo prices, apparently prompted by a small feud, officials say. “There’s a couple of stores that started this competition, and it’ll continue,” said Mike Rud, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Marketer’s Association. As of Monday morning, regular unleaded fuel prices […]

Las Vegas Photos now online

The pictures we took in Vegas are now uploaded to flickr.View them here Technorati Tags: las vegas, pictures, flickr, vacation, trip

When What You Say Isn’t What You Mean

In my profession, people say the wrong things all the time. They mistake KB for MB, RAM for disk space, etc. I was thinking today, what if they did this in other areas of life? How embarrassing would it be to wish condolences instead of congratulations to the new chef on opening his own restaurant? […]

Paid Blogging

Lately the big stir is services such as Review Me which connects advertisers with bloggers who in turn write reviews of their products in exchange for cash. Personally I don’t like the idea of paid reviews. It create bias. As long as it is noted in the review it is paid I guess it is […]