Thursday, October 30, 2008

Save Money Shopping Online with GotoDaily [Shopping]



 
 

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Before you make a purchase online, a quick search of GotoDaily's list of discount codes and printable coupons could save you some money on anything from apparel to electronics. The listings are updated daily, and users can add deals they've found and remove codes that don't work. Search by keyword or shopping site URL. The site's blog also highlights good deals, like this roundup of specials just in time for Halloween. If you register, you can also create shopping and wish lists and subscribe to updates on bargains at your favorite stores. More like RetailMeNot than BeatThat, it's another great weapon in a smart shopper's arsenal. Here's more on how to become an online power-shopper. Thanks, Andy!



 
 

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Cfont Pro Previews and Organizes Fonts for Free [Featured Windows Download]



 
 

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Windows only: For typography junkies with large font collections, Cfont Pro will help you manage your addiction. With support for all the major font file types, including Postscript and TrueType, this free application will let you preview fonts from disk before installing. It'll also create proof sheets of multiple fonts and export them to HTML or RTF files so that you can print then for reference or forward to a picky client (for their sake and ours, please don't give them the option of using Comic Sans). You can also search your machine for fonts, check out font attributes and view single characters full-screen to check for imperfections. Cfont Pro is a free download for Windows only.



 
 

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Buy $25 Restaurant Gift Cards for $2 [Saving Money]

sekisui (bartlett location) and pig'n'whistle were the only two restaurants i saw near us.

$100 for $8 is a steep deal. it might be worth looking to see the restaurants in logan and i could give some to my mom or susan for christmas. or look for ones in irvine to give rachel and john.

 
 

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Web site Restaurant.com sells gift certificates to participating restaurants all over the country, often offering deeply discounted prices. Right now the site is selling $25 gift certificates for $10, which isn't a bad start, but from now until Halloween, entering TREATS at the checkout applies a second 80% discount to the sales price. The result is a supremely cheap $25 gift card for just $2. Want to aim higher? The same discount applies to more expensive gift cards as well, so you can snag a $50 gift card for $4, $100 for $8, and so on. Be sure to read up on the participating restaurants before buying and check the fine print for the restaurant you plan on using it at so there aren't any surprises when the bill comes. A Restaurant.com gift card may restrict you to a minimum food purchase, for example. In the midst of financial apocalypse, this seems like a nice way to save a few bucks but still enjoy a meal out. If you have any experience with the site, let's hear more in the comments.



 
 

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Tiny Faces On Broccoli To Be Heartlessly Discontinued, As Will These Decapitated Heads On Jam Jars [Unacceptable Food]


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Tiny Faces On Broccoli To Be Heartlessly Discontinued, As Will These Decapitated Heads On Jam Jars [Unacceptable Food]

The bloggers that noticed the "tiny faces on broccoli" and shared their discovery with the world (click here to catch up with the horror), have decided to do a little investigative journalism. They contacted the company that photoshopped the little faces onto their broccoli package and got a response. It seems that the tiny faces are a tradition that is now on the chopping block...


"Dear Mrs. Carrier:

Thank you for contacting us concerning Cascadian Farm. We appreciate the opportunity to address this matter. Unfortunately, there is no one available for you to interview. However, I have included some information about the history behind the faces.
The tradition of hiding names or faces on Cascadian Farm packaging began over a dozen years ago. It was unspoken tribute by the package design department to the friends & family of Cascadian Farm. The faces won't be included on our redesigned packaging.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please let us know.

Sincerely,

Leah Giovanni

Consumer Services"

The also found some more faces on this jar of grape jam. We're sorry to see the horrifying little faces go. It's creepy, but it's sort of wonderful in a way.

WTF BROCCOLI PART DEUCE. [Bread & Honey]







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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

aut@tumnau.com sent you a link to content of interest

aut@tumnau.com sent you a link to the following content:

Stop Wasting Money on Disposable Things
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/10/21/stop-wasting-money-on-disposable-things/

The sender also included this note:

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Ready Meals

fyi...

 
 

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via Cool Tools on 10/28/08

Self-heating meal packs give you hot meals without a stove. Developed by the US military for battlefield use, these 1,200 calorie food packages, known as Meals Ready to Eat (MRE), are also widely used by firefighters and emergency workers out in the field. In theory you could live off two per day.

Each meal comes in a complete package of two appetizers, main course, powdered drink, and desert. The main course is contained in a sealed pouch that you insert into another pouch that chemically reacts to produce an intense heat. The meal inside gets steaming hot, surprisingly hot.

There are 6 standard menus, like spaghetti or beef stew. The taste is okay. If you were hungry enough you might think it good. We've never had trouble finishing a meal. Sometimes just the fact they are steaming hot hits the spot. The other stuff in the meal pack is pretty much generic and always edible. Each of the seven parts in each meal is individually vacuum packed so there is a pile of litter generated. Also, all the food is ready-to-eat and hydrated; together with massive packaging, these are heavy dudes. Not ideal for backpacking, but one overnight wouldn't hurt.

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Self-heating meals are great as easy car camping food. We've used them when we arrive late and are too lazy to set a stove up. Or at events like Burning Man when cooking is the last thing you want to do. I've used them canoeing, too, where weight is not an issue.

These self-heating MREs have an official shelf life of 3 years so that can be stockpiled in your pantry and rotated out as backup emergency rations. I have stuffed two meals for each person in our household into our go-bag.

Until recently all MREs were manufactured solely for military use. You could find wayward MREs on eBay; they may have been past their expiration date, or resold through gray markets, or missing their heater envelopes. Now the makers of MREs are selling directly to the public. The minimum order is a carton of 12, two units of each 6 varieties. The go for about $5 per meal. The brands are pretty indistinguishable. I've been using the A-Pack Ready Meals and am a happy camper.

-- KK

Ready Meals
$55 per 12
Manufactured by A-Pack
(Because of hurricane disasters they seem to be out of stock at the moment.)

Or $85 per 12 from Amazon

Here's a great informational site on MREs run by a dedicated enthusiast

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Monday, October 27, 2008

Move To Japan So You Can Drink Yogurt Pepsi [Ew]

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Move To Japan So You Can Drink Yogurt Pepsi [Ew]

Japan is a unique country with an adventurous palate, the perfect place to try out new Pepsi Yogurt flavor, aka "Pepsi White." Reader Danny who sent this in says, "The flavor was quite sweet, and closer to that of 7-UP with some slightly milky tones (not really yogurt, just milk). Overall it was good, if odd." In this concoction, it would appear culinary scientists have discovered found the absolute gastronomical inverse of Crystal Clear Pepsi. Congratulations, Science.

RELATED: Ice Cucumber Pepsi
Pepsi Blue Hawaii









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Friday, October 24, 2008

Hive Five Winner for Best File Compression Tool: 7-Zip [Hive Five Followup]

we were just dealing with this...

 
 

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Open-source compression/decompression application 7-Zip won the blue ribbon in the Hive Five Best Compression Tools by a landslide, followed by shareware favorite WinRAR and freeware app IZArc.



 
 

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