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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Target 15% off your entire order, may be used on Sale & Clearance
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Use Doctor Finder To Prescreen Your Doctor
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via The Consumerist by Chris Walters on 5/11/10
If you're like most people, you pick a new doctor by going through an approved list provided by your insurer and selecting someone nearby. Doctor Finder from insiderpages.com hopes to make the process less random by providing reviews for doctors and dentists. You can search by zip code, then narrow down results by your insurer, distance, gender, specialty, language, and experience.
Wired notes that the site has ratings on 900,000 doctors thanks to a partnership with a survey company called HealthGrades. It's also rapidly increasing the number of written reviews by using a novel school fundraiser program that pays parents to review local doctors. So far there are written reviews on about 300,000 doctors.
"New Service Lets You Check Out Your Doctor Online, Before You Get Checkup" [Wired]
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Upgrades and Downgrades: Stockholm syndrome, hotel fees, tiki bars, scanner ...
see last item.
i guess they didn't get on AR soon enough!
i guess they didn't get on AR soon enough!
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via Upgrade: Travel Better by Mark Ashley on 5/6/10
Downgraded: Consumer smarts
You will no doubt recall Spirit Airlines' decision to charge up to $45 for a carry-on bag. What may surprise (and disappoint) you: The airline has seen a surge in bookings, 50% higher than the same period last year. The airline admits to capitalizing on the media attention, much of it negative. Perhaps all press is good press, after all. Or perhaps passengers are suffering from Stockholm Syndrome.
Downgraded: Hotel Fees Running Wild
Bjorn Hanson of NYU predicts an increase in the size, variety, and breadth of hotel fees in the coming year. $1.7 billion worth. And if you were curious as to how you'll be charged, here's a list:
Examples of fees and surcharges include: resort or amenity fees, early departure fees, reservation cancellation fees, internet fees, telephone call surcharges, the costs of local calls, business center fees (i.e. cost of sending/receiving faxes and sending/receiving overnight packages), room service delivery surcharges, mini-bar restocking fees, charges for in-room safes, and automatic gratuities and surcharges. For groups, there have been increased charges for bartenders, service, and other staff at events; charges for set up and breakdown of meeting rooms; charges for meeting rooms in which meals are served (the common practice has been that there is a charge for meeting rooms but not an additional room charge for rooms in which meals are served); fees for master folio billing and baggage holding fees for guests leaving luggage with bell staff after checking out of a hotel but before departure.
Downgraded: Scanner privacy
Oh good: The full-body scanners that supposedly blur out the private parts, don't. Thanks to The Smoking Gun, we learn of a TSA employee who walked through the scanner and was, ahem, judged by his colleagues for the size of his manhood. Eventually, the guy snapped at the mockery, which led to his arrest. And led to our awareness of just how personal the scanners can get…
Downgraded: The Tonga Room
There just aren't enough kitsch-tastic tiki lounges left in America. And so it saddens me when I read that the San Francisco Fairmont is planning to demolish the Tonga Room, a Polynesian-themed bar that was launched in 1945. The city (and some preservationists) are protesting the planned demolition.
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Monday, May 10, 2010
Refurbished iPods: iPod Nano 8GB (5th Gen) $99, iPod Touch 8GB (current Gen)...
refurb, but does come with 1 year warranty. this is the price woot had it for...
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Use Aluminum Foil to Keep Clothes Static Free [Clever Uses]
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via Lifehacker by Jason Fitzpatrick on 5/7/10
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Pulling out a load of static-charged laundry isn't fun, nor is trying to get garments to hang right when they are buzzing with static. Apartment Therapy reader Aprilheartsaaron shared the following cheap hack to do away with static:
I've completely eliminated the need for dryer sheets. I was a firm lover of these until I found that I could take aluminum foil, ball it up, and toss it in the dryer with the wet laundry. It removes static and never has to be changed. I've been using the same aluminum foil ball for over 6 months.
The aluminum foil balls I use are approximately 2-3 inches in diameter...tightly rolled. I use 2 or 3 of them with heavier loads or with large blankets/comforters.
You can also use sheets of aluminum foil to safely iron delicate fabrics. If you're not dealing with static, but trying to cut down on drying time you can make a natural dryer ball out of yarn or use a tennis ball. Have a clever laundry hack—using less detergent is my favorite—to share? Let's hear about it in the comments.
Aluminum Foil as Dryer Sheet [Apartment Therapy]
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Grab Free Vector Art Images at Love Vector Free [Design]
seems like you've needed this from time to time...
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via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on 5/10/10
It's nowhere near the scale of the previously mentioned repository Open Clip Art Library, but Love Vector Free is pitched more toward web designs, buttons, and other functional pieces that designers and dabblers might be looking to use or draw from. Got a favorite source for free vector art elsewhere on the web? Pitch in a link in the comments.
Love Vector Free [via etc.]
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Friday, May 7, 2010
How To Cook Everything
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via Cool Tools on 5/7/10
This iPhone app is $2, but contains all the content of Mark Bittman's original book and the information is stored offline unlike many other recipe apps. It has added features including a recipe timer, fast searchable index (by main ingredient, cook time, vegetarian, etc.), grocery list from recipes (that you can email), and reader recommended recipes. It's what a cook book for the iPhone should be, and I have used it almost every day since it was released.
-- Oliver HullandHow To Cook Everything: On The Go
Mark Bittman
$2
Available from iTunes Store
Manufactured by Culinate, Inc
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