I sounds like you had fun with the project too. FYI, there is also a free app, "Headset Blocker" that fixes the problem you describe.
"Tired of your phone randomly skipping songs because it thinks your headphones are controlling the music? This simple widget allows you to block and intercept unwanted headphone control signals which seem to accidentally occur from time to time.
IMPORTANT: This is ONLY a widget! You must add the widget to start blocking!
Hi, thanks for this article. i have just been researching prepaid travel cards (I'm from the UK). You need to update your travelex info since they now do several different currencies for their cash passport, such as canadian dollars (which I just purchased). You can load for free if you use BACS, and ATM withdrawals are free and there is no monthly card fee unless you don't use it for something like 15mths. It lasts for 4yrs. Not bad. The travel exchange rate may not be the best but with the charges that banks now have for using your debit card abroad, it's probably a better deal.
And then click on the photos at the bottom of the screen. Each photo will provide a description of a tuition-free college, starting with Alice Lloyd College.
I signed up for Netspend prepaid debit card with doing some research (obviously) and I was going to activat it, but it said to provide social security number and dat of birth and I did not feel comfortable doing that. So i decided to just close my account, but when I tried to do this online, they said I needed at least 5.95 in my account to close it. If I don't provide my information then it is not activated right? So I can just cut up the card and throw it out as if it never happened and I don't need to worry about it right?
@ Landon - thank you sir. Really appreciate the complement.
@ Will - step 1: grow a beard.
@ Todd - that is really awesome. Your kids are going to be very well prepared to take on their own finances.
@ Adelle - you are most welcome!
I've had to make some customer service calls lately and I'm finding that they are more likely to help out, than before the recession. I am very polite and explain what's going on and I've gotten great results, so far!
I don't think it's wrong to get free stuff. Taking advantage of freebies has helped my budget and allowed me to pass on stuff to family, friends and food pantries. Companies like giving away free products, hoping to entice people to get hooked on the product and buy it in the future.
You can always use credit cards and peer to peer loans. The key is to make sure that you have good credit and that you use that credit wisely. Start building it ASAP.
I am an apple grower in PA. We sell u-pick apples for $6.00/half bushel. That is conservatively about 30 cents/lb. Since apples in the grocery stores around here are $1.50-$1.75/lb. the u-pick winds up being a very good deal. Most of our community appreciates this value and would rather support their local farmers than buy from giant distribution centers that are selling last year's apples at a much higher price!
I entertain myself for free on weekends by going to "grand openings" -banks, stores, and new housing developments. Usually there is food, raffles, gifts or coupons for services, and entertainment. You get to meet some interesting people, win some prizes, and I'm not spending money at the mall.
Thank you so much for this post! When we buy on emotion and bypass logic, we end up buying all kinds of things we don't need. If it's something you really want, you can save up for it. By the time you have the money together, you should know whether it will really improve your life or not.
Willie Boy
From my research, the first enzyme breaks up long strand starches. That would tend to be solid or mash, to a hazy thick milk like substance. The second enzyme is for short strand starch, liquid. So the 1 2 punch would break down from solid to liquid to fermentable sugar. I see they did use some sugar to start it off. More then likely for a similar reason. It also seems the thick congealed rice gel they created, breaks down to a white liquid in a short time. I see the enzymes on line and I intend to buy some to test with. You can use malted barley for one of the enzymes, but I think it is the 2nd one.
That's a great point about changing the chair you're sitting on. It's pointless to stop TV and replace it with surfing the web. We must replace bad behaviors or bad habits with something productive, not just another "less bad" habit!
I noticed that Europeans sometimes leave all their belongings when selling a home; the home is simply "furnished." What a concept in the US! I didn't quite know what I thought of that, but how freeing it would be to buy a house and not have to MOVE! Or to pick up and go without having to deal with the PURGE that you have just described. Granted, personal items will still have to be dealt with, but the large, difficult things will just stay as they are, fitting perfectly into the space they were purchased for.
This isn't exactly silly, but practical: I save used fabric softener sheets and use them to wipe down my shower and other bathroom surfaces.
But here's something REALLY silly: I've known young college-age kids to get married just to get a discount on financial aid or other assistance. CRAZY!
Awesome additions to the list, Angie. I should have mentioned that I was only reviewing some of the larger and better known of these type of websites, but that there are definitely more out there. I hadn't even heard of Olivia Place before, so my personal thanks for highlighting it here.
Building with containers is worth taking a look at if you are contemplating a new home.
Good resource is the Residential Shipping Container Primer website. A DO IT YOURSELF (DIY) REFERENCE AND FOR CONVERTING RECYCLED INTERMODAL CARGO SHIPPING CONTAINERS INTO BUILDINGS AND ARCHITECTURE.
Lots of example buildings, details, facts, and links to other articles. They have something new that you can setup your own project wiki to get help with your project if you are the design build sort...
Hi Linsey, Looking forward to reading the list-especially the unclutterer and happiness project articles. These links are all quality! Thanks, Barb Friedberg
I sounds like you had fun with the project too. FYI, there is also a free app, "Headset Blocker" that fixes the problem you describe.
"Tired of your phone randomly skipping songs because it thinks your headphones are controlling the music? This simple widget allows you to block and intercept unwanted headphone control signals which seem to accidentally occur from time to time.
IMPORTANT: This is ONLY a widget! You must add the widget to start blocking!
Latest version: 1.0 (for all Android versions)"
http://code.google.com/p/android-headset-blocker/
Now all we have to do is way until they get the old bills out of the market... I guess it's going to take a while to do that.
Thank you for the article, I use career successions for my resume writing software
at http://www.careersuccessions.com/LandingPage/Site/resume-software.html. I recommend you use them, I paid $50 for my resume to be made up which is cheap compared to others, and i also got a job right after
Hi, thanks for this article. i have just been researching prepaid travel cards (I'm from the UK). You need to update your travelex info since they now do several different currencies for their cash passport, such as canadian dollars (which I just purchased). You can load for free if you use BACS, and ATM withdrawals are free and there is no monthly card fee unless you don't use it for something like 15mths. It lasts for 4yrs. Not bad. The travel exchange rate may not be the best but with the charges that banks now have for using your debit card abroad, it's probably a better deal.
Ok.. it's tricky, but here's the best way to get the list of colleges. Visit this link:
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/11/1114_tuitionfree/index_01.htm
And then click on the photos at the bottom of the screen. Each photo will provide a description of a tuition-free college, starting with Alice Lloyd College.
Hope this helps!
I signed up for Netspend prepaid debit card with doing some research (obviously) and I was going to activat it, but it said to provide social security number and dat of birth and I did not feel comfortable doing that. So i decided to just close my account, but when I tried to do this online, they said I needed at least 5.95 in my account to close it. If I don't provide my information then it is not activated right? So I can just cut up the card and throw it out as if it never happened and I don't need to worry about it right?
@ Landon - thank you sir. Really appreciate the complement.
@ Will - step 1: grow a beard.
@ Todd - that is really awesome. Your kids are going to be very well prepared to take on their own finances.
@ Adelle - you are most welcome!
I've had to make some customer service calls lately and I'm finding that they are more likely to help out, than before the recession. I am very polite and explain what's going on and I've gotten great results, so far!
I don't think it's wrong to get free stuff. Taking advantage of freebies has helped my budget and allowed me to pass on stuff to family, friends and food pantries. Companies like giving away free products, hoping to entice people to get hooked on the product and buy it in the future.
You can always use credit cards and peer to peer loans. The key is to make sure that you have good credit and that you use that credit wisely. Start building it ASAP.
@david
If you were able to secure a loan with favorable terms, say < 5%, that could provide a great boost towards starting a new business.
A great Q/A resource for anyone thinking about starting a new business is startups.com
I am an apple grower in PA. We sell u-pick apples for $6.00/half bushel. That is conservatively about 30 cents/lb. Since apples in the grocery stores around here are $1.50-$1.75/lb. the u-pick winds up being a very good deal. Most of our community appreciates this value and would rather support their local farmers than buy from giant distribution centers that are selling last year's apples at a much higher price!
I entertain myself for free on weekends by going to "grand openings" -banks, stores, and new housing developments. Usually there is food, raffles, gifts or coupons for services, and entertainment. You get to meet some interesting people, win some prizes, and I'm not spending money at the mall.
I love what you did! The fact that is was so cheap to do is a plus. I love it!
Thank you so much for this post! When we buy on emotion and bypass logic, we end up buying all kinds of things we don't need. If it's something you really want, you can save up for it. By the time you have the money together, you should know whether it will really improve your life or not.
Willie Boy
From my research, the first enzyme breaks up long strand starches. That would tend to be solid or mash, to a hazy thick milk like substance. The second enzyme is for short strand starch, liquid. So the 1 2 punch would break down from solid to liquid to fermentable sugar. I see they did use some sugar to start it off. More then likely for a similar reason. It also seems the thick congealed rice gel they created, breaks down to a white liquid in a short time. I see the enzymes on line and I intend to buy some to test with. You can use malted barley for one of the enzymes, but I think it is the 2nd one.
That's a great point about changing the chair you're sitting on. It's pointless to stop TV and replace it with surfing the web. We must replace bad behaviors or bad habits with something productive, not just another "less bad" habit!
Where's the list of tuition free schools? I ended up in a link loop and could never find it.
I noticed that Europeans sometimes leave all their belongings when selling a home; the home is simply "furnished." What a concept in the US! I didn't quite know what I thought of that, but how freeing it would be to buy a house and not have to MOVE! Or to pick up and go without having to deal with the PURGE that you have just described. Granted, personal items will still have to be dealt with, but the large, difficult things will just stay as they are, fitting perfectly into the space they were purchased for.
This isn't exactly silly, but practical: I save used fabric softener sheets and use them to wipe down my shower and other bathroom surfaces.
But here's something REALLY silly: I've known young college-age kids to get married just to get a discount on financial aid or other assistance. CRAZY!
Awesome additions to the list, Angie. I should have mentioned that I was only reviewing some of the larger and better known of these type of websites, but that there are definitely more out there. I hadn't even heard of Olivia Place before, so my personal thanks for highlighting it here.
Building with containers is worth taking a look at if you are contemplating a new home.
Good resource is the Residential Shipping Container Primer website. A DO IT YOURSELF (DIY) REFERENCE AND FOR CONVERTING RECYCLED INTERMODAL CARGO SHIPPING CONTAINERS INTO BUILDINGS AND ARCHITECTURE.
Lots of example buildings, details, facts, and links to other articles. They have something new that you can setup your own project wiki to get help with your project if you are the design build sort...
If your dog pees on a carpet sponge with tonic water. It deodorises and cleans in one go. neverfails.
I buy a lot of my craft supplies at the dollar store (and blog about them to bring in some extra cash).
Hi Linsey, Looking forward to reading the list-especially the unclutterer and happiness project articles. These links are all quality! Thanks, Barb Friedberg