Google Reader – Finally Tried It Tonight

Man am I slow. Google Reader has been out a good while and I am just now giving it a try. It is really nice and fast to get going with.

If you have a Google Account just follow the above link and log in. Click Add Subscription on the left and easily search for your favorite feed. No "how to" needed or setup. There is a tutorial if you want and you will see it after login. Enjoy!

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PC-cillin Trial Over

I got a new Dell Inspiron back in November and it came with a trial for PC-cillin Internet Security 14. I’m going to buy a year subscription for
Trend Micro Internet Security 2008
as it seemed to work well. When you go to the site it seems like they are phasing out the term PC-cillin.

The trial didn’t slow my XP PC down and even caught a couple of minor viruses. The firewall seems smart enough but not as intrusive as ZoneAlarm. It can scan in the background without noticing a drop in performance. Of course that is with a new PC with 2 gigs of RAM and the Intel Duo.

It seems like I have played with a lot of different antiviruses this year. It seems that in spite of the fancy reviews that none of them are perfect. This one does let you use it on 3 PCs for $49.99, so if you have multiple computers like we do that’s not too bad.

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Merchants Considering Affiliate Channel

I come in contact with online merchants that are considering adding affiliate marketing to their sales effort. This post is so that I will have a place to send them to see my recommendation for Suluta Affiliate Management Company.

I am an affiliate for some of their merchants and have great respect for their honesty and energy.

They don’t charge to look your situation over. Suluta can help you start a new program, advise you of the pitfalls, point you toward a good network, or help restart a stagnant affiliate program.

They are just down right nice folks to deal with.

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Another Printer Ink Merchant

I’ve not had great results lately with merchants who sell remanufactured or refilled ink cartridges. I have new hopes in IowaInk.com.

I am going to give them a try by ordering an HP 78 which is the color inkjet cartridge. There price looks to be right at $16 for their 38ml version. I always want to know how much ink they have. It looks like the shipping is free. I’ll end here for know and update after it gets here and is tried.

Update 12/03/2007: It’s looking real food for IowaInk.com. They got the cartridge to me in 2 days via USPS and the shipping was free. It works just fine in the printer. Looks like they are worthy of promotion.

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Credit Card Rewards

Hopefully you aren’t like me and asleep at the wheel when it comes to Credit Card rewards. I have several cards dating back over the years. One of the newer ones keeps hyping "what’s in your wallet" and it got me to thinking about  rewards.

Rewards are somtimes referred to as miles or points. The revelation came when I realized that all my other older cards had no rewards. When I really felt dumb was after calling all my card companies and shifting to rewards based accounts. Sometimes they issue a new card, but on one they let me keep the old number.

They each have several plans so take the time to get the one right for you. In talking to friends and relatives about rewards it’s obvious that a lot of others have been asleep at the wheel also.

 

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