Money Crashers is giving away 3 Apple iPads to 3 lucky readers on April 16th just for filing their taxes online using one of the big 3 services (TurboTax, TaxACT, H&R Block At Home) and performing a bunch of different actions to gain entries for the random draw.

This is for the new iPad, not the iPod.

You can learn about all the details here:  File Taxes Online in … click here to continue reading 2010 Online Tax Filing Giveaway at Money Crashers

My computer has been making this really loud whirring sound.  At the same time, the mouse would freeze and everything would come to a dead stop. This would happen very often, I would say every one or two minutes, depending on what I was trying to accomplish.

I had a feeling it was dust in the heat sink or fan area.  So I promised myself before I got on the computer … click here to continue reading Dust Your Computer – Save Its Life

I happened upon a Freegan blog the other night.  I keep Ghost Town Farm by Novella Carpenter in my reader, I think it’s neat that she has goats in the city.  In one post, she linked to her sister, Riana’s blog, These Days in French Life.  Novella had been to France visiting Riana and spoke of the abundance of food available for gleaning, so I was intrigued.  I clicked over … click here to continue reading Do You Think You Could Ever Be a Freegan?

I blogged last week about the gift I bought for the recipient of my Secret Santa gift.  Now I want to tell you what I got.  The package was REALLY heavy, it was about the size of a thick cookbook and I was really curious to see what was inside. Well, it was gourmet popcorn.  Red, blue, yellow and white kernels *and* a gift card for $25.

Both items were from … click here to continue reading My Secret Santa Gift

This post is a review for the site called Fontspace.  One of the things I love about the Internet is all the free things you can find to use on your computer.  I love fonts.  A decade ago, it was a lot harder to find free fonts, but things have changed.  I enjoy fonts because you can bring more meaning to the card, or letter, by the font you use.  … click here to continue reading Free Christmas Fonts – Fontspace Review Plus How To Install Fonts Picture Tutorial

The first one is for a $10 Gift Card from Target. Here are the conditions stated: You must be an Arizona resident. This offer is valid only for households that have not requested a quote in the previous six months. It does not state that you must be a member of AAA – it is on the back page of the AAA magazine High Roads.  The offer expires September 30th, … click here to continue reading Two Insurance Quotes, Two $10 Gift Cards

Land of the free, home of the brave. God bless our troops for the job they are doing to protect our country.  Our country and the state in which I live are in pretty bad spots financially, I hope we can pull through without having to go into a depression like some are anticipating.

But on a lighter topic, I love fireworks. 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays.  … click here to continue reading Happy Birthday, America! Plus Fireworks Photo Tips