Category Archives: Free Is Good

Texting Google – Another Reason I Don’t Need A Smartphone

Free Is Good
Back in May I wrote about Why I Don't Need a Smartphone.  It was a popular post with lots of comments, but I was most intrigued by the comment left by Kara.  She said: If you have a texting plan, you can do both of those things you mentioned just by texting Google (466453) it spells out G-O-O-G-L-E on your number pad. Great for finding numbers and directions and lots of other stuff, and doesn’t cost a thing other than… Read the rest

2010 Online Tax Filing Giveaway at Money Crashers

Free Is Good
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 2010 and Win a Free Apple iPad!OUT OF DEBT AGAIN is… Read the rest

Pixie Colour Picker – My Favorite Free Computer Tools

Free Computer Programs, Reviews
One of the things I love about the Internet is all the free programs you can find. Today I want to tell you about one of my favorites, Nattyware's Pixie Colour Picker. Pixie Colour Picker was created for webmasters and designers, and with the explosion of blogs across the Internet more people are learning how to tweak their templates.  I always have Pixie open when I'm tweaking my blog template, Atahualpa (which is also free and has over 200 customization… Read the rest

Dust Your Computer – Save Its Life

Free Is Good
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 for the day that I'd wrestle it from its… Read the rest