This Labor Day weekend I decided to stroll down memory lane and catch up with some personal finance bloggers that I enjoyed reading over the years and much to my surprise I find that most of them have either sold out and moved on or have left their blogs hanging out to dry in the…
Category: Raves
Finally Got My 4 New iPhone 5S Devices
Well it took forever but a few weeks ago I got my four brand new iPhone 5S’s for everyone.  The day I got them I had a flight out to Sweden and when I landed was greeted with a cheerful text message from T-mobile that all my web in Sweden would be “free” and true…
Comcast Finally Made Me Switch Back To Cable at $39.99
If you haven’t seen it yet, I’m sure you will.  Comcast has 25mb internet + HBO GO + Basic Cable TV for $39.99.  There is also an $8/month modem fee which brings the total price up to about $47 and I’m sure there are taxes and fees too. But the bottom line is that it’s…
It’s Christmas At Costco Already?
I dropped by my local Costco to pick up my usual month’s worth of groceries and was shocked to see Halloween items all over the place but even more shocking were all the Christmas items stacked up.  Really Costco Christmas?   If Costco is selling Christmas in August (one month after July) the logically it should…
Going On A European Holiday – Price Tag $15000
The last time I had a long decent holiday in Europe was a visit to France almost a decade ago.  The euro was coming into play and at parity with the US dollar.  I remember my flight cost about $600 and the hotels for my entire stay was fairly affordable. I visited the wine country…
Is The College Book Cartel Finally Cracking?
I got an email from Amazon to try out the new “college book rental” program and I thought I’d give it a chance.  Much to my surprise, I found the offerings quite beneficial to me.  I looked up all my books for the three classes I will be taking this fall and all of them…
ROKU w/Netflix + HuluPlus + Amazon Prime A Great Success
Rarely does a product satisfy me to the level that Roku has since I purchased it a few months ago.  To go back in time, my kids kept begging me for fancy smartphones and I finally broke down and offered them a choice phones or cable TV. Much to my surprise, the kids chose phones…
Finally Got My 4 New iPhones 4S – They’re Great!
Once again, Apple has blown away my expectations with the iPhone 4S and to be honest it’s my first iPhone. I own all other Apple products including Apple TV, iPad, MacBook Pro, iMac and a variety of ipods but the iPhone 4s is my favorite. I waiting years for my carrier to get the iPhone…
My iPad Is Now A Cash Register!
This is for all the people that keep ribbing me about my iPad 2. With the help of a company called SquareUp, I have now officially turned my ipad 2 into a cash register.  The way it works is you hook up a little credit card reader (sent free) to the 3.5mm jack and swipe…
iPad’s Will Take Over The World!
I’m convinced that the iPad is the computing platform of the future.  I know there are some shortcomings to the device but we’re in the first few generations of them and if you can think back to when the first Desktop PC or Laptop came on to the market then you’ll remember how far we’ve…