I have had a Kill-A-Watt Power Meter for a while now. It is definitely handy to have around to see how much power something uses. Most things are not too surprising, but I was shocked when I found out how much my DVR was using.
I live in Georgia where the local cable [...]
My family just moved into our first house, and the lawn is getting pretty overgrown. I don’t think the Realtor had it mowed after we looked at the house about 3 weeks ago, so the grass was well over two feet tall in some places. Unfortunately, the lawn is not in very good shape, so [...]
I recently moved from Maryland to Georgia and compared several scenarios for moving all of our stuff from one place to the other. Professional movers is out since they are so expensive. I considered using UPack, like I have done before, but the estimated cost was around $1300 and I knew I could do better [...]
I just discovered Restaurant.com where you can buy gift certificates for local restaurants at a discounted price. Most restaurants offer $25 gift certificates for $10 as well as $10 gift certificates for just $3. Some restaurants have other amounts available as well. The gift certificates are printed on your computer, so [...]
I got involved in running for exercise about 4 months ago. I bough my first pair of shoes from a local running store for $109. I knew that was expensive at the time, but it really was necessary because they provided good customer service by helping me to find the right shoes. [...]
Software can be expensive. When buying a computer, the operating system is usually included in the base price, along with a number of marginally useful applications for doing day-to-day tasks. Anti-Virus and security products often include only 90 day versions before you have to pay for the full version.
With the quality of [...]
Our family hasn’t had a ‘normal’ cell phone from one of the big carriers for about a year now. Instead, we use a prepaid cell phone from TracFone because it is far less expensive for our situation. Instead of paying around $30/month plus taxes, our cell phone bill is only [...]
