Monthly Archives: June 2009

Have thousands of unprinted digital photos?

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When it comes to printing your digital photos, you have plenty of choices–you can take your memory card to your local drugstore for in-store printing, printing at home on a photo printer, or uploading them online for snail mail delivery. Here’s a great starter’s guide from Cnet to printing your digital photos:

Print at home

Printing at home is cheap and long-lasting if you use the right printer, ink, and paper. A 4×6 print will typically cost between 25 and 50 cents, depending on the printer and the ink. Of course that doesn’t include the cost of the printer or user error. Be sure to read Cnet printer reviews to get an idea of how often you’ll need to replace the ink cartridge.

Highlight: convenience

Lowlight: inferior quality

Print at a store kiosk

Store kiosks are convenient, and they let you do a lot of basic editing right on the spot (cropping, adjusting brightness, removing red-eye, etc). If you shop around, you can find stores that let you create 4×6 prints for well under 50 cents each. These do-it-yourself machines are a good alternative if you’re not in the mood for the care and feeding of your own photo printer.

Highlight: great option for those less adept at photo editing

Lowlight: time consuming unless you organize which photos you want to print first at home

Online printing services

Online print services such as Shutterfly, SnapFish, Kodak EasyShare Gallery, and many others are often the least expensive and can give great-looking prints. However, like the good old days, you’ll have to wait to see the results. But that’s fine when you’re printing a large number of images—for instance, all your vacation photos.

Highlights: plentiful coupon codes can be found at Slickdeals.net and this site

Lowlights: can be daunting for less-skilled users

Source: Cnet.com

Cheerios Instant Win Game

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honey nut cheerios contest 150x150 Cheerios Instant Win GameTry your hand at winning one of thousands of $5 gift cards in the Honey Nut Cheerios Sweet Rewards Give-Away. There’s good odds, too… General Mills cereals is giving away a total of 40,608 $5 Gift Cards between June 1st-March 9, 2010. Click HERE and register to play.

Enter a cash code found on specially-marked packages of Honey Nut Cheerios or if you don’t have your own code, use this free code: K30FR-H4F3H-7720 (which can be used up to 10 times a day, every day during the duration of the contest). The best part–you can win up to 10 time during the promotional period! That’s a total of $50 in FREE money you could win!

Here’s the problem with Aqua Globes

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aquaglobes 150x150 Heres the problem with Aqua GlobesAs you know, FatHeadDog loves anything that’s “as seen on tv” and has a price of $19.99, but here’s my beef with Aqua Globes–you have to refill them. Lazy, I know, but is there a way Aqua Globes Incorporated can make a jumbo size globe that only needs refilling, say, once a year? I’m just asking.

Trend watch: Gilly Hicks?

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lrg 238 gilly hicks sydney a3 300x135 Trend watch: Gilly Hicks?The Shops at Willow Bend in Plano, Texas debuted Abercrombie & Fitch’s first Gilly Hicks in Texas. The new concept, described as the cheeky cousin of Abercrombie & Fitch, features women’s intimate apparel, relaxed loungewear, sleepwear, fragrances and personal-care products.

However, the store is warranting unwanted attention for its racy ad campaign. Mark one for the “uncomfortable” column for moms and teenage daughters walking by the 7-foot tall posters of nekkid men at The Shops at Willow Bend’s upscale store.
Branded with an Australian theme that comes from the concept that the apparel is designed to be worn down-under one’s clothes, Gilly Hicks features a hip interior with untraditional settings. The center’s newest retailer is located on the Upper Level between Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue.

My Coke Rewards sweepstakes hint

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If you’re not familar with the MyCokeRewards loyalty program, read MyCokeRewards.com Firefox 20081004 220230 My Coke Rewards sweepstakes hintmy starter guide here. Here’s a tip for entering their instant win sweepstakes and saving yourself some hard-earned points.

1. When you login to your account, click on Instant Win sweepstakes–win a 4-pack of tickets to Six Flags Over Texas and win a 2-topping Papa John’s Pizza and two 20-oz Coke products.

2. Instead of using 6 points or 3 points respectively to enter the sweepstakes, click on “See rules for details.”

3. Scroll down to rule number #5b Alternate Method of Entry, and click on “Click here.”

4. Enter the security key and receive a FREE sweepstakes entry. You can spend the entry then for the instant win content, OR save it for later, for the other sweepstakes.

The GREAT part is you can enter up to 50 times a day with these free sweepstakes entries. Happy “sweepstaksing”!

Kraft product tasting panel

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kraft first taste Kraft product tasting panelAre you a Kraft First Taste member? Pretty cool program for members to try new products as they come out, and FREE product coupons to share with friends! Visit the site for a pretty painless singup process, and you’ll be directed to your Kraft First Taste homepage, where you can print your special offers. Right now, they’re offering coupons for Velveeta Shells & Cheese cups. These coupons are Bricks coupons, for which you must download the coupon printer. (Clicking on Help at the bottom right corner to have it snail-mailed doesn’t work for this offer.)

“When I was your age, my dad shared a beer with me”

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vacation2 When I was your age, my dad shared a beer with me“Good talk, dad”

If you’re inspired to have your own National Lampoon Vacation moment, The National Park Service will offer free admission to all 391 National Parks on the weekends of June 20-21, July 18-19 and August 15-16. For more information, here’s the article. Click here for a list of freebies you can get a select locations during the free weekends.