Book Reviews and Money Saving Tips

I received the Fire as a gift. I liked the concept but I generally wait until gen2 before purchasing something new. I guess I should have figured that Amazon would have worked out a lot of kinks with their Kindles. The Fire is a great piece of technology. I have used it continuously since December 25 th . I have loaded book, photos, music and applications to it. Words with Friends is much better on the Fire screen than the Droid screen. The screen size is more than adequate for my needs. WiFi is easily acquired although the browser is sluggish. I like the assigned email address that allows you to send information to your Fire if it is in an acceptable format. I have thusly emailed my self, successfully, quite a few things. There are far more applications than I ever intend to put on my Fire. I have no iPad envy. I found the playing lists for music easy to use and after hooking up a pair of computer speakers was delighted with how ...

Comcast is fine when it is working. Comcast does not handle change well and do not get me started on how they put it to you pricing wise when there is minimal competition. This tale of woe is on the seamless (oh year!) conversion to digital format in Naples Florida. As I am a snow bird (one who only comes to Florida when there is snow at home), I was aware of the conversion through my gated community’s newsletter. However I was unable to address it until I arrived in late December. Upon arrival I went to the local Comcast store to pick up the digital converters, as advised by numerous Comcast missives. Imagine my surprise when I arrived at the store to discover an unruly and unhappy crowd disgruntled over the fact the store was closed on a normal business day and a sign on the door telling people to go to the Comcast website and order their converters. I came home, called Comcast and ordered two DTAs (digital converters). About a week later I received o...

Atheros wireless network adapter owners beware! You may have an Atheros adapter in your laptop and not even know it. If you do, return this router now since it appears that Linksys routers do not work with the Atheros wireless adapters. There is a work around but it takes the router to the slowest most mundane aspect of the router. With that being said, after 4 hours of tech support, 97 minutes of my cell phone minutes and 4 chat sessions I was able to get the easy setup to work. At this point I am shell shocked and don’t even want to look at the router let alone test more features. I liked the USB port on the router for sharing storage and wanted to test it with a printer but frankly the 4 hours of my life that went into the basic setup was 3 ¾ hours more than I had hoped to spend. So it may be a good router if you have some other wireless adapter but you sure don’t want this if you have an Atheros wireless adapter in whatever you are trying to co...

Portable Notebook Laptop Foldable USB 2 Fans Cooling Cooler This is notebook or netbook cooling fan. You can set you device directly on top of this tiny unit and it’s two fans will circulate air to keep your device cool. One of the things I learned in my 25 years in the computer business was that two of the biggest equipment killers were heat and dirt. This obviously does nothing for dirt but it can keep your laptop cool. That cooling will have a measurable impact on it’s longevity. This unit is so cheap it is almost laughable. It cost $4.05 which included shipping. There are a surprising number of similar solutions on both Amazon and eBay. I didn’t find similar prices at New Egg or Buy.com. This unit had a USB pass through which was the main reason that I purchased it over similar units without a pass through. It seems like you can never have enough USB ports on your equipment. (If you have been into computers long enough, serial ports were once as i...

There are numerous ways that you can save money around the house every day. Of course, things like energy bills and home maintenance can really rack up some expenses throughout the years. There are endless articles out there offering useful tips for saving money on your monthly household bills or on major home repairs. These tips and tricks can absolutely be extremely useful for any individual looking to save some money in the long term. However, there are also several smaller things that we can do around the house to help us save money on managing our household. Little things that often go unnoticed in our day to day lives can actually make a huge impact on our household budget. Try investing in these three products to help save money here and there around the house. The Roku This awesome little device is a wonderful way to streamline your entertainment choices in your home and potentially reduce you spending in that area for the future. I am in no way affiliated with...

Cell phones are a wonderful piece of technology and I would hate to do without mine. Calls in the car are a pain though. My wife’s car came with Bluetooth which makes life much less complex. Once the phone was synched it worked like a charm. My car, being pre-Bluetooth, doesn’t have that advantage therefore I want an easy to use Bluetooth speaker phone. Thanks to the Amazon Vine program I now have an easy to use Bluetooth speaker phone. Right out of the box it synched with no problems. The first time pairing was done through voice prompts from the unit itself. The sound is very clear and I’m told I don’t sound like I am in a large can when I speak to people using it. The buttons work well and work when you push them. That seems like it should be a no brainer but my current unit needs much prodding to get it to want to respond to voice commands. I particularly like the car charger as it uses a standard male micro USB connector to a male USB co...

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Nice trick Payless Car rental of Orlando FL. This is quoted from a friend of mine but it could happen to any of us and particularly with those of us having young, possibly tired and or grumpy children in tow. “We got in late with a tired little kid last weekend and when asked for the extra insurance verbally declined. Apparently they added it right back in and bet (correctly) that we wouldn’t notice. After we paid at the end and hurried to catch our plane, they inform me that they won’t take the charge off since we accepted it. Legally I know we have no leg to stand on but I will say, enjoy the 67 bucks, Payless, it’s the last nickel you will ever see from me and anyone who I can convince to avoid them.” Frankly this is the kind of underhanded nickel pinching that makes all businesses look bad. Payless Car Rental of Orlando Florida, shame on you!