Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Get a Bag of Crap(BOC) on Woot!

After several attempts at getting a oh so popular BOC off of woot, I was finally successful. Here is what I did.

First, Download Wootalyzer, with this you can quickly keep track of which item is up for grabs in the woot-off.

Second, make sure you are already logged into your woot account, this will save a step later.

Finally, when the BOC comes up, click the buy now button in the wootalyzer. Chances are you will see a server unavailable error, just keep refreshing the page (F5) until you get to the order page. Once you're there quickly enter in any info necessary and hope you get lucky. I will update the post with the contents of my BOC as soon as I receive it.

Good Luck!

THE BOC IS IN!

Here is what I received when I ordered 1 bag of crap. Total cost was $6 including shipping. After checking prices, it looks like the stuff I received is worth roughly $40...not to shabby.

All Items	Multi-Screwdriver	Digital Camera Bag

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Saturday, November 22, 2008

Transfer messages from one gmail account to another

If you're anything like me, then you've probably had some weird, unprofessional email addresses from the past where you still receive important messages. I've got one from college that I don't feel to comfortable giving out anymore now that I'm almost 28 years old. Instead of just scrapping my old emails, I decided to transfer all my old messages to my new professional, adult sounding email address. On top of that, I'd also like to phase out my old email address and only use it for things like registering for software/products(spam). Here are the steps I will used to accomplish this.

Step 1: Download Thunderbird
First things first, download thunderbird to easily setup IMAP for gmail accounts to transfer files between them.

Step 2: Enable IMAP
Once you've got Thunderbird downloaded and installed, then go to your gmail account and enable IMAP.

Step 3: Configure Thunderbird
Next configure gmail accounts in thunderbird using IMAP.

Step 4: Pick your transfer method
Finally, decide whether you want to just drag and drop your emails from one account to another in thunderbird (this will cause the dates on all emails that are transferred to be dated the time you transferred them). Or you can go to the edit menu and "select all" this will highlight all emails. Once you've done that, right click and select "Move To" and then the mailbox you're transferring your messages to. (This will keep the email dates intact)

Tips: Don't forget!
1. setup old labels
2. forward all email from old to new (for several months)
3. change default email address on all sites (bank, newsletters, ebay, etc...)
4. email friends/family new email addy
5. configure igoogle for new gmail account

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Saturday, November 01, 2008

Links

Link	Name of Site	Description
Link Market - Free Link Exchange, Link Swap and Link Trade Directory	Link Market - Free Link Exchange, Link Swap and Link Trade Directory	Have you ever tried to exchange links, swap links, or trade links? Was it hard? Use link market instead; - it is easy to use, free and very smart. It will save you hours of work.
Blog Directory	BlogDirectory.org	Directory, reviews and more. Your one-stop blog spot!
Article featured in Festival of Frugality	financialhighway.com	Highway to financial freedom.
Accredited Online Degree By Distance Learning	mbaers.com/	MBAers
Ascent ent is the leading ear nose throat specialists in singapore and indonesia.	ascentent.com/	Ent Services
Stop paying high home insurance premiums. Lower your rate today by comparing up to eight home insurance quotes now!	insurancequote4you.com	Home Insurance Quotes

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