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For today's topic I'm going to give you two different options for resizing photos. First, the quick and easy photo resizing tool. Second, the more feature rich option.

Photo Resizer

We'll start with the quick and easy Picture Resizer. I like picture resizer because of how simple it is to use. You simply edit the name of the exe file to adjust the size of the image. For instance, say you want to have all your images be 400px, simply rename the app to "PhotoResize400". From there you just drag and drop as many files on the app as you want and it will resize them and place a copy of the file in the same folder that the file came from.

You will then see a dos window pop up that says it resized the images and to hit enter to exit. That's it, you're done!

FastStone Photo Resizer

FastStone Resizer is by far the best photo resizing tool I've ever used. It has all the features you could ever want:

• resizing
• adding borders
• watermark
• batch rename
• rotate
• crop
• the list goes on and on.

The first and most obvious thing you should try is checking your recycle bin to see if the file is there. In most cases it will be here, however there are several scenarios where it will not. First scenario, you press "SHIFT" + "DELETE" which skips the recycle bin all together. Second, you may have emptied the recycle bin since you deleted the file you're searching for.

No need to worry. In most cases you can still recover that file, as long as it hasn't been overwritten. You'll need to download your choice of file recovery software. There are several popular free ones available such as PC Inspector, which is very robust, but in my opinion the interface isn't very user friendly. Another option is Restoration, which is a straight forward easy to use program but does lack some features.

My app of choice is Pandora Recovery which has a windows explorer feel to it and has enough features to get the job done.

Once you chose your tool, just run a scan and you should be able to restore your deleted file.

I know you're probably asking yourself "how am I suppose to get through this recession by spending money?".

First, let me start by saying that this tip isn't for everyone. If you're not very responsible with your money, then you could get yourself into a lot of trouble using this method. Specifically, if you can't or don't normally pay off you're balance every month, then this isn't for you.

Second, don't get confused...I'm not actually telling you to go out and spend more money. What I am telling you to do is take all your normal purchases and start paying for them with a credit card. By normal purchases I'm talking about everything, your bills, your food, EVERYTHING! I practice this personally with everything I buy, including all my normal bills, except for the select few which don't accept credit card payments without tacking on a fee.

The idea is to earn reward points/cash back on the purchases you are making, while still paying your balance in full. If you can successfully do that you can earn a little extra spending money. In the past year we've got nearly $400 cash back by using this technique.

The trick is finding a good card that still offers a decent reward plan. With the way the economy has been lately a lot of credit card companies are cutting back their rewards. Currently I'm using the Chase Freedom card which has been awesome. Not only do they offer a great rewards plan, but also a great online user interface which makes managing your accounts easy.

reward history	account summary

While I am still earning 3x rewards on my top 3 categories, it looks like they have made that only available for the first year of the card. They also offer a rewards plus store which features bonus rewards for shopping at certain retailers online. Another great thing about this card is if you chose cash back instead of points you have the option to receive a $250 dollar check once you reach $200 in cash back, that's $50 for FREE.