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  • Is silver money better than paper money?

    In 1964… In 1964 a quarter would buy you about a gallon of gas, about a gallon of milk, or about a loaf of bread. In 2009, that same quarter will buy you about a gallon of gas…

  • Star Trek Cologne?!

    You knew it was only a matter of time… After the Original Series , the Animated Series , The Next Generation , Deep Space Nine , Voyager , Enterprise , and several movies, Star…

  • Political Correctness is the problem; the Signal is the answer

    “You can’t stop the signal, Mal.” There’s a problem that’s been brewing since long before I was born. A problem that today we call “Political Correctness”. Just because something…

  • Dave Ramsey reads my tweet on the air

    The other day on Twitter I replied to Dave Ramsey ’s comment about the Cash for Clunkers program. I said “what we really need is a Cash For Clunker Politicians” program where we…

  • New Android TV Ad

    Article by Joe Levi: New Android TV Ad.

  • How much space is “()+///.*-”?

    My buddy was using the Windows Disk Cleanup Wizard and was presented with this dialog box. That leaves us both wondering, exactly how much is “()+///.*-” worth of Temporary…

  • Frugal Tip: How to save $1.50/month by switching to Paperless Billing on T-Mobile

    I just got my T-Mobile bill and was surprised to see an insert noting “Important Changes to your T-Mobile® bill.” Upon closer inspection, this note says that “Starting in…

  • Automatically insert a QRcode bookmark link on your WordPress articles

    Let’s say you want to put a QRcode (a form of 2D barcode) on your WordPress articles. Why? Because you can. Here is how you can do just that utilizing Google’s Charts API: 1: < a…

  • I read it on the Internet, it MUST be true!

    The following are copies of newspaper clippings that were emailed to me. The email assured me that they were all found in actual newspapers, but didn’t mention which ones…

  • 6 things Android needs to do to upset the Apple cart

    Background Let’s admit it, iPhone was a game-changer. For another time Microsoft has been caught with their proverbial pants down: Microsoft let things slide with Internet…

  • Ever wonder how the Empire lost to a bunch of Ewoks?

    Have you ever wondered how a superpower like the Empire could have lost the battle to a bunch of Ewoks? Good humor is integral to any college experience, be it brick and mortar…

  • Google gets hopped up on Caffeine

    As we’ve discussed before, Google (and other search engines) are continually tweaking their search algorithms in an attempt to make search results more relvant to what the user…

  • Have you seen the ZuneHD?

    Based on what I'm seeing from preliminary videos, the ZuneHD looks to kick the trash out the that other fruity competitor... what was it called again? Take a look at this video…

  • Scala and Kolacny Brothers

    According to Wikipedia, "Scala & Kolacny Brothers is a Belgian girls' choir, conducted by Stijn Kolacny and accompanied by Steven Kolacny on the piano. Formed in 1996 and winning…

  • Android app of the Day: Brightkite

    Name Brightkite Author Brightkite Cost FREE Available from Android Marketplace Summary Brightkite Client Description Brightkite is a Brightkite client for Android. Brightkite, on…

  • Android app of the Day: Mobile Banking for Android

    Name Mobile Banking for Android Author Firethorn Holdings LLC My Rating 4/5 stars Cost Free Available from Android Marketplace Summary Displays account balances, transfers, and…

  • Android app of the Day: Bloo

    Name Bloo Author Dimitris Couchell Cost USD$1.49 Available from Android Marketplace Summary Facebook Client Description Bloo is a Facebook client for Android. While not written…

  • Android app of the Day: Barcode Scanner

    Name Barcode Scanner Author ZXing Team Cost Free Available from Android Marketplace Summary Multi-format barcode scanner, resolves QR codes, searches websites for product match…

  • Android app of the Day: AndFTP

    Name AndFTP Author LYSESOFT Size 1.09MB Cost Free Available from Android Marketplace Summary FTP Client Description AndFTP is an FTP client for the Android platform. It support…

  • Android App of the Day: Contact Owner by Paranoid Android

    Name Contact Owner Author Paranoid Android Cost Free Available from Android Marketplace Summary Contact Owner allows you to display your contact information when the device is…

  • Exclusive Extortion Offer! New .CM Domains for Sale!

    .CM is the top-level domain extension assigned to the country of Cameroon. Just like the Tuvaluan's with their .TV domain extension from years back, the Cameroonians wanted to…

  • Test post

    Here's my first blog post from my android phone...

  • Lifetime Reintroduces the game of Tetherball

    So I’ve been in a bit of a Napoleon Dynamite mood lately. One of the parts I liked about the movie was the tetherball scenes. It’s the playground game that I grew up with, and…

  • Now on Amazon Kindle: Greener Living thru Technology

    If you’ve got an Amazon Kindle and you enjoy reading this website you’re in luck! Greener Living thru Technology is now available on the Amazon Kindle via Amazon Whispernet. Let…

  • Pictures!

    With our server back online we finally got to upload our recent pictures. You can find them on our flickr feed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/joelevi/

  • Frugal Tip: Ditch the Bottled Water

    Bottled water is one of the most convenient inventions of the modern era. It’s also one of the most wasteful. People hardly recycle aluminum cans anymore, let alone plastic…

  • Frugal Tip: Drink Water instead of Caffeine

    Sorry it’s been a while since my last Frugal Tip . Inspiration, it seems, comes in spurts. Today’s tip deviates from my traditional tips in that I haven’t yet implemented this…

  • The Dave Ramsey Experiment

    At the beginning of this year the owner of the company I work for presented us with a challenge: Read Dave Ramsey’s The Total Money Makeover and adopt its principles. He was so…

  • What is a Browser?

    I’ve been a “web guy” officially since 1993, and was surfing the BBSs long before that. I went to college for years learning about computers, networks, communications, and the…

  • HOW TO: Install America First Credit Union Mobile Banking on your Windows Mobile Phone

    I’ve got a T-Mobile Windows Mobile phone, but America First hasn’t “partnered” with T-Mobile, so I’m out of luck if I want to run their Mobile Banking application on my phone…

  • Bank Bailout: how it could have been done (another approach)

    I already talked about an alternate way that the Bank Bailout could have been orchestrated, but that got me thinking… here’s another idea: Interest Rates Why haven’t people been…

  • Recovering data from your .menc file

    It seems that my “ What is a .MENC File?” article was HUGELY popular (pulling in around 750 page views per month)! That tells me there are a lot of people that had the same…

  • Google to serve ads based on your credit score?

    Some of you may remember when Google teamed up with the credit score company (anyone remember the name?). They’ve laid low ever since… until today. Via Twitter , Google is…

  • Four Design techniques to quickly add a callout to your web pages

    There are times when you may want to call attention to something on your website. It could be a special event, an new product or service, an upcoming redesign, or any other…

  • Exposing Microsoft MSIE8 Lies

    Via Mike Dopp , Microsoft recently posted a page about why MSIE8 is the cat’s meow , why it’s better than its competition, and basically why you’re stupid if you surf with…

  • Pre-Order Windows 7 for 1/2 off!

    So ya like Windows 7, do ya? Wanna pick up a copy of either the Home Premium or Professional editions for cheap? Lucky you! Microsoft is offering both these editions for HALF-OFF…

  • For Hire: SEO Site Review

    I’ve been doing quite a bit of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for the company that I work for and have found out some very interesting things. Professional SEO companies charge…

  • CSS Media Selectors: Screen versus Print

    As we move ever onward with our online web presence there are certain conventions that we’ve already agreed upon and have implemented (opening external links via target="_blank"…

  • Today Show features Google Voice

    The Today Show featured Google Voice (formerly Grand Central), a service that may well become the preferred way to get and make phone calls. What is Google Voice? Google Voice…

  • The Rise and Fall of Windows Mobile

    I’ve been using Windows Mobile devices since I gave up my Newton, back when “Windows Mobile” was “Windows CE” or a “Palm Sized PC” and stuck with them through the evolution from…

  • Windows Mobile Killer: I want an HTC Hero

    I’ve been holding on to my Windows Mobile phone as a platform for a long, long time. It’s always been strong, powerful, fast, and I didn’t have to re-learn an entirely new mobile…

  • If being Emo makes you happy…

    If being Emo makes you happy… you’re doing it wrong.

  • BEWARE: Update for Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express (KB910721) email

    I got an email from “Microsoft” today warning me of a “Critical Update” for Microsoft Outlook/Outlook Express (KB910721). The “hot fix” in the email isn’t remotely related to…

  • Maybe Joe Levi? That&#039;s not my name

    A co-worker of mine was in the break room last week and heard That's not my name by The Ting Tings. It's a catchy song with a strong beat. Apparently she misheard some of the…

  • Frugal Tip: Pay your bills online

    If you’re like me, you bank at a credit union or bank that offers you “free bill pay” so long as you have a checking account, savings account, and direct deposit (if not, why…

  • Google Chrome, Amazon S3, AudioPlayer bug

    Here’s a fun little bug that took me a while to diagnose… I recently set up an Amazon S3 account to host my large files (audio files in particular). This will offset the…

  • Frugal Tip: Snowball your debt

    This one comes straight from Dave Ramsey , and it’s mathematically WRONG. The fact that it goes against everything your high school math teacher taught you is part of the reason…

  • Beware another Email Phishing/Trojan Scam: Worldpay CARD transaction

    I have been getting an increasing number of this type of message in my inbox, so I thought it would be worth mentioning to you: Subject: Worldpay CARD transaction Confirmation…

  • One-thousand Posts?!

    Yup, you read that right, this is my one-thousandth post to the blog (not including my weblogs blog, blog.joelevi.com, and the posts I've written for other blogs)... Okay, so…

  • Frugal Tip: Make an extra house payment

    This is one of those tips that will save you tons of money later by spending more now. I know, that sounds kind of opposite to what we’re trying to do with our “per year savings”…