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free: finanacial book download

pkimbui — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:30:14 +0000

Although I don’t really like Oprah, she does give away lots of goodies. FOr example, you can get a free e-copy of Suze Orman’s Action Plan for 2009, which if chock full of tips for getting your financial butt in gear.

Suze Orman’s Free Book Download.

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too much? bejeweled mouse and skin

pkimbui — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:48:47 +0000

Skyn Mobile has released a set of new laptop skins and pretty jeweled mice. I’m not sure how I feel about them. I generally don’t like jeweled items, but these are kind of pretty.

Plus, for their grand opening you can register to win a set!

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$40 for skin, $125 for mouse

Get to Skyn Mobile laptop skin (and enter the contest!)

quick tip: packing material

pkimbui — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:19:16 +0000

photo credit: traviscrawford

Since I’m in between homes right now (anyone know of an apartment in LA?) I thought I’d give you my secret packing tip.

Since I’ve got enough clothing around, I generally use it to wrap up my dishes, vases and all those other breakable things. When I’m packing up boxes and have random space, sweaters and the like make great fillers and don’t add too much weight.

You pack two things at the same time and save the cost of buying bubble wrap and other things for fragile items.

quick links: two things I’m in love with

pkimbui — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:33:44 +0000

NowDoThis, an amazing, yet ridiculously simple online to do list.

Mygazines. A possibly illegal site with user scanned magazines, many of them from this month. Clip from the ‘zines posted and make an online trove of all the stuff you love.

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wtf: diamond iphone

pkimbui — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:42:51 +0000

This is gorgeous and makes me laugh at the same time.

I want an iphone, I really do, but the cost is too much and the minimum plans are ridiculous.

But if you want the coolest iphone, maybe you should blow £5,000 (that’s like, $10,000!) on this stainless steel and diamond encrusted iphone.

It’ll be great, until the next one comes out and you have to put a second mortgage on your house to get a new diamond iphone…

Get the diamond iphone (but if you do, get me one too, you obviously have money)

query: do you have a printer?

pkimbui — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:06:38 +0000

photo credit: Manatari

So I’ve been looking into getting a printer, but I started thinking about the number of people I know without a printer. Maybe it’s the culture of laptops and working outside the office and home, but everyone heads to their local office supply store or Kinko’s to get stuff printed these days.

So I’m wondering…

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keyboard shortcut skins

pkimbui — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:56:23 +0000

I’m far from a designers or photographer, but I know how annoying it is to forget keyboard shortcuts.

These cool skins allow you to remember the thousands of keyboard shortcuts for different programs like Final Cut Pro, Photoshop and Logic Pro. They’re also color-coded for easier navigation.

Sometimes it pays to be a Mac owner. These are only available for Apple computers, from the Macbook to the Apple Classic Keyboard.

Get the skins at photojojo

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new: google on netvibes

pkimbui — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:53:02 +0000

yes, my page is called insane in the membrane.

What’s this? Looks like Netvibes has added a google searchbar…

Netvibes is the best start page ever, by the way. You should get it.

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geeky: firefox 3 release tuesday

pkimbui — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:25:36 +0000

You are using Firefox, aren’t you? It’s got tabbed browsing plus all of these awesome extensions available (I keep meaning to do a post on what I use).

Firefox is a geeks dream, and they’re hoping to set a world record.

Download on Tuesday.

(thanks, Lifehacker.)

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friday test: how fast do you type?

pkimbui — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:37:48 +0000

No matter how hard I try, I can’t break 65 word per minute. Can you?

Take the test and learn how fast you type.

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