Sophie N.

NPR helps me find new non-mainstream music (like Dengue Fever!) - NPR has put up a HUGE collection of music, live music, music interviews, and articles. It's a great way to discover new music that is a little different from what you might hear on normal radio stations. It's good for Jazz, Folk, and Indie Rock, along with a lot of other cool random stuff from around the world. Like awesome awesome Dengue Fever, the Cambodian Pop/Rock band: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=*******

Also, great stuff from Death Cab for Cutie:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=*******

And the Raconteurs
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=*******

Bloomingdales (or Bloomies as my sister calls it) is too rich for my blood but I do like it better than Nordstrom or Macy's (because I think their stores are better organized and their website is good). However, if you sign up for their mailing list there are frequently 40%+ discounts if you're patient which makes it a little less outrageously priced. I must say I do love to browse =)

This site has the spammiest website address ever, and there are ads all over. SiteJabber also has warned against people search sites http://www.walletpop.com/2011/03/25/sitejabber-avoid-mylife-com-spokeo-be-careful-with-people-sea/

This site is using a fake Verisign badge to try to pretend to be legitimate. Everyone use great caution because if they have a fake badge they probably have lots of other fakes!

Malwarebytes is my favorite free anti-virus software. Norton and McAfee and AVG all slowed down my computer, and I always feel like they are trying to sell me stuff I don't need. Malwarebytes is really simple. I run it once a week and it keeps my computer clean!

Here is the CNET review http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-*******.html

Local Harvest is such a great great site! They help you find all the most amazing locally grown foods. And if you can't find something you want locally, you can order through the site from a high quality farm. It's really fabulous, and even if you don't care about the health benefit, it all tastes so so much better =)

I would be careful of this site - they use third party accreditation which is NOT linked to (why is there no link to the CNET or USAToday articles?).

Recently reported to be a scam here: http://www.statesboro.biz/News/465/Beware-of-MyCleanPC-com-and-DoubleMySpeed-com-Same-Scam-Same-Company.aspx

Search multiple search engines at once and help animals in need! - I realize Dogpile might just be another company with a silly sales gimmick, but I've totally fallen for this one. The service is a meta-search, which means you type in your search and Dogpile uses Google, Ask.com, etc to give you results. Not that interesting, but each time you search, a small amount of money is donated to animals in need (dog search in rescue)... yeah I know I'm a sucker, but I love dogs. <img title="Embarassed" src="/javascript/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-embarassed. Gif" border="0" alt="Embarassed" />

Weddingdressesonlinesale (wow that is a spammy URL!) has a fake Verisgn and McAfee badges on their homepage. They even squished them so they don't look real! I wouldn't buy from this site if my wedding were tomorrow and they had the last wedding dress in the world.

I love this wonderful open source sheet music project. So much older sheet music costs a lot of money but the composers are long dead. That seems wrong to me. The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) puts sheet music online and makes it available for free which is just lovely for the public. I read about all in this New York Times article International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/arts/music/22music-imslp.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

A neat way to turn regular images (jpgs, bmps, gifs, etc.) into vector images that can be used as logos or blown up for teeshirts or whatever else you can imagine. When you sign up the first two conversions are free. I don't know how it works, but it works and is pretty neat!

Paying for bids is never worth your money! You're better off hitting the Vegas slot machines.

Happy New Year! =)

I just bought all my sister's Christmas presents here! Merry Xmas everyone =)

I enjoy a lot of their consumer articles. I use it to stay up to date on recalls and other important scam warnings. My favorite thing about them is the amount of content they produce. The articles are nice and succinct so I don't have to spend too much time reading. It's definitely the only AOL product I still use! =)

Watch out guys there appears to be a fake VeriSign badge at the bottom of the page, which probably means this site has a lot of other fakes!

Hey everyone, be careful with this site. It has all the signs of a work at home scam. They are promising to pay you more than a normal job with less work. It also has an "application fee" and incorrect grammar all over the site.

-Sophie =)

This site is using a fake "hacker safe" badge at the bottom of the homepage. Beware!

Be careful guys, this site is using fake accreditation badges (fake Verisign, etc.)!

This company is using a fake Verisign Badge and also does not list a physical address. Please be very careful!

This site uses fake accreditation badges (fake McAfee, Verisign, etc.). Please be careful!