Archive for the 'Tips & Useful Links' Category

Real Estate P/R: Is There A Parallel With Stock P/E or Are You A Rental Case?

Real Estate P/R originally published March 6, 2006. The ratio was extremely high at the time. Was this the harbinger of the dark days ahead?

In the February issue of Best Life Magazine, Chris Taylor says the simple price-to-rent ratio may be a useful tool in helping you decide whether it’s better to […]

529 Computer Tips from PC Magazine

The number of tips tells you just how inefficient you are.
A good tip sheet, despite the lack of visuals and detailed instruction. Organized into 3 dozen sections. A quick browse and you’ll get some easy ones. I like comparing documents in Word without needing 2 screens (open 2 docs and under […]

Unlimited Free Conference Calls & Other Yak Links

Sign up for a free account at Freeconferencecall.com to conduct unlimited conference calls, interviews and meetings up to 6 hours each*. Record, save, download or email them.
*your carrier will charge for a long distance call
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Curse Your Way to Customer Service

WTF? Apparently, you can drop the F-bomb to fool phone bots into connecting you to a human being. Silly bots. “Operator” works for me, but it’s good to know there are other options. Make sure the kids are not in the room.

h/t Lifehacker.
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Reveal Hidden Passwords With This Simple Code

 
As a Firefox user, I save my account passwords so when I return to the site I don’t have to retype them.  But sometimes I just need to look behind those xxxxxx to get the darn password.   I have a toolbar bookmark called “view password” but I can’t remember where I found it.  So, here’s […]

Dial A Human

At the tone press….Oh no, you have entered the electronic nightmare which is Corporate America’s computerized customer service. A labyrinth of recorded choices, a maze of options, none of which seem to fit your particular need.  There’s a way to reach a human on the phone if you know the secret code. These […]

DivShare : Free Unlimited File Storage

divShare allows you to download and store unlimited files, music and photos on their site. It’s FREE. The files are easily accessible from your dashboard. You even have the ability to email the files from the site. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3.

Professional Branding Tip:  Edit your profile to upload your company […]

World’s First Electronic Wallet Creates Chameleon Card

Turn this
into this
The Chameleon Card will take the form of whatever piece of plastic you desire—credit card, ID, discount card, membership card, ATM. Just use your fingerprint to code the blank Chameleon Card to take on the identity of the card of your choice and it appears for use. It […]

Video Search Engine: VDoogle

VDoogle is a Google powered search engine for videos. It’s a mega-search spider that works like Dogpile.  Here are the video sharing websites currently searched by VDoogle:

Next time you’re looking for that perfect video to post on your blog, visit VDoogle.
H/T: Lifehacker.

Shop For Title Insurance & Save Thousands

Title insurance is necessary when you borrow money to buy a home. But do not blindly accept the title company recommended to you. An article in the Wall Street Journal says shopping around can save you thousands. That’s right, thousands.
The article cites online title companies like GetTitleInsurance.com , TitleInsurance.com, and EastTitelQuote.com as  […]