• Free Barcode Software for Mac and Windows – Free barcode fonts, free barcode generator, free barcode libraries, free label printing software for EAN, ISBN 10, ISBN 13, UPC, 128, 39, 2-of-5, PDF 417, Datamatrix and many more barcodes.
  What it says. I’m going to get them while I can.
  (tags: todo todownload highpri windows osx freeware fonts barcode free)
• Real estate photos worth more than a thousand words – (37signals)
  Absolutely outstanding article.
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• Laptop Battery Hack! You’ll Save $$$ Video
  Awesome advice here. Gotta check to see what’s in our old Vaio that needs to be power leashed now.
  (tags: battery laptop hardware howto video)

• Brother: MFC-420CN: Downloads: United States
  As it says. My AIO.
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• Stuff We Like: Elevator laptop stand – Lifehacker
  With the clutter on ym home desk, this could be a helpful product.
  (tags: tobuy lifehacks monitor stand laptop desk space saver)
• Don’t Fly Without A Copy Of Rule 240 – Consumerist
  Get what’s yours from the airlines when they bump you, delay you, or generally screw you.
  (tags: airline rule240 toprint flight lifehacks travel flying)
• Razer Pro|Solutionsâ„¢ – Professional Precision Peripherals – Razer Pro|Typeâ„¢ Keyboard
  Looks nice. I wonder if the profiles would allow me to switch from PC mode to Mac mode (or even if it supports both). I’d pay this much for a keyboard with media keys, et all that worked across platforms.
  (tags: Looks nice. I wonder if the profiles would allow me to switch from PC mode Mac (or even it supports both). I’d pay this much for a keyboard with media keys, et all that worked across platforms. tobuy hardware apple)

• Apple Human Interface Guidelines
  These guidelines are designed to assist you in developing products that provide Mac OS X users with a consistent visual and behavioral experience across applications and the operating system. Following the guidelines is to your advantage because:

  The i

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• Forget YouTube: Go To These Sites If You Want Hard Core Copyright Infringing Content
  FREE TV!! Copyright violatiosn galore here.
  (tags: download drm television tv towatch web video free)
• slate blog
  Textile Editor Helper

  The Textile Editor Helper (TEH) is a text formatting toolbar that will be added to all of your text areas that utilize the TEH feature. TEH was developed to provide a more WYSIWYG-ish option for our users when editing pages or cre

  (tags: text editor ruby rails RoR richtext scripts textarea wysiwyg plugin textile)
• features – slate – Trac
  Slate is a rails based CMS/blog platform. Might be worth looking at in addition to Wordpress for my RoR hosted domains
  (tags: ruby rails RoR blog webdev cms)
• Tips for Dealing with Home Contractors ~ Chris Pirillo
  Not ready to remodel the kitchen or office yet, but when we are, this’ll be a huge help.
  (tags: remodel office kitchen architect contractor home)
• Geek to Live: Complete, free Mac backup – Lifehacker
  Been using SIlverKeeper and am happy with it, but may grab the SuperDuper free copy to make a clone of the lappys since we have a firewire drive now.
  (tags: todo backup free lifehacks howto osx reference)
• enomatic
  Automatic wine dispensing system. Over the top for a house, but great idea for a cafe since they also offere a card reader serving system where customers can buy cards and serve themselves.
  (tags: wine automation cafe drink dispenser)

• MEAT CAKE!
  Sweet delicious meat! My jaw dropped in only the fashion that Homer SImpson could when I saw this. I so want to eat one of these. Methinks it might make a good addition to the next potluck we attend.
  (tags: meat cake cooking omfg recipe)

Here are three cheap strollers that anyone having a baby soon could use. We know a couple pregnant folks, so this post is for them. Here is one Combi and two Safety First strollers at remarkable discounts.

I haven’t done research to see how they’re rated or if they’re safe strollers; that’s for you to do. I’m just here to help you save money!!!

       
In order:

The Combi is down 66% from $229.99 –> $79.00
The Safety First Ivy Cottage is down 66% from $259.99 –> $89
The Safety First Biltmore is down 72% from $354.99 –> $99.

Enjoy!!!

I’ve been working on writing an Amazon.com scanner in Ruby on Rails which will scan particular keywords on Amazon and drop the results in a local database for later analysis.

It’s to a point where it will email me results that meet certain critieria.

I’ve added keywords for products that we use, as well as keywords from some family members who have been unwitting beta participants.  I’m almost ready to release a site to the public but wanted to ask you, my friends a couple questions as I try to figure out exactly how to launch it.

1. How much would you pay to be alerted to sales at Amazon on keywords you are interested in?
2. Would you prefer a one time fee or a monthy fee?
3. What categories and keywords interest you?
4. Would you prefer to come to the site when you needed, or would you prefer to be alerted via elctronic means?
5. Do you prefer SMS, IM, email, or text to speech over your phone for electronic alerts?
6. Any comments you wish to add that I didn’t think to ask?

Sorry for the vaugeries, but an idea to help us save money took off in my head and is growing every weekend.  Feel free to either comment or send me email (it’s on the top left of every page).  I’ll post next a sample of something I just found in my latest scan.

If you’re just interested in the final product, stay tuned for an announcement of sorts in several months.

• Getting Started With Vim | Webmaster Tips
  Some excellent vim tips here that will make for extra productivity.
  (tags: toprint todo toread vim vi editor tips highpri)
• Scott Hanselman’s Computer Zen – 2006 Resolution – Prepare
  Good list of what to pull together on a keychain USB drive
  (tags: todo lifehacks safety software survival emergency backup)

Found this via Jonathan Coulton.

I’m glad to here this, it’s a step in the right direction.  Jonathan says it best with this quote though:

…But you know, good for them I guess – it’s kind of like watching a baby eat with a spoon for the first time – even though they’re doing it totally wrong and making a terrible mess of things, it’s cute to watch them trying…

How true, how true…