Unpaid Reviews

When I tried opening the site this morning and failed to do so, I almost ran amok the city streets, screaming  “What catastrophe had befallen unpaidreviews.com?” Man, I really panicked. And I thought a milion thoughts, some not even worthy of writing. Lol.

Emails were sent. Worry. Panic. Worry.

But after all of that, I’m glad we’re back on air. *deep breath* Really, really do. For awhile there, I thought… ah nevermind. What matters most is that everything’s back to normal.

We’re almost there. Sixty-plus days more to go said the news anchor before bidding the televiewers goodbye. And as  if I need more reminding,  I hear Christmas songs played on the radio every so often (you see, in this part of the world, Christmas songs are played over the radio as early as September!)

Oh Christmas you’re almost here. And it’s also time to shop for gifts. But good thing, at this age, there’s online shopping to make everyone’s life easier. And then also, there are already gift cards, which are my favorite gift options, available in most shops — online or not. For instance, here are shoebuy coupons, available on ebill.com that I wouldn’t mind receiving… este, giving as they are super convenient. Yeah, all you gotta do is select the card you want to buy, then ebill.com will send you an email on the next step, which is to pay (which is also easy because you can opt to pay online thru your bank or go to the nearest walk-in location). So there, there, easy peasy and me so loving it. That said, I think I better  draft my gift list now.

My fascination with Glee’s episode 1 (for Season 2) has led me to an amazing discovery in the world wide web: that we can already convert youtube audios atbp to mp3! Isn’t that cool? Yeah as cool as these faux wood blinds. Trust me.

I didn’t know it but through instantmp3s.com, we can now make the conversion easily and INSTANTLY. All we need is to provide the link and viola! instant mp3!  I’ve tried it with a couple of songs from Glee, and I’m so happy with the result. Audio is excellent, absolutely the same as with the provided youtube link.

And so goes the reason of this post. Haaay, what I did for love! 

I’d like to know:

If Moan Day is the day when nothing seems to go right and Berry Monday is the day for indulging in those berry smoothies, is it safe to call the day a Cyber Monday when you go online and do what you do in the world wide web on a Monday?

Hmmm. What do you think? Can be, right?

Happy Tuesday everyone.

For me, one of the gazillion great things about the Internet is Online Schooling. It’s really a big leap to make our lives easier and our dreams closer to their realization. Imagine how convenient  studying, preparing for  exams and getting a degree/certificate have become  these days! It’s education at your fingertips and I just got to say “WOW!”

Then there’s online shopping! Wow. Wow. Wow. Hooray to one of my favorite things to do online. Shopping even  in my PJs! And  it’s absolutely one of the reasons why I’m so thankful for the Internet (Lol), not to mention chatting, trading, playing among other great services that come with it. Now how about you, what the great thing about being online?

And I thought our desktop could be restored before the month ends.  We tried to revive it to life but the worse happened. Just when we thought it’s already up and working, it suddenly emitted some smoke much to our surprise (but actually “surprise” is an understatement because when we saw the CPU smokin’, we were so alarmed).

Was it a sign to get a new computer (like what the husband suggested)? *sigh* sigh* If it was, then I gotta scout now and start reading some desktop computer reviews. *sigh* After more than a couple of years of service, maybe it’s really time to get a new one.

But for now, gotta thank this netbook for  getting me online when I need to.

Yeah, yeah. And I miss my big monitor. Viewing photos such as these modern furniture I saw today is great with a really big monitor.

I know I mentioned it before that my PC is under repair — and it is still not repaired.  *sigh*sigh* I’ve been using my netbook for 10 years already! Okay, that’s an exaggeration but really, I miss my PC…with it’s big monitor and the valuable softwares installed in it.

One software that I miss using is Photoshop. It’s not the latest but I use it in 99.9% of my photos. I haven’t used it for 10 years na!  Miss it bigtime!  For the meantime, I’m using Picasa as it is lightweight and can easily be used with a netbook ( I haven’t installed Photoshop in the netbook because I’m afraid it would affect its performance).

I have been researching online for some writing activities I can feed my son before the school opens in June and I’ve been real blessed to have found a wonderful site that offers downloadable educational materials for free. It’s the Kidzone.

It has tons of educational materials for children in pre-school to Grade V. The subjects ranges from Math, Geography, Science and many more. The kicker there is it’s all for free and you don’t need to create an account o be able to avail of the free materials. It’s all just there for everyone to download and print. (Thanks to the generous site owner/s!)

From Kidzone, I also landed on some great specialty sites, namely:

 All About Coloring, a great site that offers free coloring pages for kids;

DLTK’s Crafts for Kids, a site where you can have loads of fun crafts you can do with your children.

Then, if you want to incorporate Bible activities to Bible stories/lessons during Sunday School, check  DLTK’s Bible Activities. 

Then for parents, if you wish to go beyond the usual photo printing/presentation, check Smilebox for some exciting ideas on how to make your photos extra special.  Try creating  slide shows. Get hooked with scrapbooking. ( Digital scrapbooking has never been this easier -thanks Smilebox!) Do more with your photos and have fun.

Haaay, I still don’t know what’s wrong with my PC. It’s really such a hassle since the softwares that I always use for some online work are installed in that PC.

For the meantime, I’m using the netbook my husband gave me last December. But I can only use it mostly for surfing the Internet. Oh God help me, I really need my PC. And I need it alive and kicking!  

Something’s wrong with my PC. It keeps on crashing while doing some tasks. As of this writing,  I still don’t know what’s the matter with it but I’m still checking and troubleshooting the HW and some of its components. 

Now, while  in the process of isolating my PC’s problem, I found a valuable software fro Microsoft. Maybe some of you are using this already, or heard about it. But in case you’re still looking for some protection against spyware, pop-ups and PC performance slowdown, here’s Windows Defender for you.

Windows Defender is software that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software by detecting and removing known spyware from your computer. Windows Defender features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions against spyware when it’s detected, minimizes interruptions, and helps you stay productive.

If you’re interested to download it, you can do so here.