Microsoft is offering cash back for shoppers using their Live Search to find products: http://search.live.com/cashback/howToUse So you sign up for the service. Then you use their search to find products and you collect credit that you can turn into money. The credit range seems to vary from 2-30 percent, depending on the product and vendors … Continue reading →

I know I’m a day late and the Byte is really only good to Minnesota readers but I have a great tool for drivers… MN 511 (http://www.511mn.org/) – it provides information on construction, delays, detours and weather reports – as they might have an impact on driving. I see that 511 has been implemented in … Continue reading →

Today’s Byte is a super quick resource, a search engine cheat sheet: http://www.philb.com/whichengine.htm It’s a table that matches the type of search you might want to do (people, exact phrase, file-specific, sounds and more) and the best search engines for that type of search. It’s a great list and I found a few search engines … Continue reading →

OK, maybe you guys living in the US don’t need any of the following resources as much or as often as I do – but I thought I’d share them. Temperature: http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/temperature Money: http://www.xe.com/ucc/ Weight: http://www.onlineconversion.com/weight_common.htm (convert your weight into kilograms – it’s the quickest diet ever!) Clothing: http://www.onlineconversion.com/clothing.htm Distance: http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_all.htm (they differentiate between Midwestern, … Continue reading →

Did you miss me last week? My email list tool was on the fritz. Sorry! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I have one quickie Byte today for anyone who might be doing some online shopping in the upcoming weeks. I have had excellent luck finding coupons for various products or shops by simply searching … Continue reading →

I think I wrote about Skype a few months ago – but I thought I’d write again now that I’ve been using it for 6 weeks. Skype (http://www.skype.com) is a phone service that lets you make cheap long distance phone calls through your computer. You need to sign up for an account a way to … Continue reading →

I had reason to look up the US Postal Service web site this week (http://www.usps.com) and I thought I would report in on some of the features: Zip look up: http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp OK I’ve been using this for years. Type in an address and they’ll give you the zip code Mail Forwarding: http://www.usps.com/receive/choicesfordelivery/receivemailinotherplaces.htm You can request … Continue reading →

Sometimes it’s fun to just peruse the Google Labs (http://labs.google.com) to see what they’re looking into these days. Tonight I tried their Google Voice Local Search (http://labs.google.com/goog411). It’s pretty much like calling 411 only it’s free. Just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411). You give them city and state. You ask for a business name or category and … Continue reading →