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If you do not have a credit card, you may find it frustrating when you find something online that you want to buy.
Are you tired of asking your friends to purchase things with their credit cards for you in exchange for cash or paying more for items in stores than you would spend for them online?
If so, here are four great ways to buy things online without a credit card: [Read more…]
A gap year isn’t the sole right of students. Older people can take a year out too. Here are five reasons for taking a break:
1 – The state of the economy
Let’s face it, the economy is in a pretty poor state right now, and we’re all growing tired of waiting for things to improve. If you’ve just finished your studies, the chances of finding a job are looking pretty grim, so you might just as well take the time to travel, learn a new language, volunteer for work and gain a real life experience while others are scouring the job market without much success. [Read more…]
If you are someone who has a dog or any other pet that you keep outdoors, one of your first priorities is going to be keeping your animal safe. Animals can become curious or even spooked, and before you know it, they end up out of your yard and onto the neighbor’s property or worse, they end up in the street, surrounded by fast-moving vehicles. If you have a pet that needs to be outside, it is time for you to consider electric pet fences.
When thinking about electric pet fences, it is important to understand how they work. All pet fences work by having the animal wear a collar with a special receiver on it. This is connected to an underground wire or to a wireless system that is set up around the home. When the dog or cat passes the set boundary, it receives a mild, unpleasant shock. While the shock is not enough to hurt the animal, the sensation is definitely one that the animal does not want to repeat, causing the dog or cat to shy back onto your property. [Read more…]
We all know that terrible feeling when a barbecue doesn’t go quite right. Your guests are politely eating your food, but you can tell something’s wrong. There might not be enough flavor or everything on the grill is overcooked.
There are lots of things that can go wrong which is what makes cooking on a barbecue so exciting. There’s no other form of cooking where you’re exposed to such high temperatures in a direct way, and you have to play the flames like a symphony. But it doesn’t take a professionally trained chef to get wonderful results. As long as you stick to the basics and make sure you avoid some of these mistakes, you’ll be able to create wonderful grilled feasts for the people you love. [Read more…]
I receive tons of “computer questions” from my friends, family members and associates, and an interesting one that pops up from time to time concerns moving a legal copy of the Windows operating system from one computer to another. Typically, they want to move a newer version of Windows from a PC that has died onto one that still works fine but is running an older version of Windows. There are a couple of things that determine whether or not you can move an existing Windows license to a new machine:
1 – Is this version of Windows OEM or Retail?
Did the copy of Windows you’re wanting to move to another PC come pre-installed on the old computer or did you purchase it seperately in a retail box? Most off-the-shelf computers these days come with an OEM (ie. Original Equipment Manufacturer) version of Windows pre-installed on the hard drive. OEM copies of Windows cannot be legally transferred to a different computer. Period. End of story. [Read more…]