Thursday, July 29, 2010
New Kindle With WiFi and 3G to Ship August 27th
Introducing the new Kindle with 3G and WiFi! Smaller, lighter, faster with 50% better contrast.
21% Smaller but keeping the 6" screen.
15% lighter, 8.7 ounces
One month battery life.
Double the Storage. Up to 3,500 books.
Enhanced PDF With dictionary lookup, notes, and highlights
New WebKit based browser.
Free 3G Wireless
No annual contracts, no monthly fees. Download books anytime, anywhere.
Built-In Wi-Fi
Connect to Wi-Fi hotspots at home or on the road. Includes free Wi-Fi access at AT&T hotspots across the U.S.
Download Books, Magazines and Blogs wirelessly to your Kindle!
Surf the internet with the Basic Web!
"We've reached a tipping point with the new price of Kindle--the growth rate of Kindle device unit sales has tripled since we lowered the price from $259 to $189," said Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.com. "In addition, even while our hardcover sales continue to grow, the Kindle format has now overtaken the hardcover format. Amazon.com customers now purchase more Kindle books than hardcover books--astonishing when you consider that we've been selling hardcover books for 15 years, and Kindle books for 33 months."
Currently, they’re temporary out of stock. That happened to me too, but I ordered mine anyway, so I was one of the first once they started shipping again.
If you want the Kindle with WiFi only, it's available too. Consider it a Kid's Kindle, or a Family Kindle.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Order Your Kindle Now to Hold Your Place
I love my Amazon Kindle! When I purchased mine, it was close to twice the cost of today's model.
Download Books, Magazines and Blogs wirelessly to your Kindle!
Surf the internet with the Basic Web!
"We've reached a tipping point with the new price of Kindle--the growth rate of Kindle device unit sales has tripled since we lowered the price from $259 to $189," said Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.com. "In addition, even while our hardcover sales continue to grow, the Kindle format has now overtaken the hardcover format. Amazon.com customers now purchase more Kindle books than hardcover books--astonishing when you consider that we've been selling hardcover books for 15 years, and Kindle books for 33 months."
Currently, they’re temporary out of stock. That happened to me too, but I ordered mine anyway, so I was one of the first once they started shipping again.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Payments in July
Payments Waiting
Aquamails: 14 Days Old, click quota of 100
Cash for Action: 20 Days Old
Deep-c-Links: 66 Request Ahead of You, 100 Days Old (Second Request Due to Exceeding Maximum Allowed Balance) Number ahead of me decreasing, but no change in beenpaid page. Ads are slow to process, and none of my ads from my PTP rotator upgrade have been processed in nearly 2 months. All this, and still requires 125 clicks a month.
EmailsForAds - 86 Days Old, No Been Paid Page, Requested Again 6/24/10 (No Payment Plug In)
E-Qoo2: 32 Request Ahead of You, 97 Days Old, 1 click required every 15 days.
LadyOfTheLinks: 5 Requests Ahead of You, 100 Days Old (Second Request Due to Exceeding Maximum Allowed) Ads are slow to process, and none of my ads from my PTP rotator upgrade have been processed in nearly 2 months. Still require 50 clicks a month.
OrangeBizs: 260 Requests Ahead of You, 44 Days Old (Last Payment On Been Paid Page April 26), request ahead of me decreasing, but no change on beenpaid page.
PreciousPomsPTR: 34 Requests Ahead of You, 24 Days Old, 50 clicks required monthly
RoseBizs: 9 Requests Ahead of You, 136 Days Old, Been Paid Page Removed (owes me $7.74, but changed the amount of my payment to $1.01 after a post at GlobalFriendsOnline)
Diabetes
Diabetes is really on the rise! Every year, my heart doctor does blood tests for all sorts of things, including blood sugar. The combination of high blood pressure and diabetes is really nasty, because the sugar works like shrapnel in your veins. To make matters worse, it's easier to be diagnosed as a diabetes, because blood sugar number has dropped from 125 to under 100 in my adult life!
I realized yesterday how bad it's gotten, because I got a phone call asking me to send letters to 15 people in my neighborhood. I have been sending notes for March of Dimes for years, but now there's a movement to educate the public about diabetes!
Do you know what your numbers are?
I realized yesterday how bad it's gotten, because I got a phone call asking me to send letters to 15 people in my neighborhood. I have been sending notes for March of Dimes for years, but now there's a movement to educate the public about diabetes!
Do you know what your numbers are?
High Blood Pressure
When I was a child, my grandmother told me about the miracle of modern medicine. How high blood pressure medicine had helped her, but unfortunately, not before it had damaged her heart.
About three years ago, I started having high blood pressure myself. In fact, it had been creeping up for a few years, and it reached the danger point in February 2007, I started feeling bad, and found my blood pressure had topped 206/107. Our family doctor had died a few months prior, and hadn't left a successor, so here I was with high blood pressure, and only my allergy doctor to help me. I ended up in the emergency room, but other than a little monitoring, and pronouncing me all right, they refused to give me any medicine, because the doctor needed to monitor me. And my first appointment with a new family doctor was still a month away. Fortunately, my mother-in-law's cardiologist agreed to take me as a patient, and a few months later, my blood pressure was under control.
It's possible to have high blood pressure with no symptoms, so it's important to test your pressure regularly. Once the blood pressure is under control, it's still a wise policy to keep a daily record of your blood pressure. Some people cease their blood pressure medicine after a few months, and that can lead to trouble. So, when you return to the doctor, the doctor's happier if you have daily readings for him to study.
Also, more than once I've found my blood pressure creeping upward, and reported it to the doctor, so he could adjust my medicine. Something, I couldn't have done if I hadn't been keeping an eye on the numbers. I ask myself, did I take my medicine today? If I've also tested my blood pressure, and it's low, it's a pretty good bet, I've also taken my medicine. I also have my medicine sorted into a weekly planner with 14 slots. So, it makes it much easier to keep track of, than just taking the medicine out of the bottle.
About six months ago, I asked the doctor to change my remaining name brand prescription to a generic one. And he did so, but with the order that I make sure I'm really diligent about taking my blood pressure each day, because sometimes changing medicine can cause the controlled blood pressure to return to uncontrolled.
Healthy blood pressure numbers have changed. Anything under 120/80 is considered normal. 120/80 to 135/85-139/89 is considered borderline (my doctor wants mine under 135/85 90% of the time), and anything above that is considered high. For diabetics, the numbers must be even lower. It's my understanding that if the patient is in the borderline range, you can get your blood pressure down with lifestyle changes (diet and exercises). But with blood pressure as high as mine was, patients will need medicine.
Do you know your blood pressure numbers?
About three years ago, I started having high blood pressure myself. In fact, it had been creeping up for a few years, and it reached the danger point in February 2007, I started feeling bad, and found my blood pressure had topped 206/107. Our family doctor had died a few months prior, and hadn't left a successor, so here I was with high blood pressure, and only my allergy doctor to help me. I ended up in the emergency room, but other than a little monitoring, and pronouncing me all right, they refused to give me any medicine, because the doctor needed to monitor me. And my first appointment with a new family doctor was still a month away. Fortunately, my mother-in-law's cardiologist agreed to take me as a patient, and a few months later, my blood pressure was under control.
It's possible to have high blood pressure with no symptoms, so it's important to test your pressure regularly. Once the blood pressure is under control, it's still a wise policy to keep a daily record of your blood pressure. Some people cease their blood pressure medicine after a few months, and that can lead to trouble. So, when you return to the doctor, the doctor's happier if you have daily readings for him to study.
Also, more than once I've found my blood pressure creeping upward, and reported it to the doctor, so he could adjust my medicine. Something, I couldn't have done if I hadn't been keeping an eye on the numbers. I ask myself, did I take my medicine today? If I've also tested my blood pressure, and it's low, it's a pretty good bet, I've also taken my medicine. I also have my medicine sorted into a weekly planner with 14 slots. So, it makes it much easier to keep track of, than just taking the medicine out of the bottle.
About six months ago, I asked the doctor to change my remaining name brand prescription to a generic one. And he did so, but with the order that I make sure I'm really diligent about taking my blood pressure each day, because sometimes changing medicine can cause the controlled blood pressure to return to uncontrolled.
Healthy blood pressure numbers have changed. Anything under 120/80 is considered normal. 120/80 to 135/85-139/89 is considered borderline (my doctor wants mine under 135/85 90% of the time), and anything above that is considered high. For diabetics, the numbers must be even lower. It's my understanding that if the patient is in the borderline range, you can get your blood pressure down with lifestyle changes (diet and exercises). But with blood pressure as high as mine was, patients will need medicine.
Do you know your blood pressure numbers?
Amazon Kindle Reaches Tipping Point
I love my Amazon Kindle! When I purchased mine, it was close to twice the cost of today's model.
Download Books, Magazines and Blogs wirelessly to your Kindle!
Surf the internet with the Basic Web!
"We've reached a tipping point with the new price of Kindle--the growth rate of Kindle device unit sales has tripled since we lowered the price from $259 to $189," said Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.com. "In addition, even while our hardcover sales continue to grow, the Kindle format has now overtaken the hardcover format. Amazon.com customers now purchase more Kindle books than hardcover books--astonishing when you consider that we've been selling hardcover books for 15 years, and Kindle books for 33 months."
Rough Time for PTP Sites
I've been known to miss admin messages myself, and advertise PTP for sites which have withdrawn the PTP links in the past, so I thought I'd give you the heads up on some more changes to sites with PTP.
This month, we just received word that effective August 1st, another family of sites (ButterfliesNRoses, PolarBearClicks, PreciousPomsPTR) will be changing their PTP terms to upgraded only, and also limiting their hits to tier 1 & 2. In addition to this, PTP has been withdrawn, or will soon be withdrawn from AllMyMoneyForYou and E-Qoo2. Also, effective August 1st, long term sites MidnightClicking and Speedearner will also close their doors.
In addition to this, Connie is selling her sites.
birdcrazymail, downhomefolks, majesticmails, moo-overmail, puppiesptr, wallabymail
Hopefully, things will improve once school starts.
This month, we just received word that effective August 1st, another family of sites (ButterfliesNRoses, PolarBearClicks, PreciousPomsPTR) will be changing their PTP terms to upgraded only, and also limiting their hits to tier 1 & 2. In addition to this, PTP has been withdrawn, or will soon be withdrawn from AllMyMoneyForYou and E-Qoo2. Also, effective August 1st, long term sites MidnightClicking and Speedearner will also close their doors.
In addition to this, Connie is selling her sites.
birdcrazymail, downhomefolks, majesticmails, moo-overmail, puppiesptr, wallabymail
Hopefully, things will improve once school starts.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Interesting Discovery Today
Today, I requested a payment from ValePTR and noticed I had mispelled the email for my payment processor. Imagine my surprise when I learned I could edit the payment request! There are at least two sites where I have had to cancel my payment request because the payment had been so slow, it had exceeded the payment maximum. Unfortunately, that means at those sites, I had to request a second time, and ended at the bottom of the payment queue.
This experience with ValePTR has me wondering if WMs have a setting they can use to prevent editing payment requests.
This experience with ValePTR has me wondering if WMs have a setting they can use to prevent editing payment requests.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Cell Phones and Pedestrians
When I was little, I was taught to look both ways before walking across the street. Today, I turned left into a driveway of a hospital/medical center from a very busy street, and I almost hit a guy because he was walking across the driveway talking on his cell phone and not looking where he was going. He was lucky I've adopted a no cell phone zone in my car. Once you get on to the road, both pedestrians and drivers should turn off their cell phones.
Payments in July
Payments Waiting
Aquamails: 0 Days Old
Cash for Action: 7 Days Old
Deep-c-Links: 70 Request Ahead of You, 87 Days Old (Second Request Due to Exceeding Maximum Allowed Balance)
EmailsForAds - 73 Days Old, No Been Paid Page, Requested Again 6/24/10 (No Payment Plug In)
E-Qoo2: 32 Request Ahead of You, 84 Days Old
LadyOfTheLinks: 5 Requests Ahead of You, 87 Days Old (Second Request Due to Exceeding Maximum Allowed)
OrangeBizs: 262 Requests Ahead of You, 31 Days Old (Last Payment On Been Paid Page April 26)
PreciousPomsPTR: 36 Requests Ahead of You, 7 Days Old
RoseBizs: 9 Requests Ahead of You, 123 Days Old, Been Paid Page Removed
Friday, July 2, 2010
July Payments
Payments Waiting
AllMyMoneyForYou: 2 Requests Ahead of You, 36 days old
Cash for Action: 0 Days Old
Deep-c-Links: 70 Request Ahead of You, 80 Days Old (Second Request Due to Exceeding Maximum Allowed Balance)
EmailsForAds - 66 Days Old, No Been Paid Page, Requested Again 6/24/10 (No Payment Plug In)
E-Qoo2: 32 Request Ahead of You, 77 Days Old
LadyOfTheLinks: 5 Requests Ahead of You, 80 Days Old (Second Request Due to Exceeding Maximum Allowed)
OrangeBizs: 265 Requests Ahead of You, 24 Days Old (Last Payment On Been Paid Page April 26)
PolarBearClicks: 10 Requests Ahead of You, 43 Days Old
PreciousPomsPTR: 42 Requests Ahead of You, 0 Days Old
RoseBizs: 9 Requests Ahead of You, 116 Days Old, Been Paid Page Removed
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