http://www.study-anything.com Help with how to teach yourself anything Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:58:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I happened to bump into a pretty accurate article about sites to save money while reading the Kiplinger letter.  http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/21-web-sites-for-finding-deals-online.html  The first time I used one of the sites it came up with a Sears 40 inch HDTV that was priced so crazy that they thought it was a mistake.  ... http://www.study-anything.com/2010/07/25/great-deals-via-www/ About 5 months ago I noticed while buying something via Amazon, that I could get an even better price if I agreed to "subscribe" to buying it routinely.  For example, as I was buying laundry detergent I could subscribe to automatically buy a quantity either each month or every 6 ... http://www.study-anything.com/2010/07/25/how-to-get-the-lowest-prices/ We got two discount coupons from Lowes in the mail.  They said from "Now until 7/27/10".  We put 50 dollars worth of stuff in our basket and went to pay for it.  The cashier said that the coupons were not valid for another week, and that we were too early. http://www.study-anything.com/2010/07/11/lowes-discounts/ We have figured out that Tastee Freeze is much better than Dairy Queen.  After consuming a medium size vanilla chocolate dip cone, there really is no competition.  Tastee Freeze was cheaper too.  However, upon second check this place is no longer part of the Tastee Freeze franchise.  It is called B ... http://www.study-anything.com/2010/07/11/tastee-freeze-vs-dairy-queen/ Having just experienced dealing with a salesman at a car dealer, I thought that some notes related to buying a car might come in handy.  Simply stated...I would not communicate with a salesman more than I have to.  For example, never ask a salesman if he would change the offer if ... http://www.study-anything.com/2010/07/03/how-to-get-the-best-price-for-a-new-car/ I suggest Biokleen powder.  It gets things cleaner and we use less of it. Once we knew that we liked it when we bought a box at Wholefoods, I looked on Google shopping. However the best deal was found at Amazon.com because they offered free shipping.  We combined it with their version ... http://www.study-anything.com/2010/02/21/best-and-least-expensive-laundry-detergent/ Very Dangerous Cake 1 Coffee mug 4 tablespoons flour (that's plain flour, not self-rising) 4 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons baking cocoa 1 egg white 3 tablespoons milk 3 tablespoons oil 3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional) Small splash of vanilla   Optional Dash of cinnamon Dash of instant coffee or instant ... http://www.study-anything.com/2010/02/14/chocolate-cake-sometimes-called-crazy-cake/ Recipe for coffee substitute. Use a small cup. 4 teaspons of 100% pure Cocoa 4 tiny measures of organic Stevia Extract powder Slowly fill and stir with hot water Sprinkle a generous amount of ground Cinnamon over the top of the drink. http://www.study-anything.com/2010/02/06/a-fabulous-hot-chocolate-drink-with-no-caffein/ Last week my laptop was brought down by some sort of virus attack.  All I know is that I was surfing at Ancestry.com when I got a pop up window that said something like "your computer has a virus" and "click here to fix".  I clicked in the upper right ... http://www.study-anything.com/2010/01/31/attacked-by-2010-virus-scam/ A big headline on the AARP Bulletin listed FREE-Learning.  The main point of the article is that Massachusetts Institute Of Technology has put 2,000 academic courses online for free access.  They included a hyperlink to their AARP article.  A fabulous resource included here is Open Culture.  Which is a portal ... http://www.study-anything.com/2010/01/24/free-e-learning/