I recently came across a great new service available for getting some of your favorite software titles for free! It’s called TrialPay. We were so intrigued, we have worked with them to offer their service for our $40 title.

Here’s how it works:

1. you browse through the advertisers
2. you select and complete one of the offers
3. in exchange, they pay your purchase price for you (in our case, that’s a $40 savings for you!)

And they have some really nice advertisers. I looked and saw:

• Blockbuster Online - sign up for their online rental service (think NetFlix) for just $9.99
• SeattleCoffeeDirect - Select two 12 ounce coffee selections for only $9 and get a Stainless Steel Coffee Grinder completely FREE.
• 250 Free Business cards from VistaPrint - you just pay the shipping
• CinemaNow.com - Signup for a Free 7 day trial and download full movies to your computer
• and 100 more!

You find an advertiser offer that works for you and they’ll pay your $40 for you. It’s really a win-win deal. Check it out

Be well,
Ray

I recently came across WidgetBox.com. They provide web site widgets for you to add to your website or blog. You simply place a small bit of code on your website, then you can add and remove widgets from your account page. No changes to your code. It’s pretty cool!

I saw clocks, blidgets (blog widgets) and other fun to see once widgets. I really think they are nothing more than a novelty until they start developing tools for community and communication.

I took a shot and converted our Random Password Generator into a widget. It turned out pretty cool. Scroll down the page on the sidebar, I’ve installed it for you to see.
Be Well
Ray

Each year I sign up on dozens of online sites. I try to manage the amount of potential spam I receive by using my free email account on sites I find questionable. Lately, thanks to my friend Craig, I have been turned on to a new trick.

What Craig did was buy his own URL. They are literally $14 for two years. If you use GoDaddy (and many others), you get a free email box.

Doesn’t sound like much of a solution, does it? What Craig then does is make that a “catch-all” box, meaning anything@craigsurl.com lands in this box. He then proceeds to signup at sites using their name @ craigsurl.com

So, if he signed up for this blog, he would use getsafensecure@craigsurl.com Then these emails would land in his general box with this site’s name on it.

What this allows him to do is at least see where the leak is in his circle of trust.  Perhaps then he could spread the word.  Plus, if he started getting Viagra emails to getsafensecure@craigsurl.com, I would have  some splainin to do.

Be safe, Ray