Archive for 'Misc'
Winner of the Sony Digital Reader!
My, but there were a lot of you who wanted to yank the Sony reader from my reluctant hands try the Sony reader! There were 255 comments, and I used a random number generator to choose….
Commenter #221, the 06-04-2008 4:06:32 p.m. comment: Amber!
Yay, Amber! I’m sending you an email right this minute!
Thanks, […]
Posted: June 6th, 2008 under Misc, Electronics, Giveaways.
Comments: 1
Advertising on Facebook
If you have an Etsy shop, or a blog, or any business you want to advertise on the cheap, I recommend trying an ad on Facebook. As an experiment, I made an ad to advertise my baby names blog. It’s easy to do: if you have a Facebook account, you’ll see an […]
Posted: May 27th, 2008 under Misc, Webby distractions, How-to, Service providers, Personally recommended by Swistle.
Comments: none
Miracle Blanket
If you have a new baby, or are expecting a baby, or you know someone who’s expecting a baby and you need to get them a gift, or you just like buying baby products because you never know when someone might get knocked up, may I make a loud, frothy-mouthed recommendation? BUY A MIRACLE BLANKET.
If […]
Posted: May 7th, 2008 under Misc, Baby/Kid's gear, Personally recommended by Linda.
Comments: 14
Cultural Influence Via Tax-Deductible Donations
Considering how much I enjoy telling other people what to do, read, and watch, I can’t believe I never thought of this before: You can donate copies of your favorite books and DVDs to the library, thereby sneakily infecting other patrons with your preferences.
I thought of it when I was trying to make you […]
Posted: April 8th, 2008 under Misc, Good causes.
Comments: 3
Days to Remember: A Journal of Lifetime Events
Do you have a Borders bookstore near you? If you don’t, I don’t know how you’re going to find this, because I have looked everywhere. I searched by ISBN number, I searched for it on the Borders website, I searched for it on the publisher’s website. No luck. The only place […]
Posted: April 3rd, 2008 under Misc, Books, Personally recommended by Swistle.
Comments: 11