The 7 Most Expensive Items on Amazon.com

A friend and I were discussing online shopping when we started wondering what the most expensive item sells for on Amazon.  I couldn’t figure out just exactly how to obtain this information, so I started running likely searches on Amazon to see what I could come up with.  It turned into a little game.

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Is the world ready for Romo, the smartphone robot?

Robot-loving developers Romotive offer a chance to turn your iOS or Android phone into your mobile robot buddy. Where would your smartphone go if it had its own set of wheels? If the makers of Romo the SmartPhone Robot make good on their Kickstarter campaign promise, we’ll soon know the answer [...]

Amazon Terminates CT Affiliate Contracts

Amazon.com has immediately terminated all affiliate contracts with CT residents due to the online taxes provision of the latest CT budget approved by Governor Malloy.  Other companies have, or will, follow suit.  Thank you Governor Malloy for instantaneously destroying all CT-based online affiliate businesses.  Well done, sir.  Way to cripple your citizens’ ability to [...]

Amazon changes Kindle store for iPhone users

On Monday, Amazon.com put out a small tweak to its Kindle application for Apple’s iPhone that takes users to an iPhone-optimized store when they click on the “get books” button.

There’s now a page that lets users search either by title, author, keyword, or category. It also lists some of the New York Times [...]

22 Simple Ways to Maximize Your Money

The Ooine.com Guide to Keeping Your Dough

Over the years I have come across a number of simple methods to maximize your money.  Much of this is simple, common sense and some of it is downright scamming.  Take it or leave it.  Here is my completely random list:

1) Ask for stuff

It’s [...]

How to Defend the World from Alien Attack

Well tonight I successfully defended the world from an alien invasion.  Yeah, that’s right.  don’t all thank me at once.

I heard someone shouting something about flying saucers so I ran outside.  Luckily I had my plasma pistol handy.  Take THAT alien scum!

My aim just wasn’t on so I decided to crank [...]