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Discounted Network Solutions Renewal

I got an email from Network Solutions this morning stating that my website was up for renewal.  I decided to take care of it right away so that it didn’t get shut off, which I have run into before. It’s not a very nice feeling to get a bunch of emails telling you that your website is down.

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This website is a little bit different than some of the others that I run.  It’s mainly there for me to post things going on in my life and share cool things I find on the internet.  Not a big deal, but it does let me create funny email addresses that end in @charliedelong.com…

So back to the website renewal.  I clicked the link in the email and declined all of the extras that they wanted to sell me -> Domain privacy, Hosting, etc, etc, etc. I get to the payment screen and the total is $27.99. I knew the price was going to go up because I had purchased it for 99 cents a couple of years ago and remembered only paying $10 to renew it last year.  That was when I remembered this little “lifehack” to get a cheaper price… (Also, I am unsure as to where this sits between ethical and unethical, but it saved me a bunch of money…)

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To get this started you simply have to go to the NetworkSolutions.com website and login to your account.  Once you are logged in look for a link, about halfway down the page that says “My Domain Names” (See Figure 1). Click right on the words “My Domain Names” and you will be brought to a lost of your domains, or (if you just have 1 domain) you will be taken to the settings for your individual domain name.

Now the excitement begins.  It is sort of like playing chicken with the company that has control over your domain name… This is where you scroll down and click on the link like ou are going to take your domain name and switch to another provider.  Which, if you were to do this, you would also get a cheaper price on your domain name. The downside to this is that you will experience some sort of downtime waiting for the DNS records to switch over… Nobody wants downtime… In this step we will simply click on the link at the bottom that is labeled, “Turn Off or Request Authorization Code”.

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This “Turn Off or Request Authorization Code” setting will give you the option to get a code that will allow you to move the domain to their competition, and they don’t want that… So at this step in this epic race of chicken (slight exaggeration) they will offer you a discount down to $10 for the renewal.

Captur3eDisclaimer:  This might not work for you.  All I am saying is that it worked for me 2 years in a row, and if I follow through these steps right now, it still gives me the option.  Hopefully it will work for you and you can save some money too!

 

Alzheimer’s and BasicH2

I was recently told about a “home remedy” that really took me by surprise. Coconut oil can be used as a treatment for Alzheimer’s.

My friend Lloyd had gone through a long battle with his father’s Alzheimer’s before we knew as much as we know about it now. It is a tragic story coconutabout how no matter what treatments were given it seemed like a losing battle. Now that we live in an information age, it’s easier to learn about alternative medicines and treatments. Lloyd was told about coconut oil as an alternative treatment, and since then him and his wife have been cooking with it to try and use it as a preventative measure.

basicHWhere my thoughts on the whole thing came from was from a highly disputed article I read some time ago from the medical journal Evolution, Medicine and Public Health. This lay summary of this article states:

Lay summary: People living in sanitized environments may be at greater Alzheimer’s
risk. We compare Alzheimer’s rates in different countries in light of countries’ historical
and contemporary pathogen prevalence, sanitation, and urbanization. We find that
countries that are less urbanized, with more pathogens and lower degree of sanitation
have lower Alzheimer’s rates.

My opinion on this wasn’t that clean people are more susceptible to Alzheimer’s, it was that I immediately thought of the air quality issue. Clean people use more household cleaners, plus being in a more urban area there is more commercial and industrial pollution.

So what is the best way to combat this? In my opinion the best way you can help the quality of life in your own home is to use a natural cleaner. Shaklee’s Basic H2 is all natural. It’s non toxic. It’s made out of (the above mentioned) coconut…  Plus it’s available (Highly Concentrated) for $12.15 (Full Retail Price, the Member Price is only $10.35)

Wouldn’t you rather be breathing in something all natural than all of the chemicals in every store bought cleaner?

Best Games On Amazon Appstore for Under a Dollar

Here are a list of some premium games that you can get for the low low price of 99 cents. If you are looking for some great games at a great price check these out. Also for alittle bit of fun compare these prices to the same app on the Android Market. In most cases you will be looking at $2 or more, so enjoy the HALF OFF!

Name: Angry Birds (ad free)
Angry Birds is probably the most popular game out there. This is the ad free version that frees up your screen to hit the target a little more accurately. All for a measly 99 cents!
Description:

Download Link: http://goo.gl/49CPf (Amazon.com)

Name: Cut the Rope (ad free)

Description:
Feed the Om Nom his candy to keep him happy, without all the ads. Cool physics based game where you have to cut the rome (obviously) at the right time to line up the fall.

Download Link: http://goo.gl/t1zxG (Amazon.com)

Name: Fruit Ninja (ad free)

Description:
Swipe the screen to be a Fruit Ninja. 3 modes of gameplay, arcade, zen and classic. Again, with no ads! Under a buck!

Download Link: http://goo.gl/IwH8U (Amazon.com)

Name: ZENONIA (ad free)

Description:
One of the first and arguably the best RPGs available for Android. Based on all of the classics from NES and SNES systems. All for under a buck!

Download Link: http://goo.gl/TlHVy (Amazon.com)

Name: ZENONIA 2 (ad free)

Description:
Sequel to the above game (duh). A vast improvement to the look of it. If you are more into some of the newer styled RPGs this would be the way to go, otherwise go with the first one.

Download Link: http://goo.gl/9Ti7A (Amazon.com)

Name: Frogger (ad free)

Description:
The classic game of “get the from to the top of the screen”. All the stuff you know and love from the old school game, with a huge improvement in the graphics.

Download Link: http://goo.gl/oYbC8 (Amazon.com)

Name: Pinball Deluxe (ad free)

Description:
Pinball was a mainstay before the world of video games, and now you can get it on your state of the art Android phone. For just 99 cents!

Download Link: http://goo.gl/4MZLO (Amazon.com)

Name: Hungry MonstR (ad free)

Description:
Keep the monsters away from your ice cream. There is a quick play (3 minutes) or the Endless Rainbow mode which is (wait for it…) endless.

Download Link: http://goo.gl/S12Gt (Amazon.com)

Some “Best of the Best” accessories for your Android phone: