Dan's Tool and Toy Reviews » Web Sites http://dan.idano.net Tools to Make Home Improvement Easier & Toys to Make Life More Fun Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:28:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Car Dealership Locator and Rater http://dan.idano.net/car-dealership-locator-and-rater-330.htm http://dan.idano.net/car-dealership-locator-and-rater-330.htm#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:53:16 +0000 Dan http://dan.idano.net/car-dealership-locator-and-rater-330.htm Autoropolis - Car Dealership Locator and Rater When you move to a new area it can be difficult find stores and services in that new area.

That happened recently when my wife and I had decided that we needed to purchase a mini van. I knew the local dealers that were right around our immediate area but I always like to shop around to get the best deal (just because dealer may sell the same cards doesn’t mean they sell them for the same price).

Anyway, I ended up having to drive around looking for different dealers on my own. I wish I had know about Autotopolis. At Autotopolis the have a Car Dealership Locator and Rater all built into one site. Not only does it list the dealer in you area it also gives a Google map so you can actually see where the dealers are at.

I did a search for Toyota Dealers around Round Rock, TX and found one dealer that I did not even know about. I also found that they had a really good rating. I wish I would have known about Autotopolis before as I would have checked this dealer out also.

This website is great for anybody who has just moved to a new area or even for people that have been in the same are for a while.

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I just really want one.

I found another coupon site called CouponChief.com that has Apple Coupons. There I found 25% off of Microsoft Office for Macs which I will definitely need.

I know I shouldn’t be looking but I REALLY WANT ONE!

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]]> http://dan.idano.net/more-coupons-for-my-macbook-264.htm/feed 0 Running Out of Room at Our House http://dan.idano.net/running-out-of-room-at-our-house-260.htm http://dan.idano.net/running-out-of-room-at-our-house-260.htm#comments Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:44:50 +0000 Dan http://dan.idano.net/running-out-of-room-at-our-house-260.htm We have a lot of stuff. Too much stuff one would say but nobody in my house is saying that. In fact they are saying the opposite – “Don’t get rid if my stuff!”.

What is a man to do?

Find a Self Storage place to store the stuff, that’s what. How you may ask?

Well I found a location near me that has great prices. The way that I found it was via moving.bz. With moving.bz I was able to find a location just by typing in my zip code and requesting a quote.

The coolest part about it is that I live in a pretty new area but they had locations that were near me.

If you are in the market for self storage then I suggest you check them out.

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]]> http://dan.idano.net/running-out-of-room-at-our-house-260.htm/feed 0 Wrought Iron Wall Decor for the Wife http://dan.idano.net/wrought-iron-wall-decor-for-the-wife-244.htm http://dan.idano.net/wrought-iron-wall-decor-for-the-wife-244.htm#comments Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:06:59 +0000 Dan http://dan.idano.net/wrought-iron-wall-decor-for-the-wife-244.htm So I am terrible at getting Christmas presents for my wife. It is so hard to extract info out of her without her knowing what I am trying to do.

That happened the other day with some dishes that she wanted. After 10 questions from me about the dishes I asked “do you want one of your Christmas presents early” to where she replied “you mean the dishes?”. I am not good at it.

Well I think that I am in luck now as I came across this site that has Unique Wall Decor such as wrought iron. When my wife and I where looking to buy a house she had seen a nice wrought iron wall hanging in one of the models and really liked it. This site has several different designs and the prices seem really reasonable.

They also have some really cool Votive Candle Holders. When we moved we packed my wifes set of these that she had and we have not been able to find them since. I think that I might pick her up one of these as a replacement.

The only thing about all of this is that I hope my wife does not read this because that means that I have just blown the surprise again!

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]]> http://dan.idano.net/wrought-iron-wall-decor-for-the-wife-244.htm/feed 0 AOL Video – It Sucks http://dan.idano.net/aol-video-it-sucks-229.htm http://dan.idano.net/aol-video-it-sucks-229.htm#comments Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:20:37 +0000 Dan http://dan.idano.net/aol-video-it-sucks-229.htm I read an article about being able to see full length videos of sitcoms and other shows at the new AOL video site so headed over to check it out. Sure enough they had several different videos from such places as The History Channel, TBS, and MTV.

I clicked on an episode of Modern Marvels and was presented with a popup screen that said that I needed a plugin for their videos to work with my Firefox browser. No problem I thought as I clicked on the link to install the plugin.

If only it were that simple…

No matter what I did I could not get to the page for the plugin that they said I need to view their video.

Bottom line – I left their site after 10 frustrating minutes of trying to get to the site to install the plugin in need to view their video.

Nice work AOL! Glad you didn’t steer from your usually way of making things 10 times more difficult then they need to be!

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]]> http://dan.idano.net/aol-video-it-sucks-229.htm/feed 0 DeVry Blog – My Experiences http://dan.idano.net/devry-blog-my-experiences-220.htm http://dan.idano.net/devry-blog-my-experiences-220.htm#comments Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:24:53 +0000 Dan http://dan.idano.net/devry-blog-my-experiences-220.htm As mentioned before I started a blog to chronicle my experiences in going back to school to get me degree at DeVry University. I originally set the blog up over at WordPress.com but I started to actually get traffic and I couldn’t really tell where it was coming from due to the way they have their stats setup.

Therefore I transfered everything over to a sub domain off of idano.net. The new web address for 30 Something Student is 30somethingstudent.idano.net.

If you have the time and are interested you should check it out. Also, if you are thinking about going back to school this is a good place to start to get a feel for what it takes.

Oh, finally I have added a feed to the sidebar of this blog so that you can be reminded that it’s over there.

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]]> http://dan.idano.net/devry-blog-my-experiences-220.htm/feed 0 How to Find Good Prices on Property Overseas http://dan.idano.net/how-to-find-good-prices-on-property-overseas-214.htm http://dan.idano.net/how-to-find-good-prices-on-property-overseas-214.htm#comments Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:09:20 +0000 Dan http://dan.idano.net/how-to-find-good-prices-on-property-overseas-214.htm I found a cool website for Properties to buy Abroad while looking for more vacation ideas for my wife and I.

The website is propertymartoverseas.com.

In my poking around I found an apartment near Paris that is only $125,000. That is a pretty good deal if you ask me. It seems to me that Property Market Overseas has really good prices for anything that you could be looking for outside of the US.

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Coupon Chief to the rescue.

As mentioned before Coupon Chief has a whole bunch of coupons for a lot of major online retails like Best Buy, Buy.com, and even Dell.

Since I want a new MP3 player I went here first to see what type of discounts I could dig up to get a good price. My search turned up a Best Buy coupon that is good for free shipping on all MP3 players including IPods – Sweet. Now it is off to the Best Buy Web Site to pick out my new one.

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]]> http://dan.idano.net/coupon-chief-to-my-rescue-again-208.htm/feed 0 Really Great “Looking Busy at Work” Tip http://dan.idano.net/really-great-looking-busy-at-work-tip-207.htm http://dan.idano.net/really-great-looking-busy-at-work-tip-207.htm#comments Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:25:11 +0000 Dan http://dan.idano.net/really-great-looking-busy-at-work-tip-207.htm I have another tip to add to my post – The Ultimate Guide to Doing Nothing but Looking Busy at Work – it is from one of my favorite blogs – Lifehacker.

This is the tip. You take a screen shot of your desktop with the project that you are working on and then make it your desktop background. They when someone comes to your cubical minimize all of your windows and it will look like you where working.

Brilliant!

Here is the original Lifehacker article – Look busy with a fake desktop background.

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]]> http://dan.idano.net/really-great-looking-busy-at-work-tip-207.htm/feed 0 Using the Performancing FireFox Plugin to Blog http://dan.idano.net/using-the-performancing-firefox-plugin-to-blog-205.htm http://dan.idano.net/using-the-performancing-firefox-plugin-to-blog-205.htm#comments Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:11:03 +0000 Dan http://dan.idano.net/using-the-performancing-firefox-plugin-to-blog-205.htm I have tried many blog editors out there to try and make my life easier when it comes to blogging. In fact I did some extensive reviews of Desktop Blog Editors over at my idano.net blog. When it was all said and done none of them really worked out.

What has ended up working out for me the best is the combination of the Firefox 2.0 and the Performancing Plugin. The reason for this is that Firefox 2.0 has a built in spell checker which I really need. Then the Performancing plugin allows you to post to your blog from a simple interface. This works better for me since I do not have to log into each individual blog that I post to in order to write something.

I definitely recommend it if you blog on a regular basis.

Firefox can be downloaded here.

The Performancing Plugin can be downloaded here.

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