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5 Websites to Check Before You Shop Online

5 Websites to Check Before You Shop Online
(PriceGrabber) Shopping online has its undisputable benefits: it can save you gas, time and money, not to mention you can do it in your pajamas. The problem is, with so many online retailers to choose from, the whole process can become overwhelming rather than a time-saver. Why buy online if doing so is a whole new skill in and of itself? Cutting through the online clutter is easy if you start out your shopping trip with the five websites below. PriceGrabber.com Everyone tells us to comparison shop online, but few offer much in the way of concrete, usable advice. One website that makes comparison shopping much simpler is PriceGrabber.com. Milo.com (Milo) One of the most promising up-and-comers in the online shopping world is Milo.com. Driven by their slogan “Find it Local, Get it Now,” Milo vouches that any product for which it finds a price is available right now from the local retailers it lists. CoolSavings.com (CoolSavings) At CoolSavings, the message is “Savings Made Simple.” (ShopAtHome)

Get Free Design Advice From Not Pixel Perfect Yet The web is long on opinion, but short on informed, constructive criticism. Thank goodness then for Not Pixel Perfect Yet , a group of web experts who will critique your website’s design in public for free, offering helpful suggestions and advice on improving your site’s design, readability and usability. The group is made up of 10 or so Czech web designers who are skilled in graphic design, UI/UX and search optimization. You submit a link to the group by e-mail (feedback@divdesign.cz) telling them what areas you’d like them to critique. All of the discussion happens in the open on Facebook, and since the group is public, anyone can join the group and participate in the discussion. A couple of caveats — first, the designers are all Czech, so the responses are usually written in Czech. Second, if you just look at the Wall posts, you won’t see much beyond a few sentences about each design. Facebook is probably not the best forum for the NPPY mission. Design for Readability First

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Woot.com It’s whatever you want it to be. Pretty much, anyway. This is where you find the deals that wooters like you have ferreted out and brought to light. We use a fancy algorithm to determine which deals are catching the most buzz – they’re under the Popular tab, which is the default view of this section. Build a $200 Linux PC - How To by ExtremeTech Times are still tough out there, but our needs and desires don’t always flag just because the economy does. If an accident or an equipment failure has punched an unexpected hole in your computing life, you may be in need of a system—any system—to fill it. Or maybe you’ve discovered that your family just needs one more box to use as a Web terminal to keep the more powerful systems free more often. Even if you need a computer right away, there are plenty of good reasons to build one rather than buy one. So we asked ourselves: What’s the lowest point at which these two goals could intersect? Once we had our target price, we took to Newegg.com to see whether this could really be done. We had met our goal—on paper.

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Emerald & Ella Jane from Emerald and Ella recently emailed me to introduce her store and I fell in LOVE instantly! This store is totally MY STYLE. EYE CANDY For the HOME! On the site Jane describes Emerald + Ella as a ‘purveyor of beautiful eclectic things for your kitchen and home”. This is a perfect description- every product in this online boutique is divine…I could seriously have one of everything! Jane is a former food stylist- you can totally tell this by the amazing design and photography on the site.

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Cruise Deals, Discount Cruises, and Cruise Vacations MIAMI (June 27, 2013) – Carnival Cruise Lines today announced new ship deployments taking effect in 2014 in several key markets resulting in exciting new product offerings from Port Canaveral, Fla., and New Orleans. Carnival will now feature the widest selection of seagoing vacation choices in these markets aboard some of the most innovative ships in cruising. Carnival Sunshine, which recently completed a massive $155 million transformation, will be repositioned from New Orleans to Port Canaveral beginning in April 2014. This move will allow Carnival to continue to offer attractive new options from Port Canaveral and marks the first time the line will have a ship in Central Florida featuring all of the fantastic Fun Ship 2.0 bar, dining and entertainment innovations. Carnival Sunshine to Port Canaveral Carnival Dream to New Orleans Beginning April 20, 2014, Carnival Dream will launch year-round seven-day Caribbean cruises from New Orleans. Carnival Liberty to Port Canaveral Reservations

Statistical Analysis and Visualization of the Drug War in Mexico | Diego Valle's Blog On December 11, 2006 Felipe Calderon, as the first significant act of his presidency, sent the army to his home state of Michoacan. He claimed that it was to regain control of territories lost to the drug cartels, and indeed, a new cartel had started operating in Michocan. But the fact that he won the election by the slim margin of 0.6% and his main rival declared himself the legitimate president of Mexico surely influenced him. In the beginning, the war proved a success by all objective measures: in 2007 the homicide rate decreased to its lowest level in recorded history and murders in Michoacan went down by more than 40%. Not that it mattered much, all the while the government was losing the psychological war—the use of torture and beheadings became common in executions carried out by drug cartels as they sought to protect their turfs and intimidate the population. There are two ways to measure the number of homicides: Police records. Would you trust a Mexican cop? Drugs

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