How to Get 5% Off Any New York Pass Sightseeing Package

If you're visiting NYC this summer, you MUST get a NY Pass. Period!

For just $10 more than the price of the double-decker hop-on/hop-off bus tour, you get unlimited admission into 40+ other classic tourist attractions, line skipping priviledges and a bunch of discounts.

Right now, there's an unpublished 5% discount - read on to find out how to get it.

Included in the NY Pass is:

Admission to over 40 top attractions in New York City, including:

Empire State Building,

Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island,

Museum of Modern Art,

American Museum of Natural History,

The Guggenheim,

Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum,

Brooklyn Museum of Art,

NBC Studio Tour,

Circleline Sightseeing,

Radio City Music Hall Stage Door Tour,

The United Nations Tour,

Madison Square Garden All Access Tour,

and many others.

• 140-page pocket-sized guide book with comprehensive information about many places of interest in NYC, including all of the best Museums, Zoos, Aquariums, Parks, Gardens, Sightseeing Cruises, Behind the Scenes tours, NYC Rides and Tours, Theatre, Leisure Activities and Services in New York City.

• Discounts and Special Offers at top restaurants and retailers.

• Line skipping privileges at select attractions allows even more opportunity to explore these popular NYC Tourist Activities.

And here's how to get 5% Off Any New York Pass!

1) You must use THIS LINK

2) Use Coupon Code: nyp5pc2007 (rotating coupon code last updated 6/2007)

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Blockbuster $5 Coupon For Total Access Members

Yet another reason why Blockbuster Total Access is better than NetFlix -- Blockbuster Video keeps throwing more freebies to members. Not only do you get double the number of video rentals per month plus a free game rental, I just got this email from Blockbuster:

Blockbuster has long used their website for one-time printable coupons. This is yet another way to save more at the store.

At the store, they now have a cool promo locall too -- $5.99 for 30 days and you get a free candy/treat every time you go. Since they are priced from $1 to $3 each usually for a Twizzler, Popcorn, Chocolate covered pretzels, gummy bears, mentos, etc, if you go to the store just once a week, this is a great deal.

I have no clue how Blockbuster aims to make a profit with their Total Access DVD Rental Program . . . especially when they have plans for only $5.99/month after the free trial. But until it's gone, you might as well ride the wave.

20% Off Borders Books Printable Coupon

Borders Books seems to always give away 20% off coupons, enough that I don't make a trip to the store without finding one and bringing it with me... click the coupon image for full size and then print away.

Borders Books & Music Free Printable Coupon

Wake up and smell the coffee (better when it is free!). They are giving away free coffee and beverages at Borders Books and a host of other freebie events it seems in their Garden State Plaza, Paramus NJ location that's opening up this week.

I have a local Borders books, and they just revamped their cafe. They offer T-mobile's wifi at my Borders Books store, but I haven't tried it out yet. Have you?

Free Museum Access for Two

If you have a Bank of America ATM, Debit, or Credit Card, you can get into tons of museums for free in May. Free admissions for card holder and one additional guest!

New Jersey
Jersey City Museum
Montclair Art Museum
Morris Museum
The Newark Museum
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum

New York
Albany Institute of History and Art
The Hyde Collection
New York State Museum
Bronx Zoo
New York Aquarium
Historic Hudson Valley
Museum of the Moving Image
Whitney Museum of American Art
Museum of Modern Art
Studio Museum in Harlem
New York Hall of Science
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Museum of Television & Radio
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
South Street Seaport Museum
Old Westbury Gardens
Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum
Rosamond Gifford Zoo
George Eastman House
Buffalo Zoo

Connecticut
Stamford Museum & Nature Center
The Children's Museum
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Bruce Museum
Mashantucket Pequot Museum

California
Asian Art Museum San Francisco
California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
de Young Museum
Legion of Honor
Riverside Art Museum
Riverside Metropolitan Museum
Autry National Center
California African American Museum
Skirball Cultural Center
Kidspace Museum
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Japanese American National Museum
Ocean Institute
Discovery Science Center
Orange County Museum of Art
Laguna Art Museum
Newport Sports Museum
Surfing Heritage Foundation
Newport Nautical Museum
San Diego Natural History Museum
California Center for the Arts, Escondido
San Diego Museum of Man
San Diego Museum of Art

Delaware
Delaware Museum of Natural History
Winterthur Museum & Country Estate
Delaware Art Museum

Florida
Boca Raton Museum of Art(Boca Raton)
Museum of Discovery & Science(Fort Lauderdale)
Museum of Art(Fort Lauderdale)
Stranahan House(Fort Lauderdale)
Miami Art Museum(Miami)
Zoological Society of Florida (ZSF) /Miami Metrozoo(Miami)
Miami Children's Museum(Miami)
Norton Museum of Art(West Palm Beach)
South Florida Science Museum(West Palm Beach)

Maine
Maine Discovery Museum
Farnsworth Art Museum and Wyeth Center
Portland Museum of Art
Massachusetts
The Old State House Museum (The Boston Historical Society)
Cape Cod Museum of Art
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Science, Boston
Museum of African American History
New Bedford Whaling Museum
Norman Rockwell Museum
Provincetown Art Association & Museum
Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle
Worcester Art Museum
American Textile History Museum

New Hampshire
Hood Museum of Art
Children's Museum of Portsmouth
Seacoast Science Center

Pennsylvania
African American Museum in Philadelphia
Independence Seaport Museum
National Constitution Center
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Rhode Island
Providence Children's Museum
Museum of Work and Culture
Rhode Island School of Design Museum
International Tennis Hall of Fame

Vermont
Montshire Museum of Science

Where is the Amazon mp3 Music Download Service?

Yesterday's Wall Street Journal article really caught my eye. The article, "Music ServiceFrom AmazonTakes On iTunes" covered the hype over the iTunes killer announced by Amazon this week. There were rumblings that Jeff Bezos was courting the music industry several months ago, trying to piece together this ultimate business model - selling digital content that millions of iPod users could use - mp3 music downloads. mp3's are the perfect product - no inventory, immediate revenue, easy fulfillment, unlimited stock of each product, small file sizes which translate to fast downloads and a great user experience.

Hype can be hype, so I tried to see for myself if Amazon really has a chance over Apple's iTunes.com, but I couldn't find it at all.

Where is Amazon's mp3 Music Download Service you ask? The answer: they "PLAN" to do it, it's not available yet! That's now "news," that's the future! What about now? today?

Here's some things that are relevant to you TODAY:

• Amazon "announced it" not "opened the store to the public": Every song and album in the Amazon.com digital music store will eventually be available exclusively in the MP3 format without digital rights management (DRM) software. But NO date is set for this service. It's a PLANNED service, not a reality yet!

• Amazon.com Does Offers Free Music Downloads TODAY: Don't be fooled by the limited offerings on the "Free Music Downloads" page. USE THE SEARCH FEATURE to find music tracks you can download. TIP: search for category of music (jazz, christian, rock, etc) or artist or keywords (like instruments, genre, etc).

• As the WSJ states, just like Amazon's announced service, "eMusic sells only MP3s that are almost universally playable" which means any iPod and all other mp3 players. By the way, eMusic has the largest number of subscribers for it's type of online music service.




• The Wall Street Journal also pointed out that "eMusic. . .can work out to as little as 25 cents a song". If you want to save as much as 75% off Apple's prices for mp3 songs with less restrictions than iTunes yet can still be used with iPods, try eMusic.
  
  
• eMusic gives you free credits for your choice of 25 free mp3 songs to download immediately.

• And I previously revealed the secret to getting the 60% off iTunes rate ($0.40/song price) at eMusic.

Just like the old commercial shouting the urgency, "I want my MTV!". I want my MP3...TODAY, not next year.

Stunned by Prices of Stunning Real Art

After moving into a new home, it takes awhile to set it up the way you want, reflecting the real you. One of the last things to take care of for us has been the walls. Because it's so personal, anything you hang on the wall is highly visible, and usually is a larger investment than say picture frames for a bookshelf, or a vase for flowers, etc. And if you want to invest in real art, the perception has been that it's really expensive.

Once you have to hit the wallet big-time, it's easy for inertia to take over. We've been looking at real art casually whenever we pass an art gallery or crafts fair. Recently, we purchased a beautifully framed original oil painting that was pre-framed in a astonishing gold leafed frame at a church fundraising evening. It goes so beautifully over our piano right now.

And since then we've been energized to find other original real art pieces to decorate other parts of the house. The problem is how to find not only the time, but places where they have a large inventory of art to view. Some of these mall stores have original art, but many times they are cheap reproductions and overpriced becuase of the mall rent for the store.

www.BeautifulRealArt.com offers an alternative to acquiring real art locally. This sponsored site actually sells a variety of art such as oil paintings, acrylic & watercolor paintings, drawings, photography, sculptures and pottery. Here are some interesting facets of this company:

• They sell only original real art, not reproductions, posters, etc.



• They stock everything they sell. There's no need for contracts, worries about consignment fulfillment, etc.



• They offer free FedEx shipping on all fine art purchases



• They have a $200 or less category for 'newbie' art buyers



• They also offer gift certificates, which can be a very unique gift for someone you love.

Video Slideshows & Home Movies for Dummies

One of the best things I've done with all the digital photos and video clips that I've taken with my Sony digital camera is to make video slide shows using Microsoft PhotoStory. It's a very easy program that allows you to import photos, re-arrange the order, set-up transitions between each photo, add titles, import mp3 music files for a sound track and set-up zoom/pan movement within each photo during the video. It also allows me to burn the finished product to a DVD to share with others after buying an additional $20 plug-in DVD burning plug-in specifically for that program.

I consistently get ooohs and ahhhhs whenever we show them to friends or family. Everyone wants to know how to do it themselves. The problem is that everyone is a little bit lazy, and there is a learning curve when it comes to all things technical.


Here's one attempt to solve that. Digital video slide show for Dummies: OneTrueMedia. The site allows you to upload photos from your PC, and then it auto-creates a video slide show for you with some basic razzle dazzle elements. If you are daring enough the service gives you more control to customize each part just like with the "manual" process I described above.
You can also order DVD's from them or photobooks too.

One really neat thing about OneTrueMedia is that you can also share any of the creations online through YouTube, GoogleVideo, etc and here's an exclusive feature that may be worth it for you to try them out: Anyone with a Tivo (like grandparents) worldwide can automatically find your latest video slide show on their "NOW PLAYING" menu and just watch your video just like any other of their recorded TV shows on the Tivo.

This is one service that is trying to break that inertia & "dummies" barrier for the millions of people that have digital photos and video clips "held hostage" in their cameras and hard drives.

If you've try it out, why not share your experience via the comments section?

What if You CANNOT Hear Me Now?

One of the biggest problems with certain cell phone carriers is coverage. It's the most frustrating thing if you can't get a signal to make a call when you pull out your phone.

What's doubly frustrating? If your cell phone, potentally issued to you by your company, doesn't get a good signal -- or NO signal -- in your own home. That's the worst, huh? Up till now, the only option you had was to spew negative comments about your cell phone company to everyone you know whenever it comes up in conversation (is that a good phone? Do you like ___INSERT Verizon, Cingular, Sprint, Nextel, etc HERE)____??) -- and I'm sure it comes up in conversation more often that you want.

Now, there's finally another solution for you: Boost Your Cell Phone Signal At Home!

How? Designed for consumers, there's a gadget called the zBoost cell phone signal booster which basically amplifies cellular signals for single or multiple users in homes or offices.

NOTE: This is a great solution for all phones EXCEPT Nextel...

It works with cell phones on Cingular (AT&T Wireless), Verizon, Alltel, CellularOne, Liberty Wireless, T-Mobile, etc. The package includes everything you need -- amplifier base unit, power supply, base unit antenna, low-loss SATV coaxial cable (RG-6), signal antenna and mounting hardware. The omni-directional antennas are easy to orient and receive from multiple cell towers.

Just set it up and forget it. If you can install a cable modem or router, you can install this with no problem. Your cell phone should receive a boost of at least a bar or two. The best impact is for zones where you may have a VERY weak signal around your house or you experience a lot of dropped calls, but in your house you're basically dead without a cell phone signal. < This product will give you a signal to receive and make calls.

After you install this, everyone can hear you now!

50% Off Six Flags (Great Adventure!) One-Day Admission Tickets

Six Flags amusement parks have had "print & go" ticket technology the last couple of years. Here's a promo for 50% off an adult admission ticket.

For Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ, that means $28 for a one-day ticket, a great price. Better than the $10 off Coke Can promo.

Smaller is Better for this MicroSD Card for the price & size

This offer is so small you might miss it - literally. Here's a 1 GB MicroSD Card (with regular SD card adapter included) from Kingston for only $11 - $5 rebate = $6.00 after rebate! Perfect for your Samsung Blackjack - even if you already have one, at this price a spare is great to have.

This is the perfect way to transfer ringtones, mp3 files, phone numbers etc back and forth between your PC and Blackjack cell phone. Or even between two different phones.

This thing is TINY. Really TINY. 0.43” x 0.59” x .039” (yes, that's less than 1/2 inch). In fact, it's very easy to loose, so when you're taking it out or putting it in the MicroSD card slot in your cell phone, you should really do it on a surface that is light in color so you can find it just in case it jumps out of your hands.

SIX BUCKS for a 1GB MicroSD CARD. THAT'S A HUGE DEAL FOR SUCH A SMALL THING.

Ellen DeGeneris Named Editor-In-Chief of O, The Oprah Magazine Newest Magazine

Oprah Winfery came on the the Ellen Degeneris talk show recently where Eleen unveiled 2 new magazine covers for the Oprah Magazine. Current subscribers are going to be thrilled when they read receive these magazine issues in the mail.




On a lighter (or seriouser?) note, Oprah has launched the OPRAH AT HOME magazine as an entirely separate magazine subscription.

Blackberry 8800 for $99.99 no coupon code necessary

The Blackberry 8800 cell phone on Cingular / AT&T Wireless is now going for only $99 with free fedex shipping.

Time to get addicted to email like everyone else! They don't call it a Crackberry for nothing!

ATM's are the Enemy. Get Free Stuff Just for Paying.

It amazes me sometimes when I stand in line at the cashier and someone in front of me pulls out a wad of cash to pay for their purchase. Sometimes the total on the register is $400-500 or even more like the last time I was in Home Depot. The guy in front of me had a big fat wallet with a bunch of credit cards, but instead, he hands over five $100 bills to pay for the Weber Grill.

If he manages his cashflow like this, he must be paying for tons of stuff in cold cash. That's a big no-no!

If you have the cash flow, you should really get a credit card that gives you point and also gives you a float for 30 days till payment is due. What's more, if you choose your credit cards wisely, you'll get extra benefits like breakage & theft protection, warranties will be extended -- sometimes even doubled in length, all for free.

One of my favorite cards in my wallet is the Starwood American Express. It gives you tons of points which turns out to be more than 4-5% value if you use them right. And just off the bat, if you cash in 20,000 points, you can convert it into a free 25,000 point airline ticket on any major airline -- that's 5,000 points free. There's other bonus type scenarios in the Starwood program that really makes it worthwhile. Not to mention the standard array of American Express benefits like rental car insurance coverage, accidental breakage protection (great if you have kids!), and more.

You also have the ability to get extra cards on your account so you can separate out different categories of spending or by person. The end-of-year statement which is broken down in different ways on paper is great for taxes -- just hand it over to the accountant and they have details of your tax-deductible items.

For me, it's definitely a card worth carrying in the wallet. I bet that guy at home depot in line in front of me could get this card, not change his current spending habits at all other than paying with his American Express card and get at least week's worth of free hotels every year after year. And he wouldn't be hitting that ATM machine all the time as he must be doing. You certainly don't want the ATM to be your friend.

250GB Hard Drive for $50. That's $0.20/Gig!

While gasoline prices are continuing to climb up and up and up and up and up and.... At least something else in life is getting cheaper -- storage. The price for hard drives have finally hit prices where they are really affordable for the masses.

And portable mass storage devices like this BeyondMicro 250GB external hard drive for $50 is a great deal. Paying only $0.20/Gig of Hard Drive space is a very very good deal right now. And it should be plenty for most PC users to back-up their desktop or laptop data + have more room for supplemental storage space for say, all the photos & video you keep taking with your ditigal camera and camcorder.

How to find this deal:
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2) Search for item # 5131554

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If Jessica Simpson Chooses Blockbuster Video Online, So Should You

Ok, case closed, if Jessica Simpson chooses Blockbuster's Total Access DVD Rental Program over Netflix, shouldn't you?

Why is Jessica Simpson even involved with Blockbuster? She's not even a movie star!?!?! Movies ---> Blockbuster....Jessica Simpson--->WHY?

The only way is to try it and find out why, I guess. Thank goodness it's free to try the service.

How Unique Is Your Mother('s Day Present)?

It's that time of year again, to celebrate the MOM that's always there to fix it, cheer it, guide it, cook it, love it. There's no one like Mom. Why not get a gift that's unique as well?

Personalization Mall has some really cool gifts that are affordable, but have that extra "WOW" factor just because they provide customizations like engravings, photos, embroidery, etc. Check them out this year.

Animal Instinct Is To Choose Blockbuster Video over Netflix.com, Shouldn't You?

Blockbuster has added 800,000 new subscribers to the Total Access DVD's-by-Mail Rental Program. Almost a MILLION people can't be wrong. But if little hamsters also choose Blockbuster Video, then you have to jump on the bandwagon right now, right?

Why Jets Football Fans Use NetFlix.com For DVD Movie Rentals

Here's another competitive reason why NetFlix is going to trump Blockbuster Online in the end.

Jet's fans (as in NFL football) are banding together and going all NetFlix purely for the reason that Blockbuster Online is associated with Wayne Huizenga who just happens to own the Miami Dolphins. "Huizenga repeated his business success [throughout his career] with Blockbuster Video, opening a handful of stores in 1985, and achieving status as the country's leading movie rental chain by 1994," according to Wikipedia.

For example, Josh Turnof, one of those crazy Jet's fans that dress up for games even when just watching them at home, is a prime example: "I haven't even stepped into a Blockbuster store since Dan Marino's (Miami Dolphin's QB) fake spike in 1999."

You can't compete against rabid NFL fans. It's probably one reason why Blockbuster's Online DVD Rental Service is finally piling on the features for their customers to stay competive with NetFlix.

Blockbuster DVD Movie Rental By Mail Service Is Now BETTER Than NetFlix

Since the start, Netflix dominated the DVD rental scene -- because they invented it. They had the head start to build out tons of distribution centers across the country so that any mailing would be close enough to your home that you'd get it pretty much the next day. When Walmart and Blockbuster.com started their own copycat DVD rental-by-mail services, customers experienced waits of 2-4 days because they were mailing to all customers from from 1 or 2 different centers in the country (and we live in a BIG country). In addition, Netflix stocked thousands of videos - much more than your local Blockbuster store, as well as the competitor's DVD's by mail movie services. If you did any compariso

Up to now, Blockbuster's retails stores have taken huge hits because of DVD's by mail rental programs cropping up as well as cable Pay Per View. Well, Blockbuster finally figure out a way to make their brick-and-morter presences into a competitive advantage against NetFlix.com: They let you return the DVD's you got in the mail to your local store *and* immediately take out another DVD to take home that same day *and* they'll ship you your next DVD rental in the mail so that you'll get it in a day or two. Immediate satisfaction plus some. Not bad, huh?

Blockbuster.com has been hitting the airwaves hard with TV commercials lately to promote their program. At the same price as NetFlix, there's now a tangible reason to try out Blockbuster's DVD Movie Mail Rental Program. Plus, Blockbuster has added 2 in-store movie rentals per month to the package, putting Blockbuster's Movie Rental Service over the top vs. Netflix. And if that's not enough, they've taken their discounted $9.99/1st month promotional offer and replaced it with a totally free trial offer that can be found in certain places.

If you use NetFlix, you should try the free Blockbuster.com trial and even do a head-to-head mailing speed competition between the two services. Having the option to go to the local store to get another video + 2 more free videos per month makes it a real serious contender to replace NetFlix.