Just My Random Stuff Just some hopefully useful, yet random posts from my own experiences, that nobody ever told me about before.

11Jan/121

Latest News: the Imperial Standard of Measurements has Changed!

ok, so we all know that 64 ounces is a Half Gallon, right?  It says so here.  Well, I got proof that it no longer is the case.

I went to the grocery store the other day, and bought the same ole Half Gallon of Orange Juice.

Half Gallon of Orange Juice

I'm almost embarrassed to tell you it costs almost $5.00, but that's another story.  But you can image how amazed I was when I saw that a half gallon is now only 59 ounces!!

 

Half Gallon is 59 ounces

 

So not only has the food business stuck it to us with their increasing prices, now they are giving us less product AND increasing prices.  When is it going to end?

20Jun/110

The only real FREE Credit Report without an inquiry

Ok, how many sites out there say "FREE" Credit Report?  Probably a million at least.  There's always a scam though, gotta sign up for this payment plan or whatever.  Well, if you don't necessarily need to see your credit score, here is the best, fastest, safest, and best of all, FREE way to get your credit reports, anytime, as many times, as you want.

How?  Well, we all know credit bureaus must allow us to dispute our credit profiles.  Well, they have all embraced the online world and allowed for online disputes.  While I would never recommend performing a dispute online, for reasons way to many to go into on this post, you can still use the tool to get your Free Credit Reports.  Below are the links to each credit bureau dispute process page.  All you gotta do is start a dispute, "review" your credit profile, and dispute anything incorrect.  Well, there you go, there's your report, up to the minute. Just please don't dispute things online, for your own sake, manually write a letter and send it to them.  I will explain that later, but if you want to learn why, search around for e-oscar, then you will know why.

As promised, here are the links:

Transunion

Equifax

Experian

NOTE:  These links I provide are direct to each bureau, but please double check your browser, and before you enter your personal information on any page on the internet, make sure you are at a secure site.  Your browser will display a lock or some symbol telling you it is safe and secure.

2May/110

Let’s Win the California Lottery

Hey everyone, it's been a while since my last random post, but here's my latest.  I found this website, for your Californians out there.  Check it out, I also created a group so we can pool tickets together and have more chances.  Since I am a techie by nature, I created the SoCal Techies group.  Check it out.

Play California Lottery Online

4Nov/100

I’m PHP 5.3 Certified by Zend

I went the the Zendcon 2010 in Santa Clara this week, and took the PHP 5.3 exam and passed!!

4Sep/100

Build your credit by paying rent!

I found this great service online for those of us who are renters.  Get credit by paying your rent.  As we all know, rent, electric bills, cable & telephone bills, etc. do not go on credit reports as good positive on time payments.  They only go on for negative things.  Well, this service takes care of that for us.  They will report your on time rent and bill payments to the "Big 3" credit reporting companies.  I just signed up, can't wait to see what it does to my score in a month.  Check it out!

Click here to help build your credit