The Randomist-ness-es-ist

I guess that title just means pretty random stuff this morn, but how should I know (just because I wrote it?).

We all know how much I dig Firefox, right? Well, here are a few FF links to make it even better. Many whiles ago I blogged this blog (here and here): Recommended, and they've got two FF 2.0 links worth knowing. A Spellchecking feature and eBay tools. Recommended also helped me find Make-A-Flake, where yes... You guessed it! You can create your own snowflake. I like it! I like it!

Now, I've visited Scrap in SF a place that "recycles" objects for "art." Well, I found most of the stuff pretty "homey" there, but that's just me. Lots to sort through, and maybe some great finds for you Les Objets Trouves d'art(Found Objects) types, or whutever. I am interested in seeing if Urban Ore in Berkeley is any better. Maybe this coming week. Which reminds me... There's a foundry I've been meaning to visit out that way for some jewelry and small accessories metal casting.

Speaking of jewelry, while trying to find the foundry page (like every time, since I've never bookmarked it) I stumbled upon (no, sorry NOT Stumbled Upon) some jewelry trivia. Some more interesting than others. I read it all, but only 'cuz I'm OCD likedat.

I still follow Neville's Financial Blog a bit (prev. post). Still interesting for the same reasons as always. And great insight for a guy that's years younger and still in school (I think). Oh, The Places You Can Go... Some good tidbits about different general business practices and

(did anybody pick up that Dr. Seuss reference?) Here are a few internet deals... Oh wait. I found Funny Face (imdb and my posted link) at Target (in-store) for $5.99! I'm just saying, there prolly ain't a happier happy movie you can find if you took five whiles searching. So there. I liked it. I like it. I bought it. On Target.com it's $9.98 plus shipping. Go to Target, I've blogged all about the Bullseye and dvd's before.

If Tar-zhay isn't upscale enough for you, maybe you want to visit eLuxury. I was just looking through their sale stuff to see what kinds of things... They have some beautiful Dior St. Germain Ankle Boots at 40%. Well, that's still nearly $500 bones jones, but stunning nonetheless.

Here's random... I was checking my blog feed on Feedster, and dint find a single freakin' post/ thread/ or even lint related to my blog. Then I decided to search for a few keywords. I came up with a page with my Flickr photo posted. Geez.

Okay, here is yet another site full o' internet deals: Coupon Mountain. I found this via Smarter.com.

Here's more supporting evidence for Amazon.com: Why peeps shop with them = prices. The SanDisk e250 2 GB mp3 player is now $104 shipped, lowest on Pricegrabber is about $120. e260 4 GB is $130 shipped on Amazon, PG lowest is TigerDirect for about same price.

Once again, Pricegrabber user ratings of Amazon.com are LOW. Past 3 months' rating is 2.86 out of 5 stars. ResellerRatings of Amazon are even more telling at 5.42 out of 10. If you're getting hooked up with a deal from Amazon.com these days... It's buyer beware!

Speaking of which, this is just a friendly reminder... Do NOT buy from Monarch Computer Systems! They are going out of business and have NO NOTICE posted on their site to warn you. Their recent ResellerRatings proves it. They were a great establishment, uhhh... when they were established. Happy New Year peeps. I'll recap some of my fave sites and links soon. Cheers.
image credits: Dior Ankle Boots from eLuxury.com, Amazon.com rating chart from ResellerRatings.com, Monarch Computer customer rating chart from ResellerRatings.com.