High Wired: Find cheaper magazine subscriptions through eBay

Online Tool of the Week: Revo Uninstaller

Over the past few weeks, I’ve not only experienced firsthand how frustrating it can be when you aren’t allowed to uninstall a program from your Control Panel’s Add/Remove Programs area, I’ve had two friends and one client express frustration about the issue as well. It was time I figured out how to circumnavigate the issue once and for all.

Surprisingly, it took quite a bit of searching, researching and testing before I came across a freeware program that was receiving great reviews: Revo Uninstaller. Not surprisingly, I ended up stumbling across this program via the fantastic site Lifehacker (www.lifehacker.com).

Not only can you scan through the many Revo recommendations on this Lifehacker post, you can follow the discussion in the page’s comments to learn more about other programs, what hasn’t worked for people, etc.

Here’s to never being frustrated with the Add/Remove Programs part of our control panels ever again! To learn more about Revo, visit http://tinyurl.com/3d5c4l.

Cool Tip of the Week: How to save noney on magazine subscriptions

If you subscribe to a magazine or if you’re considering subscribing to a magazine, check eBay first. Yep, that’s right. eBay. I recently learned that eBay is an absolute goldmine of amazing subscription deals just waiting to be purchased.

For example, a one-year subscription to Men’s Journal magazine normally costs $9.95. A quick search on eBay reveals a listing for a three-year subscription for $4.94. Or, let’s say you’re looking to subscribe to Cosmopolitan magazine. A one-year subscription would normally run you $18. On eBay I found a listing for a one-year subscription for $5 and another listing offering a two-year subscription for $14.48. Nice.

<b>Links of the Week</b>

• http://mashable.com/2007/07/21/job-hunt — Holy cow. A list of SEVENTY online tools people can use while job hunting.

• www.numbr.com — A free, auto-expiring, anonymous phone number that forwards incoming calls to your home or cell phone. In other words, callers never see your home or cell number. Perfect for people who like to list items on Craigslist.

• www.ssa.gov/top10.html — Here you’ll find the top 10 most requested services on the U.S. Social Security website, including the most popular given names by gender and birth year and 2007 cost of living information.

• https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2558 — My favorite new Firefox extension. I have absolutely no idea how I went without it for so long.

Have a great week, everyone, and see ya next Monday.

<i>Based in Frisco, eRin pheiL is the primary creative force behind timeforcake (www.timeforcake.com). She can be reached via phone at (970) 668-0709 or e-mail at info@timeforcake.com.</i>