Everyday Randomness

Have Some Hot Chocolate

I am completely frozen to the core this morning, and I don’t know why. It’s 52 outside, but I haven’t even been out except for a quick potty break for Bubba. I know I’ve got it at least 80 in here because I’ve got a fire going, and I’ve got my little heater running in my office. I’m still decked out from head to toe in a sweat suit and fuzzy socks chilled to the bone.

I don’t think I’m getting sick again because I feel fine otherwise. Besides I’ve been drinking about a 1/2 gallon of orange juice a day to help pump up my immune system. I made myself a cup of hot chocolate from SBS Teas, and it’s super yummy.

Here’s my SBS goodies from this month.

The hot chocolate is absolutely to die for. It’s Chocolate Cinnamon Cocoa which at first I thought I wouldn’t like, but after the first sip I realized how awesome it is. SBS Teas is great about having a ton of gourmet teas and cocoas to choose from, and so far I haven’t found one that I don’t like.

Since I haven’t eaten anything yet today (I’ve only been awake a couple hours) I decided to go ahead and have my White Chocolate Amaretto Wafer Cookie that I received with my teas and cocoa this month. I have to admit it would have probably been better if I had saved it for my tea, but it was still very very good. You stick the waver over your cup while you steep your tea and the white chocolate amaretto filling melts making it warm and full of yummy goodness.

I think I’ll order a couple more of those to have around for when I want some tea, and I might try the chocolate ones next. I’ve been sipping on my hot chocolate while writing this post, and it’s almost gone. At least I can say it’s really doing the trick to warm me up.

Rankrz

When I’m bored I normally turn to various websites to take away that boredom. Sometimes I might randomly surf various sites, but most of the time I find one site to keep me occupied until I’m bored with it, too.

I think I’ve found another site that might just get added to my “things to do when I’m bored” list. The site is called Rankrz, and just like the name says, it’s a place to rank various things. You can create and rank your own lists of various things, or you can join in conversations to rank lists others have created. You can also see how your personal rankings match up to others rankings. Just because you have pizza as your #1 favorite doesn’t mean everyone else lists it so high. See where others list things, discuss your options, and even learn about new things you’ve never heard of before from others lists.

It’s free to sign up, and creating your account only takes a few seconds. After creating your account you can join in conversations or create your own rank lists. There’s even an option to make money by linking your Adsense or Amazon affiliate accounts! You receive 50% of the profits generated from ads on the site with your link.

Here’s the Rankrz I just created. I created my own “Best Words To Describe Me” list. Creating it was simple. I had the ability to add my own words or choose from the list created by others. I’m off to participate in more lists!

Not Happy With Amazon Seller’s Account

I love Amazon…for shopping. I will most likely never attempt to sell anything there again. I’ve had a huge listing of books on Amazon off and on for the past few months. I’ve sold a few while others have sat there. That’s to be expected. What pisses me off? The Amazon emails you’re supposed to receive when someone buys a product never show up. I’ve added them to my whitelist, changed email addresses many times, and still nothing. If I don’t login everyday I could totally miss a sale. That in turn leaves unhappy buyers who leave nasty comments because they’ve been waiting on their product.

Today was yet another one of those days. I haven’t logged into my seller’s account in about 3 days. I’ve just been so busy I haven’t thought about it, and I honestly thought all my current listings were ending at the beginning of this week. It looks like the current listings did end Tuesday morning, but Monday night someone purchased one of my books. The last time I logged in was Monday morning. When I logged in today I saw the sale has been sitting there, but yet again I received no email notifying me of it.

I Googled the issue, and it looks like there are many people dealing with the same issue with not receiving Amazon’s seller notification emails. It looks like it’s back to Ebay for me unless I can find another great place to sell my used books.

When Is Downloading A Website A Good Thing?

When is downloading an entire website a good thing? A lot of people might think downloading an entire website might be a bad thing to do, but I’m going to give you a few examples of why it can be a good thing! Here’s a list of ways I could use a program that can copy websites.
Conducting Research-

Back in college I would spend a lot of time on the computer researching for my term papers. Unfortunately I lose concentration a lot when I have to look at a computer screen for hours just to get the information I need. I would spend a lot of time printing out all the information I needed only to find I missed something important.

If I had the ability to download an entire website, I could have downloaded all the websites with the information I needed, printed out what I wanted, and sat down at my desk to read through my research. If I found that I had missed something that I needed, instead of having to search for the website again I could just access my own hard drive to print the missing information.

A Learning Tool-

As someone who spends a lot of time learning how to code websites in various forms, there are a lot of times that I get stuck. I might see something on a website that I like, but when I try to emulate it I can’t make my own coding work. I could spend hours searching for how to code it, or with the ability to download the entire website, I could see how the author wrote their code and use it as a tool to fix my own.

Reading Material-

I just mentioned to all of you that I will be heading to New Jersey in June. That’s going to be a seriously long and boring car ride. I’ll be taking my laptop along, but because I won’t have an internet connection until I find a place with Wi-Fi, I’ll be extremely bored. With the ability to download an entire website, I can download some of the top blogs that teach me how to become a better blogger and use my long car ride as a time to catch up on my reading. If I happen to come across a blog I haven’t read before that I like right before I leave, I can download the blog, read it while I’m on my trip, and be caught up with what’s going on by the time I get back!

How could you use a program like this to meet your needs? You can visit http://www.web-site-downloader.com/ to download a program that will help you do things just like this!