The Internet

If you don’t mind a little bribery to get things done, the good folks at Lifehacker point out an interesting mashup of PayPal and IOU notes. With Do Stuff For Money, you can use a little financial incentive to get somebody to do something for you. If the price is right, the money goes to PayPal and your little request is completed. Everybody is happy, and your online wallet is only a little lighter.

That extra-large soda that only cost $.50 more can be your worst enemy at the movie theater. And are you supposed to wait all the way through the movie to see the cute bit at the end of the credits, so is it safe to bolt as soon as you see the first bit of large font? The good folks at Lifehacker have collected the answers for you.

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Alright, so you waited until the last minute. It’s a good thing the Internet can help you deal with your procrastinating ways with online filing. However, be aware that there are likely many, many, MANY more like you who are also counting on e-filers to get them through this time. Keep in mind these simple tips:

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There’s even more reason to look for the best prices in downloadable music now.  A Lifehacker reports shows Amazon and Wal-Mart have decided to enact variable pricing as well. So now that there are more variables in your shopping equation, and that means there’s more reason to look around.

To help you out, MacWorld points out Download Shopper  as a potential source of information.  Not sure how much more time you could save with a browser and three tabs searching, but it’s worth a shot.

The good folks at Lifehacker has tossed together a comprehensive list of feeds to watch the Obama inauguration.  I pointed out the Hulu link earlier in this blog, but this gives you some other options in case something goes wrong.  Remember, this is going to be an extremely popular event attracting viewers from around the word, so you might encounter slow feeds or skipping videos at some of these sites.  To keep an uninterrupted feed, you might want to have a couple of locations open and available, just in case.  Don’t start one feed until you’ve stopped the other, though - you’ll notice a slowdown on video playback on all of them, especially on a slower computer.