Showing posts with label free stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free stuff. Show all posts
I see myself as someone who stays up to date on modern technology, but when it comes to modern trends I am a bit sluggish. I have to admit that when Facebook first showed up for college students only, I thought it was dumb. It was a place for people to spy on others (still is), but it has really turned out to be a powerful force in today's culture. In my current issues class, we discussed how the political contestants, in Palestine, have their own Facebook page and use it to relay their message as well as coordinate protests against their oppressive "democracy." I use the term democracy lightly. I will take credit for projecting Facebook taking over the world, because it has definitely achieved that on a cultural level. However, this entry is not about Facebook. Everyone by now knows what Facebook is. I am going to talk about a few things I just recently discovered firsthand, although I have known about them for awhile.
Skype is a c
ommunication website. They allow you to use the internet and your computer to make phone calls to cellular phones (for a small fee per minute) or to other Skype computers (for free). I can't say I have delved into this service much, but I did call myself for free to test it out. I have to say, it was cool.
The reason I even looked into Skype was due to my long distance relationship with my girlfriend. We happen to go to different colleges that are 500 miles apart. It sucks, but we make it work. A while back I bought us a pair of web-cams, so we could occasionally have video conversations instead of the old voice chats. We used AIM for these video chats, but I knew there were better services that specialized in video, instead of just instant messaging. I knew Skype was such a service. This brought me to last night when I was on AIM and video chatting. AIM crashed mid conversation, so I looked further into Skype. I downloaded it, and the interface already got my attention. This service has such a hip, professional feel to it. That modern feel that I love. I look forward to using this program some more.
K7 is less of a mainstream service. This service gives you a phone number that you can use. However, the number is only used as either a fax or a voice mail. If anyone calls these numbers, their message will be emailed to you with audio files, so you can check them on your computer. I am going to mainly use my number as a fax, and as a number when completing Points2Shop offers. I was pretty impressed with this as well. Kinda amazed at what there is out there on the internet. Oh, and this is entirely free to use, so might as well try it.
K7
Skype
Skype is a c
ommunication website. They allow you to use the internet and your computer to make phone calls to cellular phones (for a small fee per minute) or to other Skype computers (for free). I can't say I have delved into this service much, but I did call myself for free to test it out. I have to say, it was cool.The reason I even looked into Skype was due to my long distance relationship with my girlfriend. We happen to go to different colleges that are 500 miles apart. It sucks, but we make it work. A while back I bought us a pair of web-cams, so we could occasionally have video conversations instead of the old voice chats. We used AIM for these video chats, but I knew there were better services that specialized in video, instead of just instant messaging. I knew Skype was such a service. This brought me to last night when I was on AIM and video chatting. AIM crashed mid conversation, so I looked further into Skype. I downloaded it, and the interface already got my attention. This service has such a hip, professional feel to it. That modern feel that I love. I look forward to using this program some more.
K7 is less of a mainstream service. This service gives you a phone number that you can use. However, the number is only used as either a fax or a voice mail. If anyone calls these numbers, their message will be emailed to you with audio files, so you can check them on your computer. I am going to mainly use my number as a fax, and as a number when completing Points2Shop offers. I was pretty impressed with this as well. Kinda amazed at what there is out there on the internet. Oh, and this is entirely free to use, so might as well try it.
K7
Skype
Points2Shop
I have found myself very distracted by the internet lately. Distracted by the hopes of receiving free goodies. It definitely sounds too good to be true, as there is no such thing as a free lunch, but I have actually received a prize! It first began when I was meandering my favorite graphic design/gaming forum, gamebattles.com. I stumbled across a thread about a new site in beta that is giving out prizes for just being active and helping the site get off its feet. This site is called Lockerz.com, and after watching some testimonials on youtube.com it looked fairly promising. I signed up and gave it a try. Sent out lots of invites to friends, and got them excited about it as well.
Things havn't gone as smooth as I had hoped with Lockerz.com. I have not been entirely turned off yet, as their is hope of being rewarded. The reason things are not going well is because the prizes are always out of stock. At first it wasn't a problem because I didn't have enough points, but I have now accumulated enough points to get a free Xbox 360 game. I am sticking with it, because Lockerz.com promisses to restock their inventory sometime in November just as they did in October.
This brings me to the point of the restocking. It was a absolute mess in October, and I don't see it being much different in November. It was a mess because Lockerz.com told everyone well in advance that they were restocking at a certain day and time, so on the day of the restock over one million members tried to access the site at the same time. You can imagine how slow the site crawled. The worst part was, there could not have been many prizes, because all the prizes were out of stock before you could even open the page. I don't have high hopes for November, but I realize that Lockerz.com is not a free prize website. They are trying to create a hip community for retail and entertainment. This is just a promotional thing to get their name out there, although they will always have their PTZ system. Which reminds me, its an invite only site so if you do want to check it out let me know and Ill send you an invite.
Although Lockerz.com was a disappointment, I found a legit, prize only, website called Points2Shop. I actually found this on facebook through people complaining about Lockerz. This site is all about earning points through completing online offers. These offers are free to complete, but you do have to fill in information like; email, address, phone number, etc. Although I use my real name and address, I do have a junk email and a junk cell number that I use to get these offers completed. This has worked out very well so far. I already have a prize being shipped to my house as we speak. I started small with only a rechargeable Xbox 360 battery, because I needed one.
This site is also cool because they have varying member levels and things to do. The longer you stick around the more chances you have of getting points easier. Once you become a higher rank than "new" you can start buying tickets into a game, with your points, that gives you the possibility of winning 100x that many points. It works similar to the lottery. I just started getting into this, and if I win just one time I will turn 100 points into like 30,000 points... I keep my fingers crossed.
How the points and prizes system works is very simple. You earn say 30 points on an offer. 100 points is equal to $1. Once you get enough points you spend them on Amazon.com. This means that the prizes will never be out of stock like lockerz. It also means you can get anything your heart desires if you put in the time to get enough points. I was on their forums and noticed that one guy got a brand new PS3. That's like 300,000 points so it must have taken him a long time.
I think Ill close by saying, check out both of these sites and let me get the referring bonus! To join Points2Shop click the below link, and to join Lockerz.com send me an email at jandyman05@gmail.com.
Thanks for reading my blog. I hope that I have opened your eyes to new things.
Josh
Points2Shop
I have found myself very distracted by the internet lately. Distracted by the hopes of receiving free goodies. It definitely sounds too good to be true, as there is no such thing as a free lunch, but I have actually received a prize! It first began when I was meandering my favorite graphic design/gaming forum, gamebattles.com. I stumbled across a thread about a new site in beta that is giving out prizes for just being active and helping the site get off its feet. This site is called Lockerz.com, and after watching some testimonials on youtube.com it looked fairly promising. I signed up and gave it a try. Sent out lots of invites to friends, and got them excited about it as well.
Things havn't gone as smooth as I had hoped with Lockerz.com. I have not been entirely turned off yet, as their is hope of being rewarded. The reason things are not going well is because the prizes are always out of stock. At first it wasn't a problem because I didn't have enough points, but I have now accumulated enough points to get a free Xbox 360 game. I am sticking with it, because Lockerz.com promisses to restock their inventory sometime in November just as they did in October.
This brings me to the point of the restocking. It was a absolute mess in October, and I don't see it being much different in November. It was a mess because Lockerz.com told everyone well in advance that they were restocking at a certain day and time, so on the day of the restock over one million members tried to access the site at the same time. You can imagine how slow the site crawled. The worst part was, there could not have been many prizes, because all the prizes were out of stock before you could even open the page. I don't have high hopes for November, but I realize that Lockerz.com is not a free prize website. They are trying to create a hip community for retail and entertainment. This is just a promotional thing to get their name out there, although they will always have their PTZ system. Which reminds me, its an invite only site so if you do want to check it out let me know and Ill send you an invite.
Although Lockerz.com was a disappointment, I found a legit, prize only, website called Points2Shop. I actually found this on facebook through people complaining about Lockerz. This site is all about earning points through completing online offers. These offers are free to complete, but you do have to fill in information like; email, address, phone number, etc. Although I use my real name and address, I do have a junk email and a junk cell number that I use to get these offers completed. This has worked out very well so far. I already have a prize being shipped to my house as we speak. I started small with only a rechargeable Xbox 360 battery, because I needed one.
This site is also cool because they have varying member levels and things to do. The longer you stick around the more chances you have of getting points easier. Once you become a higher rank than "new" you can start buying tickets into a game, with your points, that gives you the possibility of winning 100x that many points. It works similar to the lottery. I just started getting into this, and if I win just one time I will turn 100 points into like 30,000 points... I keep my fingers crossed.
How the points and prizes system works is very simple. You earn say 30 points on an offer. 100 points is equal to $1. Once you get enough points you spend them on Amazon.com. This means that the prizes will never be out of stock like lockerz. It also means you can get anything your heart desires if you put in the time to get enough points. I was on their forums and noticed that one guy got a brand new PS3. That's like 300,000 points so it must have taken him a long time.
I think Ill close by saying, check out both of these sites and let me get the referring bonus! To join Points2Shop click the below link, and to join Lockerz.com send me an email at jandyman05@gmail.com.
Thanks for reading my blog. I hope that I have opened your eyes to new things.
Josh
Points2Shop
