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CDnow is a great online source to find music (CDs, tapes,
and sometimes vinyl records), videos (VHS & DVD), and other cool stuff. Their
site is VERY easy to navigate, and spares you of those annoying pop-up windows.
The selection, in my opinion, is phenomenal & is split up into music genres...
or you can search by Artist, Album Title, Song Title, Record Label, or Movie
Soundtracks. They have features called "wish list" (a place to put things that
you wish to buy, but at a later date), and "gift registry" (which is where you
can put things that you want other people to buy for you. Setting up an account with them takes all of about 5 minutes, and
if you don't want to give them a credit card number, that's cool with them. You
can write a check (tho that will delay shipment). I use my credit card with
them and have not had a single problem. They even store my credit card number
for future use (it's an option you must select if you wish to make use of it)
so I don't have to drag it out every time. They don't hassle me, they don't sell
my name and add to the mountain of junk mail that I already get. I think
they're an all-around superb site!
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Angelfire is a fabulous place to get hooked up with a free
website. Some people seem to think that nowadays, ANY bozo with a computer and
some know-how has his own website. Well... uh... to some extent that's true. I
mean... I've got one, but that's beside the point. Angelfire is a great
site for people who maybe don't know so much about computers and aren't just
nomadic HTML Gods. They are incredibly user-friendly, with step by step
instructions for setup and a page editor template that makes the most computer-stupid
person in the world (ie. ME) feel at ease with setting up a website. They also
have a small introduction to HTML so you can ease your way into things. Be sure
to read their little rules of conduct section to save yourself (and them) a lot
of unnecessary hassle.
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Thai House, on the corner of Fremont and Sunshine in Springfield, Missouri, is just about the finest food to be had anywhere... unless you don't like Thai food, which is your prerogative. I was so heart-broken when I had to move away from Springfield, MO because I knew I would be leaving behind the best food and nicest people in the world. I have eaten there many times, and I found a few dishes that didn't particularly suit my tastes, but there was nothing that I just flat-out didn't like. It is an entirely fabulous restaurant. If you're ever in the area, I highly recommend you dine there. You won't regret it.
Amazon.com--you've heard of it, but have you ever been
there? The selection is just phenomenal! From books (hardback, paperback, or
on tape) to gadgets to computer games to board/party games to videos (VHS/DVD)
and an amazing selection of music, Amazon.com is the place to be for online
purchasing. I honestly think that their site is easier to navigate than CDnow's, but only because the range of ways to search that they offer is so much broader. The prices are comparable to CDnow's. They used to be undisputably cheaper, but nowadays, I'm finding cheaper stuff at CDnow. You can either search under an alphabetical index, keyword, or genre. Amazon's charging policy is incredibly polite, too. Say you wanted to search an out-of-print book. Amazon will not charge you until they find it, and when they find it, they will e-mail you the price and ask you if that price is okay with you before charging you a dime. Their music selection, while vast, is not as large or thorough as CDnow's, but then CDnow is a dedicated music shop and doesn't have books and games and gadgets and jewlery like Amazon does. Amazon also accepts payments by check or credit card (their security procedure for using your credit card makes you feel very safe with that valuable information). Like CDnow, Amazon will store your credit card number if you want them to. All in all, it's a fabulous site. But don't take my word for it. Go see it yourself!
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Find It Now! is a great website that features a ton of coupons. For those of you who like to shop online, this is a great resource for you if you wanna go for that discount price. They have the most coupons for CDnow, but they have a ton others, so it never hurts to look. Unfortunately, you can't use the coupons more than once--but that's the only bad thing I've found about this website! The arrangement is very easy-to-use, and they update their coupons regularly. I highly recommend it!
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Dogpile.com is a search engine that is so fabulous, I don't use any other search engine! Some of you may have your favorites, and more power to you, but this one is mine. Dogpile.com is hooked up to more than ten search engines (Looksmart, Dogpile Web Catalog, GoTo.com, Dogpile Open Directory, About.com, Direct Hit, Lycos, RealNames, Infoseek, Altavista, Yahoo, and Lycos' Top 5%) and combines them into one comprehensive searching beast. If you need something better than this, you're looking too hard.
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