I recently bought “The Rails3 Way” book about developing with Ruby on Rails version 3. Its very good, especially the parts about the new ActiveRecord chaining, routing, and ActionMailer.

I highly recommend it for those switching to Rails3.

I finally got a pop-up toaster! I’d really like to get a toaster oven, too.

I used coupon code “GNMLS8O3” for the Cascadian Farms Organic Fiber Bars which saved ~ $2.50, and they automatically come with a $4.00 off savings below the standard price of $16.65.

The Gillette M3 Power razors were a different story. I had to login at:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/yourstore

and then go to:

http://www.amazon.com/Sales-Grocery/b/ref=sv_gro_7?node=52129011

and refresh until I found the Gillette coupon for $4.00 off (thanks to taf @ FatWallet).

All in all, I think it was a sweet deal, ~ $21 for eight quality razors and 20 tasty organic granola bars! I haven’t tried the granola bars, but I like Cascadian Farm products, so they are worth a shot - plus the reviews were good.

I’m always on the lookout for razor deals and I’m glad I was able to get Mach3 blades as they seem to last longer for me than the Fusion blades.

My sister and I were discussing how from time to time, its well worth it to spend a little extra money and get a high quality product instead of going with the cheaper alternative.

This can opener is a perfect example, and I learned about its quality the difficult way:

• First I bought a cheap one
• It was difficult and unpleasant to use
• It fell apart within a few months of use
• I had to buy another can opener

When I read that this can opener was user in outer space, I was sold. I think I paid $12 for it, but what a bargain! Years later, the can opener is still cranking away. Its well designed, solid, and easy to maintain. I clean it occasionally because I want to keep it in good working order.

Not sure why, but I really think these outlet timer devices are cool. I wish you could program them remotely over the internet!

I’m always trying to save electricity. See also:

• http://www.elektromizer.com/

I’m thinking about buying a new French Press Coffee Maker. This one caught my attention:

Southwest Airlines is well known as being a low-cost airline, but their tickets today until later this evening are super cheap.

I might swing by southwest.com and pick myself up a ticket back home to visit my parents - especially if its only $39 each way!!

I would really like to get this notebook - it has the new Via Nano in it!

Its been awhile since I’ve posted about CVS, but its also that there was a drought of good deals for me from CVS. 

When I was growing up, my dad had “the coolest” Nikon camera. My sisters and I admired the device with sincere envy!

So of course it goes without saying that the Nikon brand still holds a lot of value to us (at least to me), and I find it so amazing that its possible to buy a Nikon camera for only $99! With free shipping too!




This camera is rated at eight megapixels and is only 2.4” x 3.8” x 1.1”. With digital cameras, size counts - I figure if its smaller than a pack of cigarettes its a good size. (With single lens reflex cameras (SLR), its the lens size that counts, and in that case, I’ve heard its the bigger the better.)

Anyway, back to this little gem - it also has a feature called facial recognition. I wonder what that is for?