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There are lots of offers for “free ringtones” for your cell but as you more than likely know - they wind up to be gimmicks which end up charging you a monthly fee of $9.99, etc. I try to avoid paying for things so if I can find something that is legal, free, and useful - hey, I am all over it.

This particular search began with the  arrival of my LG Lotus as it was time for my upgrade with Sprint. I loved the new phone and decided to trick that baby out with the help of truly free stuff I could find on the internet.

I had found earlier on about Zedge.net which is a site where users upload free ringtones, free wallpapers, free games and free themes of their own to share within the Zedge community. At the time I went to the site, I did not get it to successfully download to my phone - but blamed my celly at that time as mobile phones these days (like computers) get antiquated so fast.

So, going to Zedge with my new LG Lotus in hand, I still was not able to download my free cell phone stuff.  I knew it wasn’t my phone that was the problem at that point, so I did some research to find out what I was doing wrong.  After going to Zedge on my home computer, I had to save it to my pc (the send to mobile option did not work, nor did going to Zedge directly on my cell phone), from there I opened up a new tab in my browser and went to Rumkin.com.

I followed instruction on the Sprint PCS Vision Uploader and I have been uploading all kinds of free stuff for my mobile phone ever since. It was a maddening addiction for several days, I had to get just the right ringer for each person in my contacts, I then used Rumkin to upload pics of my family members so they all were easily identified before even seeing the number or hearing their voice. I’m better now…it’s all set just the way I want it, so now I am sharing this with you.

As I stated, I do have a Sprint cell phone.  I did try to send some things through Rumkin to a friend with Verizon and she did not get them.  For those of you with Verizon, here is a video tutorial I found to walk you through:

Some things to keep in mind:

1. I HATE this song, mute it immediately!
2. Data plan charges will apply - if you can get picture mail at no extra cost, you will be able to get from Rumkin for free as well - if you don’t have it, you’ll be charged per KB so be aware.
3. Though I am a huge Mozilla Firefox supporter - I found that on the version of Ff I was using the delivery options never initialized.  They opened up fine on IE however.
4. There are lots of free ringtones and wallpapers to choose from on Zedge.  There are also ADVERTISING links that take you to other pay for ringtone sites - be careful of that!

 Other than those little tidbits, enjoy!

Check back soon for more useful tips!

Cryptic Muse

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We all have our favorite hang-outs.  Favorite places to kill time online, favorite places to go for information, favorite places to go for neat stuff:

This is where you will find me hanging out:

Download.com  for software downloads and reviews.

IMDB  The Internet Movie Data Base

Lifehacker for a variety of cool how to and what not to do information.

Totally Free Crap  a great place to check daily to have free samples sent to your door.

 All My Faves is everything cool!

Google Product Page is the place to see what useful gadgets Google has come up with.

Customize Mozilla Firefox  shows what my favorite browser has out now!

Internet Explorer Gallery  shows some tweaks you can add to IE as well.

Torrentz  if you are into torrents, Torrentz searches all the popular sites at once.

Google Product Search   I cannot stress enough how wonderful this is. From this point on, never buy ANYTHING unless you check for it on Google Product Search first!  Type in whatever you’re looking for and blam!  There it is, you can then sort by price or by seller or product ratings and place your order for much cheaper in most cases.

What sites do you recommend?

So have you decided to pick back up the long lost incentive of tracing back your family tree?  Good for you!  Hopefully I can help you not hit that wall again that will bounce you back into your seat in front of the television.

First off, I would like to say that Geni.com has been a blessing in my sister Linda’s and my search for long gone relation.  What Geni has done is give genealogy more of a “myspace” persona.  All of our family with an email has been invited and has been able to upload their family pictures into their albums, update all their information, etc - so pictures of Great Great Aunt Lucy that have been stuffed away in a back closet for many years are now in a folder on Geni for relatives across the country or even over the ocean to view and admire. The interest of the family with Geni has been a great incentive to keep moving forward.  Oh and best of all, it’s free!

FamilySearch.org is another great utility in digging up old family roots.   They also may have a Family History Center near you to get print outs and extended  help in your research.  Many thanks to the Latter Day Saints for providing this great and free asset!

Then of course is the pay site Ancestry.com , you will usually be offered a free trial.  Give it a shot and see if it’s worth your time to pay for the subscription.  Rootsweb.org is a part of the Ancestry community and I was able for free  to find a relative doing research close to my own.  Her email was posted, I then emailed her, and invited her to Geni.com where she could view and collect the information that we had compiled.  It worked out very nicely.

Google Image has found us many pictures of our ancestors that we didn’t have, it has been quite a godsend as has Google Books where we have found many great pieces of literature written by our descendants. Also of use may be the Free Genealogy Search Help for Google.

Looking for old documents during your search?  Census records or war pensions to confirm rumors or beliefs?  A great site for this is Footnote - it also comes with a free trial.

More Resources:

Happy Hunting!
Cryptic Muse
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Not everyone thinks I’m as funny as I do.  In fact there is generally one popular consensus:  You either love me or you hate me.

Love because I am a true, loyal friend and family member. I am very protective of those I care about,  I don’t talk about my friends and I can keep a secret.

Hate because, well….among other things:

• I have quite the strange sense of humor.
• I can be downright abrasive and rude.
• Believe me when I say I can hold a grudge!  Think I’ve forgotten?  Nope, I’m just silently contemplating your fate until I see an optimal time to strike.
•  oh, and I like “silly” things.  Not generally the ungodly, slap-happy type stuff.  I don’t get The 3 Stooges for instance. Although still popular among some, from what I can tell they are pretty much a guy thing.  I also don’t like Jim Carrey and truth be known - though he is mellowing down in his roles now, I don’t like Adam Sandler.  Now don’t get me wrong, I love Sandler’s movies and think his supporting cast that follows him from production to production are amazing.  I just don’t go for the over-acting make noise for no reason kind of humor.

That being clarified.  Here are a few sites that do make me laugh and again kids - I’m a weirdo, don’t say I didn’t warn you.  If by chance you love these things as much as I do.  Please feel free to hit me up.  I guarantee we’ll have a lot to talk about.

Not my general format, but hey, it’s Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving Day Everyone

4 years ago, my son (now 19) was hospitalized with a collapsed lung.  He was Life-Flighted and immediately put on Life Support.  For 5 days I sat by his bed and wept as I watched his vitals on the bedside machine drop to extremely low levels.

He was finally taken off of Life Support on Thanksgiving Day. I am happy to say he is making me so very proud today in the U.S. Army doing Military Intelligence. Never has a day meant so much to me as I am truly thankful and reflect each year (and more often than that) how close I was to losing my child that I love so much.  For me, Thanksgiving has become a day of celebration.. -and he is able to come home for Thanksgiving this year!

Here just a few interesting sites related to Turkey Day!

                                  The History of Thanksgiving by History.com   

       The first Thanksgiving “Voyage on the Mayflower” by Scholastic.com         

        Lots of Turkey left-overs?  Thanksgiving-Epicurious.com

Taking the liberty of the format change to help out the sale shoppers as well:

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Happy Thanksgiving All!

Cryptic Muse

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