The Raging Tech

Coming Soon: Logitech Harmony One Full Review

Hey everyone. Just a heads up - I received my Logitech Harmony One universal remote control - and it is completely awesome. The long and short of it is I like it a lot - it found devices no other universal remote has ever found for me before, and it even has provisional support for my Playstation 3 if I can buy the IR-bluetooth adapter.

As I wrote earlier this morning, I’m going out of town this weekend, but I’ll be working on my review and should have something Monday morning to share with all of you.

The reason this is exciting to me is that this will be the first review of a technology gadget that’s been sent to me for free to review. I’ve done reviews of things I already owned before, but this certainly makes me feel good about the reviewing and posting I’ve been doing here so far.

Thanks to my readers - it’s you guys who give me the numbers to show people I’m worth advertising with / sponsoring / sending cool free stuff to review. Don’t forget - if you like my blog and find it interesting, share the URL with your friends and family, add me to your blog roll, and subscribe to my RSS feed!

Money Money Money Money… MON-AY

Pay day is both happy and sad for me. I got paid on Wednesday this week. Since my paydays only come once a month, you can imagine how anxious it can make me to wait on it when I’m broke. The reason it’s sad is because that’s also the day I usually pay all my bills. Since I pay all my bills for the month at one time, that’s a huge chunk of my money that gets gone right away.

It’s better than not having the peace of mind that comes from trying to figure out how to make a bill on time to avoid late payments later on in the month. I’m also getting better at not buying too much that I don’t need. I said better, not that I’m good at it yet.

Also, I have a good amount of money pending from sponsored posts and advertisement here on this blog, and that’s helping tremendously. Another thing that’s going to help this month: Economic Stimulus Payment. Woot! That’s an extra 600 bucks that is going to pay for my GMAT and help me if I indeed move in with some friends out of town later in the summer.

I’m hoping to get some debt paid down over the next few months, to free up more of my income for savings and investment. That book I’m still trying to read, Rules for Renegades, is good at encouraging people to set goals and “Get Stuff Done” (your GSD degree instead of your MD or your doctorate). Crazy motivational books, always inspiring me to do stuff.

Apologies to My Readers

Ladies and Gentlemen who regularly visit my blog, I’d like to apologize for the obnoxiousness of the “Rick Roll” Social Spark sponsorship ad that had been on my blog for the last few days. I wanted to try it out and see how blog sponsorships would work, and almost unanimously everyone who has contacted me about it has had negative things to say about it.

I have ended the blog-wide sponsorship and removed the advert. I hope you all continue to enjoy reading my blog, and I’m sorry for the annoyance. I’m pretty open-minded, and I have an “open door” policy concerning this blog, so if you have any concerns, questions, or confessions, feel free to leave me a comment. Thanks for reading!