The shirking dollar affects all of our wallets and one of the best measures of the average change in our purchasing power is the Consumer Price Index (CPI) that calculates the average price change of goods and services over time.
This neat site provides a little calculator that quickly tells you how prices have changed over the years. Just enter the cost of a product or service in a specific year and, by applying the CPI statistics, you instantly get the cost today.
There is also more useful information about CPI and CPI calculations at this helpful place.
Want an easy way to uninstall that program you don't want on your computer any more? The Windows standard "Remove Programs" often leaves lots of remnants. This neat program does the job efficiently and comes with a satchel of useful related functions.
There's a cleaver function called "Hunt Mode" that allows you to right click on any application shortcut icon and easily perform many tasks including uninstalling, canceling auto start, and initiating Google related searches.
It's a handy tool with lots of extras; and it's priced right. It's on the house.
(Note From Sponsor) As always, be very careful when you make changes on your computer when it may affect other programs. Sometimes there are "shared files" that different programs use. If you delete that file from one program, the other programs that are looking for that file you just deleted may not operate correctly. It's always a good idea to get competent computer help.)
Did you ever get strange calls from someone who either hangs up, asks questions, tries to sell you questionable products or services or was just plain obnoxious? If you have caller ID you can go to this interesting place, type in the caller's number and access reports from others who have been offended by the same culprits.
This neat place has lots of other search functions and information about telemarketing, harassing calls and the Do Not Call Registry.
Say farewell to book tapes and CDs. Now you can choose from over 35,000 titles and download the book of your choice for portable listening anywhere and anytime that suits your fancy.
When you visit this great place you can search for the book by title, author or keyword. Once you find the book of your choice you can listed to a sample narration -- often by the author. You don't have to worry about returning the book on time, or carrying around tapes or CDs. And because these books are digital, you can download your book and listen to it right away.
If you are a reader and don't mind becoming a listener, this great pace is worth checking out.
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