Free Gilt Invite

if you know what Gilt Groupe is and you’re just looking for a free gilt invite, enjoy.

if you’re unaware of Gilt Groupe, it’s basically an invitation only site with daily sales (up to 70% off retail) for a limited supply of luxury items.

you can’t explore the site without a membership, so feel free to use my gilt group invite and check it out.

2010 March Madness Bracket Prediction

2011 Update >> Facebook March Madness Bracket Contest

here is my 2010 march madness bracket.. feel free to copy if you’re looking to lose. sadly i have the longhorns bouncing in the first round. be sure to enter the 2010 march madness bracket contest for a chance to win free tickets or $250 in tickets from ticketcity.
2010 March Madness Bracket Predictions

2010 March Madness Bracket Contest

2011 Update >> March Madness Bracket Facebook App

Enter the free TicketCity March Madness Bracket Contest and play to win a sports ticket trifecta including two tickets to the College World Series, BCS Championship and the Final Four. 5 Runner ups will win $250 TicketCity gift cards.

Here’s the 2010 March Madness Bracket:
2010 March Madness Bracket

I’ll post my miserable failure picks later..

Better Than an XBox Wireless Adapter

last week i finally decided to shell out and buy a wireless adapter for my xbox, so i could play on xbox live and stream netflix. the price for the various xbox wifi adapters has as always seemed too high for me. afterall, i might decide that xbox live isn’t for me; sure i cancel that account, but i’m left with an adapter that i can’t use for anything else.

thankfully, i googled around for xbox wireless adapter alternatives. i discovered that i could take an old home router and possibly reprogram it to act as a wifi network adapter for my xbox, but that seemed like i could spend a lot more time than i was willing to invest. then i stumbled upon something called ethernet over powerline, power over ethernet, powerline hd, etc. basically, you use the powerlines in your house or office to connect devices like an xbox to a network/internet.

for just a little more than the cost of an xbox wireless adapter i got the Netgear HDXB111 Powerline HD Plus Ethernet Adapter Kit from Frys, who had it on sale for $20 cheaper than Amazon! So, now I can use the adapters for any ethernet capable devices without having to rely on cat 5 cabling and enjoy speeds that aren’t achievable using a distant wireless router and wifi adapter.