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Its amazing how technology has changed the face of “customized” products. With digital cameras and the Internet, you can now customized hundreds of common products with your own artwork. From coffee mugs and calenders to shower curtains and cuff links, your favorite photos can be with you always. One example is PhotoShowerCurtain.com. They offer 100% customized shower curtains. Just send them your photograph and they handle the rest. Their custom shower curtains are guaranteed to stand the test of time.

Ever buy a new piece of tech gadget and the next week, your model becomes obsolete? Yeah, it really stinks. If you are planning to buy an Apple Inc. product like an iPod or iMac, you can avoid this unpleasant occurrence if you do one thing first. Check out the MacRumors Buyer’s Guide and save yourself the pain of buying too soon or too late. For example, if you want to buy an iPhone, the guide says “buy Now” since the product has just been updated. An iPod Classic, on the other hand, is long overdue for an update, so the guide says “Don’t Buy Now”! Thanks MacRumors!

Do you know what Payday Loans are? Well if you have never taken one, they are an ultra-short term loan instrument. Considering an average person’s payday is every two weeks, that about the maximum amount of time you’d want to take out one of these loans. Why? Because they interest rate is high and keeping the loan outstanding any longer would be too costly.

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People in general fall into two categories — those who love Country Music and those who hate it. There is no other category! No seriously, I live in the South, so I’m around Country Music all the time, but I was surprised to find out that good old Jewel has switched over to the country realm.

If you love Country, then check out this new site. It has everything from Artists Bios to Country Music Lyrics. Find your favorites and discover new talents — get your CM fill at CountryMusicPerformers.com.

Entrepreneurship and small business is the American Dream. Hard work, dedication, and ingenuity can help you reach your goals of owning and operating your own business. But there is one thing missing … money! Obtaining the proper funding to start your business (or grow an existing one) is a major hurdle to shoot for the American Dream. Advance Restaurant Financing wants to be your partner in funding your restauranteering dreams. They have a portfolio of provides financial solutions such as lines of credit and business loans to help you create your dreams. The restaurant business is a tough one — you either make it or break it within the first 12 months. Advance Restaurant Financing can help you get past business loans bad credit problems and get the funding you need!

Using phone cards when dialing long distance can be a great way to save money. Instead of signing up with your phone company and getting charges every month, using calling cards can be a better way to control your expenses. You can not only get a lower rate, but you can manage your expenses by budgeting a certain amount of long distance charges a month and sticking to it.

Whether you are looking for genetic international calling cards or specifics ones (like UK Calling Cards), GetMeCallingCards.com has a great deal waiting for you. Don’t get stuck paying high per minutes charges from your home phone carrier — get a calling card and save big when calling overseas.

Computers and simulation programs are becoming more and more powerful. What’s the apex for this field of engineering and computer science? Computers which can model the real world, in real time! Think of it as one step away from The Matrix.

Here’s a great example. Flomerics, a leading computer simulation engineering firm which specializes in fluid flow and heat transfer simulations (some of the hardest stuff around!), recently used their powerful FLOVENT software to model the effects of wingsuits used for base jumping. This sort of software is not just cool but is extremely valuable too. Companies use it to figure out stuff from how to cool computer processors and electronics to how to build better skyscrapers (which are under extreme wind pressure constantly). Amazing!

OK, liked my list of countries with gasoline cheaper than it is in the US? No, it made you angry? Me too — especially since China was only around $3 a gallon. But here is something to make you feel better (if you live in the USA) — a list of countries that pay more, a lot more, than the US for gasoline:

Look its a horrible situation to be in — you figure out one day that no matter how hard you try, you can’t pay your bills and won’t be able to dig yourself out of debt. Whether its due to a job loss or a bad sub-prime mortgage deal, you too can find yourself facing bankruptcy. So what can you do? Panic? Sure, but that won’t solve anything. What you needs is someone like Richard S. Feinsilver, ESQ, a bankruptcy and debt consolidation expert. Learning about the bankruptcy and real estate process is the first step to finding your way back on track. If you find yourself in this situation, visit the website of an expert like Richard S. Feinsilver, ESQ, New York debt consolidation and bankruptcy guru and get back control of your finances and life!