Give The Finger To The Non Smoking Sign

Smoking Everywhere Electronic Cigarette Looks like a cigarette, feels like a cigarette, taste like a cigarette, but it isn’t a cigarette. Also available in an electronic pipe version.

Tyler Cruz Goes To The Dogs

Tyler Cruz is trying to raise some money for his local SPCA. It seems Tyler is a dog lover and the SPCA is dear to his heart.
Tyler is hoping to raise $1,000 by January 15. He’s already half way there since he chipped in the first $500. He’s asking readers to match the $500 to bring total donation to a grand. I’m not as big a dog lover as Tyler but I’m willing to toss in this free publicity for him. Good luck with the $1000 goal.

Follow Shoemoney and Win a Flip HD or Macbook Air

It looks like Shoe is making the move to 10,000 Twitter followers. He’s holding a contest to give away a couple of Flip Mino HD and an Apple MacBook Air. All you have to do is follow Shoe and tweet about his contest. That’s a pretty cool way to increase Twitter followers. I think I’ll hold a Twitter contest as well. I’ll go dig up some nice prizes to one-up the Shoe.

2009 appointment book & mini scheduler

A fun way to stay organized, the Blue from American Express® 2009 Appointment Book is much more than just a daily planner and is accompanied by the portable Mini Scheduler. Yours FREE, with the Appointment Book Plan, your only cost for the first year is a small fee to cover the cost of shipping these gifts to your address. ($2.79 for the Appointment Book and/or $1.79 for the Mini-Scheduler.) Plus applicable sales tax. See offer details below. A $43.98 value, you pay only a $4.58 S/H charge.

Appointment Book features include:
Distinctive Silver-Padded Cover—measures 8 1/2" X 8 1/2" with
a Blue hologram and embossed type
208 Silver-Edged Pages
Time Zone and Area Codes
Wine and Beer Tips
International Currency Converter
8 Full Color Maps of the World
Personal Address/Phone/Fax/E-mail and Much More.
A $26.99 value, you pay only a $2.79 S/H charge.

Mini Scheduler features include:
Almost everything the bigger version has—only pocket sized.
Measure 3 1/4" X 6 3/4"
168 Silver-Edged Pages
Calendars for 2008 to 2010, same as the appointment book
Much More
A $16.99 value, you pay only a $1.79 S/H charge.

Skyrocket to Sextuple SkyMiles®

I am serious: Six. Times. The. Miles.

Here’s where you register for one of the biggest mileage bonuses in Hilton HHonors® history. Sign up to earn six times the miles with Delta Air Lines® for every stay of two or more nights at participating Hilton Family hotels worldwide.

Enjoy this unprecedented sextuple SkyMiles bonus while it lasts. It’s only available December 1, 2008, through February 28, 2009.

Hilton HHonors is the only guest loyalty program that offers Points & Miles® for the same stay and hotel rewards with No Blackout Dates. You never have to worry about capacity controls. If a standard room is available at any of our 3,000-plus Hilton Family hotels and resorts around the world, you can redeem points for it—period.

Who is the world's greatest business mind?

Who is the The World’s Greatest Business Mind? Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett, George Soros, Bill Gates, or that kid who invented facebook. Watch the video and find out.

Tweet of the year from a plane crash survivor

Twitter is becoming a major way for people to share news. The site was used widely during the attacks on Mumbai, and also during the recent election. More recently, a Continental plane leaving Denver, Colorado crashed during takeoff on December 21. A number of passengers were injured, but everyone survived--and one tech-savvy survivor chose to share his experience via Twitter.

Perhaps it was the shock of being in a major plane accident, or maybe Mike Wilson (pictured in his Twitter photo, above) would have tweeted (posted on Twitter) about the event either way. Regardless, Wilson goes down in history as the first person to tweet during a plane crash. No, he did not pick up his phone as the plane was skidding off the runway--he tweeted once he escaped and was a safe distance from the burning plane.

His first tweet was: "Holy f****** sh** I wasbjust [sic] in a plane crash!"

Later Wilson tweeted about losing his glasses, and being held in the Presidents' Club and not being able to get a vodka and tonic. He then goes into some detail about the actual crash.

"By the time the plane stopped we were burning pretty well and I think I could feel the heat even through the bulkhead and window," he wrote. "I made for the exit door as quickly as I could, fearing the right wing might explode from the fire. Once out, I scrambled down the wing."

You can read Wilson's full feed by checking out his Twitter page. If you can believe it, this is the second plane crash for Wilson, but he got back on the horse and flew to his intended destination, Houston.