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Cancel FreedomPop recurring $8.47 services

Monday, 2017.02.06 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Recently I noticed that my trusty Nexus 5 on FreedomPop had started being billed $8.49 a month for services 🙁 The particular services were: FreedomPop Usage Alerts, FreedomPop Wifi Hotspot, and Visual Voicemail. Apparently my one year free trial had completed and those services started billing at that point. Normally that would be fine as I would just login and cancel them. However, in this instance the “deactivate” portion of the FreedomPop website would not function for those services. Eventually

Smartphone low-light image quality factors

Thursday, 2017.02.02 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Camera questions from my good friend Jesse: Hola Mr. Hodges! I have a newish Android phone, Moto X Pure (following my trend of getting 6 month olf technology for half price), which has a decent camera (Sony IMX 230 1/2.4-inch 21MP BSI CMOS sensor and a dual-LED flash. F2.0 aperture and 4K video). It works well, but it pales in comparison to some phone’s ability in low-light situations. Is that on the camera hardware, or the app? Same with image

Business, Pleasure, Commute for Car Insurance [which is cheapest?]

Friday, 2017.01.27 J.D. H. Leave a comment

At the bottom of this page you will find some of the different vehicle use scenarios that Progressive.com lists. If you are wondering which is cheapest between Business, Commute, and Pleasure vehicle use… Pleasure will normally be cheapest. The reason being that pleasure entails the least amount of miles driven (i.e. weekend use) under generally less accident prone circumstances (short trips, open roads, etc.). Conversely, a commute to work or school can entail repeated daily driving in heavy traffic and

How to cancel Amazon Music? [SOLVED]

Sunday, 2016.11.20 J.D. H. 2 comments

Did you see a charge for $24.99 from Amazon? Did you realize you have an Amazon Music subscription or trial that needs to be canceled? If so, here is the link to cancel your subscription: https://www.amazon.com/gp/dmusic/player/settings

Discover Card 5% Cashback Calendar

Thursday, 2016.11.17 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Discover has some rather attractive 5% Cashback offers currently in effect: Activate to earn 5% Cashback Bonus at Amazon.com, Department Stores and Sam’s Club now through December 2016, on up to $1,500 in purchases. And a decent set coming up in 2017: Activate to earn 5% Cashback Bonus at Gas Stations, Ground Transportation and Wholesale Clubs from January through March 2017, on up to $1,500 in purchases. Unfortunately they only apply on up to $1,500 in qualifying purchases for each

List of Starbucks Star Codes

Saturday, 2016.10.01 J.D. H. Leave a comment

I am rather curious what system is used to generate Starbucks star codes. As such, I will post codes here when available. If they have already been redeemed I will make a note, otherwise you are welcome to try them on a first come first served basis. P5ZSRW9DX (redeemed) P94RDJK3R

Best Ethereum mining GPU [Sep 20th, 2016]

Tuesday, 2016.09.20 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Currently, as of September 20th 2016, the best GPU for mining Ethereum is the AMD RX 480. The criteria are cost, hashrate (in MH/s) and power usage. My current top pick is the Sapphire Radeon NITRO+ RX 480 8GB model with 1342 Mhz core clock speed, for approx 27-29MH/s. At current rates this $279 card should mine about $750 USD of Ethereum a year. 4GB or 8GB? 4GB models of the RX 480 offer a lower initial cost, but resale value

What does WDBA mean? [SOLVED]

Sunday, 2016.09.18 J.D. H. Leave a comment

In an online transaction, you may see someone leave feedback stating “WDBA“. This means “Would Do Business [With] Again” 🙂 Here is an example from eBay: I hope this helps! 🙂

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