Free MP3 Album

Hurry!  Grab Amazon’s FREE 15-song MP3 album!  I’m not sure how long this is going to be available.

You may download the entire album, or pick and choose which songs you want.  You can listen to a sample of each song.

Get the free MP3 songs here.

I took a look at what they have.  They had dresses and tops only.

I personally am not a designer-label kind of person but I thought someone who would love to have some designer duds on the cheap might appreciate the link.

Photo:  blingyourself.com

As part of my “earn more” strategy I am going after some professional certifications.  I discovered last year that I have the passion and talent for database programming, so I am hoping to get certified on SQL this year.  As I surf the web looking for practice exams for 70-431 I came across some free e-Learning courses that Microsoft is offering.  It covers a multitude of topics:  SQL, Visual Studio, MIcrosoft Office, etc.  I thought I’d share this link for fellow techies and techie wannabes.

Click here  to check 0ut the FREE Microsoft e-Learning courses!

Indulging in some form of harmless escapism is necessary once in a while just to give one’s mind a break.  I usually play computer games, usually online.  The kids are quite adept at finding downloadable games.  For a while our computer was cluttered with all these Free Trial downloads.  Now that they are older, the kids know that downloading Free Trial games are not worth the time, the disk space and the frustration when the trial is over just when things got interesting.  We only download full version games now, and if they are free, the better!

Well, what Amazon.com is offering are full versions of three FREE games:

• Build-A-Lot
• Jewel Quest II
• The Scruffs

The original Jewel Quest was one of my most favorite games.  I actually bought the mobile version and played it on my cell phone a lot.  Jewel Quest II is a fancier, improved version of it.  I have tried Jewel Quest II on the XBOX 360 and online and the graphics are so much better compared to the original. 

I have never tried either Build-A-Lot or The Scruffs, but I downloaded them as well.  I am looking forward to playing these games this weekend!

Get FREE games here.

What is your favorite computer game?

Here is what I love about the site:

• No registration is required. 
• You may use the images for commercial purposes.
• You can download the images instantly!

Here are their  main categories for the photos:

• Animals
• Celebration
• Everyday Items
• Food and Drink
• Natural World
• People
• Places
• Plants
• Sports and Leisure
• Transportation
• Uncategorized

Each main category has several sub-categories.  For the Natural World category, for example, the sub-categories are:

• Agriculture and Farming
• Coastals and Oceans
• Fall – Autumn
• Landscapes
• Sky
• Summer
• Spring
• Sunset and Sunrise
• Waterfalls
• Weather
• Winter

All they are asking is that you display a link to their site from your own website or blog, and give them credit when you use their photos in print.

Click here to get FREE images for your blog or website!

Click here to check out previous FREE Stuff and Great Deals posts at Broke in America.

Photo: eonline.com

Just in time for the Oscars, Amazon.com is having a huge sale on Academy Award-winning movies, up to 50% off.  The Oscars will be shown live on ABC on February 22nd.  The Amazon.com Oscar sale ends February 23rd. 

Check out the list of this year’s Oscar nominees here.

Get your Academy Award-winning movies here.

My son needed an HDMI cable to connect his XBOX 360 to our digital TV and the XBOX HDMI cable went for over around $50.00.  That’s just a ridiculous price for

Is there a difference between HDMI cables?  My research shows that digital signal is just either off or on so as long as there is a cable connecting one device to another, it works as intended.

Click here to get this HDMI Cable 2M (6 Feet) for $1.11 before it is all gone!

• 3D
• Calligraphy
• Decorative
• Graffiti
• Handwriting
• Medieval
• Old English
• Typewriter

To install the free font, click on the appropriate button:  Download Win Font or Download Mac Font.  A small pop-up will prompt you to Open or Save.  I do not have a Mac so anything beyond this is for Windows users only.

Click Open then Extract All Files to a destination folder that is easy for you to remember.  Frankly, I put all my downloaded stuff to my Desktop first and move it somewhere else later. 

Next, go to the Control Panel (Start -> Control Panel).  If you have Vista, change the folder view to Classic View.  In the Control Panel folder click on Fonts. 

Right click anywhere in the opened Fonts folder and click Install Fonts.  If you saved the font on your Desktop go to C:\Users, then to whatever your username is, and then Desktop. 

The font installer will list the fonts available for installation from that folder.  Highlight the fonts and Install. 

You should be able to use your fonts from within Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Publisher, and any other editor that uses the Windows fonts!

I did not have much money for gifts this year and told the kids so.  They are wonderful, understanding kids and for that I am thankful.  They only got one item this year:  an MP3 player.  Now they are busy ripping CD’s and downloading MP3′s.  Luckily, there are tons of legally available FREE MP3′s from digital download sites, and you can listen to snippets of the songs before you download them.

A note of caution about file-sharing websites:  the file-sharing service is legal, but sharing copyrighted files (such as songs and movies) on these legal file-sharing websites is still illegal.  Know the difference.

As of this morning, Amazon.com has 684 FREE MP3′s available for download.  If you sort the list by “Bestselling”, most of the songs in the top 25 are geared towards the holidays but that is just because of the season.  Browse through the list.  You might find an old favorite artist with a new song, or an entirely new favorite artist.