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Interesting Bobby Maisnam - Blog Useful, Informative, Interesting Menu Home Top Posts Archives About Subscribe by email RSS feed How to search for products sold and shipped by Amazon October 11, 2023 by Bobby Here is how to search for products sold and shipped by Amazon. This becomes important because certain promotions (e.g. Amex 40% off up to $60 ) require the items to be sold and shipped by Amazon in order to get the discount. Summary: To find Amazon products eligible for specific discounts, replace the &” in the search result URL with &rh=p_6%3AATVPDKIKX0DER” after searching for the desired product. Detailed Steps: 1. Search for the product e.g. jumpstart battery pack” 2. Step 2: Look for the &” in the URL of the search result: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=jumpstart+battery+pack &ref=nb_sb_noss 3. Replace the &” with this: &rh=p_6%3AATVPDKIKX0DER and click Enter: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=jumpstart+battery+pack &rh=p_6%3AATVPDKIKX0DER Thanks to this page for the tip! Categories Amazon , Amex , Deals Leave a comment Amazon: Get up to $60 off with Amex Membership Rewards credit cards – Amazon Prime Day 2023 Prep June 30, 2023 by Bobby To prep for Amazon Prime Day 2023 deals, activate $60 off with Amex Membership Rewards credit cards Link to activate discount: https://www.amazon.com/b?node=20906611011 Tip: Just use $0.01 (1 point) to activate the discount Related SlickDeals thread: https://slickdeals.net/f/16744511 Example discount for Amazon Fire HD 10 64 GB : $189 – $100 instant discount – $60 Amex discount + taxes = $32 Categories Amazon , Amex , Deals Leave a comment Get $400 after making $1000 in direct deposits on a new Capital One 360 Checking account November 21, 2020 by Bobby Capital One has a great ongoing offer where you can get a $400 bonus after opening a new Capital One 360 account and making $1000 in at least 2 direct deposits. Capital One 360 (previously ING) also does not have any minimum balance requirements or fees. Steps: 1. Open a Capital One 360 Checking account by January 26, 2021, using promo code BONUS400 Link to offer: https://www.capitalone.com/bonus400/ https://apply.capitalone.com/#/getting-started?productId=4000 2. Receive at least 2 direct deposits totaling $1,000 or more within 60 days of account opening 3. Bonus will be paid between March and May 2021 (depending on when you open the account) Important notes: Please make sure the promo code BONUS400 is entered on the funding page You cannot have an existing Capital One 360 checking account Other useful links: https://slickdeals.net/f/14548025 https://www.doctorofcredit.com/capital-one-400-checking-bonus-direct-deposit-not-required/ Categories Capital One , Deals Tags bonus , capitalone Leave a comment Use ethernet on MacBook with regular USB port July 15, 2020 by Bobby If you have an older MacBook with no USB C ports but only a regular USB A port, you can use a USB to Ethernet adapter like the one below. TECKNET Aluminum 3-Port USB 3.0 Hub with RJ45 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Converter LAN Wired USB Network Adapter for Ultrabooks, Notebooks, Tablets and More https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0178HOTOU/ If you have USB C, there are lots of options for USB C hubs. Example below: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07X8ZLYLR/ Categories Blogs and Blogging , Tech Tags apple , ethernet , usb , usb hub Leave a comment Download from Google Drive using wget in Linux April 26, 2020 by Bobby By default, Google Drive does not allow plain wget commands (e.g. wget google-drive-link) in Linux. The workaround is to use the following syntax: For example, to download the example.zip file from the Google Drive link below: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vzHBVXvpF0dFKaDamJ6THg-0Gc-cSDoR You can use the following wget command in Linux. Note that you have to enter the google drive file id twice and also enter the file name. wget load-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt "https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=$(wget quiet save-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt keep-session-cookies no-check-certificate ’https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id= 1vzHBVXvpF0dFKaDamJ6THg-0Gc-cSDoR ’ -O- | sed -rn ’s/.*confirm=([0-9A-Za-z_]+).*/\1\n/p’)&id= 1vzHBVXvpF0dFKaDamJ6THg-0Gc-cSDoR " -O example.zip && rm -rf /tmp/cookies.txt Thanks to this website below for the idea: https:// pc-mind.com/how-to-download-google-drive-files-with-wget-linux-tiny-and-big-file-size/ Categories Code Samples , Google , Tech , Tips , Unix/Linux Reference , Useful Tags google , google drive , wget Leave a comment Get 20% off on Amazon using Amex Membership Rewards (max $50) January 17, 2020 by Bobby Amazon has a current offer with American Express (Amex) where Amex Membership Rewards Card Holders can get 20% off up to a max of $50. To get the max $50 discount, your total purchase before taxes needs to be at least $250. Steps below: Link Amex card to your Amazon account: https://www.amazon.com/gp/shopwithpoints/marketing.html?inc=swpamex&pr=swpamex Activate promotion: https://www.amazon.com/b?node=20905260011 Use at least 1 Amex Membership Reward point i.e. $0.01 (see screenshot below) Pay with your Amex card Categories Amazon , Amex , Coupons , Deals Tags amazon , american express , amex 1 Comment Enhance scanned text online December 19, 2019 by Bobby This website below works great to enhance scanned texts. And you can enhance online vs. having to download a program to your computer. I tested using a scanned copy of a yellowish faded receipt and the end results were pretty good. Enhance scanned text online: https://www.imgonline.com.ua/eng/improve-scanned-text.php Categories Blogs and Blogging , Tech , Useful Tags enhance scanned text , useful Leave a comment Fitbit Versa 2 smartwatch for $130 January 17, 2020 December 2, 2019 by Bobby The Fitbit Versa 2 smartwatch is on sale for $130 for Cyber Monday. This is the lowest price that I have seen. Kohls: $130 + $30 Kohl’s Cash (best deal) https://www.kohls.com/product/prd-3870437/ Amazon: $129 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TWFVDWT/ Walmart: $129 https://www.walmart.com/ip/590748121 Fitbit Versa 2 Categories Amazon , Deals , Online Shopping Tags deals , fitbit Leave a comment $25 Vultr SSD VPS Server credit June 1, 2018 by Bobby If you are looking for a VPS server, Vultr currently has a $25 VPS server credit. Vultr’s SSD VPS servers start at $2.5 per month Link: https://www.vultr.com/promo25b Categories Deals , Tech Tags ssd , vps , vultr Leave a comment Wingding characters to letters mapping December 5, 2017 by Bobby Ever wondered how to write a checkmark in Word / Powerpoint? It is the capital letter P” in Wingdings 2”. Here is a handy reference lookup chart for other characters. Click on the image above for the full size chart or click here . Courtesy: speakingppt.com Categories Useful Tags wingdings Leave a comment Post navigation Older posts Page 1 Page 2 … Page 29 Next → Search for: Contact Info Email Bobby at maisnam AT gmail.com . Or learn more about me. 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