California based online goods payments processor once popular with affiliate marketers, has shut down many of their vendors, and affiliates, in certain markets.  While that in itself wouldn’t be a problem, Plimus shut down these vendors without warning!  Not even 24 hours... 

Tippr.com: A Good Alternative to Groupon Several months ago I wrote about the wonders of Groupon.com, as they were the quickest out of the gate in the Local Deal of Day arena.   More and more combatants have entered the fray over these last few months and Tippr.com seems to be a... 

Attack of the killer Internet Security 2010 virus or hostage ware. I pride myself on my stellar record for avoiding virus’s and spyware on my Windows Vista Sony Vaio laptop, so I was slightly amused yet pissed to see the annoying popup in my system tray saying my system is unsafe... 

I discovered Groupon.com on the Today show a couple months ago when they highlighted their incredible deals of the day. As I’ve pointed out many times in the past, this webchicklet likes a bargain, and with Groupon.com daily deals, bargains are a daily event! Unlike the popular... 

My significant other has been flying alot lately, and I was looking for a way to track her flight status so I would know whether she would be late arriving, or even early (yeah, that doesn’t happen often!).  A quick search on google and I found FlightStats.com. Flightstats.com... 

Late last year I wrote about a few of my favorite relaxing games. Based on the high interest in this post from web searchers, clearly a lot of other people are looking for some soothing, relaxing games to soothe their overactive brains. Casual games seem to be all the rage these days... 

Twitter Horse Race Results This Webchicklet likes to bet on the horses occasionally, so what better way to get your horse race results than through Twitter? Great news for all horse racing fans, XpressBet, Inc just announced that they are launching an automated horse race results service,... 

Once in a while I like to do a quick roundup of some of the cool sites and apps that I come across, and today’s list is one that centers around our senses – specifically some eye candy and auditory apps. Bumptop First up in the list is Bumptop. We got a sneak preview of Bumptop... 

I’ve just started using Tonido, but I’m already massively in love with it. Can a geeky web chicklet be in love with an application? Of course she can! And I am. Tonido is all about social networking, sharing of files and photos, workflow, and everything else you probably... 

Scenario: You’ve placed an order online and want to track the shipment’s progress until it reaches its destination. Problem: You have to continually go to the carrier’s site to check the status of the shipment via its tracking number, but it is often a waste of time,...