Month: March 2009

Presidential Freebie

• by GeekMan • In Announcements, Education •   3

Did you know you can spend money to buy money which SAVES YOU MONEY?

Do you have a rewards credit card? Does it offer you cash back for purchases? Then you can use this little “cash-hack” to earn rewards without really spending any money. For example, if your credit card offers you 1% cash back on purchases then you can use this little “hack” to earn that 1% and not actually spend any money while earning that reward. So if you spend $1,000 you’ll get $10 free. Spend $10,000 and you get $100. Spend $100,000 and… you’re an idiot. But you get the basic idea.

Free money?! But how?

Here’s how. The U.S. Mint is selling Presidential $1 coins at face value with free shipping and handling. That means you can buy money from the U.S. Mint, receive the money in the mail, deposit the money in your bank and then pay off your credit card with that money! See?! You can earn rewards from your credit cards and it doesn’t have to cost you anything at all. It’s even better if you have a rewards card with a higher cash back percentage, 3% is the current leader I believe, but any free money in this economy is good news, right?

Wow, never thought I’d live to see the day George Washington’s face on a coin gives me a woody.

Drop Shadow Kick

• by GeekMan • In Education, Geek Life •   2

I know The Secret.

No, not that Secret, which I think is more of a con than a real secret. No, I’m talking about The Graphic Designer’s Secret to Fame and Fortune. What is this Secret, you ask? For years and years it’s been shrouded in mystery, kept hidden from the mere mortals who we, the Graphic Artist’s and Designers, call the Useless-If-Not-For-Their-Money “Paying Client”.

But now I set this Secret free.

This is the bestest money making secret a graphic designer has, and once you understand it’s power you too will be enabled and empowered to do the undoable. To please the unpleaseable. To make the mundane into the extraordinary.

How, you ask?

You wish to know this Secret? You want to please your boss and make his next PowerPoint presentation look so amazing that he promotes you right then and there? Well, here’s The Secret to unlocking your inner Graphic Designer. No matter what you’re designing, no matter what other artistic devices you might use and no matter what the artistic direction you’ve been given by those in charge… add a fricking drop shadow to EVERYTHING. Your client/boss/friends/family will go into joyspasms.

Drop Shadows kick ASS.