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Microsoft to buy Skype

Chronic Consumer — Wed, 11 May 2011 01:52:12 +0000

This isn’t really shopping news per se, but I think the deal is big enough to be worth mentioning. Microsoft has agreed to buy Skype for around $8.5 billion — pending regulatory approval, of course. Experts feel this could greatly expand Skype’s reach VoIP video calls as common as instant messaging is today, which would be good for everyone — as long as prices remain reasonable (ahem, that means “free”). Microsoft has been declining in recent years, so let’s see if this purchase makes them relevant again.

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Online shopping spree

Chronic Consumer — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:33:08 +0000

Now that I’m finally finished with grad school, I treated myself to an online shopping spree. I purchased a variety of things that I’d had my eye on for a long time, as well as a couple items that were more spur-of-the-moment purchases. Nothing has arrived yet, but you can expect more product reviews coming up in the very near future. The reviews will be for such things as a home acne remedy, DVD box set of a reality show, novelty snack dish, t-shirt, books, and more. Can’t wait to get everything, try the products out, and then post about ‘em!

Getting closer!

Chronic Consumer — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:37:27 +0000

My graduation date is inching closer and closer! I really feel as though I’m on top of my coursework right now, and don’t anticipate any major problems that might prevent me from graduating on time. I’m planning on having a small party for family and friends, so I’ve got to start sending out save the date cards soon. I’ll probably just have the thing at my house and have it catered. That would be easier than having to rent a party room at a restaurant or whatever.

Anyway, I can’t wait until school is over! I have enjoyed my journey and have been learning a lot of useful things that will help me in my career, but it’s definitely time to move on!

Contact info updated

Chronic Consumer — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:11:02 +0000

OK, I’ve finally updated the contact page and now have a new email address that hasn’t been inundated by spam (yet). So if you have any questions or comments about any of the products you see on this blog or if you want to send me freebies, pass along tradeshow giveaways and promotional items, or even complain about an entry, feel free to send me an email. I’ll do my best to get back to you ASAP — even if your comments are less than flattering!

1,000 Posts!

Chronic Consumer — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:15:02 +0000

In looking at my dashboard today, I saw that this will be my 1,000th post here at The Chronic Consumer! It has taken me about 2 and a half years to get to this point, and I’ve had fun doing it. Keeping this blog makes shopping all the more interesting, and also gives me an excuse to buy certain products that I might not otherwise try.

Well, here’s to the next thousand…!

No more acne!

Chronic Consumer — Fri, 07 May 2010 20:24:40 +0000

I posted about this before, but I guess some readers must have missed it because I’m still getting emails asking me how to treat acne. This is not unusual, as I had been battling what I thought was an acne problem for several years and have fielded similar questions from readers during that time period.

But in this post from last month, I said that it turns out I had some kind of weird fungal infection instead, which is why none of the acne creams and cleansers worked for me. I used a prescription anti-fungal cream and got cleared up in a matter of weeks.

So again, let me just say for the record that I did NOT have an acne problem. I’m sorry for those of you that do, but there are plenty of links on my blog to other sites that carry extensive reviews of acne products, so please click those instead of sending emails to me! The Search function is your friend .

New Reviews Coming Up

Chronic Consumer — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:59:49 +0000

I have bought a ton of stuff during my vacation, which means I’ll have lots of new reviews for this blog in the coming month or so. I’ll be talking about everything from prescription acne creams to Under Armour cold weather gear and a bunch of stuff in between. I completely blew my budget on this trip, spending close to $1,000 on stuff — which is more than I paid for my plane tickets. I’ll need to really cut back in order to recover from this deficit, and maybe do things like find a lower car insurance quote or freeze my credit cards for a while to limit spending for the immediate future.

But I’ll deal with all that stuff later on. In the meantime, I’ve had lots of fun shopping and buying without worrying too much about how I’m going to pay for things. Sure, that’s not a very responsible approach, but I don’t always live like this. It’s just nice to cut loose once in a while!

Traffic Boost

Chronic Consumer — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:00:40 +0000

I need to get back to marketing this blog properly. I’ve been shamefully neglecting it recently, and have watched my traffic dip accordingly. I want to turn things around as quickly as possible, so I’m going to follow all the standard advice about generating blog traffic: visiting other blogs and leaving comments, responding to comments left here, adding keywords and tags, submitting to sites on this directories list, performing some SEO on old posts, etc.

It’s not going to be easy and I won’t see results immediately, but if I stick with these strategies, I should get the traffic boost that I want.