Free catalogs

I love catalogs. They are like free fashion and home decorating magazines without all those pesky "articles." Even if I can't buy the stuff, I still like looking through the pages for ideas about ways I can decorate, styles to wear, fun gadgets, etc. So with this in mind, I am working on creating a listing of cool designers and retailers who offer free catalogs upon request. I mean, yeah sure, you can just browse their websites, but you don't have to be on a computer to flip through a catalog! I'm still trying to figure out the best way to get this kind of thing published to the blog, so it may be a while coming.

Bug Me Not: the online registration avoider thingy

Web sites that require you to "register" before you can view them are just annoying. They are only doing it for two reasons: 1) they think their content is so all-fired important; AND 2) they want to get your personal info so they can spam you. Why do it? Why register? Why should we have to create stupid dummy email accounts just so we can view some article that somebody sent us the link to.

So, use Bug Me Not to bypass the registration process. It generates a handy user name and password for you so you don't have to cough up your info. Of course, there are a few sites who have managed to work around Bug Me Not (the snooty old Wall Street Journal for one) but, by and large, it is a handy thing to use.

thanks to: puddle for nagging me about blogging this