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Snowman ornaments. Winter is a special time, isn’t it? The crispness in the air. The clarity of the views in the distance. It seems, sometimes, that you can see forever at this time of year.

Thoughts go back to childhood, if you were fortunate enough to live in an area where snow fell. I’m not talking about the Yukon or Alaska where snow is a year round situation. I’m talking about areas of the lower 48 where snow was not automatic. Where, when the snow fell, it was special. When the snow fell, it became a magical time.

I remember arising and seeing the white covering on the ground. I’d bundle up and run down the street to by best friend Dave’s house. And we’d spend a lot of time building snowmen and having friendly, fun snowball fights.

Debbie Gault of Stitches, Steel and Stone clearly remembers those magic times. Debbie hand makes and offers for sale delightful snowman ornaments.

She also makes about one hundred different ornaments that she personalizes on her embroidery machines. There is no additional charge to have name or year or both embroidered on your choice of ornaments. Some ornaments are available in different colors.

Debbie, as well, makes a selection of dog designs and they are available in different colors. They include: Golden retriever, yellow lab, black lab, chocolate lab, Cocker Spaniel, Bichon Frise, Poodle, Jack Russell with black, Jack Russell with brown, Springer Spaniel with black, Springer spaniel with brown, Scottie, Dachshund, Chihuahua, Pug, dog bone, and a dog house. I will soon be offering more dog breeds.

But, we’re talking about winter. We’re talking about snow. If you think, as I do, that snowman ornaments would be a great gift, either for someone else or for yourself, then Debbie has what you need.

Step back in time and relive those wonderful memories with snowman ornaments from Debbie at Stitches, Steel and Stone.

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As with all we do in life we are drawn to the better and are always on the look out for the best especially the best in anti aging products. Of course there are so many to choose from that it can be mind boggling. The anti aging industry is a multibillion dollar business coming out with new products from herbal remedies, live cell injections, magnetic pads, hormonal therapies, vitamin supplements, skin creams, and fad diets with exercises.

To find the best anti aging products in what is available you must be informed on what each product has to offer and what, if any, are the negatives. Not every product will be best for you, so please, you should always consult with your doctor first before taking any medical advise. Here are a few things that may concern you.

You probably know that some products advertise anti aging hormones (human growth hormones [HGH], DHEA, estrogen, testosterone, progesterone, and melatonin) that will bring back your youth. Studies have demonstrated that by injecting hormones into older patients there has been an improvement in mental acuity, increases in muscle mass, and improves skin elasticity. Yet it can be said the same for a good exercise program with the added benefit of a longer life. Taking hormones may help you to achieve the end result of a youthful look and feel that you desire but so will exercise and the cost may be the deciding factor between the two.

Lately we hear a lot about anti-oxidants and how we need them to fight the “free-radicals” by taking them out of our system before they can do cell damage which leads to aging. Anti-oxidants are vitamins A, C, E, coenzyme Q10, and other enzymes so if you are lacking in one of these vitamins you may be contributing to aging faster then you want. Remember that your body only takes in so much of each vitamin daily and the excess will just be flushed away by your body. Since you can’t make up for a bad diet by eating vitamins the best anti aging product to choose will be supplements and a good diet with all the vitamins you need.

Anti aging creams and lotions is by far the most overall choice of products to date. Who hasn’t benefited from one of these miracle products? There are a lot to choose from and the pricing varies as well. But be careful in choosing your product if you have any skin disorder remember first to check with your dermatologist to what the disorder is and if you are allergic to any of the ingredients in your favorite product of choice. The best anti aging products will be the ones you and your body can live with.

Taking hormones, anti-oxidants, creams and lotions are not without their negatives and it is prudent that you investigate each product’s ingredients; supplements can have varying effects on different individuals so have a good knowledge of what you need to improve your body’s health. A healthy body is a beautiful thing and the benefits are enormous. The best anti aging products are the ones that make you feel and look your best!

Disclaimer: This posting is based on information freely available in the popular press and medical journals that deal with anti aging products and methods. Nothing herein is intented to be or should be construed to be any medical advise. For medical advise the reader should consult with his or her physician or other medical specialist.

If you don’t consume enough calories a day you may lose pounds, but you may also lose energy. When you don’t consume enough energy for your body, it’ll start using up your energy stores to make up for this energy deficiency. Sadly, the energy stores used isn’t your excess fat, but instead it’s protein and carbs that may supply almost all of the energy (stored blubber makes up a tiny %).

Your body will take the protein and carbs from your muscle cells; causing your muscle mass to reduce (say bye to that toned tasty look) which forces your metabolism to decrease (a low metabolism = slow or no fat burning). When this occurs your body needs less energy to maintain its new lower body weight ( remember the body weight is lower as you loss muscle ), which explains why your body preserves energy by slowing down the metabolism.

And just so you know, exercising whilst consuming a little calorie intake just makes the situation worse. This is usually because when you exercise, you start burning off more energy and the more you workout, the more energy your body wants.

I already told you above where the energy comes from, and if you don’t give your body the energy it wishes, it’ll just eat your muscles even faster now you are exercising. So eat more food! As well as this, when you cut down too much on your calorie intake, your body will start storing calories because it does not know when you may eat again. The calories that are stored will be stored as fat. So put simply, when your body is storing energy, it’s essentially storing more fat.

Therefore one of the best ways to lose weight is by checking out the best weight loss pills. These little blighters will allow you to eat whatever you choose…and still you’ll lose the weight. Of course it helps if you have a healthy diet at the same time, but organic pills like proactol can surely speed the process for you, go ahead and give them a try.

Note: Be sure to consult with your physician before taking any medical advice.

Winter is here and unfortunately so is the dry skin that accompanies the cold and wind. I always think that I have found the perfect dry skin remedy and then I realize it is easier to handle dry skin problems during the summer.

The dropped temperature, the dry air brings on the rough skin, that gets red, itchy, and cracked. The winters can take every bit of moisture right out of your skin.

Now that I have discovered natural skin products I know that this is a critical step toward treating my dry skin problem. Avoid foamy body washes and cleansers, bubble baths, and harsh bar soaps. Natural products do not have detergents or chemicals like over the counter skin products. These harsh ingredients can strip your skin of their natural oils. I use soaps made with olive oil, goats milk, and creams and lotions with Shea butter, glycerin Ceramides and stearic acid. I also use body washes and cleansers with essential oils.

I have learned that the best time to apply these natural creams and lotions is while your skin is still damp; right from the shower. Oh yes, and speaking of the shower, avoid lingering in a hot shower; this also strips the natural oils from your skin. Try using a bath oil when you shower or bathe; then seal in the moisture with a moisturizing cream. For severely dry cracked hands use Vaseline petroleum jelly at night then cover your hands with cotton gloves. It is also a good idea to use rubber gloves when you do the dishes.

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There are literally millions of adults today who took piano lessons when they were growing up, but at some point along the way gave them up. Some couldn’t care less, but many have an urge down deep to take up piano playing again someday.

Over the years I have never heard anyone say “I’m glad I never learned to play the piano”, but I have heard hundreds say something like “I sure wish I had paid attention when I was a kid”, or “My piano teacher was too strict (or too boring), but I would love to get back to the piano some day.”

And most people that feel that way have the “round-tuit” problem that we all have; they mean well, but the busyness of life distracts them from starting to play again. And they really don’t want to take lessons again from the little old lady down the street who can’t tell the Beatles from Beethoven. Plus it’s hard to work regular lessons into their already-packed schedule.

So what’s the solution?

There are two inter-related factors that when combined create an opportunity for adults such as this unlike any in history.

1. For the first time ever there is the world-wide web and all its endless and growing sources of information. Up to nearly 2000 AD an individual was limited to the piano teachers of the region in which he or she lived. But it’s not so anymore. Many piano teachers have moved their teaching into the cyber world of the internet in the form of online lessons. Others have DVDs and CDs available in all aspects of piano playing, from the basics of a beginner to the improvisations of an advanced player. And they are easy to find, too. Simply type in phrases such as “piano lessons for adults” or “how to play the piano” or “I want to learn piano chords” into any search engine such as Google, and up pops a vast array of intriguing possibilities. (Try it — you’ll see!)

2. The second factor is one that has always existed, but until recent times has not been articulated well so that the average person could understand the concept. And that is simply that there are 3 different ways to learn to play the piano, and adults can pick one of the three, two of the three, or all three in any combination, and come out with a synergy far better than any one method alone.

The 3 methods are:

1. Reading music from the printed score. Well over 95% of all piano lessons revolve around the ability to read a piece of sheet music, and the technical facility to make your fingers do what your mind tells them to do. This is the traditional method of piano lessons; scales, drills, finger exercises, and practice reading endless pieces from the very first “Left thumb, right thumb” piece to the most advanced classical piece such as Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” or Rachmaninoff’s “Prelude in C# minor”. And there are teachers online who can teach music reading. Search for them by typing in such phrases as “learn to read music” or “classical piano lessons online”.

2. Playing by ear. There are a very few individuals who can really play by ear, but they don’t need our help — they can play what they want any way they want. Playing by ear can be taught to some degree, but anyone who thinks they can end up playing like Ray Charles is kidding himself or herself. Still, normal individuals can learn to pick out a tune by ear and then match a chord to that melody, and eventually entertain themselves and others while having a ball.

3. Playing from chord symbols. Many professional pianists — especially jazz pianists — use fake books. Fake books are collections of songs in a lead sheet format, which means the melody of the song plus the chord symbols that go with the melody. To learn this form of playing you will need to learn chords — at least enough to play the songs you want to play — and you will need to learn to read the tune of the song in the treble clef — a skill much easier than learning to read masses of notes in both the treble and bass clefs.

Most people don’t even know that this form of playing exists, or if they do, they thing it is limited to pros. Not so. It is a straightforward process and produces good results after a relatively short period of time. In other words, you’ll be playing enough to enjoy yourself and maybe amaze your friends in a matter of weeks instead of years.

All of these methods are viable, and all can be learned from piano teachers online. But probably the best way of all is a synergy of the 3 ways: learn to read sheet music, develop your ear, and learn chords and how to use chord symbols to create your own styles of music.

Which ever method you pick is fine — just pick one and get going. A world of fun and satisfaction await!

For more information on the 3 methods adults can learn how to play the piano, watch my free short 5-minute video titled “I want to get back to piano playing!” Please go to the Play Piano Catalog of Piano Courses.

As with anything in life it is very easy to make an impulse buying decision only to regret it later.  How many times have you bought something only to find out a couple of weeks later you could have found a more suitable alternative if you’d have only shopped around a bit?

If you’re looking for a pet stroller for example surely that can’t be hard can it?  Don’t be so sure.  First of all pet strollers are made for different pets.  Most commonly the dog stroller but you can also purchase cat strolles and I’ve even seen one for a rabbit!

So what are the options?  What has to be taken into account?

What size is your pet?  This is not just about weight but height and width.  You don’t want to purchase a dog pet stroller only to find out your pet can’t get comfy in it.

What type of terrain do you want to cover?  The sidewalk, park or something a little more adventurous.  There is such a thing as the all terrain stroller you know.

Some strollers, such as the Kittywalk pet stroller line, come with detachable components and can convert to car seats.  These can be particularly beneficial if you need to transport your pet by vehicle to and from the park for example.

Are you the type of person that likes to take your pet out no matter what the weather.  Perhaps they don’t share your enthusiasm in which case a stroller with built in all weather protection can be a deal maker.

We hope you got a few useful tips from this article and that if you’re looking to buy a pet stroller you’ll check out our store.

Starting an online business can be a very rewarding enterprise. The trade-off is that you will have to spend a lot of time studying if you want to make it as successful as it could be. There are many elements to the construction and implementation of an online business that you may not even have considered without the proper research, such as the type of website design that you should have, as well as which hosting package to go for.

It is vital that you have a website that is user friendly. One that is easily navigable, with clearly written and understandable content, as well as access to all important links.

The next thing you need to do is look at generating traffic through your website. The best tactic for this is through Search Engine Optimization and web marketing. You can do this by submitting your website to directories, doing keyword research and then including those keywords in your content, as well as adjusting your title tags.

Web hosting is vital if you want your own niche on the web, which makes these tips extra important.

You have a couple of choices when it comes to web hosting - you can get it for free or you can spend for it. If you want to spend for your hosting you will receive added benefits such as ad free web pages and generally a better quality of service. Alternately if you sign up for free hosting, your page will have sponsored ads on them.

Are you willing to deal with advertisements that may take too much space or would have an irritable effect on your readers? These ads are often required by free web hosting plans because it is the only reason they can continue letting people enjoy free web hosting. Remember that there is nothing like a free lunch. Hosting companies have to pay for their infrastructure and free hosting might be accompanied by low bandwidth and poor service issues.

If you don’t feel up to dealing with the stressful business of constructing and setting up your own website, we recommend you speak to a web specialist.

I’m going to use this post to talk about real estate and teach you guys something about real estate Real estate is not rocket science. It’s pretty easy to do and most of you will soon find out that it is easier than you might think to learn real estate investing and quickly get your own real estate set up and going.

Well the nice thing about this is that you’ll have a place to hold some of your money and not even worry about these kind of things that are going on with the economy because lucky you’ve got your money tied into other things. Another very interesting tidbit is that there’s an ezinearticles post about real estate investing which talks about what needs to be done with real estate to succeed and what you need to do if you want to do well with real estate investing. This is very curious, at least to me because I see something interesting happening with the real estate market in this country and I would gladly pay big money to get going in this sector.

And you don’t love American real estate? No problem! There’s apparently amazing Toronto real estate homes for sale that you can snag if you’re willing to go up north and get a sweet sweet house. I hope this little post has helped you learn something about real estate

Have A Break

This program, along with other FHA programs, will provide important help to more than 240,000 families. The target for the initiative is families who could lose their homes due to the unavailability of refinancing options. To help sell vacant properties, It would provide a no-interest 15-year loan of $7,500 for first-time homebuyers, along with a one-time $350 tax deduction.

Foreclosure is not a word that any of us wants to even hear, let alone think about the process happening to us. But, financial hardships may befall the most responsible people and the foreclosure process may look more and more like it may happen in your life or the life of someone you love. Government help with your foreclosure may be available to you. Many college kids can not afford halfway decent food every day, let alone pay 29% interest rates on a credit card that they use to purchase their $200 school textbooks. Maybe banks should offer students jobs or internships, or colleges could offer more work programs, instead of offering credit cards to the kids the second they leave their parents’ house. Foreclosures are now threatening a large number of homes every day everywhere in the United States, not just in Southern California alone! If you are facing foreclosure, you are certainly not alone, but the bad news is that there is a lot of bad advice out there and it’s hard to know what to do next.

Having others pay off your mortgage or part of your mortgage is nothing less than a win-win situation, particularly when you paid well below market price for the home. Foreclosure help is available on a Federal level. Please make sure you read all the information on this site if you are having trouble with your mortgage. You must know your rights and the programs that can help. With the interest rates on many of these exotic mortgages rising, there’s a good chance that your monthly payments are rising as well. Add to that the fact that subprime lending woes are negatively impacting the economy, and there’s also a good chance that you’ll be having trouble coming up with the money for those higher payments!

These valuable properties are being sold at auction by government lenders as a result of the homeowner’s default on their home mortgage loans. In order to retrieve the debt on the loan, the government lender repossesses and sells the property. These foreclosed homes are available for sale to the public because the original owner defaulted on a mortgage loan insured by a government agency such as HUD or VA. After a few missed payments, or any other type of default, the government foreclosures becomes foreclosed properties, and turns the title over the agency that guaranteed the loan and gets reimbursed for their losses. Who will buy when the mortgage companies do not have funds coming in from loan repayment dues?

Many of the people using the FHA Secure program could continue to make their payments without a problem, and additionally many of them even had other options for refinancing out of their existing mortgages. For a program that was meant to help prevent foreclosure, I?m just not sure how effective it is. We can also help you find a wide range of other real estate being sold as the result of unpaid liens, including bank lien homes and foreclosures for sale due to mortgage defaults. No matter what you’re looking for in discount real estate, our expert team is here to provide you with great listings, around the clock Customer Service and all kinds of great tips and advice on getting the most out of your tax lien foreclosure purchase. The price of goods like food and energy are going up dramatically, which hurts the people who need to eat and go to work in order to pay their mortgage. But it bails out the banks and helps them cover their poor lending practices.

When I spend about half a grand on a cell phone, I’m thinking . . . “i want to get my money’s worth!”

That’s how I feel, anyway — which is why I made it my business to put my new iPhone through the paces from jump street by scouring the web’s most serious iPhone resources for the most useful power tips/ tricks available. The result is this collection of 16 iPhone power tips that will help you get even more enjoyment out of your new favorite toy! Some of these, granted, you’ll need to Google to get the current URL. But, if you want, you can just click the link for the complete article with photos and videos.

1. Unstick a Stuck Slider: if you’re iPhone’s slider ever gets stuck — as in, it simply refuses to do anything when you try to slide it, usually because you want to make the iPhone up to use it — here is a fix from iPhone Atlas (www.iphoneatlas.com): press the Home button once before attempting to move the slider for the first time.

2. Make Skype calls: Up-front disclaimer: We’re not talking about free, voice-over-IP (VOiP) Skype calls here. We’re talking about making SkypeOut calls, which are not free but can drastically reduce the cost of making international calls on your iPhone. Matter of fact, SoonR lets you access Apple Mail files, mailboxes, and contacts. It also lets you grab documents from your Mac for viewing on iPhone, including PowerPoint presentations and all that kinda’ good stuff.

3. Know Where to Go for the 411: Lucky for you, the world has gone iPhone crazy. That means there a lot of excellent sources of info on the latest iPhone developments out there on the web. Bad news: there’s a lot of crap, also. Here’s a short list of our favorite iPhone info sites:

- modmyiPhone.com
- iPhoneFreak.com
- iPhoneAlley.com
- The Unofficial Apple Weblog’s iPhone page
- Gizmodo’s iPhone coverage
- iPhoneAtlas.com

While you’re checking these sites, keep in mind that some sites you might already be visiting on a regular basis have really done a super job of becoming iPhone-friendly, including Digg.com, Amazon.com, FaceBook.com, and Netvibes.com!

4. Play Great Games: You know what Jack says about all work and no play! Not that the web surfing you’re doing on your iPhone is all work-related, yeah right? Games — most of which are free — are starting to pop up for the iPhone, and we’re sure there will be more where those came from. For now, you can just launch the Safari browser when your iPhone and visit these hot game sites:

- MacMost’s collection of iPhone games, including classics like solitaire and minesweeper (free, MacMost iPhone Games).

- mynuMo has 4 iPhone games, including iWhack — a whack-a-mole knockoff where the mole’s replaced by a headshot of Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer — and Blackjack (also free, myNuMo iPhone Games).

- iGiki’s games, which include Hangman and Canyon Crawl — aren’t free, but then, they’re only a buck a pop and might be just what you need when you get tired of the freebies (99 cents per game pack for 99 days, iGiki Games).

- PopCap’s Bejeweled, (free, PopCap Bejeweled).

5. Beat a Shortcut to your Fave iPhone Apps: Handy iPhone apps, like Leaflets (free, Get Leaflets) and Applists (free, Get Applists) put most iPhone apps your fingertips, but if you want to build your own list, just collect the apps you tend to use the most into the same bookmarks folder in Safari on your computer. Then, the next time you sync your iPhone, using iTunes, be sure to check “Sync Safari Bookmarks” on the info tab, under Web browser.

6. Rehang the Wallpaper: If you’re up for a bit of iPhone hacking, you can take any image you find anywhere on the web and turn it into a custom wallpaper.

But there is a much easier way: Download a 320×480 pixel image for free from a variety of online sources, saving them all in the same folder on your Mac. In iTunes, with your iPhone docked, select your iPhone, click the Photos tab, select the radio button next to “Sync Photos From…,” then from the drop-down list, select “Choose Folder…”

Next, browse to the folder you just created, then click “Apply” in the lower-right hand corner. Finally, on your iPhone, go to Settings, Wallpaper, Photo Library to hang your new wallpaper!

7. Take Self-Portraits Because the iPhone camera shutter’s button is a “soft” (i.e., onscreen) button, it’s a bit tricky to take self-portraits with it since you have to turn the phone around so you can no longer see the button. Here’s the solution: with the camera feature selected, place your finger on the camera icon and turn the phone around so you’re facing the lens. Then, smile pretty and let go of the shutter button! You’ll hear the telltale “click” — and, you’ve just taken a self-portrait!

8. Reveal Secret Features: When Apple released the first firmware update for the iPhone on August 1, 2007, it did so with little fanfare, and attributed most of the updates to “security fixes.” The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg discovered a few new non-security-related features on his side phone after the update including:

- Greater capacity in the iPhone module’s Favorites list (used to be 20, is now 50).
- Ability to automatically blind carbon copy (BCC) yourself on all e-mails sent, where previously, your only option was to CC yourself, which alerted your recipients what you were up to…
- Compatibility with some car adapters and external speakers, originally created for the iPod. For more iPhone and tech tidbits, visit Walt’s blog.

9. Just Ditch the Camera Altogether: On the other hand, if you know you’ll never use the iPhone’s camera, you can just remove it altogether. (If you work for or with certain government agencies, you’re iPhone may actually be considered “contraband” on their property because they don’t want you taking secret photos of Bigfoot, Elvis, or (believe it or not) alien spaceships!

10. Get the Official Mod Tool: If you’ve already had to send your iPhone back to Apple for warranty repair or replacement, you may have already discovered something different about the replacement iPhone. First off, it comes in a much thinner box. Second, it comes complete with the “official iPhone SIM card removal tool”: a paperclip! Yup, Apple actually supplies a paperclip with all replacement iPhones, along with instructions for using it to open the SIM card slot and insert your card!

11. Buy Spare Parts: If you’re the type who simply can’t resist trying to take your iPhone apart, here’s where to go to find replacement parts when you go too far: iPhone Parts. Sources of mine told me that Apple charges $300 for a replacement screen, but you can get one from iFixIt for only $199.95.

12. Kill that Annoying GSM Buzz: If you hear a buzzing sound, while using an iPhone cassette adapter in your car stereo, such as Monsters iCarPlay — which claims to be iPhone-compatible (but doesn’t appear anywhere on Monster’s website) — Gizmodo offers a low-tech solution: aluminum foil… Yup, just take a little bit of Reynolds Wrap and wrap it around the cable closest to your iPhone. Doing so eliminates the need to switch to “Airplane mode,” which would be a viable solution if it didn’t send your incoming calls to voicemail!

13. Find Wi-Fi Hotspots in Your Neighborhood: JiWire makes it easy to find the nearest hotspot when your iPhone — so you can rescue yourself from the slow-moving hell that is AT&T’s EDGE data service. Surf on over to iphone.jiwire.com on your iPhone and fill in your location. If you’re a cheapskate (like me), check the box for “Search Free Hotspots Only.”

14. More Wi-Fi Performance Enhancements: Apple has a potentially useful collection of WiFi related iPhone tips in a regularly-updated knowledgebase article on its website. Suggestions include fixing problems like paid WiFi connections that drop off suddenly, weak WiFi signals, and WiFi connections that revert to EDGE due to issues with WEP passwords, or problems with Mac address filtering.

15. “Hack” Your iPhone!: Disclaimer: this tip isn’t for everybody. Some of these “hacks” (i.e., self-made modifications to the iPhone’s default behavior) are intended for people who have experience changing the way their computers behave by accessing the underlying code governing such behavior. You’ve been warned.

- For Macs: iFuntastic and Installer.app.
- For Windows: Installer.app or iBrickr.

Once you’ve installed one of the above helper apps, you can try an ever-expanding array of iPhone mods. With iFuntastic, for example, you can add your own custom ringtones, rearrange the Home screen, and change the AT&T logo. Installer.app goes even further, letting you install and play Nintendo games that feature tactile feedback! The good folks at Gizmodo.com make it easy for Mac users to take advantage of this newfound power over their iPhones with a handy tutorial (visit their site and search for install apps iPhone).

Windows users can also use a helper app called iBricker to modify their iPhone, install custom ringtones, and install third-party apps. But, if all you care about is adding custom ringtones, you might want to try Efiko’s iPhoneRingToneMaker ($10).

16. Just Don’t Be a Sucker!: While searching for the latest iPhone apps, you could run across some websites that’ll offer you instant access to hundreds of the latest apps — all for one-time membership fee of $49.95. These sites include, but are not limited to, www.iphonenova.com, www.iphonecyclone.com, and www.iphonedownloadpro.com. Problem here, is that these sites (IMHO) are scams.

I ponied up $50 for membership to iPhoneNova, for example, which claims to be the “World’s First iPhone Download Service.” Guess what it really is? It’s a BitTorrent-like site for downloading illegal content you can view on your iPhone or iPod.

But, your $50 membership only gets you a BitTorrent client called Tomato Torrent and links for you to download two more already-free apps that help you convert existing videos and ripped DVD content to be viewed on your iPod/ iPhone. You also get links to a mere five (5) web-based iPhone games and a huge, poorly-organized list of illegal movie downloads like “The Simpsons” and “Transformers.” Nuff said; as Napoleon Dynamite would say, “…What a Rip-off”!