Did you know you can get paid to search online?

Did you know you can get paid to search online? Seriously! There is a site called Swagbucks that pays you to search online. As you search on the site, you randomly win Swagbucks. Once you have 45 Swagbucks, you can cash in for a $5 Amazon gift card! I've been using the site for awhile and it's a pretty cool way to earn free Amazon gift cards.

Now, is the search engine as good as Google? Of course not, but they do use Google and Ask to power their search results. I generally use it a few times a day, until I've earned at least a few Swagbucks each day. The Swagbucks really start to add up over time. I have 917 Swagbucks in my account right now as I write this on Saturday afternoon - that's 20 $5 Amazon gift cards, or $100. Not too shabby! (You can click here to come to the blog and see my most recent total- the total goes down when I cash out and goes up as I earn more Swagbucks. You can see the total listed in the Swagbucks widget in the sidebar.) It's free to sign up and use Swagbucks, and there's nothing to download. You can check out the site for yourself here:

Swagbucks

How to use Facebook / Introduction to Facebook - July 20

Taken from the Accessible World News Wire:

On Monday July 20th, JoAnn Becker will present an introduction to Facebook, one of the world's largest social networks. She will discuss the myriad ways in which people are using this social utility to communicate with one another. Users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region to connect and interact with people. They can also add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to inform friends about themselves.

During this presentation JoAnn will demonstrate:* how to register and create an account;* how to build a personal profile; *how to add friends; * how to upload photos; * how to explore settings.

If there are classmates, colleagues, friends with whom you wish to reconnect, Facebook may be able to help.

Date: Monday, July 20 2009.

Time: 5:00 p.m. PDT, 6:00 p.m. MDT, 7:00 p.m. CDT, and 8:00 p.m. EDT
And elsewhere in the world Tuesday 0:00 GMT

Approximately 15 minutes prior to the event start time; go to The Pat Price Tek Talk Training Room at:

http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2

Or, alternatively.

Select The Pat Price Tek Talk Training Room at: http://www.accessibleworld.org. Enter your first and last names on the sign-in screen.

All Tek Talk training events are recorded so if you are unable to participate live at the above times then you may download the presentation or podcast from the Tek Talk archives on our website at http://www.accessibleworld.org

All online interactive programs require no password, are free of charge, and open to anyone worldwide having an Internet connection, a computer, speakers, and a sound card. Those with microphones can interact audibly with the presenters and others in the virtual audience or text chat with the attendees. To speak to us, hold down the control key and talk; then let up to listen.

If you are a first-time user of the Talking Communities online conferencing software, there is a small, safe software program that you need to download and then run. A link to the software is available on every entry screen to the Accessible World online rooms.

Sign up information for all Accessible World News Wires and discussion lists are also available at our website http://www.accessibleworld.org.

Blind man drives car (a brand new Ford Mustang)

Have you read the article Blind Man wins chance to burn rubber in a brand new Mustang?

Taken from the article: " 'They told me the smoke was so thick, they could barely see the car,' Keeney said... NASCAR driver Tommy Kendall rode shotgun while Keeney approached 90 mph on a desolate test road in Phoenix, a chance he won with an essay in Ford's promotional sweepstakes for the new model."

Check out the entire article here: http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/051209/new_438788501.shtml