It is only Saturday morning with setup at 7am and breakdown at noon. I would set up a tent (canopy), a table, my coffee, some pump pots filled with coffee samples and finally wait for visitors and esidents to stop on by.

I figured I would have to get up at 5am to do this, because making a couple pots of coffee takes 1/2 an hour. This also would keep me from finding a part time job while waiting for the newly planted coffee to come in.

Anyway, after a year I finally decided that the extra income would be helpful and I signed up for the Farm Bureau. That was $96. I was finally able to find a canopy tent at Wal-Mart and did not have to order anything. I found some fabric and a friend made it into a tablecloth for me. I decorated the table, made price lists and had some extra coffee roasted. Then I waited, and waited and waited.

It seems that the powers that be want to review to see if they have enough people selling coffee there. I understand their concern, but come on, of all the products we grow on the island not to mention on this side of the island, coffee is by far the biggest crop.

I could have waited to spend any money, but the last letter I received implied I was ready t ogo, just before they really started dragging their feet. So with $300 invested so far, I still hope they will give me the OK to come on down. I have already told them I am willing to also sell non-coffee-related items and have an agreement with a neighbor to sell local honey.

A while back my neighbor gave me some coconuts that had fallen from his trees. I put a couple on large plastic pots, added some dirt and a bit of fertilizer. Now some are 3 feet tall and guess what? They are an agricultural product and not coffee... the local stores sell them for $25 or more and it would be almost pure profit for me. Although I would not make a lot of money off coffee plants, those little pots with a sprout in them would go for a couple dollars each to locals who wanted to put one on the lanai.

Thern there is the pineapple. I buy Maui pineapples at COSTCO and when I was finished with one, I cut the top off and stuck it in a pot with dirt. Now I have a put with a healthy pineapple plant AND a pineapple growing on the top. The fruit is larger than my fist and you know what, probably worth big bucks too as it will ripen into a really nice pineapple.

So as you can see, while waiting, I am starting to come up with other things to sell, just to make ends meet.

In the meantime I am wondering what to do with this extra roasted coffee...

Not long after moving to Hawaii, I saw my first whale. It is a wondrous thing that the whale population has been increasing 7% each year now. How do we know? We count them! Well, we count a sampling of whales, but it is pretty accurate. Estimates are there are 10,000 whales here now.

The downside is that we are now having more people vs. whale encounters. Boats are hitting them more often. As you can imagine, whales can rise from the depths at just the wrong time, and boats can be traveling faster then they should. It is not a pretty sight and can be quite dangerous for both species.

Another issue is the Hawaiian Super Ferry, which starts running in July. It will connect the islands with passenger service and will also allow us to take vehicles to other islands. Owners are doing their best to address concerns that the ferry will have more than just close encounters.

One thing the ferry will do is allow us farmers to load a truck with products, drive to the pier and then onboard and disembark on another island where we can drive right up to a farmers market. It may not sound cost effective, but consider the shipping cost for many hundreds of pounds of products, airline tickets, car rentals and so on.

By the way, I assume that rental car companies will not allow you to take rental cars on the ferry, but have not heard one way or the other yet.

Slipping over to SuperFerry.Com I found that all islands will begin service in 2007 except mine! I believe this is because the pier here was damaged in the earthquake.

Speaking of transportation, we are still receiving very good rates on inter-island airline fares in a fare war that just keeps going. It is said that one reason is that a certain airline is trying to put another out of business. Still, now is the time to book tickets.

Normally I would have traveled all around the islands, just because of the sale, but beginning March 2nd, I’m on call for Jury Duty! I call in on a Friday to see if I need to show up on Monday of that week. It will pretty much scuttle my plans fro the whole month.

A while back I tackled the brakes on my truck. I’m not an expert on brakes but have replaced them a few times in the past, so it was no big deal. However, I am hearing a clunk from the transmission or 4-wheel drive. I may need to get some help on that one.

But how does it taste? I dunno because I believe I have never had it. I’m not even very fond of mayonnaise but prefer Miracle Whip, a similar product with a bit more tatse.

We grow up with certain products around us, and tend to use those same products until something causes us to change. This is why brand loyalty is directed to both parents and youngsters.

My Mom used to buy Spatini spaghetti sauce mix and I liked it. Now I still buy it when I can find it. It is difficult for me to describe tastes, but usually looking at the first few ingredients of a package will tell you all you need to know. In this case, sugar, salt, onion, potato starch, spices, etc. With sugar at the front, it is sweet.

When I went to describe a mango so someone, I said it tasted like a creamsicle (orange ice with vanilla ice cream) and a pit of peach flavor (your mileage may differ).

Kona coffee is mild tasting, especially compared to a caffeine-laden, bitter robusto coffee. Robusto is cheap and thus the bitter coffee you get at the office.

So how do you describe the taste of a peach? Well, it depends. I think the cling variety is sweet and rubbery while the freestone is a bit tart with more flavor and a different texture.

The simple tastes are easy but more complex tastes can be difficult for all but an expert to describe. Coffee and wine tasters have flavor wheels and you can even buy a tasteing kit that includes different tastes such as bitter, salty, sour, sweet, etc. This allows people to describe things in the same terms.

“It tastes like chicken” is often used to describe all sorts of items. It may or may not be true. I can tell you that a barbeque chicken tastes different from a rotisserie chicken. Baked chicken tastes different than fried chicken.

Speaking of fried chicken, when I was in private school in the south, we often were served fried chicken on Sundays and the smell of fried chicken always reminds me of those days. I constantly compare any fried chicken to the taste of that many years ago. It became my standard.

Even catsup has many varied tastes and textures based upon the manufacturer. Some are sweet and some taste more of tomato. I can vary catsups and generally use what is available, but Mustard! I like Guldens mustard, a hearty dark spicy mustard compared to that pale yellow stuff.

I like Marie Colanders Fettuccini Alfredo because it has just the right consistence sauce without too much garlic. For me, garlic is not to my taste.

When moving to Hawaii, I began using sea salt. While I like the white stuff, many people prefer the taste of red sea salt, which contains some clay.

Speaking of taste, try this. Buy some breakfast Corn Puffs and taste them. Now imagine them without the sugar… Cheetos! Corn with and without sugar.

Ever notice that those big soft pretzels taste a lot like soft pizza crust?

I buy a butter substitute called “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter”. It has a corn taste to me, but it is ok and lasts longer than butter for me.

Once I was ill and took some medicine. Everything I ate tasted metallic. I was not happy.

Anyway, taste. I would hate to live without it.

It's a local product, enjoyed world wide.

It is as pure as it can get.

At various times in its history, Hawaii was known for its sugar cane, its macadamia nuts, its pineapples, yes and even its coffee, but coffee is NOT the answer.

The Rhyme of the Ancient Marriner holds the clue. "Water, water everywhere and nary a drip to drink..."

For the second year in a row, at $37.4 million per year, WATER is Hawaii's biggest locally-produced export.

Hawaii is surrounded by water, but it is not the salt water we sell. because Hawaii has little to no industry, our waters are pretty darn clean and fresh. Add to that the oceans currents and depth of our water and you find that water down 3000 feet here is thousands of years old and thus free of man-made recent pollution.

Companies here in Kailua-Kona pump the water up from below, desalinate it and bottle the stuff for foreign markets. Currently I understand the biggest buyer of this pure water is Japan. What happens to the salt that is extracted? It too goes to Japan and other places.

This water I hear will be added to other products and will soon be available on the mainland of the US soon.

Pureness makes a difference!

In a somewhat related development, I am hearing the the current Hawaii bills to help the consumers know what is in their coffee, will probably NOT see the light of day this year! That is just pitiful that the legislators here continue to allow blenders to sell a 10% Kona and a 90% overseas coffee in a package that touts it is a "Kona Blend". Shouldn't this be a "Columbian Blend" or a "Vietnamese Blend" showing the consumer what the MAJORITY of the product really is? In the meantime, the legislators are swayed by the blenders who whine that they want a study to see what the market impact would be if blenders were required to accurately label their product. When did we let the wolves control the henhouse? When did we decide that people cheating the public get to continue to drag their feet and make enormous profits off a product intentionally sold as something else?

A ray of sunshine though are that there is a growing fight along the same lines on almost every other product, tune, chocolate, macadamia nuts and so on. All of these farmers are complaining that there is fraud going on.

The Associated Press reported that a tuna company has labels that say the tuna is Hawaiian when it is not. Macadamia nuts are being imported and processed here and called "Hawaiian Made" because of the value added here. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com...

You will see my organization listed at the bottom of that article, the Kona Coffee Farmers Association (I'm a founding member). Although we continue to make inroads, we are finding that, as you would expect, big business only needs to throw some money ate the politicians to slow down the process.

We continue to fight for the consumer. Remember, FRMERS don't blend Kona Coffee, big companies making milluions of dollars profit a year do it.

Unlike these big companies, I have the name and telephone number of almost every customer I have sold to. Most of them have my business card with a toll-free number and a live person at the end of the line (well, unless I'm out :-) These companies are not looking for repeat business. Would they help their competition? NO! However, some of my neighbors got together and cross-sell a sample of each others coffee (called the Tripple Play). Since coffee from each farm will taste different (like wines) we decided to help the public taste 3 different coffees and only pay 1 shipping price. You can find that deal at ItsKona.Com, DailyFixCoffee.Com and KonaLisaCoffee.Com. Just another case of Kona Coffee Farmers looking out for you.

It's a local product, enjoyed world wide.

It is as pure as it can get.

At various times in its history, Hawaii was known for its sugar cane, its macadamia nuts, its pineapples, yes and even its coffee, but coffee is NOT the answer.

The Rhyme of the Ancient Marriner holds the clue. "Water, water everywhere and nary a drip to drink..."

For the second year in a row, at $37.4 million per year, WATER is Hawaii's biggest locally-produced export.

Hawaii is surrounded by water, but it is not the salt water we sell. because Hawaii has little to no industry, our waters are pretty darn clean and fresh. Add to that the oceans currents and depth of our water and you find that water down 3000 feet here is thousands of years old and thus free of man-made recent pollution.

Companies here in Kailua-Kona pump the water up from below, desalinate it and bottle the stuff for foreign markets. Currently I understand the biggest buyer of this pure water is Japan. What happens to the salt that is extracted? It too goes to Japan and other places.

This water I hear will be added to other products and will soon be available on the mainland of the US soon.

Pureness makes a difference!

In a somewhat related development, I am hearing the the current Hawaii bills to help the consumers know what is in their coffee, will probably NOT see the light of day this year! That is just pitiful that the legislators here continue to allow blenders to sell a 10% Kona and a 90% overseas coffee in a package that touts it is a "Kona Blend". Shouldn't this be a "Columbian Blend" or a "Vietnamese Blend" showing the consumer what the MAJORITY of the product really is? In the meantime, the legislators are swayed by the blenders who whine that they want a study to see what the market impact would be if blenders were required to accurately label their product. When did we let the wolves control the henhouse? When did we decide that people cheating the public get to continue to drag their feet and make enormous profits off a product intentionally sold as something else?

A ray of sunshine though are that there is a growing fight along the same lines on almost every other product, tune, chocolate, macadamia nuts and so on. All of these farmers are complaining that there is fraud going on.

The Associated Press reported that a tuna company has labels that say the tuna is Hawaiian when it is not. Macadamia nuts are being imported and processed here and called "Hawaiian Made" because of the value added here. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com...

You will see my organization listed at the bottom of that article, the Kona Coffee Farmers Association (I'm a founding member). Although we continue to make inroads, we are finding that, as you would expect, big business only needs to throw some money ate the politicians to slow down the process.

We continue to fight for the consumer. Remember, FRMERS don't blend Kona Coffee, big companies making milluions of dollars profit a year do it.

Unlike these big companies, I have the name and telephone number of almost every customer I have sold to. Most of them have my business card with a toll-free number and a live person at the end of the line (well, unless I'm out :-) These companies are not looking for repeat business. Would they help their competition? NO! However, some of my neighbors got together and cross-sell a sample of each others coffee (called the Tripple Play). Since coffee from each farm will taste different (like wines) we decided to help the public taste 3 different coffees and only pay 1 shipping price. You can find that deal at ItsKona.Com, DailyFixCoffee.Com and KonaLisaCoffee.Com. Just another case of Kona Coffee Farmers looking out for you.

A year ago our Safeway supermarket remodeled and this wee kthey sent out coupons. One coupon is for $10 off any purchase of $50 or more. naturally I took advantage of that one, but did one (or two or three better). $10 off a $50 purchase is 20% off. You did do the math, didn't you?

On Thursdays, Safeway puts various items on sale for the week. Ebvery 3 weeks the same frozen food brands go on sale, so if you like Banquet or Marie Collanders or whatever, you can get deals every 3 weeks.

You would think that spending $50 would be easy but every item I bought today except one quart of milk, was on sale! I got pasta, sauce, peas, corn, frozen dinners and so on. My total was $77, but then they dropped the $10 off so I was down to $67.

But the savings didn't stop there. One item I bought gave me Upromise points (to help fund a college aducation for a relative). Then my Safeway Club Card is what I use when I shop. Without it I would have paid $39 more, but I got the club savings. I personally don't care that they track that I bought pasta AND sauce at the same time...

I also linked my Safeway Club card and when I buy things I get United Air mileage for purchases, thus I accumulated more credit toward 250 bonus miles on United.

Then, I actually paid for the groceries with my American Express card with also gives my Delta miles for purchases.

So to review, groceries minus club savings, minus $10, plus Delta miles plus United miles.

It ALMOST pays to go to town! By the way, I still have 3 more $10 off coupons. I just may need to buy a deep freeze and start stocking up.

I just deleted another phishing email that purports to be from a local Hawaiian credit union offering $100 to a few people who fill out a survey. It does not say everyone will get the money. Still, it’s a big scam! The link points you far away from Hawaii and then they ask you for your account information. DUH! The credit union already would have had your information. Credit unions usually do their business via mail with colorful brochures telling you of contests, etc. Also, credit unions rarely give away money, that is how they stay profitable compared to banks.

Here is a link to this specific phishing attempt: http://www.trendmicro.com/en/...

You should read it to see how to recognize similar attempts towards you. They include Ebay, banks, Paypal, etc. NEVER click on links in emails. A friend told me she had an email that someone was charging her PayPal account for a “suspicious” amount. She clicked on the link and AOL told her it was a scam. Still, she ended up changing her PayPal password and then had her credit card cancelled, etc, just to be sure.

Another scam is the “I’m sending you a money order for more than the cost of the item, just take what you need for the item and the shipping and send me the item and a check for the extra” scam. You deposit the cashiers check, send the item and then days to weeks later find that the check you received was a fraud. You now have no money, no item AND sent the scammer some of your own money!

These cashiers’ checks look good and often banks cannot tell you if they are valid. So you think, well, I’ll take this to the bank that issued the check and verify it. There was a long ongoing case where a guy did that with a suspected check and the bank said it was good. Then when he endorsed it and cashed it, they had him arrested for bank fraud. Clark Howard fought to bring this to light against the Bank of America. I wanted to point you to the actual story and audio feeds, but they have finally scrolled off.

Here is a page of many of the common scams currently going on, but they are the tip of the iceberg. http://clarkhoward.com/showno...

There used to be a scam where you would work in an office and receive a telephone call from “your copier company” offering you a deal on toner. The company calling was trying to “verify” your serial number and model. Then they would ship shoddy products and have real information about your machine to put on the invoice. Large companies would pay these things because the invoice had correct information on it.

You continue to receive spams via email about making big money. Let me tell you that if you receive an email asking you to keep the information in confidence, it is a confidence game! JUST SAY NO! There are no people over in Nigeria or anywhere else who will pay you to launder some money for them. They tell you that you can make lots of money if you just send them your bank account information (so they can deposit money). They don’t! They remove it. Most people don’t realize that there is no one-way valve on bank accounts. Giving someone access to deposit money INTO your account can also REMOVE it! Proof of that is when a Fortune 100 Company made a mistake and double paid a payroll to me, and then the next day withdrew the money back without me doing anything. You should be very very careful who has access to your bank account. I allow my mortgage company and healthcare company to deduct funds, but would NEVER allow a gym to automatically remove money from my account.

Years ago it was common to sign up for a “contest” in a restaurant or beauty parlor or wherever. On the back of the paper was tiny text saying “By filling out this sweepstakes, I agree to change my long distance company….” And all of a sudden, you and slammed to a new company and start paying tons for long distance calls. Always read the fine print.

I have mentioned recently, there is only 1 company that gives you your credit report for free (without signing up for any kind of Triple Advantage crap). Also, you don’t have to pay to have anyone do anything with your Social Security account; the government lets you sign up and will even send you an estimated payout schedule for free.

People should NEVER pay more than $9 a year for a domain name. Any company that charges you more is a rip-off. There were lawsuits against Domain registry of America, who would send out notices to people letting them THINK this company was their registry and that they were about to lose their domain name. Often these notices were sent a year in advance of actual expiration. This was so that you would not see that your current company was only going to charge you a small amount. These people are still in business and I still get post office mailings from them. I rip them up. Also, I get phone calls from people who know my domain name and want my fax number. I hang up on these people also. Most have an overseas accent. You should not be receiving physical mailings and telephone calls about your domain names.

If you want to start a website and you are NOT selling things, your website should cost nothing to a few dollars a month. I regularly set up shopping carts for people who want to sell items AND do credit card billing. The yearly website cost is in the range of $80 to $100 a year and an SSL security certificate is like $50 a year. If you are paying more than that, you may be vastly overpaying. Granted, there would be gateway fees and credit card company charges as additional cost, but most website hosts don’t do that and thus their costs don’t involve those charges anyway!

Anyway, I could go on and on about scams, spams and slams but you get the idea. Keep your wits about you. If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. There are people who can pat you on the back with one hand and pick your pocket with the other. And it MAY happen to you.

You can got to http://KonaCoffeeFarmers.Org and click on the Knowledge button and then on the Newsletter link. You will find a years worth of newsletters.

The cirrent newsletter is at http://konacoffeefarmers.org/...

I got home late last night and living in the country, you get used to lots of stars and lots of quiet.

I'm lucky that there are no invasive species on my property; specifically the cocqui frog which is driving many residents crazy with their noise.

Oh I get the periodic turkey and dog noise or perhaps during the day I hear a helicopter come by or a chain saw zing. For the most part it is quiet.

However, just a few miles away it is a noisy world. I'm not speaking of being up in town, I'm talking about being UNDERWATER! The whales are here and singing away and you don't even have to get wet to hear them, just point your browser here:

http://www.whalesong.net/

or

http://www.jupiterfoundation....

So enjoy the music but let me know if you can figure out the lyrics...

You may remember Prime numbers (natural numbers which can only be divided by themselves and the number 1). These are numbers such as 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43 and so on.

I was over at Wikipedia.Org and browsing entries when I came across the Prime Number. It is interesting to note that although discovered in ancient Greece, and studied ever since. However, it was not until the 1970’s that an actual application was found that could use them. That application is cryptography (encrypting data) and is used daily on websites now a days. Since 1951, computer programs now find prime numbers.

Although not obvious, it appears that at least one insect may be here primarily because of prime numbers.

Remember the cicada, the insects that live underground and emerge every 13 or 17 years? As Wikipedia says, if they emerged at non-prime number intervals, say every 12 years, then predators appearing every 2, 3, 4, 6, or 12 years would be sure to meet them and kill them off.

I wonder if other animals or plants use prime numbers to their advantage?

As you may know, computer viruses are named “viruses” because they spread on computers much like a real virus spreads in real life. Wouldn’t it be interesting if as mathematicians use computers to look for prime numbers, that one of the patterns they discover might be the key to curing cancer?

Ham Radio allows licensed operators to transmit and receive radio transmissions from around the world. You could talk to a Kina, a US Senator, Astronauts and even TV and movie stars. Itr is a fun hobby that also can save lives.

Once, before the end of the USSR, I spoke with someone in the Kremlin (not a very easy thing to do) via Ham Radio.

However, with the advent of the Internet, Ham Radio has taken somewhat of a back seat. Now you can get on your computer and chat with people worldwide at no charge. Even cell phone calls can be cheap or free.

As we speak, there is a company starting up in Iowa that will allow you to call many foreign countries for free, as long as you can call into Iowa.

It seems that there is a loophole whereby the government pays small rural telcos a fee for receiving calls from outside their area. Now imagine that that amount is less than it costs to forward the call around the world..

Thus All Free Calls was created. Stop over to http://allfreecalls.net and take a look. You call their number, they answer and you punch in a valid overseas telephone number and away you go.

I have not yet tried it, mainly because I don't know anyone overseas. Perhaps I need to crank up the old Ham radio and put out a call to see who is out thre!

If you want to get a deal on free shipping on Kona Coffee, go to http://ItsKona.Com

On the mainland here are many cross streets and roads at angles and circles and o on. Here on my island we have some roads, which combine to kinda circles the main part of the island, and on occasion, there are roads that parallel them. You can circle the island but not necessarily have an alternate route.

Last night I was coming back home on the main road between North and South Kona and saw the flashing lights of an ambulance heading towards me. The lights were the only warning of the approach, as the siren was not going. This is common here because people pull over; unlike on the mainland in places I have visited. With the lack of alternate roadways and the great slope nearby, ambulance sirens would fill the air constantly and be projected towards the low-lying beaches.

I assume that because people pull over, they don't use sirens unless absolutely necessary. It is only a guess on my part. I don't want to bring it up and have someone realize that they *should* be using the sirens and start them up...

In a related development, I heard a siren today. Well, I thought it was a siren but they tested them the other day. Once a month they test the tsunami sirens, unless there is an actual tsunami watch, in which case they don't do a test I'm sure this makes sense to someone...It turns out that what I heard was just a table saw a neighbor was using.

Hey, it *could* be worse. Once I thought I heard water flowing and it turned out to be a palm tree waving in the breeze!

I was reading an article today, which mentioned a French curve. Although I have used one in drafting, I could not remember the exact shape. I was off to Wikipedia.Org (the online Encyclopedia) to see one.

Earlier today I read a posting on KonaWeb where someone talked about seeing photos from space. I often use Google Earth (Earth.Google.Com) to search for locations. Years ago I had found a photos taken from space of a plane on a tarmac at an airport. I posted it and along with the date of the photo people were able to play CSI (Crime Scene Investigators) to determine the airport. They zoomed out from the coordinates and found the plane at Atlanta’s Hartsfield Airport. You knew the photo was taken during the day and there were few flights. That meant it was a Weekend. There was little traffic on the streets and the shadows showed the sun to be at about 10:30am. Looking up the airport diagram showed which gate the plane was sitting at. You could also just make out the Delta logo on the side of the plane. By looking at the size of plane vrs the size of the luggage carts, and throwing in the depth of the shadow, you could determine the type of plane. All that helped them decide that the plane was a charter and was being loaded for South America (based upon know charter scheduled posted). This exercise was a cooperative effort of people around the world and was quite fun. It used science and deduction to solve a problem. Most of the information came from one photo but others interactively used the Internet for further investigation.

The other day I was watching a movie filmed in Canada. They showed the name of a company on a building. I looked up the movie in the Internet Movie Database (Imdb.com) and browsed through the Locations page to see what cities hosted the movie. Then a search for that company name turned up an address. Plugging that address into Google Earth allowed me to visually zoom in on the specific location the movie was shot and even tilt the photo just a bit to see how high the building was.

Why? Because I could!

You have to be careful though. Not all of the information on the Internet is actual. For example, if you look up a product you have seen on TV, you may see glowing reports about it, only to discover that each of the people touting it are using the same wording. A search may turn up that each site you find sells the product. Then you may do a search for the product and the word “scam” and find lots of people telling you why the product is not worth the money.

Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) is an online encyclopedia with a twist. You can add or modify the descriptions. Although most of the entries are correct, it is possible to create a fictitious entry and have people believe it is true. Recently it was alleged that Microsoft wanted to pay someone to fluff up its own listing to make itself sound better. You should note that Microsoft probably did not create the original entry, thus it was not as pro-Microsoft as they would hope.

Sometimes when searching for products to buy, I use Ebay.com, Pricegrabber.Com, and Froogle.Com. These sites let me see comparative prices and deals that may keep my cost low. I also search for the product to see if I can find a coupon code I can apply to the purchase.

For consumer items I use ClarkHoward.Com as a basis. Clark has never steered me wrong and I respect his analysis. He also has published travel deals and once I even beat the master. Although he found a $199 round trip ticket from Atlanta to Honolulu, I was able to book it for $182. I got listed in his Get Clark Smart consumer book!

I used to travel quite often to Hawaii (before I moved here). In 7 years I made 13 trips and never paid more than $450 round trip for the airfare. I even created a TIPS page on my MyHawaiianSite.Com page explaining how to use sites like Travel.Yahoo.Com and Travelocity’s Dream Maps page to find real airline deals. I would search a couple times a day looking for bargains, then went to the airline websites to see if I could do better.

On a recent trip to the neighbor islands, I thought I had done pretty good on rental car prices until I thought to search COSTCO’s site. Being a member I found an even better deal and saved about 10% more!

It is not just information you can search for. Consider searching Images.Google.Com for a photo of that French curve, or try looking for your own name to see if you pop up.

If you want information of people you can try Google or perhaps Zoominfo.Com or Zabasearch.Com to look them up.

There are sites to help you see what your house is worth. There is a site just announced that will let you hum into your computer and it will search lyrics and tell you the song. If you don’t believe me, LOOK IT UP!