“Is This Thing On?” A Computer Handbook for Late Bloomers, Technophobes, and the Kicking & Screaming is the perfect Christmas gift for the non technical person you know.  For me, this is my mom.  I love her dearly, but she doesn’t even know how to turn the computer on.  At one point, I think we wrote her directions out, but this book is ten times better.  The book starts out assuming that you know nothing about computers (which is an awesome starting point.  Most books I’ve seen assume you have some sort of understanding).  It talks you through why you want a computer, how to buy it, how to set it up (without having to pay the GeekSquad to come to your house), and it even shows you how to get online and send email!  It teaches you about instant messaging and blogs too.  It walks you through digital photography and even items like cell phones, ipods, and blackberries.  This is must have guide for anyone who isn’t online due to fear.  Is This Thing On? doesn’t talk down to you and really makes it extremely understandable with its clear language and illustrations.  This book gets my two thumbs up!

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I have to apologize for not picking the winner sooner.  I had this brilliant idea to upgrade my blog to WP 2.7 yesterday, and well, things did not go well.  It took me all day yesterday to get my blog back into working order.  Now that it is working correctly, WP 2.7 isn’t too bad.  It is just going to take some time to get use to it.

The winner is Jessica Gugel! I will be emailing her shortly for her information! Congrats!

If you are looking for a way to get some great deals this Christmas season, then you definitely need to check out Red Save.  They have one of the largest gifts and gadgets UK websites out there for your Christmas goodies.  They have one of the best navigation systems on any shopping site that I’ve seen in both the US and the UK.  I love that you can pick exactly what you are looking for right off the left sidebar.  That makes finding the perfect gift that much easier!  For example, if you click the digital phone frames link, I was able to find this awesome deal on a Kodak Digital Photo Frame.  My favorite part of this photo frame is that it is touch sensitive, so it makes browsing your pictures that much easier.  I don’t think I’ve seen that on any other frame that is out on the market.  If digital photo frames aren’t on your list, you can check out the toys & games section or even the grown up fun section.  There is truly something for everyone here.  If you want the newest and greatest gifts out there, make sure you check out the New Arrivals.  There are a lot of really cool things in there too!  They take Visa, Mastercard, and even Paypal, so you are set no matter what.  Online shopping is the way to shop and Red Save makes it easy for you.

Digital photo frames have to be one of hottest gifts this season.  If you are wanting one this year, you should definitely check out GiiNii 7″ Digital Picture Frame.  This frame is one of the easiest to use on the market.  All you need to is plug it in, turn it on, and the frame instantly plays a vivid color slideshow of three pre-installed, high-resolution images. If you would like to view your own personal photos, simply insert a memory card. On-screen programming makes it easy to change settings.  I love the wedge design of it also.  Unlike other photo frames out there, you don’t havy to worry about this one tipping over and getting wrecked.  It has a high resolution (800 x 480) for crisp, vivid images and a 512 MB memory for storage.  It even plays movies and music!  The GiiNii 7″ Digital Picture Frame comes with a mini USB port for connectivity to PCs and Macs too.  You can even program it to show only a single picture and to having a slideshow with all your pictures.

Now, I am super jealous of all my readers.  Why?  I have to return the one I got to review.  However, you all are all lucky, because I have one to give away to my lucky readers! Here’s what you need to do:

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This giveaway will end on December 10 at 8:00 pm CST is available to US residents only. Good luck!

I am going to let you all in on a little secret that I am doing to do for Christmas this year. See the picture on the left? Those are stamps. I made them over at PictureItPostage and will be affixing them to all my Christmas cards this year. Tell me that isn’t the cutest thing you have ever seen?  There are just so many uses for these stamps.  You can do what I did and put them on Christmas cards.  However, I can see them being used for baby announcements, engagements, holidays and graduations.  You can’t make an invitation more customized and personal than this.  Plus, you don’t see stamps like this too often.  That makes it unique, and people will love it!  You will be the talk of everyone you send these too!

How hard is it to make these?  It is not hard at all.  PictureItPostage allows you to either create these stamps on their site or you can download a program, and you can create them on your desktop.  You can customize the background color and what color the text is on them too!  It literally took me about 10 minute to completely put this together.  Shipping took no time at all.  I am 100% satisfied with this company and would highly recommend you use them also.

Also, they are having a “Get Real” Photo contest that starts October 31st. They want to see the best of the worst when it comes to photos.  They want you to send them your worst pictures that you really don’t want to see the light of day. How do you enter?  On October 31, head over to PictureItPostage and upload your photo. Beginning November 21, all visitors to the “Get Real” contest website will have a chance to vote for their favorite photos.  The winners will be announced December 8.  What can you win?  They are giving away two Canon Digital SLR Camera and five PictureItPostage coupon codes good for 100 customized photo stamps. The ten first prize winners will each receive one PictureItPostage coupon code good for one pack of customized postage stamps.  We all have horrible pictures — now have them work for you!

Make sure you check out PictureItPostage!