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There’s a new site on the block: Revolution Money Exchange. It appears to be a bit like PayPal and is still in beta. As a way to get new users, they’re currently offering $25 for signing up! Here are the terms and conditions. The $25 showed up in my account immediately. I’m now waiting for the trial deposits in my checking account.

The only thing that made me a little leery is they ask for your Social Security Number, but John over at My Money Blog assures us that it’s legitimate.

Also, there’s a referral program, so please leave a comment with your email address to get a referral! (Don’t worry. As always, I will never ever sell your email address to someone else, and email addresses are not published.) Thanks!

Just click the button below to sign up!

The latest BzzCampaign that I’ve joined is High Liner Captain’s Cut, which is a line of microwaveable frozen seafood. Now, frozen foods tend to be preferred by gourmands rather than gourmets, but when it comes to seafood, frozen is oftentimes actually fresher. In fact, I usually buy shrimp frozen. I remember watching a Ming Tsai TV episode where he visited some sort of seafood processing plant, and this little tidbit came up.

Captain’s Cut isn’t bad at all. The product I decided to try was the Salmon Lemon Dill. The cooking directions are simple to follow, and there’s little mess. After about 7 minutes in the microwave, there’s a decently tasty fish fillet to eat. Add a couple of simple sides like carrots or broccoli, and you have a healthy meal in no time! Plus, you can have some variety with six different products to choose from, though I could only find two of them at my local grocery store. The price also isn’t bad. It appears to cost $6.99. Considering a fillet of fish plus ingredients for sauce would cost that much anyway, I sure don’t mind buying it in a box. Plus, it fits much better into my busy lifestyle.

My only concern is that the fish is farm raised. However, that concern is alleviated by the fact that it’s a product of Canada. As far as I know, there are no reported health problems stemming from Canadian farmed fish. It’s certainly nothing like that recent NY Times article about Chinese fish farming.

Anyway, I think this is a decent product, and I’d buy it again. My main gripe is that the supermarket only has two of the products, but maybe they’ll expand the selection once they see that people are buying it.

If you cannot afford being on your regular cruises for this year, it is not a problem. You can get cheap flights and arrange stay at an economical travel lodge. For travelling inside the city, you can use car rental.

One of the most popular affiliate programs out there is LinkShare Corporation. Most people don’t even realize that they’re clicking on a LinkShare link much of the time simply because they’re so ubiquitous, and many, many websites out there earn income by referring people to online stores that have affiliate programs through LinkShare. It’s a great way to earn a little extra income, especially if you set up a site like FatWallet using their links. (Note that I do not actually know if FatWallet uses them, but I wouldn’t be surprised and it would be a great way to do it.)

Anyway, if you haven’t joined yet and run a website, then give it a shot! Click here to become a LinkShare Affiliate! I don’t think you’ll be displeased. You can easily run affiliate programs alongside the regular contextual advertising from AdSense and whatnot.

Most small-time online publishers out there (like me) use Google AdSense to generate revenue. It’s pretty effective and allows a steady stream of income to come in without much thought. However, it’s not the only advertising network out there. One that’s definitely making waves is AdBrite, and the best news out there is it’s compatible with Google AdSense. Here are the relevant AdSense program policies for reference. Make sure you check to see if they’ve changed:

Competitive Ads and Services

In order to prevent user confusion, we do not permit Google ads or search boxes to be published on websites that also contain other ads or services formatted to use the same layout and colors as the Google ads or search boxes on that site. Although you may sell ads directly on your site, it is your responsibility to ensure these ads cannot be confused with Google ads.

The coolest thing, however, is you can run both AdBrite and AdSense ads in the same exact space. In AdBrite, you can set the eCPM of your other ad network, e.g. AdSense, and AdBrite automatically shows the network that makes you more money. Pretty cool, huh? All you do is copy and paste the complementary ad network’s code into AdBrite, and they take care of the rest.

You can run ads from your current ad networks within your AdBrite code, and we’ll always show the ads that earn you the most money. In other words, when we can earn you the most, we’ll show our ads. When we can’t, we’ll rotate your other ads back in. You can’t lose.

I, for one, think this is just awesome and a boon to online publishers and recently signed up myself. I’ll switch this site over as soon as I have more data on eCPM for different ad slots.

Jott is one of the cooler sites that I’ve found via the BzzAgent Frogpond. What the site does is convert your voice to text for free. That means that you can do stuff like send text messages, email quick notes to yourself, etc. all without having to deal with the tiny keys on cell phones. Even if you have a Blackberry or other smart phone with a full keyboard, this can be extremely useful. You know your thumbs can really hurt after using them for a while! Sometimes, it’s just easier and better to talk and let a machine take care of the dictation.

Something else that’s nice is both Twitter and Zillow work with Jott! You can have messages automatically posted to Twitter via voice to text or get Zestimates on your wireless device. Very cool! Jott works with thirteen popular sites and is planning compatibility with many more in the near future.

I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. Don’t forget it’s free!!!