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Chris Garrett is opening the doors for a “Pre-Launch” to his upcoming Authority Blogger Course.

CHECK IT OUT - AND SEE ME OVER THERE!

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I had a little fun with a “new toy” this weekend .. I was playing with the site Animoto.com .. it’s a site where you can make a short video for 30 seconds, in about five minutes! It’s quite simple to use - here’s the promo video (it’s been around for a while)

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I touched on this topic last month about this product and it was selling for $299 USD.

I just received an email announcing their “July 4th” Promotion - purchase this product before July 4, 2008 and you receive a $100.00 discount and the price is $199.00 USD!

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I must say that this looks like an impressive product. You plug it in your lighter and then it keeps track of your mileage automatically using GPS. You still have to tell it when you are driving personal miles or business miles, but this time .. all you do is push a button, instead of keeping a manual log book.

A lot of self-employed people use their vehicle to claim automobile expenses. This includes gas, oil, car washes, repairs and maintenance, licensing and insurance, leasing costs and even interest on car loans and other incidental vehicle costs like Motor League, etc, not to mention the depreciation of the value of the car (capital cost allowance). If you didn’t know, only a PRO-RATA portion of these expenses can be claimed - based on the BUSINESS usage only. In certain situations, in lieu of keeping track of all expenses, you are able to claim a straight deduction based on the actual business miles used. In both cases, if you received any mileage allowances, you would reduce your claim. In Canada, you also have to keep track of the number of kilometres you drove specifically for the purpose of moving or medical expenses, or for the northern residents deductions.

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Effective January 1, 2008 …

I have decided to give up my Toll-Free Fax Line and use my local phone number as my fax number, as well

Since I went out on my own, I have been using TELUS FAX .. which is a fax to email service. I actually do have a 5-in-1 multi function fax machine/scanner/copier/printer/and something else/ .. but I only use it for sending faxes out on my regular home “lan” line.

It’s great to get fax to email .. it comes in a .tiff format, and I don’t have to print everything. I get to view on screen and print as often as I would like or need, or not at all. I don’t have to worry about being out of paper, and while I am always checking email .. it’s nice to know immediately if something needs my attention.

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I took my laptop to the cottage this weekend, and did a little work. WHAT A PLEASURE! I actually did some work! The laptop battery, fully charged, lasts for an estimated 5-1/2 hours .. but, I had it plugged in while I was using it and keeping it charged.

In my house, the built-in wi-fi/bluetooth/wireless detector recognized my own network and hooked up to my wireless G broadband router immediately. Actually, it also noticed a few other networks in my general area too! That’s with no extra wireless card inserted into the laptop .. just turn it on - and I’m not only connected to my other computers, but the network. It’s pretty sweeeeeeeeet.

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Good News: Part 3 - My Laptop Arrived Today!

Yaaaaay .. it’s a beaut! I’ll take pictures when I set it back up again

Bad News: EVDO Revolutionery Obstacles

Naturally, the second thing I did after receiving my new laptop today (the first being me taking it out of the box) was to install the software and check out the EVDO Wireless broadband internet connectivity.

Well .. the light was on the card, showing power, but the software was saying there was no power. Rather than fiddle with it, I decided to just pack it up and take it down to the MTS Connect Center where they promised they would help get it set up if I needed it .. I figured .. why not?! It would probably be faster than me reading instructions, trying to figure out Windows Vista Business, etc etc.

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Let me refresh:

* I ordered a new laptop(Note 1) on Thursday, May 31, 2007 from Dell Canada

* I signed up for EVDO Monday Morning June 4, 2007

* Later that evening of Monday June 4, 2007 I received .. “Part 1 - The Accessories”, which was a 120 GB external portable hard drive with USB .. here’s the picture:

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In my quest to get internet access at the beach this summer .. I mentioned earlier that I wanted to “Join the EVDO Revolution” .. because …

*Mobility High Speed is the latest evolution of North America’s leading cellular digital technology standard
* I think that’s pretty cool
* Dagnabit! I need Internet Access at Victoria Beach!

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Peter Merrick (BA, FMA, CFP, FCSI) .. President of Merrick Wealth Management, a boutique financial planning, employee and executive benefit consulting firm in Toronto, Ontario .. guest authored an entry here in the 1-800-HART Blog back in July 2005 called Individual Pension Plans - Upgrade Yourself.

He had informed me that the book on Individual Pension Plans that he has been working on for the last few years, has finally been published through Lexisnexis Canada has gone to the presses.

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