You could just run around naked, covered in blue paint and call yourself an Avatar NaVi. But that would be stupid, and you would look like a jack ass.

The important details for a solid Navi Costume will include a great Avatar Makeup Job and even possibly Avatar Masks or Prosthetics. But, the body paint, costume, ears and tail will really fill out your Na’Vi outfit.

Low quality, throwaway masks and costumes can be found at any costume shop, I imagine, you know the type of crap , you find in a Captain crunch box.

But, High quality special effects quality Avatar props do exist and with a little digging can be found at very affordable prices.

The best options I have discovered so far:

How to look like an Avatar : Avatar MakeUp Tutorial

Special Effect Quality Hollywood Latex Avatar Navi Masks

I never feel like it’s a new season of the year until I make sure and find a new bag to get me through the season. I can’t really explain it. Maybe it’s just because I’m so rough on my purses anyway that after a season of carrying one around all the time, I’m honestly a little sick of it. Plus it isn’t in the best shape either. But I just now found my perfect bag for the fall season because I’ve been so busy. Other years I would have had my new perfect fall bag for at least a month by now!

I used my wireless internet Charlotte to browse around a lot to find some ideas about which kind of bag I would really love and would also be in current style now.

I finally tracked down this really cute, rich blue leather purse that I know is just me. It has a huge buckle on the front of it, which makes it even more interesting and looks like just my own personal style.

Some of the obvious flaws with the iPad are the lack of usb ports and the required use of proprietary connections instead – this alone would keep me from wanting to support Apple in this endeavor .. but there is nothing to be done at this point about that issue.

The shape of the ipad is interesting when it was an iPhone – but when used as a computing alternative it quickly proves lacking in keyboard, style and form factor.

You may enjoy the form factor and sleek appearance – but its quick to tarnish with fingerprints and for such an expensive gadget it very much lacks in protective components.

In order to create a personal style and also integrate some scratch protection a very affordable option lies in the iPad skin option

Many of the available ipad cases also integrate kickstands which allows you to have a propable device for typing and watching movies at an appropriate angle, this will also create some drop and fall protection.

Other accessories to consider include:

Ipad Keyboards
Ipad Insurance
Ipad Accessories
Ipad keyboard

The buzz has been huge, there are so many awesome related concepts that have developed from this phenom.

Although you are not likely to find any theaters currently showing the film, you can find pre-order deals on the dvd. The Avatar DVD will be available in 2D, BlueRay and most likely very soon in 3D Bluray!

Best source for Avatar BlueRay DVD

AFter the summer, Home 3D technology will allow for viewing 3d stereoscopic theater in your living room.

This will require the use of stereoscopic 3d glasses

The merchandise and toys for Avatar are pretty cool.

Most Avatar T-shirts incorporate glow in the dark ink

The Avatar Toy Line uses webcams to create interactive 3d experiences that will acclimate your child to the ways of the future.

SOme of the select best toys include:

Avatar navi Toys
Avatar jake Toys

Buy Avatar stuff now, as when the Avatar sequel and trilogy comes out, the collectible prices will be huge.

Avatar makeUp
Avatar Photos
Avatar Posters

So this site never gets updated anymore, after building it and getting into monetization methods I learned I wasnt allowed to use affiliate links on wordpress.com sites. They very nicely allowed me to keep the site if I removed the links, so I did and I am grateful, but Im not sure what reason i have to keep it alive now that I manage another 20 something sites.

So back to the point, I write for money online and figured I would liven up this decaying site by adding some fresh content.

If your into making money writing online here are a couple of resources I developed.

ONLINE WRITING COURSES

A summary of places that provide free online courses for writers, including the esteemed Massachusetts institute of technology (wtf..I cant type writer but I pull of Massachusetts just fine!) the article divides the resources by variety and also includes some paid courses for online content writing.

Top Ten Places To Write For Money Online

Just a quick summary and explanation of ten different and proven online wriitng resources

Writing for adsense – why dont I make money with adsense

I think the title tells enough

Thanks for the article from Robin Woodard

Posted by Gaylord Campbell

One of my favorite things to do in my down time (haha, yeah like I actually have extra time) is to shop online. You know how it is these days around the holidays when you have to get a gift for everyone in your life and you don’t want to spend one million dollars on gifts that you know your friends and family may or may not use. It is hard to find that perfect item for everyone on your list. One place that I know I can always find something is zapos.com. I know that I can always find something for myself on that site and most of the time I know what size to order. Luckily they have a great shipping and return program just in case I choose the wrong size. For gift items they are also great from a returns aspect. I purchased some shoes for my brother for Christmas from there and I don’t have to worry if they fit or not because their return process is so easy! So the next time you are using your satellite internet oregon check out zapos.com, you won’t be disappointed.

The only accepted forms of payment are now via Paypal and ProPay. Which means your buyers can still use a e-check via Paypal but you are now protected via Paypal and on the downside forced to pay Paypal for processing fees.

What you may not know is that this policy will not be enforced until Jan 09th 2009. Meaning you can openly accept checks and money orders and state such in your listings until that date. Of course many will continue to list acceptance of these payment plans and will only be affected if there listing is reported.

Even after 01-09-09, a seller may continue to accept checks and money orders at the buyers request, but the buyer will not be protected under any of eBays protection policies and will not be eligible to file a dispute or leave negative feedback.

Straight from eBay:

What should I do if I have long-standing, repeat customers who insist on paying with checks or money orders, even after I explain the benefits of electronic payments and offer suggestions?
We know this may happen occasionally. A seller can accept check and money order payment from a buyer if (and only if) the buyer requests it. We will not take action against a seller who is trying to accommodate their buyer, complete a sale and be in compliance with the policy. Once these changes go into effect October 20, 2008, a seller cannot in any way solicit check or money order payment from a buyer. This is considered “abuse of the payments policy”. We will take action against such abuse. Remember also, you can refuse to accept these payment methods. If the buyer doesn’t pay, you can file an unpaid item (UPI) complaint. Buyers who insist on paying with these prohibited payment methods in a UPI claim will lose the claim and will not be allowed to leave negative feedback.

You may have noticed that I have not mentioned ProPay at all, at this time ProPay is a flimsy alternative payment option, probably allowed only to hide eBAys obvious monopoly over the entire auction system.

Without PowerSeller status (a very high transaction rate), one is not eligible for a ProPay merchant account. Supposedly other payment options will be announced in the coming months.

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Most of us who are active on eBay are accustomed to frequent and poor attempts to steal or “phish” our passwords via bogus emails.

They are usually pretty easily seen, But I was almost taken by this one, perhaps because I was bleery eyed at 4am when I first opened the email, but nonetheless I figured I share so others would know what to look for.

Before I post it, In case you dont read all the way through, Remember these 3 tips, so that you are NEVER successfully phished.

Always:

• Select details or show more details, in your email heading, although the email may say Paypal the originating address is more important.
• ex)1st flag
  

  from PayPal <service-dzd38r27vs3@2473.paypal-update.usafinancialjobs.net> to sunforged@kmail.com date Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:33 AM subject sunforged@kmail.com, please restore your account access You will see that colored heading does say Paypal but, the actual originating address is originating from the domain usafinancialjobs.net, not paypal.com as it should!

• Next, They addressed me by my email address, Paypal will ALWAYS use your registered name
• And finally as a security precaution, never log in from a link in the email, open a new window or tab and log in directly from the site.
• I did perform a WhoIs search on the originating domain on this fraud attempt (usafinancialjobs.net, they used the sub domain “paypal update” but they are paying for a privacy service, I called but was directing to their registrar Register.com who was unable to help due to the service.

• see the rest of the email below, pretty tricky, It was formatted well unlike most…so beware, but if you follow the three tips you will never get tricked again, if you do get one, forward it to spoof@ebay.com, they send you an automated thank you and they seem to get the originating web pages/emails/links/domains shut down very quickly.

Dear sunforged@kmail.com

PayPal works 24/7 to help safeguard your privacy and protect your identity by using advanced technology and vigilant monitoring. We deploy fraud prevention technology that monitors transactions for suspicious activity.

As part of our efforts to provide a safe and secure environment for the online community, we regularly screen account activity. While reviewing your PayPal and eBay accounts, we observed activity that we would like to further verify. For this reason, limitations have been placed on your account(s) until we are able to gather some additional information from you.

In order to resolve the account limitations, please complete the following steps:

1. Log into your PayPal account
2. Complete the necessary information

We may require you to provide additional information we can use to verify your identity or address or manage risk, such as your date of birth, social security number or other information.

Sincerely,
Account Review Department
Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and click the Help link in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

In case you were interested the link they direct you to is here (http://www.paypal.com.login-session-vxyrydqbr7t.usafinancialjobs.net/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run&id=c3VuZm9yZ2Vkc3R1ZGlvc0BnbWFpbC5jb20=) You’ll notice it actuall begins with paypal.com etc. so pretty in depth attempt!

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