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Holiday Shopping Season

By Website Introductions at 11/29/08 23:44

The Monday after Thanksgiving weekend is called "Cyber Monday," the unofficial kickoff of the busy online retail season.

During this season, people rush to online shopping websites to get the best holiday bargains. People just cannot stop spending on gifts even though the economy is going badly.

However, overall sales is expected to be flat after years of strong growth.

Link: Holiday shoppers will find bargains online - CNN.com

Green Thanksgiving Tips

Thanksgiving is just a few week from now and it kicks off the holiday season the United States and marks the beginning of the the six weeks of fun, feasts, and festivities.

Although this year is not very good one, in terms of the economy, this is still the time and perfect opportunity to be grateful for all what we have and to make life much more greener for the environment.

Andrew Housser gave some few tips on how to rebuff the whole thanksgiving celebration traditions which is usually costing a lot of resources to waste on his article on the link below.

Link: WBTV 3 News, Weather Sports, Traffic, and Programming Guide for Charlotte, NC | How to celebrate a 'green' Thanksgiving

Marvel Paper Crafts

Are you that addicted to Marvel characters? Do you have a lot of time in your hands? Then add a little decoration to your home and create these papercraft Marvel characters. This is one kind of project that you can accomplish in one sitting, so try it now!

Link: Weekend Project: Papercraft Marvel Characters » The UberReview

Cube Crafting

If you are bored at work, the best thing to do is go to the nearest computer then type-in "cubecraft.com" on your favorite browser, download a template, print, cut, and fold.

The latest model, courtesy of Christopher Beaumont's Cubecrafts, is the video game character is Nathan "Radd" Spencer of Bionic Commando.

Not just video game characters are cubeecrafted you can choose from a any character posted in the site, even Obama and McCain have their own model. Enjoy.

Link: Bionic Commando, Penny Arcade Papercraft | Game | Life from Wired.com