Most people like to get good deals. Being an outdoor enthusiast I like to get good deals on outdoor equipment. For the electronics/gadget people there is 1saleaday, woot, and slickdeals. For the outdoorsy types it’s WhiskyMilitia, Bonktown, Dailydeals, Steep and Cheap, and Chainlove. It can become addictive. Each day you check out what one item is being sold at a really big discount. It varies from object to object but they post something new every 30-40 minutes. If they have a really good deal sometimes it will only last a few minutes before being sold out.

But who wants to have to go to each website and see what they have? Not me. GearScan.com solves that issue with combining the information from each website into one site. You can even search for more gear on various websites ranging from REI to Sports Authority. I would definitely recommend this site for anybody that is in an outdoor enthusiast.

Vanilla Bicycles (Portland Oregon) is a custom bike shop that targets the niche hipster cycling crowd.

At 19 Sacha White started building bike frames and attempted to combine fabrication and artistic talent to create edgy stylish rides. His website is extremely sleek and filled with simple classy pictures of his “works of art” that will be sure to grab your attention.

These handmade bike shops are beginning to pop up across the U.S. in highly populated urban areas. Names such as Naked Bicycles, Calfee Design, and Kirk Frameworks are competing with each other to create the most unique ride. It is becoming a status thing. Similar to wearing name brand clothes. Anybody can go to Kohls and buy a dress shirt, but if you are wearing a handmade Gitman Bros. dress shirt you are in another league. You will definitely pay the price for a Vanilla bike, or for any handmade bicycle. If you have the patience and really want one of these handmade rides, you will have to be put on a five year waiting list. When it comes time for your bike to be built you are going to be dropping some major dough, well over $1,000.

These days, if you don’t know how to do something or you want to teach yourself something new just go to YouTube! I can’t tell you how many times I have been in the middle of a project and realized, I don’t know how to take this apart or I wonder if there is a better way to do this. So, I just grab my laptop, do a little YouTube search, watch a few videos and I am almost an expert! YouTube has such a vast selection of tutorials and howto’s and it’s growing every day. So, whether you are trying to bake a cake, start a business, true a “road bike” wheel, or anything in between and you think you need some help……just YouTube it!

It’s great! We should all try it.

You get to know your friends in a more personal way if you just take the time to talk with them face to face. People are just too lazy these days to get up out of their chairs and go have a face to face conversation with the person they are “chatting” with online. Our communication skills are on a downhill slope due to this whole “online chatting” community that has been created.

I have never had a facebook account and I believe twenty years from now I will look back and be glad that there aren’t photos of me all over the internet….unless of course it’s like the whole cell phone thing…….if you are going to advance in life you have to get one.

So I challenge you all to delete your facebook! Your life will become so much more enjoyable.