Growing up near Anaheim, I always enjoyed spending some time at Disneyland.  However, the ticket prices have gone up year after year and it can become pricey for a family of four.

Today I saw that Disney is offering free admission to 1 million volunteers who volunteer through HandsOn Network.  It is much needed generosity from Disney’s part and I hope people will sign up for the sake of volunteering.  I certainly will.

Last week I posted that the price of Wii will be dropped to $199 starting on September 27th and sure enough, quite a number of stores listed the price of Wii to $199.

However, I never expected Amazon to sweeten the deal even more.  Right now Amazon is offering $25 gift card with a wii purchase if you purchase one before October 5th!

Here are the official words:

Get a $25 gift card with a Wii purchase. To qualify, add a Wii console to your cart from September 27, 2009 to October 3, 2009, and you will get a $25 Gift Card in the mail up to 10 business days after your purchase. Must be sold and shipped by Amazon.com. Does not apply to products sold by third-party or marketplace sellers. Shipping and taxes may apply.

2 new codes good for a FREE one night rental from any McDonald’s Redbox SMR8DVD and 9HB6MP22. Find your nearest Redbox location here.

The latest news out of the world of Entrecard is that they will start reserving 15% of network inventory and this has started another storm within the Entrecard world.  Personally I don’t mind having sponsor ads on my website as long as I have the ability to approve the ads.

The value of Entrecard is the people that are using it.  However, there are other programs that are picking up the slack, mainly CMFAds and Adgitize.  I see a lot of overlap between these three systems.  Hopefully the new Entrecard management can calm the crowd this time without much of the fire storm like last time.  If not, there will be a lot more people moving other programs instead.

Smithsonian magazine is currently offering two free passes to a set of museums on September 26th.  If you are wondering I enjoy visiting museums and I would recommend Smithsonian museum in Washington D.C.  The science museum there is very educational for both adults and kids.  If you are wondering, yes, I am a geek.

There has been a lot of retail ads that shows a price cut by Wii in the last few weeks.  Today is the first time I see an actual date associated with the price cut.  I saw the news on GoNinendo regarding the price cut coming out next Sunday.  I don’t any reason to doubt them so for those of you who is looking for a Wii price cut, we might get one by next Sunday!

Recently quite a number of people I know have their WordPress blog hacked.  Consider the amount of time and effort blogger spend on keeping their blogs up and running, it is critical you always keep your WordPress secure.  Here are some key points I aggregated from the recent readings:

1.  Upgrade WordPress to the latest version.
Wordpress has quick become one of the most popular blog platform on the internet.  However, popularity also means it is most susceptible to security flows.  Every time they released a new version it almost always address some security flow.  Thus it is extremely important to keep your WordPress version updated.

2.  Never access your blog from a unsafe computer.
Unsafe computer are computers where you are not the only user.  The typical example is internet cafe.  Computers in an internet cafe might be infected by malware due to the usage of the previous user.  When you use internet cafe computer, the malware can pick up user name and password to your account.
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MySavings is currently offering free subscription (6 issues) to American Baby Magazine.  The latest issue has baby Einstein DVD that will be be perfect for new born babies!

I am a sponsor of the EC Free Traffic Contest this week, 9/15~9/22.  All you have to do is comment on one of the four posts listed below.
You will receive 100 EC for one comment, up to 3 comments.
An additional commenter will be selected to win 500 EC based on random.org.
One entry per comment and only quality comment will be considered.
After you comment on my blog, go back to Cornymans Money Blog and post a comment stating which of my post you have commented on.

COMMENT ON THESE POSTS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN
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Lockerz Review
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Cost of Living Comparison in Major US cities
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I just received an email saying that tomorrow 9/15/09 at 5PM EDT, Lockerz will replenish PTZ Place with your favorite prizes from previous launches, as well as many new items for redemption.

I have my eyes on the following:
iPod Touch 8GB                    325 PTZ
Portable DVD player          300 PTZ
iPod Nano                                300 PTZ
Madden NFL 2010 x360    100 PTZ

Some of the items look fairly appealing.  Be sure to check your email for a complete list!  If you haven’t join yet and is interested, leave a comment here and I will send you an invite!