Geek is chic.
If you're looking for a particular item to go on sale and you have the patience to wait for the price to drop, Woot is where it's at. What Woot does is buy a ton of merchandise on the cheap, then sells it to its registered users (sign-up is free) for a huge fraction of the regular price. Usually only one item is posted each day at midnight Central time. But they've just launched something to Read more
In addition to being my favorite word, Woot is also one of my favorite places to find cheap stuff. Woot's premise is simple: they offer one product per day for 24 hours. That's it. No exceptions. You won't find any "search" boxes or places to "narrow your selections" cause there's only one item available at a time. Although there are many mornings spent checking my RSS reader, and finding that I Read more
I have a questionable habit of saying "Woot! Woot!" a couple times a day so naturally I adore this Woot Note Set ($6). "Woot" ("w00t" is the real geek spelling) is a sort of cry of joy and celebration used by online gamers. It's used in place of saying "yay!" or "yesssss!" Oddly enough, it was named word of the year by Merriam-Webster in 2007. Woot Note Set: Totally Geeky or Geek Chic? Read more
We're thrilled to present this smart Kiplinger story here on Savvy! We've tested and picked 15 Web sites we think are easy to use and will help you save money all year. Even if you don't end up buying online, it never hurts to find the best deals on the Web before you hit the stores. Then you can comparison shop and make better choices. We also list three smart-phone applications that will help Read more
I love Woot.com for its super daily savings, but it doesn't always provide for my specific tastes. Enter Thwipster, a site that offers an awesomely geeky daily and weekly deal on stuff like comic books, pop culture goodies, and more, aiming to totally satisfy your inner shopping nerd. On sale right now is the Absolute All-Star Superman comic for $59.99, while the weekly deal features book one of Read more
For its 100th-anniversary edition, the officials behind the Concise Oxford English Dictionary are taking a leap into the modern, pop culture lexicon with the addition of words inspired by a social media culture. Included among the 400 newly sanctioned English words are woot (!), retweet, sexting, noob, and cyberbullying. According to the dictionary's editors, the words were selected based on the Read more
We should all have heard of Groupon, Living Social, PopSugarCity, and Woot.com by now, but what if your interests are more . . . selective? Though you can get a ton of cool stuff on all of the previously mentioned sites (great deals on massages, kayaking adventures, and even discounts on toilet paper), these five may be more tailored to your tastes and fit your personality to a T. Check them out Read more
I finally bit the bullet, saved up my pennies, and purchased an item that's been on my wish list for the past year — a DNA Testing Kit from 23andMe. This innovative contraption made it onto our February Must Haves list, but let me refresh your memory on the details of the test kit. For $199 (down from their original price tag of $499), 23andMe mails you a kit, which includes detailed Read more
