Free Travel Pillow from Sleep Number

Take the brief survey at the link below and receive a free travel pillow.

Sleep Number survey

Free Bottle of Advil

Get a coupon in the mail for a free 24 tablet bottle of Advil.

Free Pack of Kleenex Tissues

Click here for free Kleenex giveaway.
You can send one to yourself or friends.

Free Jiffy Mix Recipe Book

Jiffy Mix Recipe Book

Handy Business Card Size Calendar To Print

Lifehacker found this handy miniature calender to download and print from Grafish Design's Blog. After printing and cutting it out, it will easily fit inside a photo holder for your wallet. The calendar uses only one set of numbers but lists twelve alternate headings for each month, color coded for the varying days in the month (green for months with 31 days, orange 30 days and pink for February). Clever and makes for larger size type (for those of us with degrading vision) than a wallet sized calendar listing every month in the traditional fashion. The calendar is a pdf file. Download the english version here:

The Small Calendar 2010

Get a Coupon For A Free M & M Mars Chocolate

First 250,000 can register and get their free coupon via mail:

M & M Mars Free Chocolate Offer

Free Coldplay Album "Left Right Left Right Left"

Coldplay is making its own contribution to those of us looking for work (like me ;-)). They are giving away their latest album 'Left Right Left Right Left'. Download it at the link below for free (just have to give your email address and country). Note that it is a 54MB zip file.

Coldplay Left Right Left Right Left

Free Coffee Sample

Get a free sample of Nescafe Tasters Choice Stick Pack.

Free KFC 2-Piece Meal Coupon

Courtesy of the Oprah Show...
Get a coupon good for one two piece grilled chicken meal with two sides and a biscuit at KFC. Note that you will only be able to print this coupon through 9:59PM CDT on 5-6-09. Once printed, the coupon is good through 5-19-09 except Mothers Day.
Click the following link:
KFC 2-Piece Meal Coupon

Turtle Odyssey 2 Game Free Today

Give Away Of The Day's sister site Game Give Away Of The Day has a particularly decent looking game for free today called Turtle Odyssey 2. I usually don't mention these sites as a blog posting (I have a link in the side bar) but this game looks more promising than what is normally offered and it got fairly good user reviews.

Do Some Spring Cleaning On Your Computer

Giveawayoftheday.com has a particularly useful piece of software for their give-away today. Cleanse Uninstaller Pro 5 works to remove unwanted programs or leftover pieces of programs (often left behind when you uninstall). There are free alternatives, but this program does look particularly robust. These programs do tend to help speed up your PC (just as running defrag periodically does).

Free License of Solid Capture

Raymond.cc blog found a deal on a well featured screen capture utility called Solid Capture. Itnormally sells for $29.95. Granted there are a lot of free alternatives out there, but this may be worth looking at.

Check out the download instructions at the Raymond.cc blog link below:

Free Solid Capture Unlock Code Worth $29.95 for EVERYONE

Get a Free Bottle of Diet Dr. Pepper

Get a coupon for either a free 20 oz or 2 liter of Diet Dr. Pepper.

Diet Dr. Pepper - Free Coupon

Download "America's Song" for Free

Today Only!
Download 'America's Song' from Oprah's website.

Free 3 Year Subscription to Today's Diet and Nutrition Magazine

Through this Saturday 1/24/09, get a free 3 year subscription to Today's Diet and Nutrition magazine when you use promotion code INAUG09 (must be in all caps).

Free Suave Shampoo

Sign up to get a coupon (by mail) for a free bottle of Suave Shampoo.

Free Suave Shampoo

25 Days of Free Holiday Music at Amazon.com

Amazon is giving away a free holiday MP3 for each day of December through Christmas. Previous giveaways are still available. You will have to install a lightweight 'downloader' application but it works well and will automatically add the song to your iTunes or Windows Media Player library.

Amazon 25Days of Free Holiday Music

While there, check out the other free MP3 downloads they have available.

Amazon Special and Free MP3 Deals

Another NO Out-Of-Pocket Cost TV Digital Converter

My previous post listed one option for a no out-of-pocket cost digital TV converter; I just came across another CECB digital converter box that is offered with free shipping and sells at $40.00 each which nets out to $0.00 with your coupon. Once again, you have to buy two to get the special price and free shipping.

This model is a Sansonic FT-300A which according to Consumer Reports has great video quality but is lacking in features (no program guide, no directly tuning to channels, no size/font adjustments). Guess it depends what you want.

Buy it through Consumer Electronics Group.

Get a Digital Converter Box With NO Out-Of-Pocket Cost

After nosing around for quite some time on the internet, I found a site where you can buy a pair of digital converter boxes (alternatively known as CECB's...Coupon Eligible Converter Boxes) by using two of the TV Converter Box Coupons. This is the only deal I came across where the net to you is $0.00. Through November 30,2008 they are offering free shipping when you purchase two units.

To start, you have to get your two coupons from the government:
TV Converter Box Coupon Program

They mail out in batches, so depending on the timing of things it could take you a while to receive them and you may not be able to take advantage of this deal. I ordered mine on Oct. 19th and received them on Nov. 13th or 14th (can't remember)...anyways, it was roughly three weeks.

The site that is offering the totally free unit is FreeTVSignal. They are on the authorized list at the DTV2009, the government site. You'll see on their homepage their deal of the month. Click on the deal and you will be taken to the product page for the Sunkey SK-801ATSC. You will see on the product page that the sale price for two units is $80.00. With your coupon $0.00. The sale price and free shipping is valid through 11/30/08.

The Sunkey SK-801ATSC, from what I've read, appears to be a fairly decent unit. I like that it has buttons on the box to turn it off and change the channel (some boxes you need the remote...I'm always worried about misplacing the remote). The unit has analog pass through which is good in case you have some low power stations in your area which aren't required to go digital. It has a remote control (not universal), decent program guide, and I think (don't hold me to it) it even comes with the A/V cables (RCA type). It seemed to have gotten decent comments in the AV Science Forum. It hasn't yet been reviewed in Consumer Reports.

I spent a lot of time reading about these units. Here are some links with information:
Consumer Reports
AV Science Forum
DTV Converter Boxes Blog
DTV 2009
WIKI Comparison of CECB Units

You will find so many conflicting reports on the quality of each of the boxes. Take for example the Dish Network TR-40 CRA (which I was originally going to buy because it is free with $8.95 shipping until I found this totally free one). You will find some sites highly acclaiming this unit (it does have the best EPG...Electronic Program Guide); you will find some sites criticizing it. I think there are so many variables (quality of your tv, cables, antenna, position of the unit/antenna, etc.) that even the best units can perform poorly depending on the circumstances. I opted to search for a free unit because I see the units as eventually a throw away as my aging tv's will get replaced over the next few years. I have not yet received the free unit (I'll be ordering it shortly) so I can't attest to its quality at this point.

If anyone else finds some totally free deals, please post in the comments so others can find (especially for when this deal expires).

Amazon List of 500+ Free MP3's

Amazon has a lot of free MP3's on its site. A lot of stuff I never heard of, but some aren't a bad addition to your library.
You can listen to a 10 second preview of each song right from the list. To download Amazon songs, you have to install the Amazon MP3 Downloader. It's a small program that will manage you Amazon downloads and automatically add them to your iTunes or Windows Media Player library.

See the list here:

Amazon 500+ Free MP3's