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About a week ago I got my renewal notice from SmugMug, which hosts my photo galleries. Instead of seeing a bill, I got a notice that next year would be free due to all the referrals I sent their way. At first I couldn’t recall sending them any referrals, then I remembered an article I wrote on Digital Colony called Displaying a SmugMug Gallery with ASP.NET. At the end of the article I wrote down my referral code and then promptly forgot about it.

When I logged into my account I learned that not only is this year free, but I have enough referrals to pay for next year also. There was $60 I hadn’t planned on.

Amazon then sent me a nice gift certificate for $15. Turns out a few of my INeedCoffee readers bought a cordless water kettle as advised in my article Troubleshooting French Press Coffee. Thank you very much.

Both SmugMug and Amazon are top-notch companies. It’s kind of cool for them to slip me a tip. By the way, let me mention that my SmugMug referral code is: IzodUqeQndZYc. It will save you $5 on any new account and help me pay for my 2010 image hosting. And if you need anything from Amazon, feel free to use my custom Amazon search screen. Sweet!

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