There are no paid advertisements on KurtisMcCartney.com or any of the other Zen Alliance sites that I actively contribute to. This is because all of this information is sponsored by the authors, and in the case of this site it is yours truly.
I will make recommendations and those are out of a genuine satisfaction with quality, price, or some other factor that is typically mentioned. Off the top of my head I remember mentioning the following companies:
Antra Antennas (Ontario) or Motrak Antennas (Quebec)
These companies made it easy to save money and support local television. That is not their mission, it is mine, and their equipment was just right. Affordable, quality, cold-safe. I swapped over to Antra because they are speedy shippers and do business closer to Niagara.
DealExtreme.com
Started off buying Nintendo DS parts, fixed some iPhone screens with parts from here, and have found numerous meaningful gifts and tools here. Easy to "lose" a lot of money here, as my gadget loving ways are overwhelmed.
RareSeeds.com
Hands down one of the most rewarding experiences is growing right now in my family garden. Rather than dealing with the same six foods that every other gardener has in high supply RareSeeds.com allowed us to experiment with different colours, flavours, and more durable plants. In 2010 there is a "White" theme in the garden, with white tomatoes, white cucumber, and white flesh watermelon. Even though you had seed shipped in it is still local food, and that fresh off the vine taste is hard to duplicate.
REMEMBER: None of these vendors pay me, I pay them for products and occasionally for services. Usually with PayPal. So these are not what I would call advertisements as much as they are recommendations - which is also why they are in the "Recommended Menu" for at nearly a year after I purchase equipment. If their name isn't on there it is either because something has gone wrong or I have not needed to shop there. The goal is always to live with knowledge rather than products or money - but until that utopia arrives these are my go-to favourites.
