Archive for March 17th, 2008

Tax time widgets from HR Block

March 17th, 2008

Maybe it’s just me…but I hate tax time and taxes. I hate having a deadline to do more work and shell out more money just so the government can make sure that we are square on the money that they have stolen from me.

With that said…

Here are some interesting offerings from H&R Block during this wonderful tax season.

1. This is a Countdown to Tax Time widget that comes complete with a celebration type theme. Almost like a birthday party with the balloons.

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2. Here is a “Magic Eight Ball” style tax widget that allows you to ask “Tax Related” questions and delivers vague answers that should not be relied on in any circumstances. It’s called Block of Fortune widget. (a bit of spin on the H&R Block name)

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3. Deductor is a Flash game widget that allows you to fly/surf around collecting tax deductions while trying to avoid getting audited by evil IRS Agents. This is actually kind of fun and made me forget about the dreaded tax time for a few minutes.

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All in all, these widgets aren’t too bad and they don’t preach taxes too much. H&R Block has come up with a good idea here to help spread their name and have a bit of fun with it.

These widgets are created with clearspring.com and all use Flash so they can be spread widely. Here is an example of the widgets on a Myspace page: myspace.com/trumangreene

Snickers and Mr T widget

March 17th, 2008

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It seems as though Snickers and Mr. T from the A-Team are working together. They have a widget that works on bebo and Facebook. It also works just about anywhere you could want since it’s Flash.

Heres a quote from Mr. T on the getsomenuts.tv web site:

Hey fool, grab my widget and Get Some Nuts for your own profile page. Grab it now punk. Don’t make me mad. Grrrrrrrrrr

There’s one thing I don’t understand…the Snickers in the top left corner does not link to Snickers.com?

I’ll send you to the bebo page. The main “Get Some Nuts” page kinda sucks.

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