I realized that I am a cheap person. The only stuff I will spend money on, is if I can see myself using it for 20 years, and then only if it is still relatively cheap and useful. Hence I often have a hard time justifying buying music, books, and movies.

Book are easy to obtain for free. Go sign up with your local library. I did and it usually has all the books I want to read. I will buy some books, if I see the point in re-reading them. But for a lot of casual reading, the library works fine.

And luckily for me, the Internet provides all my movie and music needs. Well, not entirely, but it does do a lot. For music, go to pandora.com. I love it. I can pick a type of music I like, and listen to it. They introduce me to new songs and artists, and provide tons of music info. Cons–I can’t pick a specific song to listen too, repeat a song I really like, and the streaming sometimes gets off on my internet connection.

Movies are a bit trickier. I start with alluc.org. They list links to movies, TV shows, and the like. After I can find a link, I can either stream it or, using veoh (see veoh.com), download it. Cons are: there is no quality to any movie, I’m not sure of the legality, and they don’t have everything. I usually use it for TV shows, like the BBC Robin Hood.