It was hard for me to switch from IE to Firefox but it seems to work better than IE with Vista, that said, I am not a big fan of downloading extensions and I hate additional toolbars. That appears to be a good thing given the news that those extensions have created a security [...]

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If you have struggled with trying to find the right credit card for you and don’t want to fill out credit card application after credit card application only to discover that either you did not get approved or the terms when the card arrive are not exactly what you wanted? There are better ways, [...]

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It’s being reported that President Bush will select Robert Zoellick as his choice to replace Paul Wolfowitz, who is stepping down June 30 after findings by a special bank panel that he broke bank rules when he arranged a pricey compensation package in 2005 for his girlfriend, bank employee Shaha Riza. The controversy prompted calls [...]

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I was pretty excited when I read this article from Wired about the new Google Maps “Street View” feature of google maps. Unfortunately though, there are only a few cities that you can see the street view at. Maybe someday it will come to a City near you but for now? It’s [...]

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At the recent meeting of the American Astronomical Society meeting in Honolulu, Geoff Marcy of Berkley reported that they had discovered 28 new planets, this means there are 236 “exoplanets” out there that have been identified so far.
The team has expanded on the recent discovery of the “hot ice” planet, GJ [...]

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AbtElectronics.com sells all kinds of electronics, from appliances to other electrical needs like a digital camera memory stick and chances are they have exactly what you are looking for or something that you might not know even existed. Like this egg poacher, I didn’t realize that Cuisinart had one like this, and it’s pretty [...]

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This one a bit more personal, one of the great things about ultrasound technology, especially in the larger units is their accuracy. In doing things like making sure my first grandchild is doing great progress wise and even telling my son and his wife what the sex of the baby will be. For [...]

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I’ve often posted about how I enjoy shopping online rather than driving to a store and that it is not very difficult to find great deals as well as free or reduced shipping of you are a savvy shopper. One of the easiest ways to find good deals is to use Coupon Chief. [...]

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Thanks to technology places that were once impossible to be able to take an ultrasound unit now have access using these smaller ultrasound units. The traditional ultrasound machine weighs hundreds of pounds and is compared in the article to moving a refrigerator, while these newer units weigh between three and seven pounds. While [...]

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Soon with the right equipment you will be able to listen to more than one radio station using the same frequency. In certain areas of the country this is already being offered but today’s news that Sony is set to announce this new line will make it available to thousands more people than currently [...]

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Today was a very fun day, I was away from my computer for most of the day over at my best friend’s house, enjoying her company and her family with my husband and my youngest daughter. We cooked burgers, hot dogs and brats on the grill (okay…Holly’s husband cooked – we watched) and ate [...]

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For those of us with high school graduates while they are celebrating to pomp and circumstance you could be sitting there wondering how in the world you are going to pay for your student to go to college. Of course there are federal student loans but they don’t cover all of your student’s expenses [...]

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One of the things I like about PrepLogic is demonstrated in their slogan, “Be prepared. Be confident. Get Certified.” Which they offer several different ways for you to get Cisco certification training as well as your MCSE, A+, Microsoft or CCNA certification training. You have the ability to pick which level you [...]

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Thought this would be a good time to share some Memorial Day History:
Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves [...]

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I do most of my shopping online, even before I stopped driving, it was an easy and convenient way to buy things and just have them delivered here to my house. With that, I always keep my eye out for good discount places to buy office supplies from printer paper, to labels even for [...]

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Appetizer
Name a sound you like to hear.
The Wind…
Soup
What is your favorite kind of cheese?
That’s hard, I love many kinds of cheeses, but I’d say my favorite right now is queso quesadilla, it’s a Mexican cheese designed for melting and it is awesome!
Salad
Do you sleep late on Saturday mornings? Why or why not?
I used to, [...]

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We’ve talked about on my other blogs and in the past about the decision between all inclusive and not, so it’s time to move on to another tip to help you plan the perfect Family Vacation Resort. It’s the research! Seriously, just a few hours in front of your computer checking out the [...]

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This article on moms who are using the internet struck a chord with me, since I can relate to wanting to stay at home and yet still try to provide some additional income. The CNN article talks about some of the more traditional ways women are making money online, such as ebay and websites [...]

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Anyone who has tried to decipher the Ohio Revised Code and the Ohio Administrative Code or any local ordinances knows that it is impossible the majority of the time to figure out exactly what your rights are and what type of recourses are available to you. Our Ohio government doesn’t exactly make their [...]

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Supposedly the theory according to a panel of experts is if they raise taxes on smoking, make smoking illegal just about everywhere they can get away with making it illegal and generally harrass the hell out of anyone who does still dare to smoke? People will quit smoking. I’m typically liberal [...]

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