02 December 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Amazon Prime

Last year, just before Christmas, I invested in an Amazon Prime membership. For $75 a year, you get free two day shipping on most of your orders from Amazon. At first blush, Amazon Prime seemed like a terrible idea. However, I was ordering something last December, and I was in a hurry. I believe it [...]

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19 November 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Digital Memories

I’m the worst when it comes to maintaining relationships. There may be only one thing that I do worse- deal with photos. Lately I’ve found a way to take care of both- Facebook. I’ve met people on Facebook I haven’t seen in decades. I’ve starting singing with a bunch of my friends from High School [...]

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12 November 2008 ~ 0 Comments

No Internet?

My internet went down.  Funny, I expected creepy music, or more drama as I wrote that. Picture little japanese people running through the streets with giant rubber dinosaur feet in pursuit. Cows and picket fences flying through the air as a pickup swerves madly on the road. Cary Grant face down in the cornfield as [...]

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21 October 2008 ~ 0 Comments

No One I Know Is On Twitter

I love the internet. Social Media? Awesome! Blogging? Cool! Micro blogging? Macro spectacular! Since I started blogging, podcasting, and socializing on the internet, I have made bunches of friends. I keep in touch with them all kinds of ways. I am friends with them on Facebook. I follow their timelines on PLurk. I have ‘friended’ [...]

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14 October 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Windows Vista Parental Controls

I’ve been hating on Vista. A lot. I had little luck with Vista, which caused my computer to crash, lag, and generally aggravate me. Since I’ve gotten my Macbook, I’ve set up the old Vista laptop at home for the kids to use as a second computer. Since they are both in upper schools, they [...]

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