Technology

Upgrading Heat Registers in a Craftsman Bungalow

The dream is in the details
When you’re trying to restore your craftsman home to its original beauty, details matter. When I first started working on my craftsman, my primary concern was about making sure I that had a functional and efficient heating system. Living in a dream home can be [...]

Image from HeatRegisters.com.

Decorating Your Colonial Home

Colonial roots
While Colonial architecture appeared first when Europeans were settling America in the early 1700s, it didn’t cease to exist then. Over the course of the next 300 years, variations of Colonial design remained consistently one of the most popular and enduring styles of architecture.
Colonial décor was inspired by [...]

Image from Flickr.

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Picks Safest Vehicles

27 vehicles make Top Safety Picks list
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has come out with its annual list of Top Safety Picks. Eight SUVs and 19 cars have been given Top Safety Pick awards for 2010. People who want to make sure they’re getting the safest cars before filling [...]

Jeep Patriot image from Flickr.

Oxford New American Dictionary Unfriends 2009

The never-ending evolution of words
As more people embrace new methods of communicating, language must evolve to describe those methods. I admit that I do more communicating via Facebook and online instant messaging than I do by phone or even in person. Even the payday loan store is being replaced by [...]

Image from Flickr.

Mohawk Grenade | New Addition to World of Warcraft

Mt. T introduces mohawk grenade
We all know at least one. World of Warcraft players are among us, sometimes in unexpected places. For instance, I wouldn’t have pegged Mr. T for a World of Warcraft fan, but he is the new spokesman for the online game that has captivated more than [...]

Mr. T image from Wikimedia.

Water on the Moon | Not a Business Opportunity

NASA finds water on the moon
Yes, NASA is reporting today that it has found water on the moon. How did they do that? Well, to put it in layman’s terms (because that is the only language I speak), they sent a rocket with all kinds of sensory instruments hurtling toward [...]

Image by flickr

Reebok Easytone Shoes | Pros and Cons

Do Reebok Easytone shoes work?
There’s a lot of hype surrounding the new Reebok Easytone shoes, which boast that they can help firm up your gluteus maximus. Reebok Easytone shoes retail for $99 to $109, so the hundred-dollar question is: Are Reebok Easytone shoes worth it?
With the holidays so close, it’d [...]

Good old fashioned Reeboks (not Reebok Easytone shoes) image from

Christmas and Hannukah Gifts for Techies | Time to Shop

Take a deep breath, start thinking holidays
As much as I hate to say it, it’s time to start thinking about holiday shopping. Personally, I think the holidays have devolved into a ridiculous festival of consumerism. However, for many families, celebrating the holidays by buying gifts is an important tradition.
If you [...]

This is what modern holiday shopping looks like.

AdMob Joins the Club | AdMob Now Belongs to Google

Google buys AdMob for big bucks
It appears as though the release of the Motorola Droid may have done it: Google plans to invest heavily in mobile advertising. It will plunk down $750 million to acquire AdMob, “the world’s largest mobile advertising marketplace,” according to the AdMob web site.
The $750 million [...]

Image from Flickr.

Motorola Droid Tips: Read the User Manual

Motorola Droid tips digest
I know what you’re thinking after reading a title that says “read the user manual.” Why would you thumb through pages and pages of lame text when you could just look up what to do on the Internet?
While reading the owner’s manual for Motorola Droid tips is [...]

Newspapers Must Improve Sense of Place Online

Where in the World Wide Web are you?
Newspapers are continually trying to come up with ways to improve their online presence. Mostly they do this for the purpose of keeping their businesses afloat, but for those newspapers who still are concerned about improving reader experience, I’ve got a tip for [...]

Imge from blogspot.

Verizon Droid Sales Conjure Images of iPhone Release

Droid sales attract cell phone geeks
Stores opened at midnight. People lined up in the streets, awaiting Verizon Droid sales. When did people become cell phone geeks? I think it started with the iPhone, which was the first mobile communication device in recorded history to cause people to behave this way.
Now, [...]

Bye bye BlackBerry?

Price Wars! Verizon Droid Eris vs. Motorla Droid

Verizon Droid Eris a cheaper Droid
Everyone has heard of the Motorola Droid, set for retail release tomorrow. We’ve all seen the commercial publicizing Droid’s quest to one-up the iPhone. However, today it has gotten out that another Droid, the Verizon Droid Eris, will also be available, and for half the [...]

More smartphones on the way. (Verizon Droid Eris not pictured.)

Honda Skydeck Concept | Futuristic or Blast from the Past?

Back to the future, anyone?
People who have seen the Honda Skydeck concept minivan, which was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show, call it “futuristic.” The front doors are scissor doors. You know, like the ones on the DeLorean, so that’s what I thought of immediately when I saw photos of [...]

Not that kind of Skydeck (image by flickr)

Microsoft Layoffs Finished Ahead of Schedule!

Microsoft layoffs go the extra mile
Microsoft confirmed that it’s laying off 800 more employees today. Along with that announcement come a couple of fun facts: not only are they ahead of their June 2010 deadline, they are ahead on numbers of people they planned to lay off!
So I guess laying [...]

Microsoft research building in Redmond, Wash. Image from Flickr.

Droid Phones Revealed | Are They Multiplying?

Information on Droid phones released
Controversial commercials that take shots at the iPhone have caused the release of Verizon and Motorola’s Droid phones to be a much-anticipated event. Today, the companies have finally released pictures, prices and the official retail date for Droid phones.
Word on the street is that the Droid [...]

Motorola building image from Flickr.

Little Buddy Child Tracker – An Easy Way to Stalk Your Children

For the Love of Our Children
Most parents are willing to go through extremes to protect and closely monitor their children. It’s perfectly understandable. As a parent myself, I want to ensure my child’s safety, no matter how deep or how far I have to go to do it, even if [...]

Good Investment: Little Buddy Child Tracker

Little Buddy keeps kids on the radar
The most recent child abduction case to go national was the sad story of Somer Thompson, a 7-year-old Florida girl who was missing for days before detectives found her body in a landfill. No doubt this case will convince many parents that the Little [...]

Little Buddy Child Tracker can send alerts to smartphones if children arent where they are supposed to be. Image from Flickr.

Vevo Jobs Up for Grabs, but Not For Long

Everyone’s looking for Vevo jobs
Google has long been on the short list of high-earning companies who still continue to reap huge profits during the recession. So it’s no surprise that whenever Google is involved in a new venture, many people get the same idea: “I want to work for them!”
Google’s [...]

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