One of the best ways to gain insight into your own life is to keep a journal (they used to be called diaries, but that sounds pretty old-fashioned now). It can be interesting – and even a bit amusing – to look back and see what you wrote about your day to day life [...] Read more »
I have always enjoyed listening to police and fire/rescue calls on a scanner. Having obtained my amateur radio license when I was 16, pulling signals out of the air has fascinated me for a long time. However, a lot of police departments are using new technology (including “trunking”) which makes it difficult. You have [...] Read more »
We’ve had 2 kids go through college now. (They’re both teachers – David teaches high school students for whom English is not their first language, and Brianne is about to start her first year of teaching Second Grade). A big expense during the college years is the cost of textbooks (and a ripoff too, [...] Read more »
Some of the biggest scam opportunities on the internet are targeted toward people that are looking to get their credit report or find out what their credit score is. If you Google “free credit report” you will see a huge selection of scammers just waiting for you. But there is at least one legitimate [...] Read more »
Today’s featured website will be of interest to teachers, tutors, schools, or really any person or organization that can use online testing for students, employees, candidates for jobs, etc. At the Zoho Challenge, you can create a free account quickly, or you can just sign in with your Google, Facebook or Yahoo account [...] Read more »
If you have ever purchased something through an eBay auction, you know that part of the game is making sure you are the highest bidder at the end. One strategy that helps make that happen is to put in your bid as late as possible. That way no one has time to outbid you. [...] Read more »
At the end of a long day, you might say, “Wow, I feel like I’m 10 years older today”. If you quit smoking or lose weight, you could feel confident that you have just added a few more years to your life. There is, in fact, some validity in this. If you want to [...] Read more »
When we lived up north (Maine) my wife had a garden in our back yard. She planted the things that we like, and it was nice to have these fruits and vegetables fresh from the garden, rather than buying them from the store. If you have been thinking about starting a garden but [...] Read more »
The big news for the past few months has been the terrible (and ongoing) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. People from around the country (and around the world) have been frustrated with the complete incompetence with which this disaster has been handled. But that’s another story. Being a Florida resident, I [...] Read more »
When we first got cell phones, we were careful to keep track of minutes used and the number of text messages sent and received. A surprisingly big phone bill was not fun! Now we have unlimited minutes and unlimited text messages to we don’t really pay attention to it any more. However, there [...] Read more »
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