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health, household, productivity, technology

Zeo – I Want It!

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Okay folks, I haven’t gotten my hands on this device yet but after reading Andy Oram’s post on it – I want it. The Zeo is a device that monitors how you are sleeping and then offers analysis of how you have been sleeping each night. I’d love to try this and see [...]

household, learning, other, technology

Longer School Days? No Way.

Besides my beloved Newsweek for keeping up on the latest happenings in the world I generally keep an eye on the headlines on Yahoo’s front-page. Today I saw an article detailing how Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan are considering implementing longer school days/years for K-12 education. I find this to be disturbing on [...]

books, health, household, religion

Fearless (Max Lucado).

Max Lucado is one of my favorite authors. Thankfully, there is plenty to read by him – he has written dozens of books. He also has been involved in the creation of children’s stories and videos for those parents out there. Fearless is Max Lucado’s latest book and comes at an apt time in response [...]

household, software

Avast – Powerful and Effective Antivirus.

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I’ve been using computers for a long time and remember Apple and Commodore computers when the concept of viruses was completely foreign. Over the years the threats from viruses and various sorts of malware has grown significantly and one would be unwise to run a computer (at least a Windows one) without some [...]

household, productivity, services, software, video, web

Skype – A Better Telephone?

These days with the ubiquitous presence of cell phones the need for traditional landlines seems to be drastically decreasing and many individuals and families are choosing to abandon landlines altogether for only cellular service. Still, cell phones aren’t a perfect solution. They generally are fairly expensive on a per minute conversation basis, have high roaming [...]

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