Category: Life

My First Attempt at Web-Working

As a personal update, I want to let my readers know that I am going through a bit of change in my life.  Recently I made a change from a full-time employee to being employed part time while filling the rest of my income by web-working.  In this article I would like to talk about [...]

Monday December 21st, 2009 in Computers, Internet, Life, Technology | 6 Comments »

The Dawn of the Digital Pocket Watch – Keeping Time In Today’s Day of Cell Phone Domination

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

The other day someone stopped me to ask me for the time.  I did the funniest thing, something I apparently ALWAYS do when someone asks me what the time is but I never really think about it.  I stopped and checked my cell phone!  In the last ten years my [...]

Tuesday October 27th, 2009 in Life, Technology | 2 Comments »

MorgueFile’s Back With Lessons Learned

Image by Themis was here via Flickr

Hooray for MorgueFile!!!
After a bit of down time, they are finally back up running!  Check out this blog post explaining what it is that happened.  In the post, they outlined several lessons they learned from the experience and I think they are worth analyzing.  Let’s check them out:

Backing up [...]

Monday August 10th, 2009 in Computers, Internet, Life, Photography, Technology | No Comments »

How Much Does Your Operating System Really Matter?

I ran into an article, titled “Windows 7 is the same as Ubuntu” and it caught my attention.   I know that there are VERY significant differences in Operating Systems, and I’ve heard many of the arguments as to why one OS is better than another.  Once reading through the article, I understood where the writer [...]

Whip Unproductive Mornings Once and For All

Are you anything like me in the morning? I HATE the waking up process!  I actually have to set my cell phone to sound 3 times just in case I miss the first 2!  When I do get up, I’m like the walking dead!  For the first hour or two, my head doesn’t seem to [...]

Tuesday February 17th, 2009 in Life, coffee | 4 Comments »

A Coffee Lover’s Dream World – Coffee May Help Fight Dementia

Check out this news article:  Coffee lovers face lower dementia risk
Wow!  I knew there was something good about my favorite part of waking up!  Coffee has long been my consistent companion on work week mornings and I don’t see that changing anytime soon.
But, this, now this is cool!  One more reason to enjoy that cup [...]

Friday February 13th, 2009 in Life, coffee | 4 Comments »

Waking Up Is Now Easier Than Ever With KukuKlok.com

Wow! I found this really cool site which only does one thing. All it is is an online alarm clock! Here’s the scoop:

It’s called Kuku Klok

You can choose what time the alarm sounds

and what sound it makes

Then just hit the “Set Alarm” button

And finally, you know this clock is high quality because [...]

Thursday February 12th, 2009 in Internet, Life, Technology | 2 Comments »

A Demonstration of How I get Questions Answered Online

Do you remember the post from a while ago called “How I Get Almost Any Question I Have Answered Using The Internet“?  Well, last night a quick question came up so I figured I give a working example of how I come across answers.
Well, there were actually two questions: “Is the idea that it is [...]

Tuesday February 10th, 2009 in Internet, Life, Technology | No Comments »

Save Money On Groceries – Buy In Bulk On Amazon.com

I hate shopping, grocery shopping particularly.  I hate grocery shopping so much that I think I’d rather be having a tooth pulled!  I think I’d rather be giving a coyote a haircut!  I think I’d actually rather get a job on the Honey Wagon! That’s why I’ve been on this search of how to cut [...]

Wednesday January 28th, 2009 in Life | 2 Comments »

Practice Touching Your Eye and Stepping Out Of Your Comfort Zone

When I went to pick up my first pair of contacts, the training session that followed was grueling! Apparently on your first visit, they have to see you putting them in and taking them out, I guess so they know you can do it. They don’t want you stuck at home not knowing what to [...]

Tuesday January 27th, 2009 in Life | No Comments »

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