Okay, I love my iPod too, but, seriously…
HowStuffWorks comes to our rescue again with some weird … stuff.
Check out John Fuller’s article entitled Bizarre iPod Accessories. Most of them seem pretty tame, but you’ll have to check out the Bullet Proof iPod Case, the iPod Gloves and the iPod Thong…and, of course, the iPod Toilet [...]
FunnyCoolStuff.com does have that. Funny…cool…stuff.
I found some amazing digital art there. Here’s one of the images.
Look here to see more.
Marmoleum.
I have it in my house and I love it! You almost assuredly had it in your school when you were growing up and the janitors probably hated it.
But it didn’t look like this…
And the best thing is it’s environmentally friendly.
“Made from renewable, natural ingredients, Marmoleum is a healthy choice for
the environment and your [...]
As a social media enthusiast and a 50-something (not much more than that, mind you!) woman who is on the tail end of the Boomer generation, a recent article I saw on ReadWriteWeb that interested me.
Not because I’m a baby-boomer. But because I have trouble understanding boomers who aren’t using social media. As a mother [...]
I’ve noticed it myself. I can find Paul McCartney’s tunes, but I can’t find tunes by The Beatles on iTunes. What’s the deal?
Conspicuously absent from iTunes is the catalog of the Beatles music. Apple has clashed time and again with Apple Corps over the years, long before the advent of iTunes. Now each time Apple [...]
I adore roller coasters! Love them.
But, I have to admit, I do think about my safety…what if the harness broke while I was upsidedown on the roller coaster? Would I immediately plunge to my death?
Our friends at HowStuffWorks wondered the same thing. Check it out…
Are you one of the many people looking for a job right now? Well, so am I.
Where have you looked?
Here are the sites I’ve found that have been helpful and seem to be pretty up-to-date…
monster.com
indeed.com
simplyhired.com
jobs.com
careerbuilder.com
jobsearch.com
snagajob.com (for hourly jobs)
hotjobs.yahoo.com
Where else are you looking?
Anyone up for a ride on a giant tire?
Thanks to our friends at HowStuffWorks.com for keeping our sense of wonder in tact…
Anyone run across Lala.com? A friend told me a bout it and, at first blush, it looks pretty cool.
You can play an entire song on the web once free. You can see other people’s suggestions of cool new music, you can download music from Lala. For 10 cents, you have unlimited play of a [...]
Pete Cashmore from Mashable.com brings us a new concept for the use of social media…
The Montgomery County District Attorney, Brett Ligon in Texas vowed to “name and shame” drunk drivers on his Twitter account.
Read the article here and then let me know what you think.
Time magazine has complied a list of 2009’s 50 best inventions…
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This was interesting. I’ve never thought of why numbers are like they are…they just always have been that way. But there IS a reason they look like they do. I got the basics from a blog by Jason King…but here’s the gist of it without all of the annoying ads…
Do you know why numbers look [...]
The end of the year is always a time to go back and review the year in pictures.
And maybe play a little with the ones you took this year.
BigHugeLabs.com has a lot of fun stuff you can use to play with your images.
We have a lot of fun stuff to play with like our Motivational [...]
The first of the year is always the time we all seem to talk about getting organized. New Year’s resolutions abound…”I’m going to get organized this year!”.
But how do we really do that? I found a website that really seems to take it all step-by-step, is easy to read, visually pleasing and seems to make [...]
It’s time to think about 2010. (Don’t forget to check the IsIt2010Yet.com website!) The new year begins in three days.
I always spend some of the last days of each year creating my new financial spreadsheets, trying to finish up getting the tax information I’ve been neglecting since March of this year when I was [...]
Nearly 7 in 10 of American adults visit online blogs, communities or social networks, and one-third of those surveyed say they visit these sites to read up on product reviews to help them make purchasing decisions, according to a 2008 MarketTools report.
This statement comes from a post by Christopher Elliott on WorkSmart.com.
More than half of all small-business [...]
From BizarreNews.com…
——— Man, 78, has 241 piercings on his body ———
APSELY, England – Guinness World Records said a 78-year-old British man with 241 piercings on his body has been certified as a world record holder. John Lynch of Apsely, England, is listed as having more piercings than anyone else in the world in the 2010 Guinness Book of World Records, [...]
Still stumped on what to get your favorite cook for Christmas? I ran across this the other day and it looked pretty cool…
Create your own Cookbook in Minutes
Transform your favorite recipes from Woman’s Day into a beautiful personalized book.
(This is Mile High Pumpkin Meringue Tart)
It’s from Woman’s Day and you go to their site and [...]
A few recycled Christmas cards, a little creativity, these instructions and you have a FREE Christmas village to decorate your house for Christmas! (Unless you want to add battery-operated tea lights which are very cheap at the dollar store or your favorite variety store … or you may have some laying around.)
Check out Dollar Store [...]
I know you’re probably not like me and have had your Christmas tree up for weeks and weeks…I just got mine up this weekend and that is EARLY for me! I just have a hard time getting all of the paraphernalia out and organized and together, knowing I’m going to have to repeat the process [...]
If you do both and find yourself re-posting your blog posts in your Facebook, there’s a better way to do it. Facebook can do it automatically for you everytime you post. It goes into your FB Notes and shows up on your New Feed.
I used to do this and it WAS a great way to get [...]
Getting tired of the same old patter on your Facebook page?
I have four words for you.
Pirate
English
on
Facebook
Have you tried it?
It’s a lot of fun for a day or two. Check it out…
1. Go to the bottom of your Facebook Home page…to the bottom of your new feed.
2. In the left-hand corner you’ll see Facebook ©2009 and [...]
Well this Roman Record Cuff bracelet is made from one. And it’s $10.00. What a fun Christmas gift…
This unique wrist cuff is made from part of a recycled vinyl record. It is basic black, so it goes with everything, and it is so cool to see the grooves in the record and know there is [...]
Some surprising facts about how we communicate. These statistics are staggering.
By 2010, Gen Y will outnumber Baby Boomers
…96% of them have joined a social network (96%!!!)
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Social media has overtaken porn as the #1 activity on the Web
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Years to reach 50 million users:
Radio – 38 years
TV – 13 years
Internet – 4 years
iPod – 3 years
Facebook added 100 million (not 50 million) users in [...]
Perhaps you know exactly what an RSS Feed is and how to get them…you have a feed reader and have information you care about coming into your computer on a daily basis.
If so, move along. This post isn’t for you.
If RSS feeds are a mystery to you and seem like way too much trouble BUT, [...]
If you haven’t seen these, they make a great stocking stuffer…
Yep, that’s right. You can customize M&M’s. They come in all kinds of colors and you can do a lot of things with the designs and text. Check it out here!
My granddaughter is in Kindergarten and I volunteer on Tuesday mornings during center time. On of the centers is computer and right now they are using Starfall there.
“Starfall.com opened in September of 2002 as a free public service to motivate children to read with phonics. Our systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice [...]
Need a gift idea for the person who has every thing?
CNN Money brings us some wonderful information about Neiman Marcus’s 2009 Gift Guide. Nine extravagant holiday gift ideas for your perusal. The Cupcake Car is my favorite…
This cheery confection is like a delicious-looking go-kart. Coast down the road in style at a top speed of [...]
Tired of giving gifts that end up in a closet?
Give the White Envelop Project at try…
A Message from the Founders
The touching story of the white envelope tradition reached our family over ten years ago and immediately became one of our favorite holiday traditions. Each Christmas, our parents would give a gift to someone in need [...]
Interested in fair trade? Here’s a site to search for fair trade certified products before you go out shopping.
Here’s more information from their website…
Fair Trade Certification empowers farmers and farm workers to lift themselves out of poverty by investing in their farms and communities, protecting the environment, and developing the business skills necessary to compete [...]