Quick Start Guides
In the course of human events (make that my daily life), I get asked how to do things all the time. Especially things that are tech related. My mom calls me for software help. My friends ask me how to find cool themes for their cell phones. Folks from my daughter’s school ask me how [...]
Showdown - phpBB vs SMF
As a part of Wendy Piersall’s (eMomsAtHome) To Do List Research Project I am comparing phpBB2 to SMF and determining which would make a better forum (#14 on Wendy’s list.).
I’ll get right to the point and say that choosing between these two open source programs is like asking someone “Which is better - blue [...]
Mobile Websites Women Will Love
Ever since I got my Treo last fall I have wanted to find mobile websites that are fun, easy to read and make sense to read on my phone. After all, I’m on the unlimited data plan, I need to surf something. Today I discovered three really great mobile websites that are totally worth using [...]
Is an Online Blogging Magazine an Oxymoron?
Thanks to Dawud Miracle’s post Will You Read A Blogging Magazine? I discovered Blogger & Podcaster. This new online magazine is focused toward the bloggers and podcasters of the world.
(First we’re Time’s Person of the Year and now we have our own magazine. Cool.)
Before I dive into the whole oxymoron part, let me say [...]
HighTechMom’s Day Gift Ideas
Thanks to the Chief Technology Mom, Beth Blecherman over at Techmamas for the idea of creating a nice big list of High Tech Mother’s Day Gift Ideas.
It’s so funny she sent this because just the other day my sister and I were commenting about all the jewelry ads that come out now that brainwash [...]
Great Ideas for Original Blog Posts
My HighTech friend Angie Pedersen tagged me for the Be Original project. The object behind this meme is to write about how I create original blog posts and share the ideas with bloggers all around. Okie dokie…here we go.
I have to ‘fess up a bit that this project made me realize I am under-utilizing all [...]
Amazing Free Online Tools
Preston Gralla, of PC World, has a terrific article featuring 101 free software tools you can use to make your computing time more productive, fun and organized. The list includes System Utilities, Communications and File Sharing, Blogs and News Reading, File Management,Productivity and Office Apps, and Music, Photos, and Video. There is even a section [...]
Picasa Web Albums - A Review
Recently I discovered that I want to jump on the photo sharing bandwagon. We’d been on a trip to visit family and I wanted to send all the photos we’d taken to them. We got a new puppy and I wanted to give my daughter a way to share the adorable puppy shots with her [...]
Free Online News Reader
I just finished reading (OK, skimming) dozens of blogs from one website - my NewsGatorOnline page. I have to share how much I love this service. NewsGator rocks!
It is easy to use. It’s free. And I can keep up with so many more blogs than I could when I tried to read them all by [...]
Can you be offline . . .
. . . without going crazy?
We just got back from a long (5 days long=:) weekend visiting family in Phoenix. It was a great trip and not just because they don’t have snow there.
Our trip was delightful from the fun day at the Arabian Horse Show to a fantastic dinner at Grilled Expedition (have [...]





