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This week when I finally had it with the built in alarm clock on my Treo 700wx (see why here) and decided to get a more robust alarm clock program for my phone I went to Handango. After browsing through the selection of alarm clock choices I settled on enAlarmPPC. (See why I chose that [...]

A few days ago I accidentally called my Dad from my cell phone at 4:45 AM. How do you accidentally call someone at that hour? Well, I had my alarm set on my phone for 4:45 am so I could attend a 5 AM teleconference hosted by woman from Australia. (It was a much more [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I did it! Today I dove into our 2006 tax preparation and I feel so . . . ahead. I used Turbo Tax for the first time last year and thought I loved it last year. But this year is even better. It has been a year since I used it, but it feels like [...]

When I need to learn how to use software I just dive in. Install the program. Toss the manual aside. Fire up the computer and start using it. This method has worked for me since I taught myself Word Perfect for DOS in the 80s. Now I’ve moved up to Adobe CS2 programs and my [...]