April Pastis

Thanksgiving Traditions

Tyler Florence used to have a show on Food Network where he would help people who were trying to recover a long, lost recipe. People would ask for help on recapturing Grandma's Beef Stew or some other childhood favorite. Taking information about the person's ethnic...

Teacher Oz is A Tribute To Educators

Image via WikipediaAnyone interested in history or is a student of history will appreciate this fantastic website called Teacher Oz's Kingdom of History. What drew me in was a link to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire." In it, an educator from Texas named Tracey...

There is Something Very Wrong With This

Seriously? What happened to respecting our Commander-in-Chief. OMG.

How to Save the News

How to Save the News - Magazine - The Atlantic 

Self-Deprecating Advertising? Really?

Advertising sure has come a long way since I went to school. Recently, my husband and I were snickering ourselves silly when we saw a television ad in which the announcer actually said "Call 333-3333* and We'll Pick Up the Phone." In 2002, TrendSpotter reported an...

Enhance your blog with Zemanta

Image via WikipediaI've been kind of busy lately, but an article by TechCrunch, a news feed I follow on Google Buzz, prompted me to write.In Find Photos For Your Blog In Three Easy Steps, TechCrunch reported a new startup to help bloggers find art for their columns....

Guido the Geek Performs Hit on Twitter?

Image via WikipediaWhen White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs admitted his Twitter account had been compromised, a host of feelings popped up for me. Having had one of my websites hacked a while back, I thought well if a site as huge as Twitter could have left its...

The Physics of Farm Town

Old hats of the Facebook/MySpace game called Farm Town are familiar with this but its new to me. The geek in me finds it fascinating enough to write about it.I think about all the years' physicists like Stephen Hawking have been working on this and its right there on...

Never to Old to Avoid the Trekkie Redshirt Effect.

I ran across the link for this at Huffington Post. It is hilarious. But, it reminded me of a lesson I'd learned from my teen-aged son. To confess, I never considered myself a Trekkie--sure I loved the series and had seen all of them along with the movies but I wasn't...

Logmein.com

This is a site I'd heard about before, but really had no need for it nor did I want others to have the ability to access my computer. Now that my parents-in-law have bit the bullet and gotten a computer, I have found out the need to be able to see their computer when...

Watch Out for the SmartFlu

The reason you haven't heard from me lately is I've had a terrible battle with the flu. Judging from the CDC's Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report, that's probably not a surprise to you. With most states and territories ranked as having "widespread" outbreaks, its...

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Time to Put my Clothes on And Use Skype

One of the great things about working from home is the ability to slob-out and wear pajamas or sweats. Lately I've really been tempted to get those Pajama Jeans so I won't have to chose between them. I've recently installed Skype, so that's going to change. Although...

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Adding My Blog to Facebook

I am trying out the Facebook app, Networked Blogs. It adds a tab to your Business or Group's Facebook Page that feeds your blog directly to your Facebook page. The reason I'm trying this is not really to promote the business or the blog--since I really use the blog to...

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Thanksgiving Traditions

Tyler Florence used to have a show on Food Network where he would help people who were trying to recover a long, lost recipe. People would ask for help on recapturing Grandma's Beef Stew or some other childhood favorite. Taking information about the person's ethnic...

read more

Teacher Oz is A Tribute To Educators

Image via WikipediaAnyone interested in history or is a student of history will appreciate this fantastic website called Teacher Oz's Kingdom of History. What drew me in was a link to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire." In it, an educator from Texas named Tracey...

read more