Tech Vader at the Gym

Well I just wouldn’t be me if I didn’t take my techie nerdesty into the gym. I find that the more technological equipment I can strap to my person, the better I feel about the whole workout experience.
It started with tunes. I find it nearly impossible to work out without a good mix [...]

Filed under: all about me, health, technology

Faces in my Book

I have been thinking about it for a while now and have come to the conclusion that Facebook = one of the best things ever.
This afternoon I had lunch with a friend of mine from junior high band. She lives in Canada with her husband. We haven’t spoken for 15 years. We [...]

Filed under: Friendship, around town, technology

My Junk is Your Junk if You Pay Me For It

I have a lot of useless junk in my house and I want to have money to buy new better junk that won’t become useless for at least another 5 minutes. I enjoy sorting through my junk multiple times and then sitting around all day trying to convince strangers that it has great worth [...]

Filed under: around town, domesticality, fashion, shopping, technology

Sony Reader Digital Book – Giveaway

I was so excited to get my hands on the Sony Digital Reader, give it a spin and tell you all what I thought of it. When I supervised the media department at a public library after college, we were always talking about the latest technology in video, music and book readers. This [...]

Filed under: I can read, Reviews, contests, technology

Send Condolences

My internet is dead.
Remember me? I’m Today’s tech mom.
Well yeah.
I don’t have internet access at this time. My internet’s been down since Saturday and my ISP is telling me it will be several days before they can even come look at it. The original service date was 2 weeks from [...]

Filed under: Blogging, all about me, technology

My Self-Imposed Interactive Nanny Cam

We miss Dan a lot. You see, he works all day… at an office… far far away from our raucous good times. Sometimes he doesn’t make it home in time for dinner and we think about him and talk about him and set his place at the table just in case.
A couple of [...]

Filed under: domesticality, he's so fine he blows my mind, technology, world domination

My Pore Cleaner Sucks

While I was “researching” the Harriet Carter catalog for blog fodder, I came across a pore cleaning device “as seen on TV” and felt it was ridiculous, possibly useless, and I must have it. However, I was unwilling to pay $7.95 on the off chance that one of my pores could be cleansed of [...]

Filed under: Reviews, shopping, technology

Lunch Engine Optimization

I hear a lot of people talking shmack about Search Engine Optimization, the art of getting your website as high in the search results as possible on Google, MSN, Yahoo or Hakia.
There are many ways to do this. One is to creatively add popular keywords all over your site, in your post titles, your [...]

Filed under: food, technology, world domination

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I learned a few techie things at BlogHer and now I’m trying to act on them. I’ve finally gotten friendly with FeedBurner so if you’d like to subscribe to my RSS for your reader, you can click here.
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Ultimately, I still Have to do the Laundry

Evidence is mounting that I may in fact be ULTIMATE.
When we bought my new laptop, Dan went out to buy software. He came home with Windows Vista and Office and I protested, “The computer came with Vista already installed.”
“No,” said Dan, “It came with Vista Home Edition. I got you Vista ULTIMATE.”
Apparently you [...]

Filed under: all about me, aspirations, technology