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Frugal and Free Homeschooling {part 5}

Is it possible to homeschool for free or inexpensively?  Yes, it is. I remember lamenting that I was so low I didn’t have enough money to send my kids to school.  At the time, I felt like I had failed entirely.  Then, I realized what a blessing to know I had no way to go but up and that I could not send my kids to school.  I did not have a car nor money to buy clothes, shoes, and materials just to go to school.  I was forced to see the true cost of homeschooling.  The cost is very … Continue reading →

Romney and Obama Have Different Family Stories

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Genealogy is the study of family. This includes research that involves digging through archives, both digital and paper. It also involves the collection of family stories. Often, those stories tell more about a person’s family tree than the vital records will. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have videos that are vastly different from each other. Each one speaks volumes. Technology is a wonderful thing. Genealogists can now take videos of their family, and send it to relatives that live across the country or around the world. You can take old family photos and create slide shows from them. Genealogists today … Continue reading →

Apple iPhones Can Be Hacked

This morning, The New York Times broke the story that the Apple iPhone is vulnerable to being attacked by hackers. Apparently, there is a flaw in the device that gives hackers the opportunity to take over control of an iPhone. According to the Times, researchers at a company called Independent Security Evaluators proved that they could take over and control a personal iPhone in two different ways. Independent Security Evaluators is a company that tests security for different clients by attempting to hack into devices and software. The first way, the company found, to hack in and control an iPhone … Continue reading →

The First iPhone Bug

Before the release of the iPhone, there were many questions about how to get one, what the interface and functionality would be like, etc. After the release there was a new question: What sort of bug might appear? This is nothing against Apple, which has one of the lowest rates of hardware or software bugs out there, or the iPhone itself. It is just that with technology, especially cutting edge technology, there are bound to be a few critters that sneak in here and there. Well, the first iPhone bug has been found and acknowledged. Yesterday, Apple officially declared that … Continue reading →

iPhone Flash and More

Want to know the latest information about the iPhone? Here you go! A recent report confirms that the iPhone is now completely sold out of both Apple and AT&T retail stores. The Apple online store is reflecting a 2-4 week wait time, and that doesn’t include shipping, activation, etc. The phone is still in hot demand, and sales may increase exponentially if the demand can be met. *** One of the very few complaints about the iPhone is that it doesn’t have a Flash player. When users go to certain websites, they find that it can’t always play the video … Continue reading →

Great Deals on Video Games – This Weekend Only!

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This weekend is a great time to buy some video games for the gamer in your life. There are special deals going on that will only be around for a couple of days. I doubt it is a mere coincidence that this weekend also happens to be the one that Father’s Day falls on. Video games seem to be something that you either love to play, or that you just don’t understand the appeal of. Historically, men tend to spend more time playing video games than women do, and they also tend to play a wider variety of games. This … Continue reading →

Mac Mall has Deals Every Day

Need a laptop for school? Interested in upgrading your current computer system? Want to save some money? Mac Mall can help! They have lots of deals going on, including a Deal of the Day. Some of their deals include things that are useful to both Mac and PC users. Mac Mall is an authorized reseller of Mac products. They sell Mac computers, iPods, software that can be used on a Mac, and accessories for iPods, iPhones, and iPads. They also sell external hard drives, scanners, and printers that can be used in conjunction with either a Mac or a PC. … Continue reading →

Friday Funny: You Know You’re a Technology Hound When…

Are you labeled by your friends and family as a technology hound? Do you think of yourself as a techie, computer guru, or just someone who just likes having the latest gadget? Read through the following to see if any of it applies to you. You know you’re a technology hound when… Your car cost $500 and your computer system cost $3,000 You watch the end credits of a movie and can name off the type face used You check your email more than once an hour You have a profile set up on five different social network websites You … Continue reading →

The New iPods

Rumor has it that the iPod is in for the next revolution on the Apple agenda. Reports are coming in about a possible special media event to be held by Apple sometime in September. During that event, industry analysts predict that four new Apple iPods will be introduced, each based on the successful Mac OS X operating systems. Four new iPods models are predicted, each with NAND Flash. The iPods should be available in two distinct types: one type featuring the traditional click wheel, and another featuring a touch screen, much like the new Apple iPhone, but dubbed the iPod … Continue reading →

Computing Review: June 30th Through July 6th

As iDay approached this past week, the Computing blog has been filled with lots of news about the iPhone. But, there were plenty of other things to read about, too. Such as video games, kids websites, and the perhaps unintentional rudeness that sometimes comes with a cell phone. Now, just in case you missed it, here is a quick review of all of the articles for the date range of June 30th through July 6th. July 2nd iPhone News Roundup Here is the latest news iPhone news that is making the headlines for today, July 2, 2007. Did You Get … Continue reading →