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Wednesday Widgets: Wikipedia

Do you Wiki? Wikipedia has got to be one of the most popular spots on the Internet these days. It has been called the most complete encyclopedia and the free encyclopedia. In case you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, it is completely user directed. That is, all of the content is created and edited by people like you. Because Wikipedia is so dynamic (it changes by the minute), it can be flexible enough to incorporate the latest information, from news to slang terminology. You can look up practically any word or subject that you can think of. Wikipedia can be especially … Continue reading →

Wednesday Widgets: Radar in Motion

Summer can also mean thunderstorm season, when the heat and humidity come together in just the right way. It seems like we have been having quite our share of severe thunderstorms in the last few weeks, here in Pennsylvania. I have been finding myself watching the weather carefully because of this. We have to plan our summer family activities around the weather, and be prepared at home in case we lose power (and therefore water, too). There have been a number of weather-related widgets coming out, but I like Radar in motion. Rather than just giving me a forecast, as … Continue reading →

Wednesday Widgets: Answers

Want to know all about DNA? Or how about why we have daylight savings time? You can get the answers to these questions and more using the Answers Widget. I don’t know how it is in your household, but it seems that my kids always seem to have a million questions for me as soon as I sit down at the computer. They know that I use it “to look up stuff,” so I guess they figure they will give me something to do. Some of the questions are pretty easy to answer right away, while others need some forethought … Continue reading →

Wednesday Widgets: TV Forecast

Spending too much time at the computer and not enough time watching TV? Well this week’s handy little widget can help remedy that problem. There are very few shows that I watch on a regular basis, partly because I don’t want to get so involved in the story lines when I’m not sure if I will be able to catch the next episode that follows the cliffhanger. It used to be that television shows would follow in order, a new episode every week until the hiatus in the summer. Well, that hiatus is still there, but the shows are no … Continue reading →

Wednesday Widgets: Banana Warehouse

For today’s Wednesday Widgets, we are going to be a little playful. Game widgets are popping up faster than you can say Suduko. One cute little game is called Banana Warehouse. In this game, you are a forklift driver, and you need to sort crates of bananas into their proper bins. Crates of green bananas go on the left and crates of yellow bananas go on the right. You control your forklift using the arrow keys on the computer. You also have a limited amount of time to do your sorting. The concept is super easy to learn, although the … Continue reading →

Computing Review: June 2nd through June 8th

Have you been following all of the adventure with the iPhone? Or how about checking out those fun widgets. Just in case you’ve missed any of the computing blogs for this past week, here they are for your browsing pleasure. June 2nd iTunes Plus Apple recently unveiled the new iTunes Plus service for iTunes customers. With the service, you can download higher quality audio tracks that are DRM-free for an extra fee. But is it worth it? DRM is the technology that protects music tracks from piracy. The drawback to DRM is that the quality of a track can suffer. … Continue reading →