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Where’s George?

Ever wonder what happens to your money when it leaves your hand? Well, with the Where’s George website, you can find out! The other day, we took the kids out on an adventure to get my daughter’s first hair cut. She has beautiful baby fine curly hair, but lately it was looking a little wild. I had been putting off having it cut, since she is such a girly-girl and has been begging to wear clips and princess combs in her hair. Still, she had begun to resemble Einstein. I knew that we had reached the last straw when the … Continue reading →

WikiScanner Discovers Conflict of Interest Editing

Do you rely on Wikipedia for your information? There is no doubt that it is a great resource. However, certain posts may be, well, biased. That is because employees of government agencies and major corporations may be selectively editing out information that reflects badly on those agencies and companies. Take for example changes on Wikipedia entries on the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Alaska that edited out the seriousness of the environmental impact. Or, how several paragraphs of an entry that focused on the detrimental health effects of Pepsi were mysteriously deleted. Wikipedia keeps track of the internet protocol … Continue reading →

Life With Curly Hair

I used to hate my curly hair. I was so envious of friends with straight hair, even when they had perms! My hair was wild and poofy and unmanageable… and it still is. These days, I’ve learned to love my curly hair. In general, curly hair tends to dry out easily. It can be more brittle than straight hair, and can be prone to frizzing. Regardless of length, you may spend more time taking care of your curly hair than your straight haired friends spend on theirs. So how can you make your hair care routine easier? Some hair-care experts … Continue reading →

Computing Review: May 12th through May 18th

Well, I certainly have a lot of catching up to do with my “week in review!” I have been so busy trying to get you the latest information, tips, tricks and fun websites, that I have really fallen behind on the reviews. I hope that you will forgive me, especailly after learning my good news. I will now be blogging full-time for the Computing blog in addition to blogging for the Frugal Living Blog. May 12th Have you ever met anyone from the Internet in person? Well, the day is here. Today is the day I get to meet Spoons, … Continue reading →

Create Bands

Have you always thought you could be a producer? With this fun website, you can try your hand at creating your own band. Create A Band is a nice little diversion for both adults and kids. When you get to the website, you must choose a name for your band. Go ahead and get creative, the weirder the better, I think. Some names that come to mind are Frizzy Ends, Plumber Joe and The Crackers, Wet Dog, and Where’s the TP? But that is just a typical day around here. (Just kidding, we don’t even have a dog.) After you … Continue reading →

Ask Dr. Universe

Want to know why the sky is blue? Ask Dr. Universe, who has the answers to this and many other questions that come from kids. We have been watching the progress of a frequent visitor in our house, a seven-legged spider that seems to have an affinity for the space between the screen and storm window in our dining room. No matter how many times I free this spider, it comes back, sometimes reappearing in that screen-storm window space in the kitchen window just for variety. We know it is the same spider for the fact that it only has … Continue reading →

The Long and Winding Road of a Dollar Bill

Ever wonder where a dollar bill goes once it leaves your wallet? Have you ever found yourself wondering what cool places a bill has visited before it lands in your hand as change from lunch? Up until recently, there was no way to get answers to these questions, but with the combination of the internet and some equally curious and technologically brilliant individuals we all can watch, virtually, our currency traverse the United States, and conceivably, the world from the comfort of our own home. The web site WheresGeorge.com allows anyone to participate in this currency tracking experiment assuming you … Continue reading →