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YouTube Christmas House Tours

Going on Christmas house tours are lots of fun. Not only can you enjoy beautiful decorations and furnishings, but you can get some ideas for decorating your own home. Just this past weekend, we visited a room that was a early century library, all decorated for Christmas. I loved pretty much every part of it and joked that I was taking my photos so we could reproduce the room at home. Of course, the high ceiling and the friezes might present a bit of a problem, but you get the idea. While visiting homes in person is always nice, it … Continue reading →

YouTube Christmas Videos

If you are looking for a great way to put you in the mood for Christmas at home, check out the following videos on YouTube! Isn’t technology in the home wonderful? In an instance, YouTube can take you back to an old fashioned Christmas, take you half way around the world to view spectacular Christmas lights or just take you into the homes of other families to see how they celebrate the season. Here are some of my favorite Christmas videos on YouTube (my kids contributed to this list also. Let’s get a chain going. Leave a comment below with … Continue reading →

YouTube Roundup: Amazing Robots

I’m fascinated by all of those household robots that promise to do everything from make toast to hand wash the dishes. Here is a round up of some of the most interesting, scary or fascinating YouTube videos of household robots. Readybot gets put through its paces as a kitchen helper. Set to peppy music the Readybot opens a can of soup, grasps and moves dishes around and scrapes garbage off of the counter. To watch the Readybot, click here. This next video scares me a bit. In it, a very humanoid-type service robot pours a cup of water and then … Continue reading →

Computing Week in Review: March 3rd Through March 9th

Do you know how to set the parental controls on your child’s video gamer system? It is an important thing to know, especially as mature games are getting more and more popular. If you missed the first article in this series, you can review it here. Look for more articles on this topic. And now, here is the Computing Blog week in review for March 3rd through March 9th March 3rd Computing Week in Review: February 25th Through March 2nd It has been a busy week for us here in technology-land. We’ve taken advantage of the free Lego Designer and … Continue reading →