My husband and I started the Atkins diet when it became clear that our low-fat, low-cholesterol ‘healthy’ diet we had been following since his
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Author: Beth Lock
About this thing Apple calls iPad
I can’t explain it, what this is. Apple calls it magical, I tend to agree. I was thinking of my first computer, then thinking
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The Grandson’s iPod Shuffle
My nine year old grandson won a refurbished iPod shuffle for reading the most books in his class by the end of the school
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Review – iPad the missing manual
A product as elegant and intuitive as the iPad shouldn’t need a manual, but J.D. Biersdorfer makes short work of that premise with this new title in the missing manual series.
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iPad Bubble Sleeve and Squish Skin Review
iPad Bubble Sleeve SRP: $49.99 Squish Skin SRP: $39.99 Company: Hard Candy Cases http://www.hardcandycases.com/ Hard Candy Cases have carved a niche in the highly
Read MoreQuicken Essentials for Mac – Review
Quicken Essentials is easy to use, easy to understand, and functional. I’m really delighted to learn that Intuit developed Quicken Essentials from the ground up for Macintosh OS X. Typically accounting and money programs are first developed for a Windows operating system. It’s quite nice to have simple yet effective financial management software that isn’t bloatware.
It’s Cycling Season Again!
Hello Mac Cycling Fans, it is that time of year again, for the Amgen Tour of California. Sunday was the 2.1 mi. prologue in
Read MoreAdobe Tour Tracker Technology
JJ Haedo of team CSC took the sprint stage in today’s Stage One of the Amgen Tour of California. This gives him five stage
Read MoreA Tech Support Tale
It’s a windows thing I guess. See, I bought this beauty iMac last fall so I could run what’s called the Wells Fargo CEO
Read MoreGot an extra $75?
I received my phone bill today, added to the total charges was an additional $75.17 charged from ZPDI for two collect calls my son
Read MoreFashioning Technology: A DIY Intro to Smart Crafting – Book Review
Crafting has been a part of my life since the first "paint by numbers" kit I got for Christmas when I was a kid. There was a time in my mid twenties when I was hooked on assembling Radio Shack kits. I’ve embroidered, knitted, crocheted, beaded, and made doilies and jellies and jams. Naturally I was drawn to this title, wanting to see what the future of crafting is all about.
Running Windows on your Mac
Book Review
As a long time Mac user, the decision to install Windows on my new Intel based iMac was one of the scariest I’ve ever had to make. I used Dwight Silverman’s book Running Windows on your Mac to make the installation and set up, while not quite a breeze, (it is Windows after all), at least bearable.
MYOB AccountEdge – Accounting Software for Macintosh
Review
Since MYOB has a new version of the software, I thought this would be a good time to take a look at what other accounting programs for Macintosh were being offered. I was surprised to see three other robust programs available. I know that MYOB maintains a commitment to continue to develop for the Macintosh platform.
Decorating and Wal Mart rage
The decorating and shopping are all done now. I managed to save the Christmas tree by adding green mini-lights strung inbetween the strands of
Read More40,000 BTU’s of Raw Cooking Power!
As Tim the Toolman Taylor would say…”ungh ungh ungh”. 🙂 I’m not a very acquisitive person, but I do have a few material things
Read MoreWell, I’m fairly shocked and awed tonight
The Americans have shocked and awed the European peloton, declaring an American, Levi Leipheimer, the leader of the Amgen Tour of California. No matter
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Icicle Lights on Crack
OK, it’s time for my annual diatribe against icicle lights. The new neighbor across the road put his up Thanksgiving weekend. They are the
Read MoreThe Amgen Tour of California
The Amgen Tour of California This week’s most exciting non-Mac news has to be the Amgen Tour of California. Sixteen of the world’s top
Read MoreWhy I love being old
when the phone rings. The dogs are outside, not to be trusted those three, even with six foot fence around the perimeter. They take
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Marion was quite a guy
I like reading the obituaries in the daily paper. It’s amazing what people was say about their dearly departed loved ones. One of today’s
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