I want to thank my friend Mick in Colorado for the Byte today. He had sent this message to another list of his. His timing was perfect for the first day of spring – as until spring those of us in Minnesota don’t really want to know about the weather… The NWS gridpoint forecast is … Continue reading
Category Archives: Making Life Easier
New Years Resolutions
Did you make a New Years resolution? Have you kept it? Here are some of thetop resolutions and some online resources to help you keep resolute: Lose weight. I have known people who have had great success with E-Diets. Get fit. OK, to point you to a web site to keep fit would be silly … Continue reading
Lindskoog Florist & the MIA
I have a new favorite commercial site: Lindskoog Florist in downtown Minneapolis. I kind of think of Lindskoog as THE skyway florists. (I was happy to see they service outside the skyways too.) I had reason this weekend to visit their web site and I just love it. They are currently hosting a contest to … Continue reading
Sites for Cheap Living
Looking to save a little money or make a little money this summer? These sites can help. (Or if you have a teenager maybe you could set them up for a summer of earning!) Stretcher This is an online magazine with article on topics such as selling items on e-bay versus garage sales. Better Budgeting … Continue reading
Online Lists Help you Organize your Life
Do you ever have those days where you wish someone would just give you the How to Live Life manual? Well I found the manual and I have some good news. It’s free, it’s online, and it’s not even a manual it’s a series of checklists! List Organizer publishes lots of printable checklists to help … Continue reading
Neat Sites
Today’s Byte is a hodge podge of sites that I think are fun and/or useful. Deep Web Research 2005 – this is a great article from a librarian about the “deep web”, which the author describes as the 600 billion pages of information located through the world wide web in various files and formats that … Continue reading
Recycle & Reuse
I love when the Internet can help us save time or do things better in our real life. I have found a couple of sites that will help you recycle, donate, or barter stuff you don’t want. Freecycle They link to a number of local discussion lists where members post items that they are willing … Continue reading
New Resolutions
Here’s an idea for New Years – take a day to fine tune your computer. If you treat it right, it will perform better for you and last longer. Here are a few steps that can help: Get a tune up. PC Pitstop is a web site that will perform free diagnostics on your computer. … Continue reading
Holiday Shopping Web Sites
A recent survey indicates that more than half of online shoppers plan to use the Internet more than last holiday season to comparison shop (89%), research gifts for others (86%), buy gifts for others (74%), and buy gifts for themselves (53%). (2004 Shop.org/BizRate.com Online Holiday Mood Study) So, I thought I’d share a few shopping … Continue reading
Digital Photomats
I don’t know a lot about digital pictures or cameras. But lately I have a renewed interest – maybe due to new baby – and I’ve been running into places where you can post your pictures for free. Generally the deal is that these web sites will allow you to upload digital pictures for free … Continue reading
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