Merry Christmas

December 24, 2008 by  
Filed under blogging, eternal life

Jesus the Messiah wasn’t born on Christmas Day; December 25th was chosen by a pope to counter the pagan winter-solstice feasts going on during this time. But Jesus was indeed born, He did heal the sick, He was crucified for our sins, and He is risen. And He will indeed return to judge the living [...]

A Terrific Travel Accessory

December 23, 2008 by  
Filed under travel

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred, the popular speech-recognition software, is on sale right now. I have seen from the first video above, showing how Dragon Naturally Speaking can transcribe your recordings from a portable voice recorder. This is amazing! In the past, I have always taken notes when we traveled (and I sometimes couldn’t read my [...]

The I Love NY Film Winners

December 23, 2008 by  
Filed under media, New York State issues, news, tourism

The official tourism website of New York State, I Love NY, has announced the winners of the Short Film Contest. Here’s the video that won first place for the Western Region, by Ben Porcari of Buffalo, NY. He did a fabulous job highlighting the variety of thigs to do in New York State. (And thank [...]

The Mother of All Stores: ShopWiki

December 23, 2008 by  
Filed under ideas, media, thrifty

Holy cow! I’d never heard of ShopWiki until now. This is an amazing website! A “wiki” is a collection of pages used to cluster collaborative information or power community sites. ShopWiki is a collection– a massive collection– of stuff for sale on the Internet. A lot of times, when you do a traditional shopping search [...]

Luggage Labelers

December 22, 2008 by  
Filed under ideas, saving money, thrifty, travel

I saw this over at The Sewing Mom‘s blog, who saw it at the Best of DIY who saw it at Turkey Cookies. It’s a very cool luggage labeler. Very easy to make, and it can help you find your luggage in a snap, when surrounded by scads and scads of other (similarly-colored) luggage. I [...]

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