Don’t have time or resources to get to a museum? Have an inquisitive child? Museum websites are often very well done– they are classy, have lots of images, and many have videos and interactive programs. Here are some goodies I’ve come across recently.
The Exploratorium is a museum of “science, art, and human perception.” It’s [...]
I have a few small affiliate businesses on the side, to earn a little money from Amazon and Christian Book Distributors. New York State is (once again) killing business (and the Constitution) by forcing Amazon (and it’s subsidiaries) to charge New Yorkers sales taxes on purchases, even though there are no physical Amazon stores in [...]
If there is anything I can’t stand, it’s the way the tourist industry has been dragging its feet about marketing. In my own county, the bigwigs are thinking about dismantling a local tourism group. And New York State hasn’t exactly been on the ball with its online marketing agenda. There’s been discussion that NYS may [...]
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We travelers see a lot of things, some good, and some… not so good. I am the type of traveler that hones in more on the local atmosphere of our trip, more then concentrating on the tourist attraction or amusement. Going to DisneyWorld is not my thing… walking through Central Park and soaking in the [...]
If there is one big complaint I have about the travel industry– and smaller travel attractions and souvenir vendor in particular– is that I never hear about them! It is so very difficult to find new places and products. I wish businesses were a little more efficient about getting the word out, in particular creating [...]
Hey parents, do you know what your kids are listening to? I’ve heard the rap and hip hop music playing today. I’ve heard some OK stuff, but some of it– I really question what it’s about. I’ve found a terrific website for researching lyrics to the rap and hip hop music your kids and peers [...]
Ouch. Many of us bloggers who use Entrecards to generate traffic have no doubt noticed that the website is unavailable. Many other sites are down, too. I got this in my email inbox this morning:
Greetings,
Unfortunately, there has been an electrical fire at the data center housing Entrecard’s servers. The servers have not been damaged, but [...]
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Hmm, here’s something very interesting, a Free Ticket Exchange website. This sounds very appealing to me, because sometimes I win free tickets to something that totally disinterest me (like the Shriner’s Circus or a Mets game) but I would really love concert tickets or movie tickets. B.B. King came to Utica’s Stanley Theatre a few [...]
Re-enactments in Upstate New York are starting to gear up! We are looking forward to seeing some great battles and festivals. The kids absolutely LOVE to dress up, and always appreciate a good show. Besides the annual Fort Stanwix re-enactment and the one at Fort Ticonderoga that we hope to see, there’s the Civil War [...]
I’ve come across some very interesting blogs while dropping my Entrecards recently. I’d heard of fantasy football, but hadn’t heard of fantasy baseball until the other day! I suppose it’s bound to happen. Our very long winter season here in Upstate New York has spawned an entire sub-culture of fantasy sports. Baseball is the sport [...]
Ronald Reagan was right. Those are the scariest words you would hear.
Remember that Can Spam Act the U.S. government established in 2004? How they were going to fix everything? Spam was at an all-time high of 75% way back then.
Now it’s 95%.
Of all email received, 95% of it is spam. That’s a pretty lousy [...]
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