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We’re just back from a week in the warm Florida sun and the warm company of grandparents. We’re at the point now where everyone in the family packs their own bags—for better or worse. But we’ve added one thing to the checklist of shorts, flip flops and bathings suits: electronics chargers.
BuiltNY charger bag
Do the math: Five people, five phones, three iPods, two cameras, two laptops. That adds up to lots of wires. In a typical rush, we stuffed most of them into a zip-lock bag in the final push out the door to the airport, which means they were a tangled mess when we went to use them. In search of a better way, I found a few travel options to help keep chargers organized or to cut down on the number of chargers we take on the road.
The simplest, least-expensive DIY approach, of course, is for everyone to have their own bag/pouch to keep their chargers in their travel bag. But if you’re concerned kids will lose these oh-so-necessary wires or you want to keep track of it all, here are a few solutions: Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (4) | Blog
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Yes thats right!!! dont believe me?!?! Now maybe "scam" isnt the right word to use, but its true! Yes Apple is a real company, yes Itunes is real as well but it steals your money!!!!! So heres what happened about a half hour ago! I bought $15 itunes card, and as soon as I got home I put it… Read More »
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We loved reading Oprah Winfrey’s tribute to Michelle Obama in “The Time 100,” from Time magazine’s issue about the world’s most influential people. But we love it now even more hearing the heart-wrenching story of how her piece came to fruition. It’s not what you think.
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"I was doing it on a BlackBerry," Oprah confessed. "I'd been saving little notes on my BlackBerry. You know, I'd think of something and I'd put it on BlackBerry in the memo section. And then I went to hit the wrong button and the whole thing deleted! I went to hit 'Save' and instead I hit ... 'Oh my God! Oh my God! It's gone!' That ever happened to you? And then you can't remember — not one sentence you wrote." Oh man, we really, really hate that. The sad part: all of Oprah's power couldn't save that document and she had to start from scratch. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (23) | Blog
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Remember when dating simply meant a guy asking out a girl? Maybe he would call her up, maybe he'd do it face to face. Either way, the options were limited, and the results easy to decipher. Read More »
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Being thirteen years old in a techno filled world, I know chatspeak backwords and front (I think). So, for all you non-techno savvy people, I'm providig a guide for all (I think) of the chatspeak world.
- u, ur, k or kk, r, etc . . . These are all…
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Today I saw a youtube video that made me feel like a total dinosaur. I had a teacher in high school that talked about, "surfing the net," and honestly wondered what he was smoking (he wiggled his fingers in the air when he said it. Giggety-giggety, you know?) Now everything is different… Read More »
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“You will begin to touch
heaven in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn’t
flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the
speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection
doesn’t have limits. Perfect speed is being there.” Richard
Bach… Read More »
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I wonder if anyone other than myself has considered that money really is a smokescreen for the coming world currency? My thinking has been going this 'route' for a few years now, and I have no fancy letters to hang after my name, but, I do have a brain, and once in…
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Dara Torres is surrounded by moms, bloggers all, eating sushi and satay, talking about “The Bachelor” and “Dancing with the Stars.” But all she really wants to do is sleep. She’s tired. And, you know what? It’s kind of comforting to know Torres, a five-time Olympian with 12 medals—four of them gold—gets tired, too.
Dara Torres, 41, chats with a 76-year-old swimmer/fan in the next lane at the Asphalt Green Aqua Center in New York.
Of course she does. The mom of a toddler (Tessa turns 3 this month) is on a media tour for her book, “Age Is Just a Number.” At 41, she is spreading that message, giving all women hope that we can achieve, strive, do—be our best—at any age. We are happy to buy in. Only, one day, should you find yourself standing next to the beautifully toned and tanned Torres, you realize that, well, clearly not everyone is capable of such amazing feats at any age. But at least we can each keep trying, and never give up on ourselves... right? Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (8) | Blog
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