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Continue reading →: Disneyland galore
Well haven’t been down to Disneyland in years, so interesting to see how things have changed. Last time it was a blizzard of fast passes and early entry as well as single rider lines. According to Trip Advisor things haven’t really changed much, but here is the scoop: There are two…
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Continue reading →: iPHone accessories
Well, the Scorsche dual usb chargers while cheap have not been durable of the four I’ve bought, two had things snap off, so I’m back to the Griffin which for $4 more includes a iPhone charge cable. I also got a $40 iPhone holder fo the car, but it gets…
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Continue reading →: Vacuum cleaners
When outfitting the house years ago, I literally went through consumer reports looking for things and picked up a highly rated upright from Sears. Now the little blinky light is flashing and i”m thinking, have I ever changed the bag? Can’t remember even how to open it. But full it…
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Continue reading →: Maintaining your Mac
Well while it is easier than Windows (at least up to XP the last version I really used heavily), the Mac OS X does have its issues. It can slow down and I’ve had a bunch of times when it would just hang on boot with the spinning wheel of…
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Continue reading →: Us news meta ratings
They actually do a nice meta review. Here are the current 2012 models. The ones to try are the ford fiesta and fusion. Honda fit The Hyundai elantra and sonata The Audi a3 and a4 Volkswagen. Gti Small Cars Ford Fiesta ranks #1 in Affordable Small Cars Affordable Small Cars…
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Continue reading →: Swimming in social networks
As just about everything I adding social networks and checkins and so forth in literally drowning in all the feeds. So here’s richs list of how I at least divide them and here’s a stack of what I did useful… Tongfamily.com. This Site. I use mainly for posting reviews of…
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Continue reading →: Transferring contacts from Google contacts to iCloud
We’ve been finding Google calendar is working great with the iPhone, but Google contacts is pretty unstable. Doesn’t sync all the time and for me will often completely reset and start downloading if you make too many changes. Google doesn’t seem like its going to make it much priority to…
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Continue reading →: Life before Apple TV
Well, before Apple revolutionizes the TV business with whatever it is (can you believe BTW that Apple is up almost $100 a share since Steve’s passing and it worth more than Google and Microsoft combined now), what can you do to make actually using your home theater easier, here is…
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Continue reading →: Skis and things
Ok, the season is nearing its end, so now is a good time to pick up some dribs and drabs. The good news is that the tremendous innovation in skiing seems to be ending. There are now all kinds of reverse camber skis out there, so seems like a good…
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Continue reading →: Raising prices
The economy must be getting better as some folks seem to be raising prices relentlessly. These include: Chinesepod. They have been a great service for learning, but I’ve had them for three years and every year there is a 50% plus price increase. Now they are up to $120 a…