Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

It’s hard to fathom that only a year and a half ago, I was completely baffled by the concept of blog hosting, ftp, and cPanel. Now, I am more comfortable. And I haven’t destroyed any of my websites in the process! Amazing! I’ve had my share of webhosts: Whip An Orbit, WizzerdWerks, Dreamhost, Bluehost, and [...]

It’s a little hard to believe, but yes, there’s an actual prank service via the Internet! It’s not dangerous or anything– it’s actually kind of cute and silly. It’s the Cardfish Phone call service. Basically, you send an e-card to a friend, and at some time during the card viewing, a telephone service is activated, [...]

I got my first laptop, an HP Pavilion, in 2003; it came pre-loaded with Windows XP. I made the mistake of connecting it to the Internet BEFORE turning on Windows Firewall. (Oddly, Windows Firewall was turned off by default– DUH!). While downloading Windows updates the first few minutes of using the laptop, I was hit [...]

I’m going to be pulling some relevant educational and resourceful websites out of my bookmarks, as well as keeping my eyes peeled, for sites that are useful resources for information and advice. I am amazed at the wealth of information on the Internet. Right now the buzz if how to reduce debt, especially in light [...]

A huge snowstorm blasted the Northeast today. At first, it was predicted to be a fast-moving storm with sleet and a few inches of snow, then it changed to be up to 6 inches, then 12 inches (!), then it suddenly became a very slow mover with only 5 inches. Our local weathermen, while valiant [...]

I was THIS close to throwing in the towel on WordPress blogging this week. What a rollercoaster ride! I’ve been trying to organize my MySQL databases, so I might transfer all my blogs to new hosts, transfer my domains, change nameservers, etc. It was a NIGHTMARE. I was very tempted to hire out the work, [...]