Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

I don’t like the sounds of this. Google (surprise, surprise) intends to wipe out the concept of the personal computer by creating and hosting a service where everyone’s files and data are in a central location. Google is to launch a service that would enable users to access their personal computer from any internet connection, [...]

I love the Opera browser more and more. It’s just so terrific. It’s fast, it’s convenient, it shows content (unlike Firefox, where I have to reload and reload), and I love the “Notes” feature of the sidebar panel. Probably the only complaint I could think of was the inability to have an Ad Block like [...]

My kids have discovered the delights of digital video. I have a Samsung digital video recorder that I use for business, so I don’t like them to use it. But my cell phone has a video recorder, and the latest craze amongst the kids is taking short “Lego animation” videos with it. Problem we’ve encountered [...]

Some WordPress themes have no time stamp in the design. A time stamp is the date and time you publish your blog post, and it usually shows up beneath the title of your post after it’s published on the blog. Most blog themes do have this feature, but not all. This theme I am currently [...]

Now that I’m self-employed, I’m much more interested in finances and investing. I admit that I am a complete dunce when it comes to such matters. But I was visiting Entrecard blogs and came across the Wandering Economist. This blogger has compiled several “10 Minute Lessons” about finances and etc. I’ve liked reading this blog– [...]

Here’s another cool search engine that’s rising to the top:LeapFish. It’s a funny name, and we’ll see how it does. If anything, I am THRILLED that Google has some competition! LeapFish is considered a “multi-dimensional” search engine that gives results not only in text (as you-know-who does), but also shows results for video, images, shopping, [...]