Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

This was surprising news to me: GPS System Could Begin to Fail Within a Year. From PC World: The Global Positioning System faces the possibility of failures and blackouts, a federal watchdog agency has warned the U.S. Congress. Mismanagement by and underinvestment by the U.S. Air Force places the GPS at risk of failure in [...]

Is it just me, or do ALL cars eat through brake pads like sliced butter?! We are having to buy new ones every three months or so. I think that’s a lot. Our local retailers ask upwards of $60 for a brake pad set, yow. So I’m going to the Internet even for auto parts, [...]

Raise your hand if you have a love/hate relationship with your cell phone. *raises hand* While having a cell is a great convenience (I have a cheapo Tracfone), they are expensive. And insecure. I’ve known for a long time that cell phone transmissions are insecure– they are truly radio transmissions, and can be intercepted and [...]

Very interesting. A new web tool, Wolfram Alpha, promises to answer questions directly that you type into a search bar, rather than display a list of websites (like Yahoo and Google). This means that Wolfram Alpha has some kind of ability to detect nuances in questions presented. Hmm. The “computational knowledge engine”, as the technology [...]

Way back as a young wife and mom (ummm, DECADES ago, now!), I didn’t think much about home security. To me, the most important facet of home security was to own nothing of value! Haha! Ah, how times change. I’ve since purchased my own home, and now, thanks to my small business, I have an [...]

Wow, this has got to be the largest Promotional Gifts website of promotional products I’ve ever seen. They have everything under the sun! Calculators, t-shirts, clothing, mugs, key chains, tools, clocks– everything! It’s AnyPromo.com. They have over 200,000 products that you can customize for your business, school, organization, contest, conference, or for personal use. Some [...]