Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

I am a pro-blogger, and therefore I find it necessary to present my contact information on my blogs, for advertisers and/or readers who have questions or would like to do business with me. Publishing your email (even if it is a graphic image email) is not wise. If you have your email published in text [...]

Will someone please tell me WHY there is this great big push to shelve technology– especially operating systems? And especially Microsoft operating systems? OK, let me back off a little. There’s talk that MS will let Vista just fade away. It’s outdated, too buggy, and too bulky. The Microsoft executive in charge of Windows urged [...]

Remember the good old days when life was simpler? That is– when we just had ONE remote? Maybe TWO? But holy cow, look at our skyscraper of remotes! And from what I hear, that’s a SMALL amount compared to other families that have Xboxes, 4-5 TVs, separate DVD players, BluRay players… I don’t know how [...]

I’ve been using this computer software program for about a month, and it is amazing! Truly, this is one my indisposable programs. And it’s free! It’s called PhoneTray Free. In a nutshell, PhoneTray Free enables me to monitor all incoming telephone calls through my computer. For a few years now, I have been PLAGUED with [...]

We are getting so sophisticated with Internet today, aren’t we? Wasn’t it just a couple of years ago that the dialup was sufficient for moderate surfing and email? Those days a LONG GONE. Now there’s DSL broadband, cable, satellite, and FiOs (which I hope to get someday). I work from my computer, and we play [...]

I do a lot of online shopping. I admit, I can’t always tell the good deals from the bad, especially when it comes to reading all the teeny tiny fine print that marketers sometime hide from consumers. But boy oh boy, have I found a goldmine of a site to help determine good deals, do [...]