Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of USC. All opinions are 100% mine. I love the Internet, love it! Step back for a moment and think of all the amazing things we do on it: make and correspond with friends; share experiences, photos, and videos; work online (that’s what I do); [...]

Ya gotta wonder. A few years ago, there was news that Chinese-made Maxtor/Seagate hard drives sold in the UK and U.S. were infected with malicious trojans. From what I recall, the Chinese shrugged and said “oopsie.” Now there’s news that the Chinese are installing malware and distributing computer accessories with purposeful security holes. United Kingdom’s [...]

Want to create your own software? I know I would! I have often wanted some software application to help me with something or another (such as, network chat– I still cannot find a good network chat program), but have no idea how to go about it. Plus, I like to tinker. Well anyway, here’s a [...]

I don’t know about you, but I’ve had WordPress-Update-Disease. I’m tired of updating WordPress all the time! :-p Each new version is an improvement, so that’s a plus…. but I don’t want my WP to be a Swiss Army knife of blogging platforms. Unless there’s a necessary security update, I’m really happy with what I [...]

I found out about this handy little program from Kim Komando. By the way, if you don’t listen to her radio show or get her emails, I suggest you do! When i was a new computer user, some ten years ago now, her show was immensely helpful. Today, she discusses less about computers and more [...]

The Internet has done many amazing things, hasn’t it? We just finished our taxes, and I marvel at how quick and speedy the paperwork comes in with the process. Of course, it’s still painful to fill out those forms and cough up the $, but at least it’s speedy. :-p One of the better things [...]