Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

These photos are pretty funny! They are from a 1962 book prophecying the technological advances of 1975. I guess 1962 was a very optimistic year (even though they’d just outlawed public praying in schools), as they had NO IDEA of the impending oil crisis that would essentially shut down innovation with the cardigan malaise. My [...]

GPS is mind-boggling to me. In case you have been living in a hole for the past 10 years, GPS stands for “Global Positional Satelllite.” It was once the stuff of science fiction. And even when it started to twinkle on the sidelines about 20 years ago, only the most sophisticated vehicles sported GPS. I [...]

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of faceVsion Technology USA. All opinions are 100% mine. This is pretty cool. It’s the FV touchcam N1. I’ve never been very fond of webcams, generally speaking, until I traveled without the kids and husband recently. The webcam became a very important tool– everyone missed [...]

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 [...]

I’m very happy to report that my online job ventures are paying off. I’m working for two companies, currently: Demand Studios and eHow. I really enjoy writing “how to” articles, as you can see from my other blog, The Older Geek; I also like writing fact sheets. It’s a time-consuming job, however. Both jobs require [...]

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Speek. All opinions are 100% mine. Wow, social networking and teleconferencing is really growing! I’ve been on a mission for finding various (free) web-based telecommunications programs. On is network chat (still searching), another is VoIP (getting there), and another is something that kind of [...]