Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

I have become a strong propopent of Elearning (online, electronic education). I have two late-teens children, with another on his way, and I am interested in expanding my horizons, too. I never attended college, and now that I am older with older children, I’m desiring more education for better employment. One of the finest programs [...]

I am old enough to remember that old fitness video Jane Fonda made, back in the 80′s. Do you remember it? Remember the “leg warmers” fad? Ha ha! Yes, we’ve come a long way, baby. When they started to come out, the fitness video really rocked the fitness world, especially for the average person. Thanks [...]

Here’s a really neat (and free!) online printing application from HP: HP Smart Web Printing. There’s a sufficient tutorial at the website, but basically this application allows you to “select, collect, store, combine, and print” the graphics and text you want on a single page or two or whatever. It’s like a newspaper editing application– [...]

Brand-name software is horribly expensive. I recently perused my local computer retail store, and was shocked to see Microsoft Office on “sale” for $499. Holy cow! Because I homeschool, we rely heavily on computers and educational software. I feel it is rather unfair that most retailers give discounts to public schools but refuse to offer [...]

Here’s another terrific search engine option: Aafter.com. It’s another Google-modification programs– Aafter.com is a high-privacy, very speedy, versatile search engine. And it offers a cash-back income generation system, too: Use the site to search for online deals, and receive a percentage of the product price returned. Aafter.com is very open about their cashback systam– you [...]

This is SO COOL. It’s called Click2Map. It’s like a “skinning” program– a software editor, really– for the very popular Google Maps. I love Google Maps, I admit. I use it all the time, especially to map out my travels for my travel blog. I have a very nice map of all the places we’ve [...]