Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

At wit’s end and have no geek in the family to call for help? There’s a really cool online service called Computer Hope. Guess what- it’s free! I think this is terrific! The website itself is very helpful, with a “word of the day,” latest updates and news, and some common questions and solutions. Besides [...]

Toooooo much debt. Ouch! I am not alone in this. Most Americans, and most people in Western developed nations, have a large amount of consumer debt. This is in part because our governments and banking systems encourage debt, due to a skewered view of national wealth. It is believed that debt equals wealth, because debt [...]

Here’s a wonderful registry program for the holidays: Sears Heroes at Home Wish Registry. Sears is sponsoring a wish list registry for our servicemen and servicewomen overseas. In a nutshell, Sears provides gift cards to military families. (These gift cards are not tax-deductible). Since military moms and military dads are away in places like Afghanistan [...]

Way back when machines started to appear in the employment industry, machines were touted as the things that would make our lives better and more leisurely. Have you seen this happen in your life? I haven’t. I think our lives are much more hectic and fast-paced than ever before! As a matter of fact, Dr. [...]

Over the weekend, I had some technical problems with my other blog, New York Traveler.net. The comments features on the blog were totally unoperational. A day previously, I had updated the Akismet plugin (Akismet is a software plugin that traps spam comments on blogs). I couldn’t be sure that the Akismet plugin was related to [...]

How fast does your blog load? If it takes too long, you lose readers. Things like large badges, buttons, graphics, music, autoplay video, and other gadgets drain your load time. Here’s a website I found to test your blog’s loading speed: Pingdom Tools. It’s free to use. This is how they say it works: The [...]