Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

The latest buzz word in the technology industry is “the cloud.” It’s been around for several years. Basically, the “cloud” is online storage space on some server. Perhaps you’ve heard of Carbonite or iCloud? You can see a comprehensive list of both top US and Top UK cloud storage companies and pricing at the link. [...]

Now, here’s something interesting: a home exchange program specifically for Christians. I’ve seen a lot of home exchange and home rental programs and businesses, but I’ve never seen one geared for a particular group of people before. I’m a Christian, and this is very appealing to me. I’ve often considered renting a home for a [...]

I wondered when I’d start seeing something like this: a social network that is a closed loop, so to speak. In case you didn’t know, social networking (Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, even blogging to a certain degree) is VERY social. I mean, everything you say is open to the public. Oh sure, sure, Twitter and Facebook [...]

I’m a little surprised how few choices exist for desktop Twitter applications. Seriously. Twitter is wildly popular, yet the only *big* desktop apps I am aware of is TweetDeck and Seesmic. That’s it?! Unless I’m missing something. HootSuite doesn’t even HAVE a desktop app, just a browser app. Someone correct me if I am wrong, [...]

I’m a working mom (at home), and I also homeschool, so our life here is *pretty* busy. I’ve been seraching for ways to better manage my little business and the kids’ activities (not to mention all the appointments and taking vitamins and ordering supplements and such). A Twitter pal mentioned the Cozi app, so I [...]

This technology just blows my mind. Not that I cannot comprehend it– the basics are rather simple– but just the fact that this can be done. Remember, I can recall the days before the VCR and CD!! But anyway, there’s this amazing technology called Sparqcode. It’s a form of qr code advertising: A QR Code [...]