Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

I recently purchased a new laptop messenger bag for my 15.6″ Toshiba. My old neoprene bag had seen better days, and the broken zipper was no longer keeping out rain and snow. After shopping around for quite some time, I chose the “Notebook Messenger.” I like it because it’s not the typical long, briefcase-type shape, [...]

I’ve had my share of web hosts, some good and some not so good. Before leaping into the world of self-hosting your own websites, you really need to evaluate your needs (which might grow over time). Most bloggers choose shared hosting, which is your website hosted on a server along with a number of other [...]

Finding a web host can be confusing. There seem to be more and more of them, and who knows how they rate in quality and price?! I have tried my hand with quite a few number of web hosts before I finally landed with the best so far, Hostgator. Back when I was just starting [...]

I’ve had Verizon Internet Service for three years now (times flies!). I recently upgraded from the Basic Plan to the Premium Plan, and thought I’d share a little bit of my experience, for those of you still on dialup or may be looking for another ISP. When I first ordered DSL with Verizon, I knew [...]

I went to my local library for a few hours today, and finally got a chance to look around the place. They remodeled it and added a whole new wing over the summer. I was rather stunned to see a bastion of security cameras and a TV monitoring station behind the front desk. High-tech wireless [...]