What’s Gotta Go

I have four kids, which means I have four distinct little personalities that are growing in my home.  Each is unique in the way they approach life, especially trying out new things.  My oldest boy is disabled, so he is of course different than the norm, but the others fall into more typically known categories.
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Have you checked out the new Street View feature from Google? If not, it is a fun view of a couple of major cities as taken from a roving van topped with some special cameras. The low resolution photos are all linked together for a virtual tour along city streets. Google is [...]

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All of those famous 10 step programs always say the first step in is admitting you have a problem. Well, I admit I have a problem. When it comes to “man toys” I research the heck out of anything that I’m going to buy, to the point that I have typically convinced myself [...]

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For those of you not of the tech geek persuasion, you may not have been following the big Apple announcement of their new iPhone. Before anyone comes quickly to their defense (i.e. Apple “fanboys” as they have become know) I am writing not to knock on the phone itself, but the hype.
I am really [...]

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I work for a company that offers a variety of products and services online.  Most of these products include a fee give away incentive to invite customers to try out said product and service, often something that involves a later sale or monthly membership.  Seems a fairly easy concept to grasp, one would think.  Apparently [...]

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This could possibly be known as Black Friday part 2, but it really applies to any big sale day of the year.  On these major holidays, retailers know they need to get you in the door so you might purchase at their outlet versus competing store.  Basic marketing knowledge is that once you get them [...]

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There is no question we live in an age of booming technology and innovation.  I am always amazed at the pace we see new inventions emerging, but what I don’t see as much of is improvement on things that we have to use every day.  This is not to say it doesn’t happen, but there [...]

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