Posted on April 28th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
According to The Economist magazine, “Tinder” is now the most popular dating site and app (Android) (iPhone). We thought it was too new to have achieved that status. But young people are now saying “Hinge.co” is even better. (“CO” is the country suffix for Columbia; it doesn’t mean a web site is based there, just that it’s registered there.) Tinder lets you swipe past any photo you’re not intrigued by. It requires a different swipe when you find someone you like. If they’ve done the same thing with your photo, you’re matched and something might come of this. Hinge.co matches you only with friends of Facebook friends. Though it might sound foolish to restrict the field, it gives you the […]
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Posted on April 27th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
When you’re out in Nature or part of a crowded scene, your camera may fail to do justice to it. You see a “wow” but the camera sees an “okay.” A panoramic picture picks things up.
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Posted on April 26th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
“Lovelace & Babbage” is a free iPad app for a comic book about the lives of Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage. Ada, born in 1815, was the daughter of the “mad, bad and dangerous to know” poet, Lord Byron. After being steered toward math to tame her wild blood, she invented the first computer language for the first computer. (The computer was never finished but was fully conceived by Babbage.) A print version just came out, for $21, re-titled “The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage.”
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Posted on April 23rd, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
We recently found out we had been paying a monthly bill for more than a year for something we didn’t even want. If we hadn’t canceled a credit card, we wouldn’t have noticed.
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Posted on April 22nd, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
We overheard one of the best tech conversations ever from two guys who were cleaning our carpet. They debated the merits of just about every new gadget out there, and then went on to music creation. One of them was an amateur music producer, so we listened carefully when he said he uses “Ableton” music software. We immediately tried the 30-day free trial version from Ableton.com. (We didn’t have to give them our credit card number.)
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Posted on April 21st, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
When we went on the web for a solution to fix our neighbor’s printer, we discovered a whole slew of complaints about the HP Photosmart series. Our own experience hasn’t been good either.
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Posted on April 20th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
With all the new 3D printers, new materials and new software, it’s hard to keep up. The information blasts can be dizzying. Senvol.com/database has a free search engine for sorting through all the materials and all the machines out there. We did a search on materials. First, we had the option to specify ceramics, polymer (plastic), sand, wax, composite or metal. But that was just the beginning. From there we could choose the tensile strength, the flexural strength and many other variables. There was another category for how well the material withstands various temperatures and another for the material’s hardness and density. The machine selection has 37 printer manufacturers to choose from and a lot more variables to specify. This […]
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Posted on April 18th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
Quora.com/What-is-your-best-kitchen-advice has dozens of great kitchen tips. Did you know oiling the shells of your eggs will make the eggs last three or four extra weeks? Wrap celery in foil and it will last almost a month. Poke a lemon with a toothpick if you just need a few drops, then seal it up again with tape. The readers’ comments are great.
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Posted on April 18th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
HRTV.com has replays of major horse races. Bob was recently looking for the Florida Derby, and couldn’t find it. Joy finally found it by Googling “Florida Derby race replay.” That’s when we found out they had video of many major races including some long past.
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Posted on April 17th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
Email marketing service companies provide templates for emailed newsletters, ads and fundraising materials. They also help target your audience, time your campaign, and analyze the results. Finally, they’ll send you a warning if you’re in danger of getting blocked for sending too much email. Here’s an example of costs from one of the leading companies, “MailChimp.” They let you send up to 2,000 emails to 2,000 subscribers for free; beyond that, it’s about $10 a month. There’s a comparison of major services at email-marketing-options.com.
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