Jan 8, 2012  •  In Blogging, Geek, Reviews, Web

Site Downtime, and a New Host

If you tried to visit this site yesterday or earlier today, you were probably met with a big fat error message. 🙁  I thought that the problem had resolved itself by Saturday evening, when the site briefly came back online after my web host reset the server, but the reprieve only lasted a couple of […]

Oct 11, 2011  •  In Baby, Claire, Motherhood, Reviews

Pognae Baby Carrier Review

Baby carriers are big in Asia. This is especially the case in urban areas where there is limited space and the majority of the population choose to take public transportation rather than drive. And where there is demand, there is supply. A great variety of quality supply, I might add. The Pognae is one such […]

Oct 3, 2011  •  In Blogging, Funny, Geek, Giveaways, Personal, Reviews, Shopping, Web

Giveaway: Win a Halloween Costume from HalloweenCostumes.com!

This giveaway has closed. Congratulations to Kelly Stadium, who entered by commenting! Please stay tuned for more giveaways in the future! It’s October! The weather has cooled down, the leaves are changing colors, Starbucks is serving Pumpkin Spice Lattes again… …and we are nearing one of America’s favorite holidays. That’s right — Halloween is coming […]

Aug 12, 2011  •  In Gadgets, Geek, Personal, Reviews

Vonage Time to Call™ Review and an iPad 2 Giveaway!

Last week, Vonage released a new VoIP app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch called Time to Call™. This pay-per-call international calling app allows users to make short, 15-minute calls to 190 countries with competitive rates ranging from 99 cents to $9.99 per call. It is FREE to download with no monthly charges and no commitments.  […]

Aug 8, 2011  •  In Blogging, Geek, Reviews, Web

Google Page Speed Service — A Short Review

11 days ago, Google announced a new tool that aims to speed up the loading of websites. The new Page Speed Service utilizes the optimization techniques outlined by the company’s Page Speed Online API and takes it a step further: by rewriting pages and delivering them to users using Google’s servers. On the Google Code blog, […]