Thankful
I’m thankful for a lot of things this year: my health, the opportunities I have, my family and friends. What are you thankful for? Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure
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Gaming is not an addiction
Read more: Gaming is not an addictionNick Yee at Terra Nova posts a link to a BBC article explaining that 90% of the time, gamers are not addicted to gaming. Neither Yee nor the BBC article claim that excessive gaming isn’t a problem, but it’s not addiction the way alcohol or drugs are an addiction. What it represents is a social…
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Springpad Organization tool
Read more: Springpad Organization toolVia eHub, I found Springpad, a tool that organizes all kinds of things. I haven’t played with it much, but what appealed to me most was the Weekly Meal Planner and Household Budget. On the meal planner, you can add recipes to your day. Then you can generate a shopping list. The formatting is a…
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Slow Blogging
Read more: Slow BloggingLaura at 11D mentions the slow blogging movement. My dear friend and colleague, Barbara Ganley, was featured in this article on Slow Blogging, which is oddly in the Fashion and Style section. What’s up with that? I’m kind of a medium blogger myself, though some days (like today, for example), I find enough time and…
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Shifting Careers Blog no more
Read more: Shifting Careers Blog no moreBummer. I just discovered this blog six months or so ago as I started contemplating the possibility of a different job structure. I’ve gotten great advice from it, and just find it interesting as a lens into the world of entrepreneurship and freelancing. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day…
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Geeky Mom Reviews: The Trouble with Boys
Read more: Geeky Mom Reviews: The Trouble with BoysOne of the things I did this weekend was to finish this book. I have about 4 books going at the moment and this is the one that kind of stuck. As most of my readers know, I’m struggling with Geeky Boy’s school difficulties and I picked this book up in hopes of gaining some…
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Links a million!
Read more: Links a million!Once again, I find myself with a collection of links that I could have blogged about, but didn’t. So here ya go: First from del.icio.us: A collection of journals in Instructional Technology, found via Twitter people. Stephen Downes on the future of online learning. Seems to be the topic of the week. Instructions for tracking…
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More fun with economics
Read more: More fun with economicsIn the comments, Janice points out this article in the NY Times also discussing the math problems people have when trying to figure out what’s reasonable to save on. Mr. Geeky and I have spent hours in the past doing the back and forth of deciding whether to buy something or figuring out how to…
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Poor people have poor ways
Read more: Poor people have poor waysThis is a phrase I’m sure you’ve heard and one my father-in-law said to us a lot when we were in grad school. There’s an interesting conversation going on over at Half-Changed World about the cost of food and how low-income people are buying more Spam and other not-so-healthy options. I have written about health,…
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My daily routine, or, God, I do laundry every day!
Read more: My daily routine, or, God, I do laundry every day!This week is about establishing some sort of routine so that I don’t spend all my time eating bon-bons and watching “What Not to Wear.” I still feel that I need to dig the house out from under its years of neglect, so I really do do laundry almost every day. Something always needs to…
