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Entries from October 2007

Magentix Update… Passed with flying colors…

October 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

As a follow up to my post on Magnetix Dangers,  X-Rays yesterday confirmed the Magnetix piece she had swallowed (the ball) was gone. My daughter was VERY HAPPY to hear this as today is her birthday! She’s 7 now and you know Seven is a hard age.
Yesterday we had spoken with the [...]

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Tags: Children · Health

Goodbye slideshow. HELLO Multimedia Video Presentation!

October 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Found this great site for those tired of the simple slideshow. Create video from your pictures to music. You could just use a simple video editor and add a soundtrack but this makes it more interesting. By adding effects, transition and beat and image analysis it creates a unique audio video [...]

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Tags: Tools and Utilities · Websites

Yes we have no bananas…

October 20th, 2007 · No Comments

With ecommerce sites like Amazon, eBay and others boasting thousands if not millions of products. Would you shop at a store that only carried ONE random product and when the sold out they closed for the day? Where there are no preorders or backorders? One site on the internet is doing [...]

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Tags: EBusiness · Shopping · Websites

Note taking - a lost art…

October 20th, 2007 · No Comments

My eldest daughter is in Sixth grade and has a LOT of trouble taking notes. Namely the school hasn’t taught her how. Granted I shouldn’t rely on the school to do all the work, so I’m trying a few different techniques and ideas. First I’m emphasizing the importance of taking notes. [...]

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Tags: Education

Kids Clothes - To shop or not to shop

October 20th, 2007 · No Comments

With the school year well underway the thought of purchasing school clothes is far from my mind. Except now it’s getting rather chilly(some days) and the light back to school clothes are just not cutting it. The kids are a bit picky about what they wear and shopping for Brand Name [...]

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Tags: Children · Parenting · Shopping

Magnetix Swallowing Dangers

October 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Yesterday I had a rather large scare. My youngest daughter (six years old almost seven) was home sick and was playing with Magentix. For those who don’t know, Magnetix is a toy building kit for ages 6 and up what consists of small tubes with disc magnets at each end and half-inch [...]

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Tags: Children · Personal

OpenDNS - Faster Better Stronger… Free!

October 17th, 2007 · No Comments

DNS or Domain Name Service is something that when it works you never think about it and when it doesn’t can be EXTREMELY frustrating. I’ve found a great FREE service that gives you MORE for nothing than your ISP does when it comes to DNS.

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Tags: Tools and Utilities