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Why can’t we walk straight?

January 10, 2011

Found the video below demonstrating the fact that people can’t walk (drive or swim) in a straight line if they are unable to see. It is interesting. My eight year old watched it with me. She wants to try out the experiment herself. So, we are going to do that on a not so muddy [...]

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Tagged…Photo meme

September 19, 2009

Anne in Oxfordshire tagged me here for a photo meme. Here are the instructions: 1. Open the fourth file where you store your photos. 2. Pick the 4th photo. 3 . Explain the photo. 4. Pass challenge onto 4 other bloggers. Here is my photo: It was taken during our first year in Switzerland. We [...]

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Farm Town addiction

September 4, 2009

Picture of my farm taken today. I am embarrassed to admit that I play am addicted to Farm Town. It started out innocently enough. I accepted an invitation to join Farm Town (which is an application on Facebook) from my mother (I think) and within two days I was hooked. Why? It is fun to [...]

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Facebook addiction

January 30, 2009

Last year, I tried out Facebook. I didn’t get it and thought it was silly. Now, I realize the problem was that many of the people I wanted to connect with weren’t on Facebook. I only found less than five people I knew. I recently reopened my Facebook account because someone I know told me [...]

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I thought I was a modern woman!

June 25, 2008

Or, perhaps modern women aren’t as modern as we think! 71 As a 1930s wife, I am Superior Take the test!

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The Jura in spring

April 13, 2008

We walked six miles over our beautiful mountains. The sky was immense. It was covered in a deep blue decorated with huge white fluffy clouds. It felt good to stretch our muscles on a weekend walk. We haven’t been able to walk so far since before the snow started last year. We walked for three [...]

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Video on Flickr!

April 9, 2008

Flickr is allowing video to be uploaded to their website by pro account holders. The videos are more “long photos” than video meaning only the first 90 seconds of any video will be shown. Can I tell you how excited I am about the ability to upload my vidoes to flickr? It is a great [...]

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Link love

March 27, 2008

I have installed a sideblog for my WordPress blog. It is located in my sidebar and is filed under the category named Internet finds. This is where I will put links to interesting or humorous websites, blogs, videos or any other Internet finds that I think are worth sharing. Some of you may remember Follow [...]

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Tom Mabe’s revenge on telemarketers

March 6, 2008

Since moving to Switzerland, we have gotten our share of telemarketers. I get out of it easily enough since I can pretend I don’t understand or speak French. But, it is still annoying to run to answer the phone only to be greeted by a telemarketer. The first time I listened to this recording of [...]

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A cool puzzle

March 2, 2008

Click here to do an online puzzle that may get your day started with a light heart and a smile. If nothing else you’ll get some mental stimulation. Stimulation is a good thing. :) ******** The puzzle is a moving photo of a man flying. Told you it’s cool!

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Webware.com

February 29, 2008

What is Webware all about? Here is the explanation I found on their website. Webware.com is the site where computer users can learn about new and useful Web applications. I heart flickr, google mail, google reader, dailymotion, youtube, firefox, opera, wordpress, drupal and stumbe!. I use most of these Web applications on a daily basis. [...]

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Unscrew America

February 27, 2008

Unscrew America is a really cool and informative website full of information about switching out your old light bulbs for new energy efficient ones. This website is a lot fun. It does use pop up windows so you will need to eventually allow the pop ups or not. Enjoy! More information on another website about [...]

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Blogging and privacy

February 26, 2008

Someone had marked one of the photos in my flickr account as a favorite. I have since blocked them. The flickr name of this person is linked to someone from my real life through their family. Not only is it linked to “this someone’s” family but there is a story behind this name that is [...]

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The power of the Internet during this presidential campaign

February 19, 2008

…Is incredibly important. It isn’t only the mainstream media that presidential candidates have to worry about. Youtube and blogs have thrown some new hurdles into the race. I think it is interesting that Internauts are grabbing hold during this campaign and creating a new way to “get the message out”. Check out the videos below. [...]

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Seven random things meme

November 4, 2007

Might I add…? tagged me to do the Seven Random Things Meme. You can read here Seven Random Things Meme by clicking here. I am not sure I can think of seven things about myself that I haven’t written about before. I’ll give it a shot. I don’t know much about my heritage and would [...]

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