Home Ec-101: Skills for Everyday Living Review and Giveaway
Look out GoodHousekeeping! Move over Betty Crocker! Heloise, you day as reigning champion of household tips is over! If there is a book that is the 21st century standard that should be a gift for every new couple starting out, it is Heather Solos' Home-Ec 101. From the cover, to the topics covered, it starts to look like (and is probably an homage … [Read the Full Story]

Amazon Kindle 6″ (Wi-Fi)
I have avoided reviewing the Amazon Kindle for some time. Basically because, being that it is now the best selling of all time on Amazon that everybody either knew about or already had a Kindle. So I thought there was really no point to it. But as I look around now, I realize that there is some confusion, brought on mostly by the surge of the tablet … [Read the Full Story]
Alchemy for Android
Alchemy is really a very simple premise of a game. You start with 4 elements, and by combining them you create other elements (for example earth plus water equals mud), then from there you create other items by combining what you have. When I started out there was 270 items, but recently the author, through update has increased this total to … [Read the Full Story]

Archos 70 Internet Tablet
The Archos 70 Internet tablet is yet another Android Tablet that was rushed out the door before Android was "officially" ready to be put on a tablet device. Thus I have been very hesitant to really look at these tablets. However, unlike many of the unfinished, unpolished and usually unresponsive tablets that came before it, this little device is actually … [Read the Full Story]
Consumer Electronics
Roku XD-HR
A look at the Roku HD-XR, the good, the bad and the ugly of this simple media extender. Does it belong in your living room?
Computers and Accessories
Viewsonic G Tablet
Much to my utter surprise, I have to eat some crow this year and admit that tablets (and yet most notably the Apple iPad) took off in a way that I never really expected. Of course, it is well known by anybody that reads this or anything I write, that the chances of owning an [...]
Gateway NV5922u Laptop
Their name has been dragged through the mud for many years (and arguably they deserved it), but even before they were acquired by Acer in late 2007, Gateway had started back building machines that were worth owning again. After years of selling low end junk that was closer to the eMachines brand they acquired than [...]
Contests and Give-aways
Seattle’s Best Coffee Level System $100 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway
Turns out BusyMom is well… busy, giving things away, and has another offer up, this one for a $100 Gift Certificate to Amazon.com courtesy of Seattle’s Best Coffee. All you need to do is leave a comment saying where you are on the Seattle’s Best Coffee Level System. No purchase is necessary. As always see [...]
Gatorade Moms $100 Dick’s Sporting Goods gift card giveaway
I have been remiss lately with keeping up with all the giveaways going on from some of my trusted sources. Sorry about that. But to start rectifying that situation allow me to tell you about a pretty cool on being run by Busy Mom on her Review Blog, the Gatorade Moms $100 Dick’s Sporting Goods gift [...]
Home Ec-101: Skills for Everyday Living Review and Giveaway
Look out GoodHousekeeping! Move over Betty Crocker! Heloise, you day as reigning champion of household tips is over! If there is a book that is the 21st century standard that should be a gift for every new couple starting out, it is Heather Solos’ Home-Ec 101. From the cover, to the topics covered, it starts [...]




