2007 May | A Techy Geek Mom's Nerd Paradise

Disable Vista security prompts

May 31, 2007 By LittleTechGirl View Comments

Here is a great tip that I found after a Google Search on Lifehacker for how to disable one of my major annoyances mentioned below.

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The legacy is over/Windows Vista

May 31, 2007 By LittleTechGirl View Comments

I recently gave up on my several year run as a technician/computer builder at home when my desktop took a nosedive and I didn’t have the time or energy to resuscitate it. I built it I think 4 years ago, ore rebuild I should say. It had a good run. I wanted a reliable new [...]

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Better late then never…

May 31, 2007 By LittleTechGirl View Comments

My boys turned 1 on May 12!!! Happy Birthday boys. Mommy loves you. We had a pretty good day filled with friend and family and presents. Luckily they did not get as much stuff and they could have, I would not know what to do with it all! They are doing very well and they [...]

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Battling Forum Spam

May 29, 2007 By LittleTechGirl View Comments

I set up a forum here a while ago, but I have still been tweaking it, and styling it, etc so I did not announce it. I recently found that I suddenly had 7 users. 2 of those were me. I checked out the other 5 and all appeared to be some type of spam [...]

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FOXNews.com – Abbot Laboratories Recalls 5,000 Cases of Premature Infant Formula – Health News | Current Health News | Medical News

May 29, 2007 By LittleTechGirl View Comments

FOXNews.com – Abbot Laboratories Recalls 5,000 Cases of Premature Infant Formula – Health News | Current Health News | Medical News Abbot Laboratories Recalls 5,000 Cases of Premature Infant Formula Friday, May 25, 2007 WASHINGTON � The Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories on Friday recalled about 5,000 cases of 2-ounce bottles of a highly [...]

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Sickness

May 17, 2007 By LittleTechGirl View Comments

I would really like to know why my kids stay so sick! I know that they are in daycare, but give me a freaking break!!! As soon as one cold goes away, another one comes back. We had a good stretch of wellness going then almost a month ago we had to encounter a couple [...]

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Corrections to the below article..

May 17, 2007 By LittleTechGirl View Comments

I decided to write up the differences in the article. You can see those on my other site here.

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Article corrections…

May 15, 2007 By LittleTechGirl View Comments

So it is a great article if I do say so myself. ) First the minor quote mistakes did not bother me, but I have decided to at least correct them here to make myself feel better. They do change the context of the story and I have gotten several questions from people that know [...]

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Mother's Day article about… ME!!!

May 14, 2007 By LittleTechGirl View Comments

A local Suburban Chicago paper interviewed me for their Mother’s Day centerpiece story. It’s very strange to look at a paper and see yourself on the cover. Check out my story here (The link is long dead, see the PDF version below) Kristopher got up at 5:24, so I went to the computer to look [...]

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"I feel the need, the need for speed"

May 13, 2007 By LittleTechGirl View Comments

I have been noticing that things seemed mighty fast on the net at my house lately, so I decided to do a speed test. EDIT(5/17): Well for some reason my link to the speedtest image died. But it was well over 13mb down and 1.5mb up. Holy ^$**&(&$!! That is FAST!!!

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