That’s right… ATT is now offering refurb versions of the 8gb iPhone 3G for $99. That is a pretty good deal. Each phone is warrantied and guaranteed to be fixed from whatever it is that made the previous owner return it. Now, that is a deal on the phone, but not the plan unfortunately. New… Continue Reading
The Science of the Sleep Number Bed
I dreamed of trying out a Sleep Number bed for a long time. I never thought that I would actually have one. When I was contacted by Sleep Number to review a m7 bed with Memory Foam I swear I almost turned a cartwheel. I was setup about a month ...
The Windows Experience Index Explained
As a total computer geek I like to use computers that are powerful. There are many different factors that go into making your computer efficient - the processor speed, the amount of RAM (memory), and the hard drive speed to name a few. I do a lot of multitasking so I ...
Logitech Wireless Desktop MK710 Review + Giveaway from UNEEDIT.com
The wireless keyboard and mouse that I had been using with my desktop computer was several years old. It still works, but not as well as it should. It had come to the point that I needed to reposition the large desktop receiver to be very close to the keyboard ...
HP DV6-6c35dx Entertainment PC with Beats by Dr. Dre Laptop Review
When I read the specs of this laptop my first thought was "Wow... now THAT is a powerhouse machine!" And it lives up to my expectations...mostly. The HP dv6 with Beats by Dr. Dre is certainly made to impress. This laptop is very stylish with a 15.6" screen, speaker *bar* ...
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4Monthly Archives: December 2008
Yes I know, they are 2 years old…
They are supposed to act this way right? Well let me tell you, my boys have REALLY been giving me the flux. It is definitely time to move them to toddler beds. I wanted to do that for Christmas. We were able to get a free Little Tykes Toddler Car bed, thanks to freecycle.org. I… Continue Reading
My blog is now iPhone compatible
Ok, so I just found the coolest WordPress plugin (for today) by accident. It is WPtouch: WordPress on iPhone. It automatically formats your blog for an iPhone when visited… well, from an iPhone! It’s looks really cool, includes Ajax, and a very neat menu at the top. Here are some screen shots. Check out: LittleTechGirlKris… Continue Reading
Building my new web portal – ideas needed
So, I have 3 websites/blogs that I maintain, this one, http://doubletwinz.com and http://caincreative.biz. I also have a few other domains that I do stuff with, and a few that I have been holding to do something with… some day! One of these is http://kristilecain.com. My idea for this domain is for it to be my… Continue Reading
ATT iPhone’s – Service outage in the Chicago area
I was out shopping earlier and noticed at around noon that my iPhone had no service. I turned it off and on, restarted it, etc. to no avail. Once I got home i hopped on the web and saw other complaints about the same in the ATT forum. My service just came back on at… Continue Reading
Tweetdeck / Adobe Air install problems
So I had tried off and on for 3 days to get Tweetdeck installed but it did not work. I kept receiving the error “The application could not be installed. Try installing it again. If the problem persists, contact the application author… Error# 0.” I received the same error attempting to install Adobe Air on… Continue Reading
Duggar baby #18. It's a girl!
We all knew it would happen again (and again, and again…). Duggar baby #18 arrived last week. Read all about it in People Magazine. And be sure to visit the Duggar website! Check out: LittleTechGirlKris Cain is mom to 2 sets of twins, photography nut, gadget addict, web designer, and blogger who has worked in… Continue Reading
Photoshop Tutorial: Rays of light
For those that don’t know, I am a Photoshop fanatic! I use it daily for something or other, photo editing, creating logos, greeting cards, etc. etc. The web is your friend big time when looking for tutorials on how to do cool things in PS. @darcygregoire over at http://www.darcygregoire.com posted this Tut today on creating… Continue Reading
Ice Storm
We had a pretty bad ice storm/snow storm here in the Chicago area last night. It was not as bad as the thought it would be, but bad enough! Tons of folks took the day off and mostly all of the Catholic schools are closed. The Chicago public schools never close though! Here are a… Continue Reading
As you can see by the tools in the sidebar at the right, I have started using Twitter. I have heard about it forever, but at first didn’t see the point, so I never checked it out. I just finally signed up a few days ago and have started posting “tweets”. It’s a quick way… Continue Reading
Student(s) of the Month
I am going to catch up on all news no matter what! As it says below, the girls started Kindergarten on August 25th. They have both been doing SO well!!!So well in fact, that for the month of September Alexis was student of the month in her class (they are in separate classes). Her teacher… Continue Reading
The Microsoft iPhone app!!
On the iTunes store, one of the comments under Reviews says “OMG, hell has frozen over.” LOL!!! Well, first… the name of the app is “Seadragon Mobile”. Oooooo kkkkk. I think the name of an app should reflect what it does, but umm whatever! So what does it do?? Well, it doesn’t do much. It… Continue Reading
Upgraded, Moved, and Cleaned up doubletwinz.com
Whew! Got that done. I moved my other site finally, got it upgraded and tweaked a bit. All is well. Check out: LittleTechGirlKris Cain is mom to 2 sets of twins, photography nut, gadget addict, web designer, and blogger who has worked in IT for over 13 years. Twitter and Facebook. Kris figured out a… Continue Reading
Site problems after move…
I moved my site to my new host finally, everything went well except my theme is broken! I am sleepy and going to bed so I will have to work tomorrow on fixing my theme. Until then, enjoy this plain WordPress default theme. [FIXED] Check out: LittleTechGirlKris Cain is mom to 2 sets of twins,… Continue Reading
Upgrade done! Less than 20 minutes…
Including backing up the database, and WordPress posts, uploading the files, upgrading the db, and reactivating my whopping 2 plugins (I used to have so many more). Well that went VERY quick and painless. I am so happy! So far the interface looks outstanding! Now I must play around more with the differences to comment… Continue Reading
Wish me luck, I am about to upgrade to WP 2.7…
I was just about to put the laptop down and go to bed, but then the flashy thingy that WordPress 2.7 is available caught my attention, I read a bit about it and I cannot resist doing it right now!! I will probably get started now and finish up tomorrow by reinstating some of my… Continue Reading
Finally!! Gmail Tasks
Most of us have been waiting for this forever, and now it’s here. You can have a tasks list right in your Gmail account. Also, it can be poppe out to float independently on your screen similar to Gmail chat. And, even better, you can have more than one list. I created one for Household,… Continue Reading