A Different Colored USB Drive for Every Occasion

I’m always looking for a way to transfer files from one site to another. Sometimes it’s absolutely impossible to email the file because the computer may not be connected to the web. Carrying floppy discs are for days gone by. The new hip way of transferring such important files is on a flash drive. I [...]

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X10 Appliance and Lamp Modules – where would they be used in my home?

So, I’m sitting here trying to figure out what kinds of appliances you would use X10 Remote Controls for.  These look like great tools to use, I’m just trying to figure out what appliances would need them.  The idea is that you plug the appliance into an X10 Appliance Module and then use a remote [...]

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Cleaning Jewelry with Mesh Wire Baskets

Like so many other people, I wear my jewelry on a consistent basis. The every day wearing of jewelry is a common enhancement of beauty in our culture. Each piece holds a special remembrance or significance to the individual who wears it, though it may or may not hold any monetary value. My toe ring [...]

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Ice Cream and USB Flash Drives

Just in case you’re wondering, typically, ice cream and flash drives just don’t mix. Yep, imagine a nice, sleek 32 gigabyte flash drive (one you just smarted out $149 for) and you’ve got it on your keychain, in your right hand.  Then imagine you’re at the local ice cream store (Summer’s/Bonkey’s for me – ouch, [...]

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X10 Noise Filters, would they block the noise of children?

I was just looking at The Home Automation Store website.  I enjoy browsing this website and seeing all the neat ways to automate a home.  This morning I came across the XPF 20A Wired-In Noise Filter and the XPNRNoise Reducer.  The X10 Noise Filter and X10 Noise Reducer are filters to help with the noise [...]

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Looking for Home Remodeling Services in Gaithersburg, MD?

For most of us—the teachers, especially—this time of year is all about the end of summer and the beginning of a new school year. For just about every decorator and remodeler in Bethesda, Maryland, though, this is the time to gear up for the holiday season. This is the time of year that many people [...]

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Wire Baskets by Three M Tool for Precision Optics Cleaning

Remember the first time you noticed that fine print in your favorite novel was starting to look a little fuzzy? Or maybe you were speeding down the interstate, looking for your exit, and realized you couldn’t read the signs from as far away as you used to be able to. Many people don’t keep 20/20 [...]

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SVAT Home Security Video Monitoring with the VISS7500

When the house you own is loaded with the priceless treasures and memories that you have collected over the years, it is a time that one considers about a security solution for them. A solution that works for you when you are there, and also when you aren’t. We are all privy to the uncomfortable truth that [...]

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USB Drives Simplify Life for College Students

I can remember the frantic hassle of adjusting to college as a freshman. First, I arrived on campus with boxes and bags and suitcases full of everything I would need to survive the next few months of the semester, everything from soap to notebooks to the iron to my computer to my handy USB flash [...]

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I’m not gettin’ a pie in my face!

What was I thinking?  Our church is having Vacation Bible School this week and I have the fun job of heading it up.  One of the tradional parts of VBS (at least when I was growing up) is to raise money to give to a missionary.  So, that’s what we’re doing this year.  Now in [...]

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