I began making fruit smoothies as a way to boost my own nutritional intake. When I had kids, I continued to get creative with smoothies. These smoothie recipes are some of my kids’ favorites – I make the berry fruit smoothies at least once a week. But …
Archive | July 13th, 2012
The Death of Evidence – Oh Canada
Posted on 13 July 2012.
I’m impressed with the recent news of the protest of Canadian scientists against the upcoming passing of Canadian parliamentary Bill C-38, which is being pushed by the Conservative party currently in the majority.
And my two cents, C-38 is destructi…
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Seaplanes
Posted on 13 July 2012.
A seaplane is an aircraft designed to take off and land upon water. On Jan. 26, 1911, Glenn Curtiss made the first successful seaplane flight in America. Curtiss fitted floats to a biplane, then took off and landed from water. Curtiss’ contributions to…
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Kids Cooking Videos
Posted on 13 July 2012.
One of the fun uses of online videos is teaching kids to cook. This collection of kids cooking videos includes a bevy of fun recipes to make with kids. Take my peanut butter blossoms video. The popular peanut butter and chocolate kiss cookie recipe is …
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Google Nexus 7 in the Market, Now You Just Have to Find One
Posted on 13 July 2012.
Source: Eweek.com
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Google Nexus 7 in the Market, Now You Just Have to Find One
Posted on 13 July 2012.
Google’s newest connected device, the Nexus 7 tablet, showed up at retailers on Friday the 13th of July and went out the doors almost as fast as employees could shelve them.
They also started arriving in some — but not nearly enough — mailboxes for…
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Microsoft Creates Bing Fund to Nurture Startups
Posted on 13 July 2012.
Source: Eweek.com
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Microsoft Creates Bing Fund to Nurture Startups
Posted on 13 July 2012.
Microsoft is seeking to nurture startups with the creation of the Bing Fund, an angel investment fund targeted at companies developing online or mobile innovations.
The Bing Fund will also serve as an incubator, giving fledgling companies support in a…
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Radisson Blu Royal Copenhagen: The First Designer Hotel, Born in 1960
Posted on 13 July 2012.
In today’s fashion-mad times, even hotels have designer labels, from Giorgio Armani to Zaha Hadid. The trend sprouted a half-century ago in ever-chic Denmark, where the world’s original designer hotel still welcomes visitors to its Atomic-era style coc…
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Who Was Rube Goldberg?
Posted on 13 July 2012.
Have you ever heard something as being Rube Goldberg like? In 1931, the Merriam-Webster dictionary added the adjective “Rube Goldberg”. Well Rube Goldberg besides having the honor of being an adjective that describes something that should be easy as be…
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