Here’s the latest list of 10 travel deals for this week. Many of these links lead to offers with a very limited shelf life, so if you’re interested, act quickly. But don’t act so quickly that you miss the fine print. Summer Travel Deals aren’t quite so…
Archive | August 11th, 2012
Costa Rica Vacations – 20 Illustrated Quick Tips for Budget Travel
Posted on 11 August 2012.
Costa Rica is not the cheapest Central American country to visit, but with some planning you can have a budget travel adventure in this gorgeous and fascinating country. Rates are likely to drop in the coming weeks, but beware: also dropping will be si…
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Healthy Snack Ideas
Posted on 11 August 2012.
There’s no need to reach for chips or cookies when there are so many creative and healthy snack ideas for kids that are far better for them. Take my healthy popcorn recipe. A secret ingredient adds a cheesy flavor and a surprising nutritional boost to …
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Premiering This Week: ‘Grimm’
Posted on 11 August 2012.
The fall season is now upon us…
Not wanting to squander the millions of viewers the Olympics brought in, NBC decided to get a major jump on the competition by premiering last season’s successful new drama Grimm almost a month ahead of everyone else….
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Texas Regional Independent Inventors Conference
Posted on 11 August 2012.
If you are in the Austin area or might want to plan a visit, join your fellow innovators at the Texas Regional Independent Inventors Conference. The conference will be held September 14-15 at the University of Texas at Austin in the Thompson Conferen…
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How Many Inventors Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb?
Posted on 11 August 2012.
Countless as inventors are always re-inventing the lightbulb. However, did you know that US patent 6826983 was granted for a “Light Bulb Changer?”
The first lamps date back to 70,000 BC. Hollow rocks, shells and other natural objects were filled with …
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Accessing Multiple Gmail Accounts is About to Get Much Easier
Posted on 11 August 2012.
For whatever reason, a lot of people have multiple Gmail accounts, and it’s a pain to sign-in and sign-out of them all the time when you need to jump from one to the other. I use at least two Gmail accounts, but I know other people who have three or mo…
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Comedian and Host Bill Rafferty Has Died
Posted on 11 August 2012.
More sad news for game show fans today. Comedian and well-loved game show host Bill Rafferty has passed away at the age of 68. His family posted on the following on his Facebook page earlier today: “I’m sorry to say our father Bill Rafferty passed away…
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IBM Interested in RIM’s Enterprise Services Division: Report
Posted on 11 August 2012.
The enterprise-services unit of BlackBerry-maker Research In
Motiona company deep into a major transition, by some counts, and in a
"death spiral" by othershas piqued the interest of IBM, Bloomberg
has reported.
"IBM made an inform…
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Apple Wrapping Up Patent Infringement Case Against Samsung
Posted on 11 August 2012.
Apple attorneys
told a federal judge that they expect to wrap up their presentation on Aug. 13
in the $2.5 billion patent lawsuit against Samsung for copying Apples designs
for iPhone and iPad devices in Samsungs smartphone and tablet products.
Te…
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