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Geni.com-everyone’s related

February 10th, 2007 · Leave a Comment

I recently discovered the latest thing in genealogical web sites. Geni.com is a beautifully presented site for creating your family tree. (Click the photo here to see a larger version.) Just enter your name, email address and gender and click “add” and you’ve begun your

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Using Picassa

January 31st, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Picasa is a free software download from Google that helps you:
* Locate and organize all the photos on your computer.
* Edit and add effects to your photos with a few simple clicks.
* Share your photos with others through email, prints, and on the web: it’s fast, easy and free.

Plus I can create albums directly from iPhoto on my Mac. Sounds great, right? Well I’m not 100% sold. I may have a new method of posting photo albums on the web. Click on the photo on the left to see one of my first Picasa albums. It may not be quite as slick as the ones I’ve been serving up at McClellandfamily.com, but I spent quite a bit of time on those, and this one took me all of about 5 minutes. Using Picasa to create some pretty vanilla albums I should be able to get these babies up a lot more often.

Picasa is a free software download from

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Filed Under: Emily · Patrick · Tech and Gadgets

Go elf yourself!

December 29th, 2006 · 7 Comments

The one year that I wasn’t able to play #1 Elf at my employer’s Christmas breakfast (due to budgetary constraints, I imagine) I discovered this seasonal web site. It’s called Elf Yourself, and unfortunately I’m too late to tell my bosses to do just that.The one year that I wasn’t able to play #1 Elf at my employer’s Christmas breakfast (due to budgetary constraints, I imagine) I discovered this seasonal web site. It’s called Elf Yourself, and unfortunately I’m too late to tell my bosses to

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Filed Under: Family · Steve · Tech and Gadgets

Finding Ms. Dewey

November 21st, 2006 · Leave a Comment

I heard about a new search engine called Ms. Dewey which puts forth an impatient, witty, rather good-looking gal to answer your search inquiries. Ms. Dewey is, at first, cute, funny and whimsical. But soon I felt rushed while

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Filed Under: Steve · Tech and Gadgets

Photobooth

April 5th, 2006 · Leave a Comment

If you’ve never played with Apple’s new Photo Booth software I highly recommend it. It’s guaranteed to bring a smile to your face as you distort your own image in live video. It’s hard not to crack up laughing. I put together a quick photo album of the fun we had while visiting the Apple store and while playing on Dad’s new iMac.

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Filed Under: Emily · Family · Patrick · Tech and Gadgets

Caller ID Spoofing made easy

February 3rd, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Watch out for phone calls from me. This is pretty cool and looks like something I could have fun with.

SpoofCard calling cards offers you the ability to change what someone sees on their caller ID display when they receive a phone call.

Key Benefits: Make calls truly private, Ability to record calls, Change your voice, Fun and inexpensive, Easy to use and fast to set up! Instant Access!

www.SpoofCard.com

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First look at the new MacBook Pro…verdict: FAST

January 31st, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Apple recently announced their new hardware, the first to use the Intel Chips, at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Of course they touted the new

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New G5 is in the house!

December 18th, 2005 · Leave a Comment

We got our new Apple – Dual Core Power Mac G5 last Thursday and boy was I excited. The downside is that I spent the last several days

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