With jet fuel prices as high as they are, shopping for airplane tickets to visit the Melancon family this winter has been frustrating. Since we started looking in October the prices have been out of reach and I was wondering if I could ever afford the trip. Finally, this weekend the prices dropped and we […]
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Get Good Prices on Holiday Travel
November 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Efficiency · family · the internets
Wake Up On Time with Wakerupper
March 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Wakerupper is basically a service that calls a telephone exactly when you want with the message of your choosing. According to the company:
“Wakerupper is an experimental service that aims to make telephone alerting as easy and inexpensive as possible. In one easy step, on one simple web page, Wakerupper enables users in the United States and Canada to schedule telephone reminder calls.”
Today I got an email inviting me to be a beta tester for the servce (yay, right on time!) and it is working great. Details on how it works are below.
Tags: Efficiency · technology · the internets
Wedding Location Search: The Lodge at Seneca Creek (with interactive photo)
February 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments
An interactive 360 degree photographic experience makes a huge difference when you’re trying to find a wedding location. I wish more venues had this kind of feature on web sites. Since they do not, I am happy to share with you this interactive 360+ degree image of the Lodge at Seneca Creek.
Update: this is not […]
Tags: DC Life · Efficiency · photography · the internets · wedding
How to: Add a Event to your Calendar with just a Phone Call to Jott
December 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment
How often do you find out about an event that needs to be on the calendar but you are far from your organizer? Since you know I love tools that keep me productive I want to show you this new way to get things on your calendar by talking it into your phone. […]
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I Wrote a Blog Post with My Voice on the Phone
December 7th, 2007 · No Comments
Did you know that you can blog with your voice? This is my first attempt to that, I am on the phone right now and I am sending a message to my blog, hoping that it will show up, somehow, somewhere. I let you know how it goes. Bye. listen
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How to Forget Credit Cards and Save Money
November 20th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Jewelery shops have been on my mind recently and I’m happy to see a way to save some money when I make my purchases. According to the New York Times yesterday, Jewelery retailers are looking for ways to reduce costs and one of those ways is to have people use methods of payment besides […]
Tags: Efficiency · How To · quality of life · technology