PostSecret: Texting While Driving

This postcard from PostSecret made me cringe with guilt. It reads: I rear-ended an unregistered, unlicensed, illegal immigrant. He went to jail because I was texting and driving. I’ve texted while driving twice and each time I thought what I was doing was so important that I needed to do it. I was wrong. There is NO … Read more

iPhone Apps for Kids

The idea of putting my iPhone in the hands of a child makes me cringe, but not nearly as much as hearing them scream. There have been many times when nieces and nephews have been asked to attend adult activities with nothing to distract them or keep them busy. I love having a couple of … Read more

Retro Gadgets: Fun Fountain by Wham-O

My parents bought a Fun Fountain for Stacey and I when I was in fifth grade. We LOVED that toy! What this print ad doesn’t show in enough detail is the clown hat. It was made out of a HEAVY plastic and was completely unattached to the fountain. If you interrupted the water flow, it … Read more

Review: Sony Webbie HD

I’ve always liked the idea of tiny direct-to-flash video recorders and bought one of the first Antec video recorders available. The optical quality sucked, and I wound up giving it to the kids because it was basically useless. Every direct-to-flash camera I’ve seen since then has reminded me of a toy poor optics, poor video … Read more

How To Set the Swatch Luar Moon Phase Watch

Sometimes I realize that I’m writing an entry that only a SMALL number of people on the planet have any interest in, but when I’m one of those people, it makes it worth it to me. Last week, I finally got my Luar Swatch from Squiggly. The Luar is a VERY rare watch that is only sold the … Read more