All About Technology

I really wish the internet was as prevalent when I was in college as it is now.  There is so much information on the net that college coursework research has become so easy to do.  I remember I had so much trouble with my econ classes in terms of finding good research papers and articles for my econ projects.  I remember spending countless hours in the library stacks to find one or two relevant articles to back up my theories and write papers about it.  Today however, there are countless websites that offer Econ Homework Solution and even Econ Exam Test papers and answers  that you can actualy spend your time studying as opposed to finding research information and papers.

Just think about all of the information this puts at your fingertips and the amount of time it will save you.  Research can be done from any PC from virtually anywhere and at anytime.  You no longer have to schedule your workload around the times the library is open and hope that the informoation you are looking for is still available for you and not checked out by someone else.

All this makes college life so much easier and mor enjoyable.  Less time on homework and more time on social activities.  What a way to spend your 4 years of college!!!

This economy is really changing the landscape on new businesses.  From what I have read, it seems as though the biggest industry that has evolved as a result of this bad economy is the loan modification and credit repair industries.   Banks are cutting back on the credit they are extending to consumers, which in turn is lowering consumer’s credit scores and just like that your credit score is lowered.  However, this practice is really hurting folks that have worked all their lives and made payments on time to improve credit only to have it taken away at the discretion of the banks.

Having clean credit is the most important thing to take care of in these bad times.  As credit becomes tighter, the higher your credit score is the better your chances are for getting approved for any kind of a loan, that is loans for cars to home loan mortgages. The difference in loan rates varries so greatly for people with differing levels of credit scores.  Having a good credit score as opposed to an excellent credit score can mean the difference in paying up to $300 more per month on a car loan.

My wife and I just came back from a weekend in the northern California wine region area.  This was a great little get away and we learned a lot about wines, how they are made, bottled and the best way to enjoy them.

The Wine Pairing information that was provided was very interesting to the both of us.  It was really great to find out what foods go best with which wines and which foods bring out the flavors of the wine.  In other words, this information has now enabled us to know what kind of wine to order or drink with which food.  Not only does this make the food & wine taste better, but it also makes us seem more knowledgeable and learned about the “finer things in life”.

In the past, we have always read and relied on Wine Reviews to get information about how to drink wine and what to order.  After this trip we now know for ourselves.  We are no longer reliant on what others think or like.  We can make our decisions based on the things we have learned and know about different wines, different Wine Grades, and their differing flavors.

I think my newest favorite word is FREE.  I am so tired of hearing about the bad economy and how awful the job market is and how the real estate market stinks, and on and on and on, that I am on a mission to take up offers on Freebies.

I want to see how much Free Stuff I can accumulate.  I know there are tons of websites out there that offer all kinds of Free Samples in return for an email address.  I will find these sites and start my “Free Trek”.  I am even willing to sign up for Student Freebies just to prove that spending money is over rated.  I am in the planning process for this experiment of mine.  And, I know that with a little bit of research and work, I will be able to amass a lot of items for free.  I have a feeling that the things I will be able to get for free will varry from items like pens to actually useful items like CD’s, DVD, sand Im even hoping for electronics like cameras, as well as vacations, shopping sprees and the likes.

From what Ive been able to gather thus far, filling out online surveys is the most popular format used to reeceive freebies.  Its easy and doesnt take much time, and its rewards are usually pretty good.

Stay tuned for my results……

I am so happy that I finally found a better way to listen to AM/FM radio.  HD Digital radio is now my choice for listening to local radio stations at home.  This is Digital Radio, but it is NOT satellite radio (this is a ground antenna based radio–a digital version of FM & AM).  I can now get the a clean and clear digital signal for my local radio stations which sounds awesome.

And, with the Jensen JiMS 525i system I’m completely set for my musical needs in my home.

This unit has a feature which allows for song tagging.  This means I can tag the songs I hear on the radio to be played on my iPod.

The unit itself looks so cool.  It’s a long way from the component systems my parents had when I was growing up!!!  But the looks and styling are just the caveat….The sound is what makes this a must have.  I can not begin to tell you how amazed you will be at the clear AM/FM sound that you will be hearing.  The HD radio really turns your  radio listening to a HIFI  listening experience.  You can’t go wrong with this device.  I love it so much, Im going to get a second unit to keep in my office.

I just love the ipod song taging feature. I’ve been playing with it all day.

My cousin was just graduated from nursing school and received her nursing license.  Now, we have a graduation party to go to next week and I don’t know what to get her. My wife suggested i look into print scrub tops. I had no  idea there were so many scrub types and styles available.  There is an entire industry for medical scrubs.  I guess it makes sense, but I just never thought of it.  I never realized that there are so many types of print scrub jackets to choose from.

As a gift, I am leaning more toward the traditional  landau medical scrubs.  My wife however, wants us to buy a more modern and “fun” scrub. She actually likes the print scrub tops.  Says that they fit my cousins personality much better.  As always, when it comes to fashion, I leave the decisions and choices to the women.  They just seem to know and understand this topic much better than I.

We all laughed when our buddy decided to install an exercise pool in his home….but he is the one laughing at us now.  We were over his house last week and gave this pool a try…you know which ones I’m talking about….the one that I’m sure you have a seen a TV commercial on, where a guy is swimming in place in a pool that looks like a giant tub.  Well, let me tell you, it is FUN and great exercise.

I would have never believed in the use of this until I actually tried it myself. And, let me tell you, I am thinking about putting one in my home. This exercise pool has so many uses, it can be used as a Rehab Pool by my wife as she is recovering from back surgery.  I can use it as a Swim Spa to relax and exercise at the same time, and my parents can use it for Aquatic therapy so that they can get the low impact exercise they need.

The best thing about this pool is that it is compact and does not require the costly maintenance of a larger regular pool.  The trade off is that this pool is solely for exercise and is indoors so you can use it any time, as opposed to having a full size back yard pool where you can actually paly in the water.  15 minutes of stationary laps in this pool is such great exercise that your body shapes up in no time.  If you already workout, this pool will just add to your routine, and if you are thinking about working out, this is ideal because it is fun and low impact.

What a great idea!!!! I just heard about this life alert system that has a fall detection system, among other systems, for seniors who live alone.  I have heard so many stories about how some minor mishaps have turned into major life threatening accidents simply because no one was around to notice an elderly person had fallen.

In addition to the fall detection, this life alert system has a panic button system that can be used in any situation.  When it comes to medical attention, time is of the utmost importance.  The sooner help arrives, the lighter the consequences. How many times have you heard the horror stories about situations that could have been prevented only if someone was around to simply pick up a person.  I remember when I was a teenager, we had two elderly neighbors living accross the street.  One day, one of the women cam knocking at our door and asked for my help.  Her older sister (must have been over 90 years old) had fallen out of her bed and was unable to get back up, and her sister was too frail to pick her up….so she came asking for our help.  My brother and I ran accross the street and picked her up and put her back in bed and she was fine.  Now just imagine if this lady’s sister was not there.  This old woman was on the floor and couldnt even move, so she couldnt have called for help.  Had a life alert system with fall detection been available, help would have arrived without her having to do anything.  Its weird, the things you think of as you get older, or have loved ones around you get older……

I just remembered that when I was  working in New Jersey I attended a lot of trade shows as an exhibitor.  I was the person in charge of the company’s trade show exhibits.

Now that I think about it, setting up and tearing down the trade show exhibit was kind of fun as this was the time all of the exhibitors got to know each other. We saw each other at our worst (because setting up the exhibits was hard and often frustrating work).  Back in those days, the exhibits were very heavy and came packed in several boxes.  No matter how many times you had put the booth together, you still needed the instructions.  Nowadays, all that has changed.  Trade show exhibits are now so much easier to set up, tear down, pack & ship.  In addition to all this, the exhibits I used to put together were heavy…..very heavy….shipping charges were very high.

I don’t know why all this came to me today, but it did.  I guess it was because I was at a hotel this morning and saw exhibitors setting up their booths and it reminded me of how I used to do the same thing.

My son came to me yesterday very excited because they learned how to build a two way radio in his science class. I have not seen him this excited about school in a very very long time. He could not stop talking about this project and went online to look up mobile radio systems on all the search engines and video sites.

Our entire dinner conversation revolved around this subject and the conversation went on well into his bedtime.  I guess science is the subject that got him excited and thinking about all the other “cool” things that he could build.  The only way I was able to convince him to go to sleep was to promise him that we would build a two way radio together this weekend.  So tomorrow after work I need to go to an electronics store so I can get the parts needed to build out our father and son project.  The best part of it is that he wants to do this because he likes it and not because it is a class assignment.

I cant believe the amount of information he was able to download on data radio communication systems.  The materials he found on the net were very interesting and thurough and he organized them in a very methodical manner so that it would be easy for us to review and follow when we start building our own.  This has got to be one of those proud father moments for me. My little boy is growing up and I love watching it and more importantly being a part of it.