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[28 Oct 2009 | 4 Comments | 497 views]
I’m an aficionado of efficiency

I waste time dwelling on how not to waste time. Do you?

fun and games »

[13 Oct 2009 | 5 Comments | 359 views]
Cool Duel – Which one is cooler: Twitter or Facebook?

It’s time for a social media Cool Duel.

artwork by JESS3

cheap is cool »

[2 Sep 2009 | One Comment | 571 views]
Cheapo household tricks: Inexpensive laptop cooler

We finally have a cost-effective solution to a problem that has plagued mankind for ages: the overheating notebook computer.

fun and games »

[22 Aug 2009 | 12 Comments | 690 views]
3 ways to FINALLY get on Twitter and still look cool

Do you want to get in on Twitter, but don’t want to look like a latecomer? Here’s the advice that you need!

fun and games »

[16 May 2009 | 14 Comments | 554 views]
If you had quadruplets, what would you name them?

Surprise – you’ve just had four babies! What do you really want to name them?

photo: max_thinks_sees

not cool »

[25 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 50 views]

On my way home last night, I was in the best mood. I think I smiled either on the outside or the inside the whole time. Sadly, it was for the most geeky reason.
Under my arm was tucked a box from Newegg.com that contained my first 1 terabyte hard drive.
I was giddy because my new tech purchase that would double my current storage space. There’s also a sentimental reason for my happiness: I could alleviate my worries of losing all of our photo and video memories if our one external …

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[20 Mar 2009 | 2 Comments | 89 views]

It’s a typical, relaxing Friday night for the Cool Fam. Much to your surprise, I’ll admit that we don’t:
1. Have drinks at a fancy club in SoHo.2. Meet socialite friends for dinner at a swanky restaurant that doesn’t allow jeans and two-year-olds.3. Party late into the night in the Village.
No, after the boy goes to bed, we hop on the computers. Well, not hop on them because that would be bad for the LCD screens. I mean, we go online.
Cool Mum researches New York stuff. I blog or catch up …

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[26 Feb 2009 | 6 Comments | 104 views]

Every day, I edit 6-8 blog posts, on top of writing a couple here and there. Obviously, from yesterday’s news, those posts aren’t coming up here! So what’s up with the blogging two-timing?
I have a part-time job as a writer/editor for a blogging community site. My life seems to be all blogging.

As I walk down the street, I look for things to blog about.
On the subway, I rack my brain for good blog questions.
At night, I hug a life-sized Seth Godin body pillow to inspire my blogging ability while I …

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[23 Dec 2008 | 5 Comments | 234 views]

OK, we’ve known each other long enough that we can be honest, even if it means getting a little personal.
A notebook computer and a wireless network is a match made in Heaven. Complete freedom to use the technological miracle of computing wherever you’d like. On the couch. At the dinner table. And like so many bad fortune cookie jokes end: in bed.
Anywhere in the house that the wireless signal can you reach, you can compute. However, have you crossed the line? You know, that line.
You were writing …

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[19 Dec 2008 | 7 Comments | 229 views]

For my last post, I woke up at 2:20 AM and decided to write it. I had written the first paragraph a couple of weeks ago and had been thinking about where to go with it. I would love to write/blog for a living, so I need to learn how to write faster. I imposed a 1-hour deadline on myself for the post. I was finally happy with the result at 4:20 AM, an hour late.
I tell myself it’s OK, because I like the post, and …