A Tech Geek Mom's Nerd Paradise

Today is National Clean Out Your Computer Day

LittleTechGirl — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:30:40 +0000

Monday, February 8th is declared as National Clean Out Your Computer Day. Why should you? Because over time computers can get bogged down with unwanted files, temporary files and folders, duplicates files, downloads and more. You would be surprised how much space you can recover in just one sweep...

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My sunglass fetish. I think I need help.

LittleTechGirl — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:05:25 +0000

I have several fetishes, purses, sandals, boots, cute cell cases, usb keys, and sunglasses. Yes, admitting you have a problem is the first step right? I think my sunglass fetish is the worst one of all. I believe that I have about 8 pair right now, and that is because a couple of pair were recently...

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The Magical Collection from Carol’s Daughter

LittleTechGirl — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:06:54 +0000

My girls are 6. For the past couple of years they have already been into makeovers, dressing up, manicures and such. They are definitely girly girls and they love to look pretty. We were given the opportunity to try out The Magical Beauty Collection from Carol’s Daughter. It is a Princess...

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28 Days of Blogging

LittleTechGirl — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:38:43 +0000

For some it’s easy to blog everyday. It’s just what they do. But when other aspects of life get busy, it is usually the blog that gets neglected first. A day or 2 of lapse is usually ok, but any longer and you are likely to lose some of your readers. I was browsing around the other day...

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10 ways to use technology to spice up Valentine’s Day

LittleTechGirl — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:06:42 +0000

These are great tips to let your husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend (you get the point) know that you are thinking about him or her if one of you is traveling for business, lives in separate towns, or any other day that you are not together. 1. Send your sweetie an SMS telling them that you are...

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Finding web hosting for a new blog

LittleTechGirl — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:55:27 +0000

Over the past couple of years I have helped a few friends get started with a website or blog. There are always many questions, and I try my best to answer them. The first 2 steps after you decide that you want a site and the purpose that it will serve is getting the site up and running. The main...

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Wordpress 2.9 export does not work correctly

LittleTechGirl — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:12:53 +0000

I have been doing some maintenance on my webhost and cleaning up old sites, databases, files, etc. Earlier today I goofed and nuked the database for this site. But, before I started I used the Wordpress export tool in wp-admin to export all my posts, etc. (or so I thought). I had just done a...

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Stop waiting for DSL and start surfing faster

LittleTechGirl — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:30:45 +0000

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Charter. All opinions are 100% mine. These days everything we do has to be fast. Everyone is busy and in a hurry and working on the internet is no exception. We get fast food, want fast cellphones, and drive fast cars. So why are you still...

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Interview with Alexis

LittleTechGirl — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:35:14 +0000

I love having interesting conversations with my kids. Here is an interview that I conducted with my first born Alexis (6) a few days ago. 1. What would you like to be when you grow up? Alexis: “I want to turn into a man and be a fireman” Me: “Uhh, what? Why?” Alexis:...

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Switching (back) to VoIP

LittleTechGirl — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:29:11 +0000

I used Vonage for a couple of years way back when it was brand new. I loved it and had very little problems. The problems that I did have were due to my internet connections which was also pretty new and not too reliable at the time. The only reason that I stopped using it at the time was because...

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