I still remember receiving my first phishing email in my AOL account. I had won the AOL lottery! As good as it sounded, I was skeptical at best. So without much thought, I opened the email and clicked on the link inside to check if I truly was a millionaire after all. Almost instantly, my [...]
With that new-system smell still hanging in the air, 2007 is shaping up to be one of those great years for gaming, the kind that only come around once a decade or so. There are so many great-looking games on the horizon that it’s a bit overwhelming, actually. So we pored through literally hundreds of [...]
Yesterday, Dan Roth and I spent the day at Consumer Reports’ Auto Test Center in East Haddam, CT. The occasion was the publication’s annual Press Day, during which members of the media are given a tour of their expansive (and very impressive) facilities, demonstrations of some of the tests they perform, and finally, the formal [...]
It’s now early 2007, and the truth is inescapable: the era of the original Xbox is over. The signs are everywhere. For one, third-party publishers have virtually abandoned the console. For another, most online gamers have moved on to the Xbox 360. Even Microsoft has stopped manufacturing it. There are practical considerations, too. The Xbox [...]
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Use these tips to give your loved one the send off they deserve, but not leaving you massively out of pocket.
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You’re home now. A short while ago you stood over a hole in the earth. You blew a kiss, tossed a rose, sprinkled a shovelful of dirt over a casket, and said goodbye to your husband, your soul mate, the best friend you ever had.
As you move about greeting hungry strangers, someone whispers that the [...]
When a loved one dies, the last thing on most people’s minds is money. Only later do grief-stricken survivors find out that dying in America is very expensive — so expensive, the saying goes, that no one can afford to do it anymore.
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There are plenty of reasons to pre-plan and, if possible, pre-pay your final arrangements long before the need arises. A product called “pre-need” insurance, also known as burial or funeral [...]
People pre plan the big events in life like the wedding, the move, the job. Don`t forget to pre plan and be more ready for the loss of a loved one. If you do not, you risk being taken advantage of by some, paying more in fees than you would need to and putting your [...]
As a Mom, nurturing yourself isn’t a luxury; it’s downright essential. And Mother’s Day is the perfect time to start do it – to find room in your life for yourself, and use that time to do what most replenishes and energizes you. In order to “be all that you can be” to those around [...]
Mom is usually the first and most frequent musician for a baby or young child. Many songs celebrate the relationship between mother and child and here are some of the best.
Is your mother a business woman? Why not give her a Mother’s Day gift that not only shows her how special she is to you but makes her busy life easier? This selection of Mother’s Day gifts chosen with the busy business woman in mind will make it easy to find just the right gift [...]
Whatever you’re selling, you can’t go wrong if you dress up your actors as food. Our picks for 10 of the best ads featuring people in food costumes.
So what are crossovers? We’ve received emails on this before asking us what category’s do crossovers really fit in? Well, its not so much understanding what a crossover really is, its knowing what the benefits of crossovers are knowing they don’t offer as much room as SUVs. Crossovers, to us are basically half-car and half-SUV [...]
We all need a productivity boost now and then — sometimes throughout the day. We each want to be productive for very personal reasons — to accomplish more, to make more money, to get done earlier to make more time for our personal lives, to accomplish our goals. But whatever the reason, these Productivity Hacks [...]
They’re in your hand, on your head, around your ear, on your desk, on your lap, in your pocket, in your bag – wherever the eye can see, you’re surrounded by an ocean of gadgets. Yes, we live in a world that is increasingly revolving around smart mobile devices that are also called phones, portable [...]
While it may be acceptable in friendly e-mails and chat rooms, excessive colloquialism is a major pitfall that has brought down the quality of formal, written text. Here are some steps/tips that you can follow to help to improve your overall writing:
