February 8 is Clean Out Your Computer Day!
While not as exciting as Chistmas, Halloween or even… Fruitcake Toss Day, Clean Out Your Computer Day is an actual day which you just might want to consider [...]
Pro bookmakers set odds on Apple iPad success
I read a recent email from a PR agency that works with entertainment clients, and I almost hit delete. The email quoted book making odds on which electronic reader will [...]
Tell your grand children texting in cars kills people
Reading this may save your grandchild’s life–or yours. Using a cell phone and sending text messages while driving is as dangerous as drinking to excess and getting behind the wheel [...]
Frugal home theater: 10 ways to win with Roku and Netflix
Times are tough – getting better, but tough. Let’s continue to look at saving money on home theater and consider a little gem called Roku and an awesome provider known [...]
How I saved $1000 a year on home entertainment
I wanted excellent reception, lots of choices in programming, movies, and CHEAP entertainment at home. I found ways to save $1000 a year and not feel deprived. First, I tried [...]
How to install a TV antenna for FREE TV
People are abandoning expensive pay TV services for free digital over-air signals. Broadcast TV has come of age. Winegard, premier manufacturer of TV antennas supplied us with evaluation units to [...]
Apple, Microsoft and Notion Ink – what is a tablet?
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) the trade show that debuts all kinds of electronic gadgets, toy, and equipment for consumers happens in Las Vegas every January. Despite a troubling economy, [...]
CES-electronics for baby boomers in 2010
Let’s take a quick look at CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, before it opens in Las Vegas and see what might be coming to consumers in 2010. Baby boomers are [...]
Should passengers be allowed to use cell phones in flight?
People are taking sides on whether or not cell phone usage should be allowed on commercial airline flights. DigitalGrandparent has no opinion – we seldom fly. But your take on [...]
11 cool websites to share with children
Here are 11 cool places on the Web to take your favorite children – maybe your grands? You can explore together and find FREE entertainments, games, stories and time passers [...]
