Want to see something cool? Fire up your computer, even your five year-old computer or your netbook. Go over to Wizard101.com, an innovative, entertaining, family participation role play game. Known as an MMORPG (Massively multiplayer online role-playing game), Wizard101 delights people from pre-readers to post-retirement and everything in between.
I know. I play it. So do my [...]
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Wizard101 RPG – grandparents find cross generation family fun
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Learn music online – grandparents and kids FREE gift certificates via SKYPE
We liked this online learning project so much that we invited Mary Ellen Pinzino, Founder/Director of the Come Children Sing Institute to explain her program for our readers. Since 1984, her organization has been a center for research and development in music learning. Mary Ellen tells you how to learn music online. Grandparents and kids [...]
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Baby boomers – Ubuntu operating system is FREE and friendly
Ubuntu is a slick operating system you might want to look in to. It’s more user-friendly than Windows. It’s every bit as robust – meaning Ubuntu can do everything you need to do on your PC. It’s quick, less buggy than windows tends to be, and probably more secure. The best attribute of Ubuntu is [...]
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DIY do it yourself high definition videos CHEAP
Animoto.com is an online do-it-yourself video production program so easy your grandchildren could absolutely create their own videos. It’s effortless and affordable. We found it fun and quick enough that the shortest attention span can hold out during the production process.
For free trial use go to the site and clicked on the get started [...]
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Head into cloud computing with Google Docs
There’s a FREE online productivity suite that uses none of your system’s resources and requires no download. Google Docs is fun to explore and to play with. If you want to jump on the bandwagon and get some of the larger programs off your own harddrive, in other words, go for cloud computing, start with [...]
Digital Life
Google Chrome browser revisited – a safe and reliable choice
Google’s web browser, Chrome, is now in version 4.0.249.89. I like it, especially in view of IE’s recent problems. Gurus and pundits are advising people to use IE only when absolutely necessary since it’s security credibility roughly resembles Swiss cheese. It’s full of holes and that can cause you problems.
There are seven or eight really [...]
Digital Home
Your Digital Grandparent talks about every day technology for baby boomers
Here are some of the best posts from your Digital Grandparent. We make every day technology comfortable for baby boomers – or for anyone else.
Professional bookmakers take on Apple and other tablet computers. Who will win the consumer wars?
Save $1000 on home entertainment.
Should cell phones be permitted on commercial airlines?
You missed clean out your computer [...]
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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 participating in. Little is known of its origin other than it’s been around since 2000, and it was originally sponsored by the Institute of Business [...]
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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 top the 2010 market in sales. I though it was plain silly – and useless to argue odds about whether Apple iPad will bludgeon the [...]
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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, pundits say 2010’s show has a record number of new companies demonstrating their products. Attendance, however, may lag. But “tablet” computers will draw attention.
What the [...]
