Freelance Writing Fees: Anne Wayman has great series of articles to help writers with their fees. Unfortunately, writers won’t find a straight answer and it’s up to us to figure out our fees. But resources like this can help with the process. 70 logo design resources: I love [...]
meryl’s notes has two parts to it: The blog and articles (well, three, if you count the newsletter, but it doesn’t have a feed). The blog contains shorter postings while articles consists of longer posts that are good for a long time such as tips, reviews, and advice. If you subscribe to meryl’s notes blog [...]
I’m buried with the final preparations for a big family event happening all weekend. I’ll write about it at another time. In the meantime, I posted a review of Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children, a follow up to the popular Virtual Villagers. The only recent I mentioned this here is because some of you only get [...]
I believe it’s true that exercising your brain keeps your mind sharp. Here are 8 ways to exercise your brain. Nintendo has released a handful of excellent games for its Gameboy DS that attract the Baby Boomers. Thanks to games like Brain Age and Big Brain Academy, my mom who never got into video games, [...]
Yesterday, I talked about bloggers receiving free stuff or posting advertisements. I left out another discussion on this topic — when publishers send books, videos and other odds and ends for review without asking. I received a book about adopting and caring for a cat. Have I ever talked about cats other than the time when [...]
Can you help this Mom-and-Pop style bakery grow and survive the world of Mega-Marts? It may not have “Tycoon” in its name, but Cake Mania runs like a Tycoon game. You’re Jill (sorry, guys, no Jack), the owner of a bakery who just graduated from culinary school. Jill’s grandparents’ bakery closed thanks to the new Mega-Mart [...]
Bridge Is Cool teaches you how to play mini bridge and regular bridge. Paul and I learned to play bridge with our parents when we were first married and had more time on our hands. Since then, we’ve gotten busy with out children and other things plus our friends don’t know anything about playing bridge. [...]
I love Scrabble and geeky stuff. Enter the perfect gift for people who like the same: L33T Tiles. But when do I have time to play Scrabble? Maybe the tiles will still be around a few years from now when all of my kids are old enough and can play the game. From the sponsor: Why [...]
Happy 12th birthday to my oldest! Sand Fantasy has amazing videos of an artist who uses nothing but hands and sandy to create changing pictures. Techdirt posts funny blurbs related to tech and has current news, rumors, book reviews, and white papers. Web Gallery of Art isn’t a fancy site and uses frames (ick), but it has over [...]
PETA folks, I promise no real cats are harmed in this addicting game. Play Cat Bowling. I bowl better at the alley than in this game.