http://www.technomediaman.com TechnoMediaMan Explores Media and Technology! Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:05:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've thought this a long time and even thought I'd blogged about it.   But after searching the site for a post I discovered I hadn't.   Shame! After reading Terri Bennett's article, 'Time for us to break the bottled water habit', in 'The Charlotte Observer'  I can wait NO longer!   You can ... http://www.technomediaman.com/its-time-to-ban-the-bottled-water/ The About.com article, '47 Alternatives to Wikipedia: 47 Websites You Can Use Instead of Wikipedia', indeed offers some great research Websites.  The article says: 'Wikipedia is perhaps the most popular reference site online, with millions of high quality articles available on virtually any topic. However, there are limits to what Wikipedia ... http://www.technomediaman.com/aboutcom-offers-47-alternatives-to-wikipediacom/ KimKomando.com does it again!  Kim introduced me to this invaluable resource for job hunters, people who are working and want to improve their salaries or careers AND students who are studying writing for businesses purposes. We ALL know persons who are without jobs during this recession so let's share this great ... http://www.technomediaman.com/lots-of-good-job-hunting-and-career-advice/ It used to be that you had to buy expensive Adobe software to type in or edit a PDF file.   Now there is a cheaper AND easy way - FillAnyPDF.com.   Simply 'Browse' to find the file and click the 'Fill Now' button to upload the file.   Click anywhere in the ... http://www.technomediaman.com/typing-in-a-pdf-file/ Woman's Day published two articles related to the value of public libraries: How the Public Library Can Save You Money:  Read essays by four women who saved a bundle thanks to their local branches ALA Contest Info & Rules 'What makes your library special to your community? How does it enrich the lives ... http://www.technomediaman.com/womans-day-magazine-pays-tribute-to-the-value-of-public-libraries/ I have heard the iPad being described as an iTouch on Steroids as if that would be a turn-off to me.  Being an iPhone fanatic I'd love to have a tablet size version of an iTouch!   However, I recognize that it won't please everyone.  Obviously, Hitler himself is extremely disappointed ... http://www.technomediaman.com/humorous-videos-about-apples-new-ipad/ Phototakeusa.com is offers a large resource for scientific, medical, and technological photographs and illustrations. It offers on-line search. You may also request a catalog or acquire a CD-ROM. In your search you can select 'Royalty-Free'. You can search by keyword, alphabetical, numerical, and by categories. Includes photos, clipart, illustrations, and graphics. http://www.technomediaman.com/a-good-source-for-scientific-or-medical-photos-and-illustrations/ I learned about Quintura for Kids from ResearchBuzz.com.    Check out their review of it.  My success was mixed.  I was satisfied with results from 'ukulele', 'football', and a couple of other keywords.  I was not satisfied with the results from 'drawing' - the first result was about 'Drew Barrymore'. I see ... http://www.technomediaman.com/interesting-search-engine-for-kids/ Did you know that Google shows Twitter 'Tweets' under 'Updates' and will soon show searches from Facebook?  How much do you really want to share?  With friends?  With the world? KimKomando.com says, 'Facebook has long been known for its excellent privacy tools. But it recently made changes that expose more of your information. ... http://www.technomediaman.com/your-facebook-page-and-search-engines/ My daughter showed me this incredible painting that she discovered via 'StumbleUpon.com'.   It was posted on Flickr.com.  The poster said, 'This is a movie of a super-cool "painting" hanging in the basement of the British Library, in London. The author has done many such paintings, but this is the best (and ... http://www.technomediaman.com/awesome-3d-library-stacks-painting/