I’ve already downloaded the Pulse News Reader to my iPad and I really like it!  I saw Claire Cain Miller’s article in The New York Times and decided to give it a look.  The app is now free and you may select up to 60 sources across 5 pages of a colorful and interactive mosaic.  [...]

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I can’t believe that everything is covered with a layer of sleet this morning. The news reports said “a chance of a stray snowflake”!
Before leaving the house this morning, I did a search for #cttraffic on Twitter and found that there are many accidents out there. This search on Twitter is a great [...]

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The visuals from this YouTube video with Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’ are amazing! How many do you remember (or remember reading about)?
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Did you see this article in The New York Times by Claire Cain Miller?  Google, the search engine we know and love, is becoming nervous over losing searches to Facebook and other social networks. While Google has dabbled in social networking in the past without success, they will try again this fall according to Eric [...]

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I found this article by Tara Siegel Bernard in The New York Times interesting.  She tried out four types of will-making tools:  Quicken Willmaker Plus 2011, Legacywriter, Legalzoom, and Buildawill.  I find tools like these useful but for something as important as a will, I would use the tools so I could understand the will writing [...]

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Have you ever wondered if you really logged out of that public terminal after checking your Facebook account?  At the airport, school, library, friend’s home?  According to Larry Dignan, Sam Diaz, and Andrew Nusca of ZDNet.com, Facebook is gradually adding this feature (under Account Security) to allow you to log out of remote terminals or [...]

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It does not look as though Earl will strike us as a full-fledged hurricane; but, we may have winds and we all know that in this area that could mean power outages.  It’s a good time to make sure you have batteries, bottled water and some fun board games to play.  Don’t forget to take [...]

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It’s that time of the year again!  The U.S. Open began yesterday and runs through September 12.  Check these sites out for the latest information:

U.S. Open Official Site
TV Squad television schedule
Directions to U.S. Open
History of Tennis

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It’s back to work this week for me but I wanted to share our trip to Weir Farm with you! Weir Farm is the only National Park in Connecticut and it is just beautiful!  The tour we took with our ranger (Allison) was tremendously informative and fun.  This farm that belonged to painter J. Alden [...]

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My husband and I are home this week for some much needed rest and relaxation!  We’re quickly discovering that there are many wonderful things to do in this area!  On Monday (it was a glorious day!), we went to Ellis Island.  I grew up being able to see the Statue of Liberty from my window [...]

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