YouTube Children’s Videos During a Pandemic – Part 1
Learn how to find safe YouTube children’s videos as well as a few of our favorite shows such as Mighty Machines and Blippi!
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(Small) Children’s Video During a Pandemic: Disney+
As everyone hunkers down for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and some of our central institutions (such as schools) shutter their doors many parents are going to find themselves with massive numbers of anticipated hours of child care…and during these times, when social distancing becomes the norm, having some quality video entertainment won’t hurt. Disney+ is one
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A Review of Scribd’s Subscription eBook Service
Introduction [ This review replaces an earlier and much more positive review I had written about Scribd. 🙁 ] I love books! I frequent libraries and bookstores and love the books I keep on our shelves at home. I’m also a big fan of subscription services and have been using some of them since their
Zoho Mail and Its Limitations For Free Accounts
There once was a company called AdventNet that created IT software – network monitoring, help desk ticketing, etc. Eventually they started this fledgling division called Zoho which seemed to me (at the time) like a distraction from their IT business. But Zoho grew and grew and eventually AdventNet changed its name to Zoho. Zoho still
Finding the Best Medical Professionals Using the Internet in Six Steps
Introduction This topic is close to my heart. There are those I love who really really need to get medical attention but have been frustrated by the ineptitude of some medical professionals. I’m writing this for you – yes, I really mean you! Pretty Please??? I’m also writing this to you, passing traveler on the
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Turmoil in the Medical Transcription World – A Career Path Full of Potholes and Dead Ends
In my last post I discussed working from home in general. In this post I’d like to delve a little more specifically into what it is like to work in the medical transcription field. Many people are familiar with the term medical transcriptionist. We are also known as medical language specialists. I think that is
Earn.com A Little Extra on the Side
(Post Updated: Feb 13th, 2018) What is Earn.com? Earn.com is a nifty site where individuals can receive and respond to messages from various organizations and other individuals in exchange for a few dollars. For example I’m a member of a number of lists including: Facebook Users GitHub Users HTML Programmers Instagram Users Pinterest Users
The Commandant by Rudolph Hoess (Book Review)
Rudolph Hoess was the SS Commandant over the concentration camp at Auschwitz during World War II. Under his direction well over a million would die (Eichmann claimed 2.5 million!). These were not primarily enemy combatants but civilians – men, women, and children (primarily Jews). Hoess wrote about his time at Auschwitz, not only what he
Diigo – Software I Use Every Day
Diigo (a “personal knowledge management tool”) is a browser extension that allows one to collect all sorts of information from across the web in a central repository where it can be easily accessed, shared, annotated, searched, and remembered. I don’t know that I aspire to be a polymath, it is more like I hunger to be
Stay Informed: Why College Tuition Has Increased So Much
A topic which has garnered significant attention in recent years – and especially during the presidential campaigns – is the significant increases in college tuition and the consequent backbreaking increases in student debt. Doug Webber (Temple University) has written an interesting analysis of the cause(s) of this situation for FiveThirtyEight (aka, Nate Silvers & co.).
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