Book Reviews and Money Saving Tips

I haven’t used this but it looks pretty sweet. I’ve got a buddy who has two computers but no network. He wants to share his printer wirelessly. His new printer had Bluetooth but neither his desktop or laptop has Bluetooth. For a whopping $12.99/computer at Amazon he can add Bluetooth capability. From Belkin’s site: This small adapter simply plugs into one of your computer's USB ports, and with just a press of a button, quickly connects you to the latest Bluetooth wireless technology. The Mini Bluetooth Adapter easily pairs your mouse and keyboard to your computer, and also communicates with headsets, printers, phones, and other devices enabled with Bluetooth technology. For PC Users:Windows® 98, 2000, Me, XP, or Vista® For Mac® Users: Mac OS® X v10.2 or higher Note, Windows 7 is not supported. (but then what is?) As usual this is not a paid blog but if you click on the Amazon link, I will get a commission. If several hundred of you click on it, my commission will ...

I sit here, enjoying the sunshine, reveling in a relaxed environment and lusting for an internet connection. Admittedly addicted, I was fine for the first two days and when I made my way to the local hot spot and found 90 emails that made their way through my spam filter I was overwhelmed. Do I deal with that much crap every day? Apparently so as I weeded my way through things that were deemed to be significantly important to my spam filter. Of course one email was from a client that wants a meeting. Generally when I do web sites I have an initial meeting with the client and may never see them in person again. I can update, change and add to their site from any hot spot in the world. I missed a couple of books that came up on my wish list. My other addiction is book swapping. I belong to several book swaps and feel like a little kid Christmas morning every time I go to the mail box and find a book in it. In over a year, I’ll bet I haven’t had three books come up from ...