Freaky Frugalite

I’m a Mac owner! Woooohoooo! It’s official! I’ve been wanting a Macintosh computer for a long time. Well, actually, I WAS already a Mac owner– I have one of the original Macs, the 1984 model. I dug it out of the closet a few months ago, only to discover that the floppies (which run the [...]

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the World’s Crappiest Mouse. EVER. It’s a Microsoft Compact Optical Mouse 500 v2.0. It stinks. I’m a mouse-a-holic. I’ve tried them all! Trackballs, wired, wireless, weirdo shapes, colors, and sizes… all sorts of brands. I have a cabinet stuffed with old mouses and mouse parts (I just can’t [...]

I had a strange experience at my local retailer last week. I’ve been in search of some “on ear” headphones. My old ones are tattered beyond recognition and I need a better pair. I like the semi-sound canceling kinds because, as a work-at-home mom, I am bombarded with billions of interruptions throughout the day (and [...]

It’s over. Me and my Konica-Minolta laser printer. It was never a great relationship anyway. I bought it from the budget bin years ago, and it was outdated and no longer being manufactured back then. But this morning, I had to print pages of a workbook for my son– and of course, I’m busy and [...]

ONLY two. more. birthdays. to go. :brudder: Wowwww! Why oh why do I have all these kids and relatives born from December to February?! Couldn’t we mothers have planned a little better?! I mean, gee, winter is boring, but… WOW. Too many birthdays, and that on top of all the holidays. I’m pooped. I can’t [...]

I buy lots of Geek Squad stuff (it’s less expensive than the “name brand” stuff). I guess I never paid much attention to their packaging before; I usually rip open the plastic and ditch it to concentrate on my purchase. But I was in the car today, waiting for my sons, so in boredom I [...]

Look at this. It’s our old CRT computer monitor. Do these things die, or do they just slooooooowly fade away? Because the picture quality stinks. My son uses it to do his schoolwork on this computer, and after an hour or so, his eye is horribly bloodshot. And look how close the monitor is to [...]

This news just blows my mind. Like Blippy, I cannot believe that people would think this is all a good idea! Skype has made a deal with LG Electronics and Panasonic to make televisions with video-capturing capabilities. A LOT like the telescreens in George Orwell’s book, 1984. Both television makers will embed the Skype technology [...]

Gah! Does this happen with all teenagers?! I have FOUR of them in my house now, and I can’t believe it! I just cannot believe that they are doing this!!! They are taking from my keyboard and mouse stash!!! :cwy: I’m a mouse-aholic. Yes! I’ve mentioned it before. I LOVE computer mouses, especially Microsoft mouses. [...]

Printers hate me. Yes, they do! I have had over a dozen printers in my computing life (ten years now), and the printers resist me every step of the way. If they are not eating ink like there is no tomorrow, they whine, they complain, they don’t like the port they are plugged into, they [...]