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Is it Safe to Smoke Around Your Gadgets?

No doubt, you have plenty of electronics in your life.  Since these fun gadgets can be expensive, you want them to last as long as they can.  There are plenty of hazards that can attribute to your electronics’ shortened lifespan and smoke is one of the big ones.  For many who have a home office, smoking in their office is almost a perk of staying at home and even those that only use their electronics for personal reasons may not consider the damage they are doing to their gadgets just by lighting up.  If you want your expensive electronic toys to last as long as they possibly can, you will want to stop smoking around them.

Bad Habit

Smoking is never good for anyone.  The Surgeon General’s warnings on the cover aren’t just for show.  The fact is that cigarettes contain plenty of harmful chemicals and additives that have been proven to be harmful to the smoker and anyone who happens to be unfortunate enough to be around someone who lights up.  This smoke and the chemicals contained therein leave a film or a residue as it settles.  If you are a smoker, you likely smoke in your car, and have the problem of removing this film from the inside windshield from time to time in order to see, so you know exactly how annoying the film can be.  That same smoke snakes its way into every nook and cranny that it can, including into your gadgets, leaving that same film on vital electronic components in your favorite gadgets, which can lead to damage or just flat out make the gadget in question stop working completely.

Safer Alternatives

If you want that nicotine fix but also want to keep your gadgets at peak performance, you do have a few alternatives.  Nicotine gum is a great way to get that nicotine fix without annoying the people around you and since there is no smoke, the safety of your gadgets is better preserved.  Many smokers, however, have a tough time breaking the habit of smoking and a better option than gum may be an electronic cigarette.  Electronic cigarettes provide smokers with a healthier alternative to smoking without having to break their habit.  You still go through the same motions of holding a cigarette and inhaling and exhaling, and the vapor that you inhale can be customized so that it feels almost identical to taking a drag of your favorite brand.

Gadgets to Keep You Kentucky Derby Wise

We are living in the future we dreamt about when we are kids.  No, we don’t have flying cars or hoverboards quite yet, but we are getting there!  We use our phones more for surfing the internet and using apps than we do for making calls.  Even our telephone calls have become futuristic with the invention of the video chat.  Since we live in the future, there is no reason that you can’t stay informed of any subject you want, 24 hours a day, and that includes the Kentucky Derby.

Gadgets Galore

One of the great things about living in the future is that we have an electronic gadget for pretty much anything.  If you want to stay on top of your favorite subjects, including full details on Kentucky Derby 2013, you can easily do so from pretty much anywhere.  If you are in line at the grocery store, you can check Kentucky Derby odds right from your phone.  If you have an e-reader (and these days, who doesn’t?), you are likely able to connect to the internet directly through the reader to get up to the minute information on the Kentucky Derby 2013 contenders, anywhere you decide you want to stop to check.

Tracking Down Information

Since we live in the future, one of the great tools available to us is the internet.   You can find information on pretty much any topic just with a quick search.  It is no different when it comes to staying informed about the Derby.  By conducting quick searches, you can find the most read information, but if you want to limit your search to only new information, you can even adjust your search to include only news from the past day or so.

Five Great iPhone Apps for Travelers

You’ve been saving up.  You’ve planned.  You have your Megabus Coupons with free wi-fi.  Your camera is ready.  Your vacation is so close, you can taste the barbeque……Now what?  What happens, when you get to your destination and you want to find a good Hungarian restaurant?  Or if, on the spur of the moment, you need to find a romantic horse and buggy ride, so you can make that marriage proposal?  Did you just find out about a concert, that you didn’t know about before?  Need a rental car or even where the best places are to park?

Whether you travel only occasionally or you are the experienced traveler, Apple iPhone can make your trip easier, with numerous applications to help you along the way, of your next business trip or pleasure vacation.  And, most of the app’s listed are FREE!

Flight Track

Ever gotten to the airport on time, only to find out your flight has in some way been delayed or even (gulp) cancelled?   If you do a lot of airline travel, this app is a must, if you are interested in every aspect about your flight.  It allows the user to check all important information about your flight, including delays, cancellations, gate numbers even aircraft speed and altitude.

The Weather Channel

Whether you are traveling by train, plain, automobile or motorcycle, this is a great application to have, in order to figure out what will be the day’s forecast,   You don’t need to keep checking the weather on the hotel T.V., as if you have ADD. The Weather Channel allows you mobility to instantly check on the weather, at your current location.

Urbanspoon

One of the easiest ways to find places to eat, in whatever city you are staying in, is Urbanspoon.  This application allows the user multiple search criteria, according to city, cuisine type, popularity, and price point.  You can even just shake your phone and Urbanspoon will pick the restaurant for you.  How easy!

Taxi Magic

If you don’t care to spend the day walking around, or you just need to get over to that special event, Taxi Magic is the easiest way to go, when you need a cab.  From your phone you can call, track and pay for your cab.  The “magic” is the cab company must be participating in the booking end of the app, in whatever city you find yourself.  If the local cab companies do not participate in Taxi Magic, you will still be able to find a list of cab companies and numbers to call.

Yelp

This is a simple to use comprehensive program that allows the user to search for a multitude of businesses, services and events.  Search either by the city you are in or your current location.  You can search restaurants, by the type of cuisine or shopping, by the type of store.

Apple Gadgets That Improve Your Home Business

Knowing full well that necessity is the mother of invention, Apple has found a way to expound on not only what is necessary, but what is convenient, fun, desirable, or just plain looks like it might be a good idea.  Now does Apple have enough idea people, that they most likely don’t need your help?  Yes, that is probably a very true statement.  What if you have an absolutely mind blowing idea?  How do you go about developing it?

You Know What They Say about Making Money

The old adage that it takes money to make money was never truer than it is these days.  Everything costs something.  And as much as you may have a good idea, you might need a little financial assistance to bring it to its fruition.  That’s where a personal loan might come in handy.  Going to a bank for this type of loan might present a problem, especially if you don’t have a great credit record.  Let’s face it, most inventive geniuses are right down there with struggling actors and artists, until they come up with that one big idea.  And as inexpensively as you try, coming up with that one big idea, on a starving inventive geniuses’ budget is harder than coming up with the idea itself.  Personal loans are a decent place to turn, should you find yourself in need of some fast money.  You’ve probably been warned about taking out quick loans, payday loans, personal loans, etc.  And truth be told, if you don’t handle them correctly, personal loans can catch up with you and ruin even the best credit rating, if not paid back on time.

Get Ready to Spend That Money

The best way to be sure that the money you get from your loan is spent wisely is to plan.  And then plan some more.  With a solid plan and figuring in as many incidentals as you possibly can, you stand a better chance of spending that money wisely and efficiently.  Wasting that money is only going to lead to the need for another loan, and who needs that?  Outline everything and lay it out, so that you can take it one step at a time, once you have the necessary funds in your hand.  And since Rome wasn’t built in a day, the chances that your big idea will be an overnight sensation are slim to none as well.  What this may afford you however is the ability to develop your idea, into something tangible, so that others can see just how beneficial it could be.  Once you’ve used that loan to make your idea into something that others can stand up and take notice of, it’s time to get some investors to back you and your project.

Of course one of the things that they’re going to need to give you money for besides the development of your new project is the money that you’ll need to pay back that loan.

Will The New iPad Mini Be Under Your Christmas Tree This Year?

The new iPad mini created by Apple, Co. is a much sought-after product and is sure to be on many people’s wish list. It is sleek and so thin that it can be held in one hand. It’s built to compete directly with the Amazon Kindle Fire, Google tablet and other 7-inch tablets. The advantage is the iPad mini has hundreds of amazing apps ready for download. This new innovation from Apple is sure to be a coveted Christmas present this year.

How Can I Afford It

The new iPad mini starts at around $300, and that is for the base model. This gorgeous iPad is sure to be on someone’s list on your family this year, so what are some options for making their wish come true? One way is by taking out a personal loan. This type of loan is perfect for short term emergencies or spending sprees at Christmas time. You can apply for a personal loan at your local bank or credit union, and other financial institutions as well. The lender will take a close look at your income and credit history before they lend you the money. When you apply for a personal loan, the lender will also take into account how well you’ve paid your debts in the past. Also, another thing they check for is your debt-to-income ratio. If you have good credit and can afford to take on another loan, they will happily loan you the money. This process is easy and the interest rate is much lower than what you’re paying on your credit cards.

Borrowing a little money for the holidays is quick and painless if you take out a short-term personal loan. It can really help boost your holiday budget so you can put more presents under the tree, including that sought after iPad mini! So talk to your spouse about the possibility of taking out a personal loan to help finance a great Christmas; and then go get that new iPad mini before the stores run out. You’ll be a hero this holiday season, and your budget will stay intact.

Apple Plans Your Halloween Party

 Here we go again with the double entendres. Are we talking about Apple as a company, as in technological devices; or are we referring to the good old fashioned piece of fruit that, supposedly, keeps the doctor away when consumed once a day?

Apple—The Company

Having a party that could be labeled ‘All Things Apple’ could be started with Halloween invites in the shape of a laptop (with the obligatory apple on the front) that, when opened, resembles an open laptop with the party information printed on the ‘screen’ and a ‘keyboard’ fashioned on the bottom page. Costumes and decorations could represent all things computer or social technology related: i.e. laptops, iPads, iPhones, Facebook, apps, etc. Now when you start talking about apps, you open up a whole new area of concepts. Games! Angry Birds and other such games have taken the world by storm. Need an idea? Google the Apple App Store and just look around.

The Apple of My Eye

Used to be that no Halloween party was complete without a good old fashioned game of ‘Bobbing for Apples’. Personally, I find it repulsively unhygienic…but so much fun that I can’t resist a shot at it! A Halloween apple pie can be created by throwing a bit of orange food coloring on the topping crust and lightly using some black or bright yellow frosting to fashion the face of a jack-o-lantern. Your invites could even resemble a big apple with the face of a jack-o-lantern ‘carved’ into it, rather than a pumpkin. Of course you’ll need to decorate with as many variations of apples as the mind can ever conceive of and someone is going to be required to dress like an apple. (If it’s not a kids party Ada and Eve could be worked in at some point.)

Lastly we have…The Big Apple. All things New York. Now that’s easier than anything. Just make sure not everybody comes as the Statue of Liberty!