Everyday, it seems, we hear about hacking, identity theft or some other invasion of our digital privacy. Here's how to protect your online life from cyber criminals on the road, because vacations are not the time to relax your personal safety, which includes taking internet security precautions. Before You Go Patch Up. Check all your electronic devices for software updates. That means both … [Read more...]
Best apps for skiing and snowboarding
Life should be downhill in winter, and there's plenty of snow left to ski and ride this season. Simplify your spring skiing or snowboarding vacation with one of these FREE apps that keep track of your runs, speed and vertical, even your kids and friends, and allow you to share the info. Warning - These apps use GPS running in the background to track you, so they suck power like crazy. You would … [Read more...]
Free cookbook from DoubleTree Hotels
Few things beat the smell and taste of a warm, freshly baked chocolate chip cookie. It has become the signature welcome greeting at DoubleTree Hotels around the world, the chain is celebrating the opening of its 500th hotel by publishing a FREE cookbook with cookie recipes, and more, to download. Although the original chocolate chip recipe remains a secret, like the recipe for Coca-Cola, … [Read more...]
Best St. Patrick’s Day parades in USA
As the saying goes, everybody is Irish on St. Patrick's Day. Just about every city in the United States has a parade honoring the saintly man who drove the snakes from Ireland, either on March 17, or the weekend before or after. New York City - The biggest and oldest St. Patrick's Day parade has been marching through the streets of NYC since 1762, fourteen years before the Declaration of … [Read more...]
Concept cars show road to the future
The road to the future is paved with concept cars, an important glimpse of the technology and design we’ll be driving one day soon. Concepts from Jaguar, Mitsubishi, Chrysler, VW and Toyota are being showcased at current auto shows. Some concepts are just for show, while others are really pre-production models, giving the R&D team the time and permission to make final tweaks before the … [Read more...]
International Polar Bear Day 2017
Today is International Polar Bear Day, a good time to think about how climate change affects these magnificent creatures. It's also an excuse to re-visit my trip to the “Polar Bear Capital of the World”, as Churchill, Canada, calls itself. Today, put on an extra sweater or fleece, and participate in the Thermostat Challenge, an initiative of Polar Bears International to draw attention to the … [Read more...]
JetBlue gives passengers free in-flight WiFi
JetBlue is now giving passengers FREE WiFi on all domestic flights. JetBlue claims to be the first U.S. airline to offer the perk. Other airlines have on-board WiFi, but you have to pay for it. Delta and American Airlines offer WiFi on most domestic flights, for $16 a day, which includes connecting flights. Southwest charges $8 per day per device on domestic flights. Charges vary for … [Read more...]
San Jose Buddhist temple goes solar
One of the newest Buddhist temples in Northern California has installed a rooftop solar system that provides more than 80 percent of the temple's needs, replacing about 57 tons a year of fossil fuel emissions, and saving money in the bargain. “We believe that spirituality includes engagement in ecological issues,” says Loanie Lam, owner of the Chua Di Lac Buddhist Temple & Unified Event … [Read more...]
Safety warning: road de-icers damage brakes
Safety warning: De-icing chemicals used to clear roads of winter snow and ice cost US drivers some $3 Billion a year in repairs to brakes and paint damaged by the corrosive road salt and liquid chemicals. That's an an average of $500 per vehicle, according to a new AAA survey. Rust corrosion to your brakes, fuel tanks and exhaust systems are especially susceptible, along with other vehicle … [Read more...]
Free entry to US National Parks today
Celebrate Presidents Day by visiting one of more than 400 national parks, preserves, historic sites and monuments FREE on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. That list includes sites associated with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, the two presidents whose birthdays we are celebrating. That would include the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, Federal Hall in New York City, … [Read more...]
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