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Tag Archives: shortcuts
Answered: What’s inside a Crest “Neat Squeeze” kids toothpaste tube
Have you seen the “Neat Squeeze” kids toothpaste tubes from Crest? Rather than being a flexible tube that crumples as you use it, they are a more rigid tube that always stands nicely on the sink counter. They claim that … Continue reading
Today’s Legos have too many specialty pieces, and how I’m fixing it for my own kids
Like many parents, I want my kids to experience some of the memories I cherish most from my own childhood, and this means having a great Lego collection in the house. I spent thousands of hours as a kid building … Continue reading
Shortcut: Generate realistically distributed randomized data in Excel
I recently wanted to create some randomized data for use in a simple proof-of-concept experiment. I was creating a simulated population of users in various locations around the world, and so I needed to take a few hundred rows and … Continue reading
Shortcut: convert pre-paid credit cards to Amazon gift certificates for easy spending
Pre-paid credit cards sound good, but they are really quite a hassle. These are often given as a gift or a reward that comes in the form of a one-use credit card. It has already been loaded with a specific … Continue reading
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An easy workaround for getting Gmail Push Notifications while using iPhone’s Mail app
I finally received my iPhone 5S after a three week wait. While I am excited to have my new phone, it has meant giving up on using ActiveSync to get email pushed directly to my phone from my gmail account. … Continue reading
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App makes dialing into conference numbers from your cell phone easy
Have you ever tried to call into a conference number from you mobile phone? It’s a royal pain. The challenge stems from the fact that once you dial the number, you have to enter a 9 or 10 digit conference … Continue reading
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Two kids potty trained and not a clue how to accomplish it
If you search on the web for “potty training”, you will find endless articles and guides with names like “Potty Training Guide” and “Potty Training – How to Get the Job Done”. It seems like everyone has the secret recipe … Continue reading
Fix it now or wait until it breaks?
Most things in life get replaced at one of two points – when it breaks, or when it becomes obsolete. Well, perhaps obsolete isn’t quite the right word. I’ve owned seven or eight coffee makers in my life, but only … Continue reading
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When traveling with kids, renting a car using Hertz Gold is a must
We just returned from a trip to the California with our two kids, ages 3 and 5. Flying with kids is never easy, but for the for the first time, it wasn’t difficult, either. Their attention spans are now long … Continue reading
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A parent’s emergency mnemonic for bolting out the door with kids
Friday, April 19th was a hell of a day here in Cambridge. In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, several communities went into lockdown as the police combed a 20 block area of nearby Watertown searching for the remaining … Continue reading
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