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Entries from June 2008

Megan Corby & Friends Tackle Bad Drivers

June 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Megan and her school friends battle bad drivers !  You can read the full story here in the local newspaper.  Nana Vicki hopes she never brings the radar gun to Tampa !

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Tags: Family

Avoid 411 Fees On Your Phone

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

A lot of phone carriers now charge for 411 information, especially on cell phones.  Here’s how to avoid the fees!
Dial 1-800-466-4411 for  the google free information service.  you will only pay your standard per minute charge.   You can view a short video by google on how it works.  Program this service into your phone  and [...]

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Tags: Financial · Free Stuff · Useful Web Sites

South Seas Island Resort Captiva Island

June 9th, 2008 · No Comments

We spent last weekend at South Seas Island Resort on a an incentive trip from Vicki’s employer Stewart Enterprises.  Leaving on Thursday at 11am we drove to Captiva,  normally a 3 1/2 hour journey…….we arrived  at 4:30pm!  The day before a fuel tanker had crashed and exploded damaging the south bound lanes of I-75, [...]

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Tags: Hotel · Travel

MyPublisher Photo Book Review

June 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

I had previously made a couple photo book using Shutterfly, and was very happy with them.  However  I had to produce a photo book for work and I needed the size to be larger than Shutterfly offered.  MyPublisher offers a book in a 15″ x 11.5″ format which is excellent.
Making the book:
I downloaded the MyPublisher [...]

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Tags: Computing, Gear, Digital · Shopping · Web Sites