tools
What’s My Password? LastPass to the Rescue!
I’ve been trying to do the right thing when it comes to my passwords: Use a unique password for every login. Make the password complicated and hard to guess. Don’t use words that can be found in the dictionary. Include numbers, capital letters and symbols. Don’t write down your login information. In other words, choose the most random combination of letters/numbers/symbols, don...
A quick, easy way to mobilize your blog
Using my smartphone to browse my favorite blogs and shops is convenient, especially when I’m stuck in a waiting room without any good magazines. While I was at the dentist with my son yesterday, I decided to check on this blog, to see what it looks like on a mobile screen. Well, I had looked at it before, but I decided to look again. I loaded GeekMomMashup.com and waited for it to load. Then...
Got a case of the “Mondays?” Here’s a fun avatar creator to try.
Nothing cures a case of the “Mondays” like doing something thoroughly unproductive for half an hour, right? Here’s an idea… I love playing with avatar creators, because I’m no good at drawing, and I’m too cheap to hire someone to make me a custom caricature. Now that WordPress has built-in gravatar support, you might be looking for a new image to use when you...
A neat little graphics tool: Stripe Generator
Well, despite the late winter blizzards we’ve been having here in the midwestern US, spring is officially just a week away! You know what that means: spring cleaning! Do you need to freshen up your online home a bit? Is your background stale? Want to make your badges and banners a little more 2.0? Here’s a fun, free online tool that you might like. It’s Stripe Generator 2.0. You ...
