Ok….I finally gave in and switched from firefox. Firefox used to be fast for me but not for a while now. My computer has been running so slow I couldn’t stand it any more. Now, I don’t have a new and fast setup but it should be running much better than it is.

I typically have 4-6 programs in use, plus my FF browser with about 5 tabs open, not to mention my Avira antivirus and my desktop notifier in the background. My CPU usage is most always up in the mid to high 90% range bogging everything down. Slow response time just to open an existing file or create a new file, switch between windows …it was getting to be enough to start to put one to sleep.  Read more... (285 words, estimated 1:08 mins reading time)

As time permits…

I consider myself fortunate to have a fast cable internet connection for the past couple of years. Before that I had a slooowwww dial-up connection and I hope to never have to go back to it.

However:

There are times when the cable connection goes out, for a few hours or a couple of days. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like being without my internet connection. Fortunately it seldom happens, but when my cable internet connection goes out I do get antsy.  Read more... (162 words, estimated 39 secs reading time)

Nancy Drew

Hardy Boys

Bobbsey Twins

Tom Swift

Bunny Brown

The Dana Girls

Honey Bunch

These are just a few of the best loved series many of us enjoyed reading during our childhood. Countless enjoyable hours were spent reading and coming to enjoy a favorite authors works. But who really are the authors of these titles?

When one does a little investigation we find that many of the named authors are merely pen names or pseudonyms used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate.

Edward Stratemeyer was born in 1862 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He began writing stories for magazines in the 1880s. Stratemeyer married Magdalene Van Camp in  Read more... (290 words, 2 images, estimated 1:10 mins reading time)

So….. this is my first post. I’m trying to get the hang of wordpress, particularly the custom theme designing aspect.

It is fun, but there are some bugs to be worked out in my first attempts at working out my own theme.

Pointers are welcome.