Jeremy Herndon » Technology and Gadgets

Not exactly pocket change!

jeremy — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:06:20 +0000

I came across this post from 2008 and wondered why I never heard that the car I wrote about below actually coming out onto the market. Do you know if it did or not?

Post from 1/22/2008 below:

I was reading on the Discovery Channel’s website that a new car will be hitting the market later this year. It is a flying car! Basically it is a plane that has wings that can fold up so that you can drive it home and park it in your garage. It will fly for 500 miles on one tank of regular unleaded gas! Now I think this is a really awesome creation, and I’d love to have one! (I’d also like to get one of those car-boat things that were sold back in the 60s! – oh, and a hovercraft!)

Anyway, it will retail for (are you sitting down?) $194,000! I think I’ll have to wait a few decades for the price to come down! But it sure would be really awesome to own one of them!

Saw a Smart car on the road today

jeremy — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:57:18 +0000

I’ve seen pictures of the Smart car on the Internet, and on television, but not “for real” very often. I was waiting to pull out of a parking lot and a large tractor trailer passed me by, followed by a Smart car. What a huge difference in size that was! It was a cute little thing, a bright red, but it brought back memories of many years ago when I saw the results of a little car being in an accident with a tractor trailer and it made me shudder. I don’t know how safe I would feel in such a little car!

Today’s Internet Helps Our Seniors

jeremy — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:18:02 +0000

The Internet can be very useful for the elderly if they know the right places to look. Networking sites like Facebook and Myspace can be used to meet people with similar interests. Many websites can help seniors get the products they need at a much lower price than they could in normal retail outlets. You can find miracle ear hearing aids prices and reviews. Powerscooter.com can give them the information they need to get a mobility scooter. Any elderly person who is feeling lonely can go to littlebrothers.org to be matched up with someone who would be happy to keep them company. The seniors.lovetoknow.com is a site that has much information about caring for the elderly. It includes knowledge of financial planning, assisted living, fashion, senior services, athletic activities, medical insurance and health.

If someone is looking for information on the best place to retire bestretirementspots.com, and bestretirementdestinations.com have tons of information. Search engine sites like yahoo, Webcrawler, and Google may be used to find any sort of information that anyone could ever need, all that is required is the knowledge to use these sites. Information on life and health insurance as well as the latest miracle ear can also easily be found using a search engine, with quotes being given in minutes. The internet is a tool that can be used by the elderly to get goods and services that would not otherwise be easily available to them and at a time when medical health care insurance is a must.

Remote locks

jeremy — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:14:38 +0000

In my campaign to save money I’ve been thinking about replacing our exterior back door’s deadbolt lock with a remote control keyless deadbolt. There are many times when one of the family members goes out at night and leaves lights on out by the door simply because it makes it easier for them to see the lock to insert their key to get into the house. There are plenty of other lights around that area to help them see their way to the door. (Those are motion sensor lights.)

I’m thinking that it would be really nice to have the remote because there are a lot of times folks have their arms full and can’t easily unlock the door with their keys. Pushing the remote button on their keychain would let them enter the house more easily. It would also let them into the house quicker if they felt threatened in some way. I’ve been looking around on the Internet for price ranges and styles and it seems that they will cost about $100. I was glad to see that some of the systems have additional remotes available so that all of our family members can have one. Naturally these locks will also work with a key if necessary.

Daddy’s Little Girl

jeremy — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:50:05 +0000

Guest post written by Derick Burks

It’s a girl! I can still hear the nurse saying those three wonderful words some twenty-one years ago. Pigtails and onesies have been replaced with trips to the salon and the mall with her mother, and let me say that I think my wallet misses the old days just about as much as my heart does. Nonetheless, that blonde hair and pretty blue eyes that she got from her mother have never changed. As much as I want to keep my little girl close, I know that she has grown into a strong, independent woman and now has to strike out on her own and find her place in this world. But how does a father say goodbye to his sweet little girl? That’s right, by making sure that her new home has an alarm system. Luckily, a quick internet search for Security systems St. Louis allowed me to find just the right system for daddy’s little girl. Now rest assured that this is one daddy that will be tearing up the road between our house and hers but at least I feel safer knowing that when I’m not there with her, she at least has a security system installed.

Motion Sensor Light Switch

jeremy — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:53:36 +0000

There is absolutely nothing more annoying to me than to come home and find that all of the lights in the house are on, but no one is in most of the rooms! I can’t seem to educate certain folks that we need to save money by turning off lights when we leave the room. Well, I just found out that Black & Decker is releasing for sale motion detector light switches that will turn the lights off automatically after a few minutes of detecting no motion. The price sounds reasonable, about $30 per switch. They are supposedly going on sale in April. I’ve signed up to receive an email notice from them when they come out! I am DEFINITELY going to buy several!

Mens Clothing Online

jeremy — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:12:32 +0000

I don’t think that I’m alone when it comes to going out shopping and hating every minute of it. I would rather be doing anything, including raking leaves, rather than have to go out to the many retail stores in town and dealing with all of the issues that go along with that task. If I need something then I’ll send the wife out or I’ll find it online and have it delivered to my door, simple as that.

Right now I am in the need of some new mens clothing and I have found several sites that I’ve taken a liking to and will be doing some business with real soon like. At Aeropostale.com this weekend they offer free shipping on orders of $100 or more and they also have a ton of good stuff on clearance that by using the code of TAKE50 will get you 50% off. Now that is the type of shopping that I can enjoy and handle without losing my cool with some irate sales associate or dealing with Joe Public that don’t want to be out shopping either!

A Helping Hand Video Website

jeremy — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:53:02 +0000

We can all use a little help when it comes to getting things done around the house. I have found a good website at ex2dohome.com that has a good amount of information as well as videos to help “Harry The Home Owner” with all kinds of tasks that we all eventually have to deal with at some time or another. Websites such as this one are good for all the women out there that either enjoy doing handy work or have no one else to do it for them so they are trying hard to do it themselves.

My wife wants to help me with the installing of our new carpet that is on order as we speak. So I went to ez2dohome.com and found an “how to install carpet video” and send her the link so that see can take a look at it before we get started, sort of a head’s up ya know. Anything to help make the task at hand an easier one to deal with is what I always say! If you have a need for a website such as this I would urge you to check them out and see if it is something that would benefit you at some point.

Harry Chapin

jeremy — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:16:43 +0000

One of the old classics from the 70′s that I’ve always enjoyed hearing now and then is the song “Taxi” by Harry Chapin. I was browsing through You Tube earlier and stumbled onto the video. I really enjoy the way You Tube brings us all the music you could ever think of and allows us to listen and watch at our convenience.

Listen and Enjoy and Remember The 70′s, if you can…

Batteries

jeremy — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:38:25 +0000

A friend of mine sent me a link to a video that shows how to extend the life of “dead” batteries! I couldn’t believe it was possible – dead means dead, right? So I went to the video and watched it – it looks like it really could work, although if used improperly could make the batteries leak, which could damage the flashlight (or whatever) they are being used to power. I think I’ll give it a try myself on a cheap flashlight next time some batteries die!