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What if Real Simple went 100% digital?
Posted on Feb 12, 2009 9:09:00 AM  |  By KristinBrandt

Listening to a recent episode of this WEEK in TECH, I heard that PC Magazine would be getting rid of their printed edition, and would become a 100-percent digital publication. The new format, which is driven by Zinio, looks like...

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Home
Cooking with ONLY my microwave
Posted on Feb 5, 2009 2:20:25 PM  |  By KristinBrandt

This is my kitchen. For those of you who are wise to the ways of the kitchen, you may notice that we are missing a few key essentials. Specifically, we have no sink, oven or stove. We are also missing...

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Home
My idiot proof oven
Posted on Jan 30, 2009 9:54:39 AM  |  By KristinBrandt

My husband and I have embarked on a major kitchen remodel including new floors, new cabinets, new countertops and . . . new appliances. The funny thing about selecting new appliances with my husband is that he does not cook....

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Podcasts
So you want to create a podcast
Posted on Jan 23, 2009 11:13:37 AM  |  By KristinBrandt

As I write this, I'm collecting and preparing all the files that will soon become the latest episode of Manic Mommies (our 150th episode to be exact). As the executive editor of our show, I'm often asked about "how" we...

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Home
Fueling my caffeine addiction
Posted on Jan 14, 2009 9:00:00 AM  |  By KristinBrandt

By the time you read this I should be home from a very early morning trip into Boston for Good Morning America’s Job Fair. I already know that getting up so early is going to be very painful. Thank goodness...

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Automotive
Cars go high tech
Posted on Jan 6, 2009 9:37:11 AM  |  By KristinBrandt

Speaking recently with Scott Monty, a friend of the Manic Mommies who now works for Ford, I found out that Ford's CEO Alan Mulally would be the keynote speaker at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. I...

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Blogs/Blogging
So you want to start a blog.
Posted on Dec 30, 2008 11:04:47 AM  |  By KristinBrandt

Yesterday I had a conversation with a local reporter who, having recently lost her job, was advised that she should start a blog as a way to highlight her work and to make money. Our conversation got me thinking about...

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websites
Design your own postage stamps
Posted on Dec 18, 2008 7:23:00 AM  |  By KristinBrandt

Have you ever noticed how long people can take to select the perfect postage stamp design? It's actually pretty silly since a postage stamp is designed to do one thing, get the US Postal Service to bring a letter from...

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video games
Rock Band or Wii Music – Which to choose?
Posted on Dec 15, 2008 2:00:06 PM  |  By KristinBrandt

I recently received this e-mail from a listener: Kristin, I am trying to decided between Rock Band (we have Guitar Hero) and the new Wii Music. Rock Bank seems pretty straight forward with the extra props to manage. Wii Music...

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Shopping
I found it on SkyMall
Posted on Dec 10, 2008 9:00:00 AM  |  By KristinBrandt

On my way home from the Manic Mommies Escape, I grabbed the latest copy of SkyMall, the mega-catalog of gifts and goodies that can be found lodged in the back pocket of most airplane seats. Flipping through the catalog, I...

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