Ancestry.com is Aware of the Site Outages

Genealogists who have had problems trying to log into Ancestry.com recently need not worry. It wasn’t caused by your computer, and it wasn’t due to hacking (probably). The popular genealogy website is aware of the site outages, and will let you know when things are back online. It doesn’t take much to ruin a genealogists evening sometimes. Those of you who have paid for a membership at Ancestry.com probably expect that the website will be available to you whenever you want to use it. Unfortunately, every website needs to go down for maintenance eventually. Once in a while, you run … Continue reading

Apple TV Gets a Bold New Update

Affectionately called the Apple paperweight by even the most loyal of Apple fans, the Apple TV was a device that started off with great promise but then just sat there doing nothing. Critics complained that Apple TV wasn’t really necessary even for die-hard fans. Steve Jobs hopes to change all that with the reveal of a major feature update to the Apple TV. During Steve Job’s keynote address at MacWorld (in which the very interesting MacBook Air stole the stage), he revealed an improvement that will make the device much more useful. The old Apple TV was basically a TV-based … Continue reading

Family Fun Week(s) in Review – May 28th – June 15th

While Jeff was off becoming a daddy for the 2nd time, Lauri has been doing an admirable job of providing stellar FUN ideas for families this summer. Jeff is back full time now and the result had been a bounty of cool tips and activities to occupy and entertain your entire gang! Summertime is a popular time of year for Family Reunions. Lauri share some helpful ideas on keeping both young children and teenagers happy and pleasant at these family gatherings. While traveling to reunite with long lost relatives, you are bound to encounter some delays. You have to find … Continue reading