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7 tips for saving gas on a long road trip

Posted on March 28, 2024

Living (and loving) Life

I’m sure you’ve noticed that America’s highways are jammed to the max with travelers these days.

If you’re planning to take a long road trip of your own you’re likely to find that one of your biggest travel expenses will be the money you spend on gasoline.

Things like shopping around for the best deal on a hotel room and eating food from a grocery store instead of a restaurant can save you some big bucks while you’re traveling.

Luckily, you can easily save even more by reducing the amount of gasoline you’ll be using while you travel. [Read more…]

Do you struggle with reading small print? This can help.

Posted on March 27, 2024

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Now that I’m getting older I often struggle with trying to read small print.

As a tech blogger I’m constantly receiving new gadgets to test and review, and with very few exceptions they typically come with instructions that are printed in a font that’s so small I simply can’t read them.

Even worse is trying to read the tiny print on the backs of medicine bottles. It’s virtually impossible!

Well, I recently discovered the perfect solution to this problem…

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Never Broken: The Navajo Code Talkers

Posted on March 26, 2024

Living (and loving) Life

Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 thrust the United States into the middle of World War II, and right from the start the American forces faced a major problem.

Every code the American cryptographers devised was quickly broken the Japanese, resulting in numerous casualties that could have been avoided had the Americans had a secure method for communicating on the battlefield.

After a string of failed encryption methods were tried and discarded, the Americans finally found one that the Japanese were never able to break. [Read more…]