Everyone has heard a friend or relative complain about having to take out a second mortgage but don’t really know what that means. Let’s find out! The real term for this is called a home equity loan. This is a common loan type that homeowners can use for whatever they want. A home equity loan…

Look up “make money at home” ideas in any magazine or on any website these days, and you’ll often see that they suggest that you could learn how to sell on Etsy. If you’ve never heard of this strange thing before, you really should start now. No matter what you are – an artist or…

Building models can be a great hobby. There are all kinds of models to choose from including: cars, trucks, plane, trains, and ships. For those that have a connection to the sea, it seems only natural to choose to build model ships. You might start by purchasing a model kit online and waiting for it…

I admit it .. I LIKE trivia, tho it serves no purpose for me since I can never remember any to bring up in conversation. But still, it is fun, so I’ve created this list of amazing trivia that I found to be absolutely riveting. 1. Snails can sleep up to 3 years. Not so…

Have you ever lost someone close to you to death? We go through a grief process that was best described by Elizabeth Kublar-Ross in On Death and Dying. In it she talks about the five stages that people go through—denial and isolation; anger; bargaining; depression and finally acceptance. The dying, as well as those who…

A healthy body and glowing skin is what everyone desires to have. A well-balanced diet can make a huge difference, and people are increasingly making the necessary efforts to eat healthy. This is one reason why people are giving up carbonated drinks that have adverse side effects and looking for healthier options that can be…

Well, ever wondered why restaurant food makes you feel full so quickly? MSG is a food-flavoring additive that is quite popular in the Far East. Back home, you’ll find that MSG is a particular favorite with fast food restaurant chains like KFC, McDonald’s, Burger King, Applebee’s, and so on. You’ve probably heard that this additive…

James Wong Howe: how the great cinematographer shaped Hollywood

Consumers have moved rapidly to adopting digital formats for consuming entertainment-related content. The most obvious example of this is music and video downloads, with Apple’s iTunes and YouTube as leading examples. Apple has sold more than one billion songs via its iTunes music store and it continues to demonstrate a spectacular rate of growth. Over…

Almost 400 million people have installed the Macromedia Shockwave player on their computers. This allows them to play free online games which have an astounding level of quality and detail. Shockwave is Macromedia’s first multimedia player and predates the existence of Flash. Though it was specifically designed for movies, Shockwave has become the tool of…

Is a simple and fun game for your kids to play, the graphics are simple enough that they can easily defend it. The objective of the game is simple, Defend You Castle as the name Suggest. To defend it you simply use your mouse to pick up the bad guys and while holding down the…

Never underestimate the power of the pink pound; no not the spending power of our gay community but the women whose ever increasing disposable income is now becoming a seriously lucrative courtship with many online gambling sites. With greater autonomy in their personal lives and fewer women being tied down with the responsibility of marriage…

When it comes to your website, extra attention should be paid to every minute detail to make sure it performs optimally to serve its purpose. Here are seven important rules of thumb to observe to make sure your website performs well. (1) Do not use splash pages Splash pages are the first pages you see…

When buying a computer you must consider not only the quality of the internal components, but also the external ones that make the entire multimedia experience possible. , from printers to web cams, are an important part of our lives and activities, if not the most important one, depending on our needs and habits. When…

When growing up, most people were exposed to the various interesting and sweet Disneyland characters and the characters are carried well into adulthood. The Minnie mouse costume is one of the characters that are carried into adulthood and the best thing about this character is that it is well loved by other people and it…

Do you feel frustrated or unfulfilled with the songs you have written? Do you think your songs have to conform to a certain standard before they are any good? If so, what exactly are you comparing them to? You may find you have an unrealistic expectation of yourself or what you think a song is…

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) was conceived of by the French engineer Jacques D’Arsonval in 1881. However, at the time of this writing the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii is home to the only operating experimental OTEC plant on the face of the earth. OTEC is a potential alternative energy source that needs to be…

Solar energy is a green energy source because it is renewable and it does not cause any harm to the environment. This is achieved by converting the sun’s rays into electricity with the help of solar cells. There are three basic approaches how we can use this form of green energy source namely passive, active…