Nerd Chick Adventures: Smartphone Security – Understanding Mobile Payment

If you’ve noticed offers at your gas station or grocery store to “pay with your phone,” you’ve seen what many claim is the future of how we’ll pay for goods and services: Near Field Communication, or NFC.  Whether you relish the… Continue Reading →

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Look! Up in the Sky, It’s a Bear!

I was wondering how aircraft patrols work in conjunction with ground officers. Do drivers only have to worry about them on clear days? What kinds of areas are patrolled by aircraft? How does the pilot determine someone’s speed? If you want… Continue Reading →

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Mistress of the Mix: We Got Ya Covered

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Today’s MotM is all about sincere flattery, and I think you’ll enjoy this crazy trip that weaves old and new, amazing and awful and a few little mind blowers. Like, for… Continue Reading →

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Are YOU Stressed? Part 2

As you reviewed your results from the Stress Questionnaire in Part I, I hope that you had an extremely low number that made you feel proud, and not a number that made you fall out of your chair. Being in the… Continue Reading →

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Catherine Camp’s Kenyan Adventure, Part 1

Our Kenyan adventure began in Nairobi.  It’s a city of 4 million people, capitol of a nation of 40 million.  It is not a pretty city: it is sprawling, clogged with traffic, with obvious poverty. On the other hand, there… Continue Reading →

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Holiday Re-Set Button: Push It

My extreme infatuation with the holidays started when I was a little kid, despite the fact that I can only remember one happy, functional Christmas, when I was 7. As an adult, I vowed I’d be mistress of my own holiday comfort and joy. I’d create traditions that would… Continue Reading →