Category: Technology

  • How to Turn Off Your iPhone Without the Top Power Button

    This post was sponsored by Asurion as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. I know this is so 2 years ago, but I’m still rocking the iPhone 5 and I’m pretty much planning to ride that bike til the wheels fall off. Mostly because Verizon’s giving our family a break on our bill…

  • Road Trip Technology – the Electric Cooler

    About a month before we left town for New Orleans, my husband Josh mentioned that he’d like to pick up an electric cooler for our trip. I’m not gonna lie; I laughed in his face. Because who ever heard of a cooler that you put ice into, that you plug in? It’s totally silly, think…

  • How to Stop Your Laptop Cursor from Jumping Around

    I’ve been on my desktop computer for almost two years now, and my local Effingham county tech support guy Dylan Riggs really helps keep it running smoothly! Not like the *cough cough* Dell travesty we went through before he built this machine for us. But every now and then, there’s still the need for the…

  • 3 Technology Life Hacks for Parents

    Life hacks are all the rage these days – they’re those little tips that make life so much easier. I’m excited to share 3 technology life hacks for parents with you; if you’ve got your own to share, I’d love for you to post em in the comments to help other parents that find this…

  • WordPress SEO by Yoast Security Issue – Time to Update Your Plugins!

    It’s been discovered that the super popular WordPress SEO plugin by Yoast has a security issue, leaving it vulnerable to hackers. WordPress SEO by Yoast is one of the most popular WordPress plugins around, making it super easy to not only make sure your posts are being set up to be as search engine friendly…

  • Five Social Media Tips – How to Get More Twitter Followers

    In an effort to reach more small business owners that need my design services, as well as good looking blog readers like yourself that sparkle like morning dew and smell like fresh laundry, I’ve been actively trying to increase my number of Twitter followers since December 2014. I must be doing something right, because I’ve…

  • What’s Your Backup Plan?

    I’m not sugar coating anything today, guys. If you don’t have a backup plan for your digital life, you’re going to lose everything eventually. A few years ago, I was working on my laptop computer at the kitchen table. Our dog Jimmy ran through the room, and got tangled in the power cord of my…

  • Fun with Spam Text Messages

    Right around Christmas time, I went through an experience that was totally new to me on my phone. I started getting spam text messages. It caught me so off guard. I get so many spam phone calls these days, to the point where if a number I don’t recognize calls, I let it go to…

  • #Headdesk. Newegg Email Spam Attack

    My family does a midweek weekend on Wednesdays and Thursdays – those are Josh’s days off, I make my own schedule here at Hearts and Laserbeams, and that lets us still have family weekends together. But my small business clients are generally online Monday through Friday. So on my days off, I use the Gmail…

  • Fun With QuickType iOS Predictive Text

    I’ve been trying to update my iPhone to the latest version for what seems like ages, partly because my husband kept talking about how cool the new QuickType iOS Predictive Text feature is. But the thing that’s been tripping me up is I’ve been trying to do it through the phone’s settings… and it kept…

  • How to Clean a Laptop Touchpad

    Phil started using ABCmouse.com this week, which he was super excited about. They advertise on all the kids tv channels, so we’ve been hearing about how he needs to use ABCmouse.com to learn about reading for months. I’m not kidding. Months. So when we got our account set up, I saw they had an Android…

  • How to Play Candy Crush

    If you’ve ever wondered how to play Candy Crush… These are the 11 steps I followed to reach Candy Crush Expert Candy Sorter Extraordinaire status. Whip out your smartphone and follow along: 1) The Candy Crush app mysteriously shows up on your phone. You delete it immediately. You give your husband some guff for succumbing to one…

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