Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Finance – The Most Popular Christmas Gift This Year
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This week we are talking about The Most Popular Christmas Gift This Year.
According to a recent study by GfK Roper Consulting, the hottest Christmas gift this year will be the gift card – either a store care or Visa card. People will not be giving as many gifts but want one gift that counts.
Just be sure you are getting a gift card from a store not in financial trouble. If they fail before the gift card is used, the card can become worthless. That's why many will opt for the Visa gift card.
Who knows, in the future you may be able to have the gift card on your cell phone and use it directly from there. No more plastic. Maybe next year. For now get the plastic gift card.
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Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Technology – The 30 Year Light Bulb
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This week we are talking about The 30 Year Light Bulb
Per Wikipedia – The world's longest lasting light bulb is the Centennial Light located in Livermore, California. It is maintained by the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department. The fire department claims that the bulb is at least 107 years old and has only been turned off a handful of times.
The bulb we are discussing was designed by Frog Design. They were looking for a more acceptable light bulb design that was more environmentally friendly then the CFLs (Compact Fluorescent Lamps).
CFLs use ballast, which contains mercury, electronics and plastic housings. Most consumers just throw fluorescents out with the trash, even though they should be disposed of as toxic waste. CFLs are not dimmable. In addition, the form and cold color of CFLs keep them from being widely accepted as a replacement to the incandescent bulb.
Frog Design arrived at a concept that offers better energy efficiency than CFLs without the toxic mercury, provides a desirable light quality and dimming capability, and fits into the socket connection of the incandescent—all in a package that will last 30 years.
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Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Family – Kids On The Internet
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This week we are talking about Kids On The Internet.
Many of our kids or grandchildren spend a lot of time on the Internet and Text Messaging. Is that good for them?
A recent multi-year study by the MacArthur Foundation has begun to find out. This study included over 800 young people and their parents. They observed over 5,000 hours of online time. Their conclusions was that it is good for them. They learn technology skills and literacy needed to succeed in the world. They learn how to get along with others, how to manage their public identity and how to create a home page.
Some parental concerns may originate from some misconceptions. Mostly these young people socialize with friends, people they have met at school, camps or sports. They don't socialize with many if any strangers.
They are exploring and learning about the online world and how to interact with friends. So overall it seems that all this new media, text messaging is good for our youth.
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