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COOL TIP: Home Energy Audits in San Diego

February 4, 2025February 27, 2019 by mshames

You are beginning to get tired of sending SDG&E your hard-earned dollars and want to do something.   Our suggestion: stop using so much of the stuff that SDG&E sells you by getting a home energy audit.  Oddly enough, there are a number of state incentive … Read more

Categories Household Tags energy audit, HERS, home energy audit, Home Energy Score

Home Wifi Mesh Networks – Worth the Effort?

February 4, 2025February 26, 2019 by mshames

Our simple answer:  Yes, in any home larger than 1000 sq. feet.   Mesh networks offer improved performance, better coverage and are the future of home wifi.   Moreover, they are coming down in price, so the premium that you pay is justified.   In addition to faster … Read more

Categories High Tech & Wireless Tags google wifi, home wifi, mesh network, Netgear Orbi, plume, Wifi

COOL TIP: Block Spam Text Messages on Android Phones

February 21, 2019 by mshames

Spam text messages.  Ugh!  Spam phone calls were bad enough, but now the spammers seek to torture us with unauthorized text messages.   If you have a Pixel phone, you can use Call Screen to block unwanted calls (yay!).  But that lovely feature doesn’t work for … Read more

Categories High Tech & Wireless Tags Android, block text messages, blocking SMS, Hangouts, Messages, spam text, unwanted text

SCAM ALERT: The Doctor Blog Is Dubious

February 7, 2019 by mshames

Just in case you happen across a website called “The Doctor Blog“, disregard it.   We’ve been unable to validate that Dr. Paul Newton (the alleged blogger) exists.   But here’s what we have verified:  His claim to have received the most innovative doctor of the decade by … Read more

Categories Internet Tags affiliate marketing, doctor's blog, dr. paul newton, infoscam, Michael Shames, paul newton

You Aren’t Crazy to Want A Sedation-Free Colonoscopy

November 12, 2020February 7, 2019 by mshames

Why would you want to be doped up with a sedative during a colonoscopy?    For that matter, why would you want to have a colonoscopy at all? As to the latter, you pretty much don’t have a choice after turning 50.   Intestinal tract … Read more

Categories Happiness Tags colonoscopy, drug-free, Happiness, no sedation, safer, sedation, sedation-free
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