No matter how images were captured in the 1960s, a wealth of memories is preserved in the images of the hippy era, the Viet Nam era, the Beatles era.The decade of the 1960s is when photo-journalism and videography came alive. America watched a war from our living rooms, of course, but we also saw images that characterized the unrest and feelings of rebellion sweeping the nation. Sometimes, those photos were manipulated (in the dark room) to be more like how the photographer felt. Sometimes, they were staged. Take a few minutes to savor this photo essay from the photo guy...

What are the worst electronic gadgets and concepts available today? I searched the web to see what venerable gadget gurus had to say and here's a list of sites for you to visit if you're interested in avoiding the crappiest gadgets on Earth. Save money. Wired's gadget lab disses AT&T, Asus and Apple, among others. Check out their list of trashy inventions. Audio gadgets to throw down a black hole - Sgt. Pepper??? Worst science cliches - are we done with silver bullet theory - please? Can we quit with the Holy Grail nonsense? Switched thumps Sega and Gizmondo among others Twenty worthless pieces of...

Google Docs is an online productivity suite that's FREE, uses none of your system's resources and requires no download. Google Docs is fun to explore and to play with. If you want to jump on the bandwagon and get some of the larger programs off your own hard drive, start with Google's tour of Docs . The idea is to upload your existing files and then crate new documents from scratch or from templates. You can share the stuff you write, store it online and set controls to keep it private and secure, they say. I'm not sure I trust online...

No download. This photo editor will make you feel like a pro and it's FREE and, it's EASY. Called Picnik, it has all the functionality you could want. I use it for much of my online photo work - when I put images on blogs or websites I'm managing. You can imagine I do a lot of photo editing and I find this one a piece of cake, though I own several expensive imaging programs. Here's how it works: Go to Picnik (ok, they can't spell, but they do know software), you don't have to register. ...

In this economy, money is on everybody's mind. I dug up a couple of really interesting websites that address everything from how to invest your money to how to spend your money to managing your credit reports. Here we go. Online advice The Online Version of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine is a great source of free advice and information about a variety of money topics. The site's forums provide a way for readers to discuss issues such as paying for college with reporters who have written on those topics. Credit questions If you've got questions about credit reports, debt repayment,...

Is it myth or fact that MIT and other top school offer free tech classes and other college courses online? Can you round out your education at Massachusetts Institute of Technology or learn how to write effectively at Northwestern without paying tuition. Yes you can. College degrees for $100. Do you get those emails too? Well, I heard that some of the world's best real educational resources are free AND legitimate. A few weeks ago, after searching for training web sites and being disappointed at the quality and cost of what I was finding, I came across the OpenCourseWare consortium. OpenCourseWare...

Google’s web browser, Chrome, didn’t impress me much the first time I tried it. But that was a year or two ago and as I recall, Chrome was in beta. The current Chrome release  is 1.0 and I have to admit, I like it. We all use browsers everyday and it's important to have good tools for accessing the internet. Usually, the first thing I do when  setting up a new installation of Internet Explorer (IE) or Firefox is turn off as many of the menus and toolbars as I can, leaving only the bare essentials like navigation buttons – I...

Found a cool contest for the Hannah Montana fans in your life. Got a grandchild who adores Hannah Montana? Does your neighbors youngster swoon when Hannah hits the stage? Well, this week a new "secret website" was launched for Hannah Montana - you know her - Miley Cirus's altar ego? Anyway the site is Hannah Montana Web Pass. Created by Disney and Reader's Digest Books,  it's accessible only with a secret code that can only be gotten by purchasing a site kick-off book from Reader's Digest. There's a drawing based on today's comments to the WomenDaybyDay blog. Go take a look...

Gizmodo announced the most useful tool shaped like a pair of boobs. No Oscar for them, but the article is certainly worth a grin. I won't tell you what the bosom-shaped utensil is, but do go take a look. I nearly spit my coffee into my keyboard - which has happened to me more than once. Green MP3 player - low carbon footprint - this one is fun. Believe it or not, a wind-up MP3 player that uses no electricity. I haven't tried it, but I used to have a wind-up radio. It's the thought... The How to Geek says try this one...

Baby boomer women use the web as much as, or more than, most other demographic groups. We shop, surf, read, socialize and do research. Since many of us work at home, work via computers, are retired, or work part time, we have a bit of spare time to go online and use web resources. I like this site - National Association of Baby Boomer Women. There seem to be some good networking opportunites for baby boomer women - those of us in our 40s, 50s and 60s. There are some powerful members - women of the boomer generation who have...