My Afflation

Last night I discovered Pepperplate in the in Nook Color app market , I think I am in love. Menu planning may have just gotten enjoyable (along with cleaning the toilet, it's one of the chores I hate the most). It's much easier to use than BigOven or Allrecipes . I feel like I'm taking pictures to the grocery store. I already have a bunch of recipes pinned on pinterest ,  and it's been a cinch to go to that board, pick the recipes I want, open the source page, and hit the pepperplate bookmarket. Within seconds it's on my Nook. I know it sounds like a lot of work, but I'm going from a source other than straight from the web. This will make menu planning so much easier! I can search for vegetarian on EatingWell , other people's recipes on pinterest, and of course, I have almost 10 years of favorite recipes on Allrecipes, most of which I have printed into my own personalized cookbook, but it would be nice to have them digital again. I like the fact that...

Well now, talk about driving customer engagement. And a good tie-in between virtual and brick and mortar. Customers are bound to buy more when they are actually in your store. Right? I know they are in my family. My son prefers old-fashioned hardbacks and hates reading anything not a manga on a screen. Likewise, my daughter loves going to the bookstore weekly to increase her selection of series. Her favorite right now is Seekers . Both of them require budgets when we enter the store. I have been buying, sampling, and borrowing books like a maniac ever since I got my Nook Color about two weeks ago ( please friend me! I loan books too ). I'm reading for pleasure again! Barnes & Noble has teamed up with Rovio to bring a whole new experience dimension to Angry Birds , one of the most addicting and mindless games ever created. It's $2.99 in the Nook Color market and now you can get an exclusive free update by going  into  the store. You can only get the update (until s...

I'm an app! You can download me from the Android Market or scan the QR code below. You'll get: Free alerts on the latest stories Search in-app Tag Cloud Optimized mobile delivery It's free and it has alerts so that you'll know whenever my blog is updated. You can search my blog for certain topics or specific posts right from your phone. The app also has Apps2SD and you can turn off the twitter feed. I downloaded the app myself and requested the changes because I know you don't want your phone blowing up every time I tweet. The customer support at Notice Software is amazing, getting my blog turned into an app was free (there are ads), but so far I am pleased with the experience. Best of all, it's an easy way to monetize. I've been blogging for over a decade, and monetization has not been a primary goal, but hey, I'm not going to say no. Notice Software shares a percentage of the ad revenue with you (me), the publisher. Please let me know wh...

SQUEEEEEEEE!!!!! YES! Ok, I am a little excited. And this is why HBO GO has got to be one of the best apps out there, and I love how HBO has made special content available to mobile users. *HBO GO® is only accessible in the US. Minimum 3G connection is required for viewing on mobile devices. Some restrictions may apply for mobile devices. ©2011 Home Box Office, Inc. All rights reserved. HBO® and related channels and service marks are the property of Home Box Office, Inc. Click to go to the Game of Thrones streaming site. Get caught up on the best mini-series of the year! Download the app now Now I just need an actual hour or eight to catch up! I haven't been able to get through the first episode without interruption.

I have high hopes for the 2011 myNABShow app. It allows you to sync your schedule with the website, add friends, find exhibits, and follow the #NABShow twitter stream.  If you have Twicca you can reply from within the app. These are just the features I use. However, as of this writing there are still issues syncing your profile, which negates the most useful parts of the app.  It affects your schedule and also affects the 'add friend' function.  I've redone my profile three times in the last two days, logged out, logged back in,  and right now I'm waiting to hear from support. If you have issues with the app, please email them. I received a very quick response. The more info they have hopefully the faster they can push a fix. I'll update this as soon as I have a fix. Tweet

Photo Friday: Dark Originally uploaded by Nannerlady Last night I was playing with the different cameras available in the retro camera app and caught this one of my daughter at soccer practice. She loves being goalie. Luckily everyone else was at the other end of the field.

In the interest of killing two birds with one stone, I am combining A Southern Fairytales' Mouthwatering Mondays with Mamavation Monday . Why? Because I miss posting delicious recipes on Mondays for your enjoyment, and two, I am going to try to pledge to the sistahood . Delicious and healthy can be done. Even for a carb addict like myself. Regarding the Sistahood, I can't do everything they want a pledge to do because of my work and commute schedule, but I can do my best to get moving. And in fact did this past weekend (oh boy my arms!). Remembering to post pictures will be hard, but I can do that tonight. I got in 60 of the proposed 100 minutes of movement yesterday. Come to think of it, I walked on Tuesday and Thursday, so I think I went over the 100, woot! Thank goodness for CardioTrainer. Last week I actually had time to menu plan, and all the new recipes went over swimmingly, even the one that exploded in my face. There have been no complaints about having to eat lefto...

SQUEEEE!!! A few weeks ago I was perusing Podiobooker and saw someone mention The Prince of Hazel and Oak , the sequel to Shadowmagic ( read my first impression here ). Boy was I excited! I added that puppy to my Google Listen account immediately. Prior to listening obsessively on a regular basis to Prince of Hazel and Oak I was catching up on Podcastle , various podcasts by Philippa Ballantine , and reading a lot more (still need to post those book reviews *sigh*). Right now I am regretting that I didn’t wait until the book was complete (to savor it all at once), but after listening to ep.24 (SPOILER ALERT!) I know that we are halfway through and that I can expect much more enjoyment. And a third book!! Congrats John! Truly, John Lenahan’s voice, inflection, and delivery always leave me smiling and in a good mood. Conor is as much a smart-alec as he is in Shadowmagic , though maybe a little more mature. If you’re looking for a good great family–friendly fantasy podcast, I ca...

YESSSS!!! Took long enough. And yes I am downloading it this instant. Review to come after I have downloaded some books. You can download it now too using the QR code below. From the Amazon website: Shop for books in the Kindle Store optimized for your Android phone Buy a book from the Kindle Store optimized for your Android phone and get it auto-delivered wirelessly Search and browse more than 620,000 books, including 109 of 110 New York Times bestsellers. If you are a non-U.S. customer, book availability may vary Find New York Times® Best Sellers and new releases from $9.99 Get free book samples. Read the beginning of books for free before you decide to buy Books you purchase can also be read on a Kindle, computer, or other Kindle-compatible mobile devices Kindle newspapers, magazines and blogs are currently not available on Kindle for Android Kindle for Android is currently available for customers in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croati...

I've been "moblogging" for years, ever since Blogger introduced the go@blogger.com integration with MMS.  I used to mo-blog from a Motorola camera phone (NOT a Razr), then my Dash, but not so much with my G1.  It's just not as intuitive and the other night i discovered a word limit that I wasn't aware of. My work-around involves using AK Notepad to write the post, and then either email it, or if I had a photo attached, send photo and blog text to my flickr2blog account (yeah, I'm all over linking my accounts to my blog). This doesn't give a lot of control for formatting. I don't like blogging in the mobile blogger.com interface. It's actually more difficult to write, add pictures, etc. And if you lose data connection, there goes your post! For over a year I have been looking for a decent Blogger blogging app. The Android Market has had two really good ones for Wordpress and LiveJournal, and even a Drupal app. It has always puzzled me why Google d...

So if you are like me and occasionally (though Josh will say constantly) text while driving, you might want to try Dial2Do . You have your hands-free headset, right? And of course, the line that convinced me .... "post updates to your TWITTER or JAIKU stream". Not that I have an addiction or anything...