Author Archive for Ric Martens

Ric "TheGrizz" Martens is a freelance writer currently residing in the South West United States. He is currently working for several blogs and engaged in writing story boards for graphic novels.

Throwback tech: The Gift Card

Okay I admit that todays throwback tech subject is not quite as throwback as most of my subjects, however I felt that this was a wonderful object for discussion given the season.  I learned recently that gift returns are down all across the united states and it is a trend that is continuing.  Why?  Because […]

Keep track of your things at My Things

I have the unfortune of being a hopeless pack rat. On top of that I am also a collector of many different things ranging from books to baseball cards. Basically I have way to much stuff. I have so much stuff in fact that I actually don’t have any more room […]

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Spread the rumor mill with Snopes

Pop quiz time! True or False a Bank actually issued a credit card to a tree? Well according to www.snopes.com this is true. But what is not true is that over paying a parking ticket does not keep points from coming off your drivers license. The idea behind snopes.com is to […]

Combine it all with Jott

When I was first pointed to Jott I thought to myself ‘great another task management program’ but me being me combined with the fact that I actually dig the whole Task Management movement I went and checked it out. Well I am more than pleasantly surprised. This little website kicks some serious […]

find care for almost anything at Care.com

Planning on leaving town for a while and don’t have a place for the dog to stay? Or going to a strange city for a long period of time and don’t know any baby sitters. Just need to find someone to help take care of your aging loved one? All this and more […]