http://www.familyhack.com Get the most out of your time, money and mobility. Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:51:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A great new feature from Kayak let's you see where you can fly for a certain amount of money? I can see this inspiring a lot of trips to places people might never have thought of before. I love it! http://www.familyhack.com/2010/06/11/kayak/ One of our readers, Tom, asked: "Can anyone recommend a legitimate home based business that you can actually live on?" MY ANSWER: Hi Tom, Technology is making it easier every day for a lot of people to work from home. Personally, I run a graphic design business. 10 years ago we had an office ... http://www.familyhack.com/2010/05/16/a-conversation-about-home-based-business/ Editors Note: This is the second in an ongoing series of interviews with homeschooling families. Our first interview with Jen McKinnon is here. We hope you enjoy their stories as much as we did and if you are a homeschooling family interested in being profiled, please contact us. Our second interview ... http://www.familyhack.com/2010/01/26/homeschool-tara-wagner/ Hannah and I recently did a guest lecture at the University of Virginia. In this 10 minute excerpt, I swear a little, make fun of Bono, and probably piss off small retail shop owners. Deal with it. It's the truth. TRANSCRIPT BELOW: Best types of business for a mobile lifestyle? Products are ... http://www.familyhack.com/2009/12/23/best-worst-businesses-for-a-mobile-lifestyle/ Editors Note: We're (not) back to school at the Family Hack house, and the nuts and bolts of a DIY education have been on our minds. As we mentioned in another of our homeschool pieces, there is no better guidance for a homeschool family than the tales of those who ... http://www.familyhack.com/2009/09/15/homeschool-jen-mckinnon/ My Mom whooped another common sense kitchen tip on us recently. So, I turned the video camera on her and had her show us how she keeps grilled shrimp moist and steady on a skewer. Finally, be sure to soak your wooden skewers in water before you skewer your shriimp. It ... http://www.familyhack.com/2009/07/15/shrimp-tip/ Special guests Susie, Jack (and Hannah) help me demonstrate how a damp paper towel can change your life. Well, maybe not change your life, but it will help keep that flexible cutting board from creeping off to Nova Scotia. http://www.familyhack.com/2009/06/20/keep-your-cutting-board-from-running-away/ Commencement speeches suck. Then, there is this one. Speaking at a high school graduation, comedian/actor Patton Oswalt recounted being told about the "Five Environments". “There are Five Environments you can live in on this planet. There’s The City. The Desert. The Mountains. The Plains. And The Beach. You can live in combinations ... http://www.familyhack.com/2009/06/08/where-do-you-thrive/ Traveling the world sans pants just got a lot cooler.  Google's Street View has always been a great way to see panoramas of streets from all over the world. Today they've added some great improvements. Instead of having to inch along streets using those evil forward and backward arrows, you can ... http://www.familyhack.com/2009/06/05/see-paris-in-your-underwear/ Problem: Kids put sticker everywhere and they can be difficult to remove. Solution: Get out the hair-dryer ... apply heat to the sticker ... after heating up the sticker -- it will then easily pull off (without leaving much residue). The remaining residue can be removed by using a touch ... http://www.familyhack.com/2009/05/22/how-to-remove-stickers/