Me: (in our room, listening to some music on my iTunes)
Son: Mom, can you turn the music down? I'm trying to do my homework!
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The No-Fail Way to Make Me Roll My Eyes | Political right-wing nut-jobs.
Political crazies can be depended upon to make me roll my eyes and clench my jaw. These range from people who think that Obama invented AIDS to those full-blown nutcases who believe that Americans are the Lost Tribes of Israel and thus America is biblically mandated to rule over other nations — either that or that they're being followed by mysterious unmarked black helicopters that no one else can ever see.
Would I Survive No Internet for a Whole Month?
Of course it's possible to live without the Internet for a month. It's possible to live without everything but food, shelter and clothing for a month. But this is a question designed more about seeing how addicted to a behavior and source of information and entertainment one is.
Yes, I'm addicted to the Internet. We all are to some extent, anyone who is reading this. I am battling this to the extent of giving up gaming, and going back to my original addiction to books.
Currently reading: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese.
My first job: office work
I was a receptionist at my father's office during a couple of summers at the end of high school. Fortunately I didn't have to have an interview; I was simply told I had a job. I was merely the last in a long series of female cousins who worked at the office because, well… because we did.
Beware of Facebook Dangers – Reviews, News, and How To Geeks
Danger!! How’s that for a blog title that screams fear, uncertainty and doubt!? Fact is Facebook boast 400 million users and is in so many ways seems out of the control of its founder, and is looking dangerous. This is a company that has grown faster than fast and has a (very intelligent) 20 something CEO just out of puberty calling the shots. It seems the amount they (his Board? CIO? ) lets him run at the mouth that privacy is no big deal, shows an immature lack of control over this operation. Any company that wields this much power needs to be checked and balanced.
My day’s work ahead of me
Keep yourself safe: Watching Out For Criminal Hacks – Reviews, News, and How To Geeks
We use the web to search out tons of information, to shop online and to connect with friends and family. And in the process criminals are trying to whack us over the head and steal from us. And they’ve become very proficient at their craft while most computer users know enough about protecting themselves today as they did 15 years ago. Which equates to not so much.
Back in the day, a person only had to know not to open a file in an attachment from someone they didn’t know. Maybe even not opening one from someone they knew and making a phone call first. Today there are more ways than ever that your PC can be hijacked.
Today you can simply visit a website thinking you are safe and the bad guy was there before you and injected code on the site and now it infects your out-dated browser. That’s a “drive by” and it’s very common today. Here is a list of likely attacks occurring every day.
