Archives for the Month of May, 2008

Malware hijacked my Google toolbar and killed search

I normally don’t get infected with malware, spyware or viruses. I shouldn’t - I make my living keeping people’s computers and networks operating properly. However, there are exceptions to every rule.
Like DEA Agent Lee Paige, who shot himself in the foot while telling a class full of students how he was the only one in [...]

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Just shoot it in the head

If you don’t like your dog, just shoot it in the head. I guess that is what ignorant people are taught by their parents because my wife found this dog on the side of the road today. It had been shot in the head with a small caliber weapon and left to die. Instead of [...]

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Familiarity breeds contempt

It’s an old saying, and a relevant one. Human beings, for some reason, have a tendency to take for granted the things with which they are most familiar. Take for instance, your spouse. Perhaps that is why so many marriages end in failure. When two people take each other for granted the marriage is doomed. [...]

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‘Our hero’ Ted Kennedy

The recent amount of sycophantic soundbites praising Ted Kennedy as a hero, champion of the people, defender of the realm and the king of bravery is kind of sickening. I understand the man has brain cancer - a condition that strikes a chord of fear in many people. I understand that the condition is most [...]

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Blue Zones finds places where people live longest

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Lots of people are looking for long life and health, including Dan Buettner. The answers are really simply if you are willing to make some lifestyle adjustments.
If you are looking for a Fountain of Youth, forget pills and diet supplements. Adventurer Dan Buettner has visited four spots on the globe where people live into their [...]

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