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Regular readers of my blog will recall that earlier this year I suffered a bout of Urticaria.
My posts mentioning Urticaria can be found here.
The purpose of this post is to inform interested readers of my final conclusions, now that some time has passed.
Simply speaking, I self diagnosed that the Urticaria was caused by a medication; [...]
Easter means different things to many people.
For some of my thoughts on spiritual aspects of Easter you can read an article I wrote earlier today:
Easter – the real meaning.
Currently I am having a quiet weekend getting things done. My wife is away in Melbourne with her family and I have stayed behind to look after [...]
Twitter knows when the cat comes in and out!
Check out this story:
Tweeting Cat Door
More comment here:
Twitter-Enabled Cat Door Tweets a Kitty’s Comings and Goings
If you want to see where the future is headed then check out this story about a London bakery using Twitter to tell its customers when batches of products are ready. They sell out real quick too!
People and businesses who do not stay on the leading edge of technological developments will miss out on many [...]
Earth Day is celebrated on April 22 every year.
You can find out more about Earth Day here.
I remember the days when I thought that the earth, green awareness/actions and so on were a waste of time.
In fact, I used to be a chronic litterer and recall the time when on a motor car journey I [...]
Someone I know from tertiary study sent me a link to what is perhaps the ultimate ‘green’ bookcase.
This bookcase is used during your life as normal – for storing books.
When you die, the bookcase can easily be converted into your coffin.
As far as I know, this is not some kind of joke and the information [...]
Years ago I learnt First Aid during Army training.
Decades later, the only bits I could recall easily were about Russian gas attacks and related First Aid procedures. I expect this is due in part to the subject being highly emotive.
But CPR? I would have struggled to recall it; yet CPR skills are much more likely [...]
If you want to create panoramic photos easily, then I suggest you try out a great piece of free software in the Microsoft Lab:
“Image Composite Editor” (ICE).
You input several overlapping landscape photos into ICE and the software then organizes them into fantastic panoramas. It is so simple anyone can do it using any camera.
For the [...]
http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html
Conficker (aka Downadup, Kido) is known to block access to over 100 anti-virus and security websites.
If you are blocked from loading the remote images in the first row of the top table above (AV/security sites) but not blocked from loading the remote images in the second row (websites of alternative operating systems) then your Windows [...]
Why will kids love me?
Because if you have kids, and they are currently using your own computer, or even your business computer (horror of horrors!), then you should purchase the kids their own computer – and soon!
Why?
For years I have operated a strict (no exceptions, ever) policy of never allowing children (in this case; my [...]
Commercial airliners are very safe right?
I mean they have all those engineers testing stuff, pilot checks and procedures, air traffic control, pre-flight safety briefings and so on. It is easy to get the impression that safety is a key concern, if not obsession.
But have you ever felt unwell after a plane flight?
Have a read of [...]
This is a very useful innovation. I have already used it to find stuff I would have missed otherwise:
Google search gets Aussie algorithm update
When you do a Google search just scroll to the bottom and look at the related search links.
I have written various articles on the subject of the Australian government’s ill conceived plan to filter the Internet, which can be found here.
Today I discovered this pertinent article, which contains much more than the title suggests:
More doubts surface over enforceability of ACMA’s blacklist
I wonder how much longer it will take these Government bureaucrats to [...]
I love stuff that works.
Because I use computers so much I need top quality applications that enable me to stay productive. Getting bogged down with computer maintenance or technical issues is not good.
Running a computer defrag (defragmentation) regularly is a smart thing to do.
Over the years I have tried a number of computer disk defragmentation [...]
I like Twitter and the Firefox web browser.
Here are 20+ Great Twitter Tools for Firefox.
Enjoy!
Here is a handy list of Twitter directories where you can find new friends.
Twitter is certainly taking off these days. This morning I saw a prominent bar across an established news site which had a direct link to news about Natasha Richardson on Twitter.
Tip Jar – powered by Google.
This is an interesting initiative, and very handy for the current financial climate.
No doubt you mean well, or are just plain unaware of the poisoning risks to your pets.
Check out this excellent resource:
Animal Poison Control Center
…..it’s part of the American Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals (ASPCA) site, which contains lots of other helpful and interesting information for animal lovers.
And by the way…pets are for [...]
What an interesting way to make a point:
How to Wipe Your Mind Clean of Health Wisdom and Plug Yourself Back Into the Mainstream Matrix
And check this out:
