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But we must begin with ourselves.
Archive for October, 2006
No, YOU change.
Monday, October 23rd, 2006Spam, spam, spam, spam…
Saturday, October 21st, 2006I was away from my machine and my Internet account for approximately 25 hours last weekend.
This (below) is what happens when I go away for approximately 25 hours.
Over 600 e-mail.
When you e-mail me and I apologize for the delay in replying, this is why.
gs
Canadian Blood Services
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006For many years now, I’ve been a donor of blood products at the Canadian Blood Services (formerly known as the Canadian Red Cross).
Like most donors, I started by donating whole blood – my first donation was at age 18.
I realized early in the game that it’s not everyone who is cut out for blood donation – in fact, if you’re feeling a little queasy just reading this, you’re one of those folks who should probably stay away from the venipuncture area.
Don’t despair, however – there are a number of ways that you can give to the Canadian Blood Services if you’re looking to contribute to the program that may have kept you or a close relative or friend alive at a critical time, or if you just like to do something for others.
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My Stuff (hardware/software)
Monday, October 16th, 2006No, you don’t need all the bells and whistles that the latest model has to offer!
Here’s where I work on my site and my newsletter:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/images/csrl.jpg
Nothing fancy, nothing cutting-edge. The machine in the photo is a Dell 933MHz that I bought back in early 2001. I use that as my second machine now, since purchasing a refurbished IBM Pentium 3.2GHz a year ago at Trailing Edge in Ottawa (Bell’s Corners, actually). [NOTE TO SELF: update photo on website. At some point.]
If you live in the Ottawa area I recommend Trailing Edge, by the way – excellent deals and friendly, helpful service. Another place I’d recommend because I’ve been satistifed with some computer bits and pieces that I bought online from there is Tiger Direct, located in Markham Ont. Those prices are hard to beat!
I use Dreamweaver 4 to do all my website work, but I still use Netscape’s “Page Edit” function to do my newsletter, for old time’s sake. Until my son and another tech buddy talked me into buying Dreamweaver 4, I was perfectly happy using Netscape to do everything on my site *and* newsletter. I also used a modest (free) FTP program to upload pages to my site.
My browser of preference is Firefox.
I don’t use Internet Explorer unless I have to. Why?
http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/news/2004/06/15/why-you-should-dump-internet-explorer/
Even when I have to use IE, I prefer to open it as a Firefox Extension called appropriately enough “Open in IE”.
If you use Firefox, do take a few minutes to check out the large selection of extensions (in the “Tools” drop-down menu at the top of the browser page) – you’ll be impressed with all of the time-savers you’ll find there!
New Cure for Hiccups!
Monday, October 16th, 2006The 2006 Ig Nobel Prize winners were awarded on October 5, at the 16th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre.
http://www.improbable.com/ig/2006/2006-details.html
Follow the link above for the complete list of winners. I was particularly intrigued by the pair of winners in the Medicine category and their novel cure for hiccups…
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What a fake smile. Or is it?
Thursday, October 12th, 2006Spot The Fake Smile
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/index.shtml
I got 18 correct out of 20.
You?
Here’s a link to a dozen or so similar tests, all from the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/index_surveys.shtml
Smart? Rich? OOOOOOOOHHHHHH.
Thursday, October 5th, 2006Good news for the vast majority of female readers of this blog!
Smart, rich women more likely to have orgasms, study suggests
SCOTT DEVEAU
Globe and Mail Update
October 4/06
http://tinyurl.com/msy93
“(…) According to revealing new research, heterosexual women with graduate degrees are more likely to reach orgasm than their less educated counterparts. There is also a higher incident of orgasm in women who speak English at home, have a higher household income or hold a managerial or professional job, the Australian study found. Confirming a widely held belief, the research also found that men were far more likely than women to experience an orgasm during their last sexual encounter, 98.4 per cent and 68.9 per cent respectively. (well, duh. I just wonder about the 1.6%)
HOWEVER…
Smart, rich women more likely to have poor taste in men, Common Sense suggests.
http://tinyurl.com/pw2em
And what about smart, rich men with questionable tastes?
http://tinyurl.com/lbt7r
(Yeah, it *was* difficult for me to use the word “smart” in reference to the former Leafs’ head goon, but then again, he’s 36 years old and he’s worth more than ten of us regular folks put together, even after Leanne gets through with him, so there.)