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…never before seen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdJ0E7HbTKc

Some of you are probably aware of the new-ish search initiative by Microsoft called Bing.

“Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn … sick of it all? Just want to hide? Maybe an e-death is for you.” [livescience.com]

Kill your online persona [seppukoo.com] in five easy steps.

for my new iPhone! I have spent the last few hours (!) unlocking and jailbreaking it. It took some doing and some learning about what makes this device tick. It should prove to be a very valuable resource. Thank you so much! You know who you are!

Alright - I am locked in for at least another year with Verizon. What is the best phone that I can get at a reasonable cost (I am not going to qualify for welcome-to-verizon sales) that has at least 40G of mp3 storage on it, is extensible, and just generally kicks ass.

The Droid seems like an option, but they’re going for $500 on eBay unlocked (or $199 through a welcome-to-verizon sale)

But you know what? … I already have a phone. And it works fine. I just have to carry it and my iPod anywhere I’d like to be able to talk on the phone or listen to music. If I wanted to access the net, I’d need my tablet or notebook too. I want all of these things - in one neat little package. And I am hearing I can get it through Droid. But if people are bidding upwards of $500 for these on eBay, what is the true cost of the Driod to an existing Verizon customer? And how do I go about making this thing happen?

My wife got a kickass new phone, can you tell?

The Telegraph reports [telegraph.co.uk] that comic books are “just as sophisticated as other forms of reading, children benefit from reading them at least as much as they do from reading other kinds of books, and that there is evidence that comics increase children’s vocabulary and instill a love of reading.”

I just want you guys to know. I’m still listening.

Well, here I was thinking I was all that, calling Peter Tosh a “One Hit Wonder” for his tune, Legalize It. Ok, so I never really posted that he was a one-hit-wonder, but I was thinking it. All I really posted were the lyrics to “Legalize It,” but it has been brought to my attention that he was a founding member of Bob Marley and the Wailers, and actually helped write such classics as “One Love.” Wow. Perhaps I should learn to get my facts straight before I form opinions - at least before I express them in a public place.

Thanks for setting me straight on this.

Symantec has tossed me a copy of Norton Internet Security as a thank you for hosting the Windows 7 launch party.

Usually, I wouldn’t consider running a Symantec product on my system, but I figured I’d give this one a shot to see if it is one that I would recommend. Well, I started the process last night at 10, and let me tell you - it was a process. Mostly just because I registered for NIS using a different address than I gave Microsoft for the launch party. So that took awhile, but I have to say, I went to symantec.com and chatted with a representative who eventually really took care of the problem and gave me the registration key I needed.

Ahh but the trouble didn’t end there. I consider myself somewhat experienced in working with firewalls and such, but I just couldn’t get certain programs to run and connect properly to servers.

The trick, as it turns out, was that NIS and Webroot do NOT get along. Really, NIS has adware, spyware and virus protection as well as the firewall, so Webroot is not really needed. But *bam!* I uninstalled Webroot and everybody started working. So the two do not get along.

Once I got this issue resolved, everything is running great. The rules I created are doing what is expected of them and the running processes of NIS are using about 2% of my processors, which is fine by me - I have power to spare.

So, a couple of things: If you are running a low-powered PC, I don’t know that I would recommend NIS as it does have a lot of “features” and does use processing resources continuously. Also, if you have a different firewall, I’d probably recommend Webroot for your spyware, adware, malware, virus protection needs. If you need a fully-featured suite of all of this and more, and have the processing power to spare, NIS 2010 seems like a strong choice.

As it turns out, earlier reports of the world ending in 2012 were incorrect and based on a misunderstanding possibly caused by poor translation. The date we all need to fear is now December 23, 2220.

My cat, Veee, has quite a bit to say. She uses the Mac mostly and I have been saving her musings for a few days and I figured why not share her thoughts with the world. So today I am here to announce Veee’s official blog, Thoughts of the Veee [blogspot.com] where she can now let us know everything she wants us to hear. Welcome, Veee!