The following instructions will help you determine if your PC has been zombified (taken over) by hidden software that is accessing the Internet without your consent or knowledge. Read the rest of this entry »
Everyone knows that it is easy to send a text message from one cell phone to another but what if you want to send a text message to someone’s cell phone from your PC using your email client such as MS Outlook or Yahoo Mail? Doing so would mean the recipient would have the message within seconds/minutes or the next time he/she powers on the cell phone.Â
Here’s how to do it: Read the rest of this entry »
The healthy gift of watermelon:
Nothing says you care like the gift of a small watermelon. At least that’s the custom in China where the offer of this red-fleshed cucurbit (melon, pumpkin, gourd family) is considered a fine way to please a gracious host or ill friend. It seems there is more to this Chinese custom than just great taste. Watermelon’s nutrition profile is sending this kid-friendly delight to “super-food” status. In addition to being a perfect hydrator (after all, it’s 92% water), watermelon is packed with nutrients including the antioxidant lycopene, vitamin C, thiamin and vitamin B6, vitamin A, pantothenic acid, magnesium and potassium.
CELL PHONES FOR THE BLIND
Communication is a building block of equality in the civilized world. In recent years, communication has blossomed in both cyberspace via the Internet and in real space via cell phones. If visually impaired people are to enjoy the fruits of this new bloom, then cell phone manufacturers must increase their efforts to make their technology more accessible to the blind. Read the rest of this entry »
This essay discusses an article written by Michael Parenti entitled Class and Virtue in which he critiques the film Pretty Woman released in 1990. Mr. Parenti provides an accurate assessment of the film. Read the rest of this entry »
I hope you enjoy this short essay I wrote about my favorite television commerical of all time. Read the rest of this entry »
The following is a rather disturbing tech support reply I received from HumanWare Canada technical support after making a request. My response to that email follows, as well.
I’ll let the reader be the judge.Â
I will say, however, that the email I received from HumanWare’s tech support makes me very sad and causes me to wonder if they are not forgetting the importance of their most precious commodity, Read the rest of this entry »
Andy Rooney said on “60 Minutes” a while back:
I don’t think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things
Like the UnitedCaucasianCollege Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens…Jesse Jackson
will be knocking down your door. Read the rest of this entry »
Here is what you’ve always wanted to know about gasoline prices. This was sent to me by one of my most brilliant friends. (Thanks Rich) Read the rest of this entry »
