By now, one would think that most internet users would be careful of where and what they click. There be dangers lurking. However, there is a study with pop ups that shows why hackers prosper:
September 24th, 2008 Catherine Posted in How-To, Technology and Science No Comments »
By now, one would think that most internet users would be careful of where and what they click. There be dangers lurking. However, there is a study with pop ups that shows why hackers prosper:
September 21st, 2008 Catherine Posted in Home and Garden, How-To, Opinion, Pets No Comments »
It is a rewarding, necessary task but it is also guaranteed heartbreak. The task is giving Leader Dogs a good start, so that the possible service dogs can be trained, in the future, for vision and hearing impaired individuals:
September 17th, 2008 Catherine Posted in How-To, Pets No Comments »
There are numerous ways that dog owners work against themselves. Usually, when the dog will not listen and obey, it is the result of some error on the owner’s part. The dog watches the owner’s behaviour carefully and uses those observations to its best advantage.
September 13th, 2008 Catherine Posted in How-To, Technology and Science No Comments »
There is an annoying problem that occurs for some Google users. Upon clicking for the Google News section, the wrong country is shown. For example, the person wanting to read the Google News may be in the United Kingdom and wants the U.K. items but Google presents the items from Google News France. Then the person has to change the setting, which, unfortunately, do not stay changed.
September 13th, 2008 Catherine Posted in How-To, Opinion, Sports, Technology and Science No Comments »
The story is one which the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was hoping would fade out of the news cycles quickly. For the most part, it has. One of the controversies of the Beijing Olympic Games was the age of female Chinese gymnasts. Registration records of He Kexin, Yang Yilin and Jiang Yuyuan showed that the age of these gymnasts was fourteen years old. The Olympic regulations state that a female gymnast has to be sixteen in the year that the Games takes place. A competitor younger than that is ruled ineligible.
September 10th, 2008 Catherine Posted in How-To, Politics and Government, Travel No Comments »
It is called the “Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative” (WHTI) and its focus is border security. The travel site explains, in detail, what are the requirements of travelling across North American borders:
September 10th, 2008 Catherine Posted in Health, How-To, Personal Skills No Comments »
I haven’t weighed my backpack but it has considerable heft. There are books, food, water, gym clothing, power cords, a laptop, a CAT5 cable, a coin container, a few bicycle tools, a PDA… and that is just the stuff that I can see without unpacking.