This photomosaic is really impressive. It’s made up of over 210,000 tiny photographs. Make sure you click anyhwere on the picture several time to zoom all the way in so you can just make out each individual picture.
Month: August 2005
requested Pix
**DISCLAIMER** read Obituary first before you look at these. Please.
Well here are the pictures requested. After much persuation the Escort let us take some photos but Hank was more than Happy to oblige.
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First Grade
Today our little baby started the 1st grade. I guess it’s kind of hard to call him our “little” baby as he certainly acts and often says things that make him seem older than six. It seemed summer just flew by and that it was only last week we were picking him up and walking home from Kindergarten. There are a couple of friends who were assigned to the other class, but luckily there are plenty of familiar faces from his class last year to make him feel comfortable. He even gets to sit next to one of them this year. We’re sure he was thinking that Mom and Dad may have been playing things up too much. As we left he was enjoying chatting with his friend. When I got home and asked him how his first day of school went, he said, “Perfect!” I’ll have to remember that and remind him when he gets to jr. high or high school how much he looked forward to the first day of school.
The convoy heads up the road towards the school. Ashlee showing her support and excitement for Nick by wearing her own backpack. She’ll be starting her 4’s class at preschool next week.
The Man enjoying being back at school.
Mom and the Little Guy scoping out some new books at his desk.
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ALL RIGHT.
This is a test to see if I think I sort of now how to do this. I’ll probably e-mail Jere because I want to know more.
Obituary
August 27, 2005
These are the times that try men’s souls. Boys and girls, ladies and gentlefolk, there has been a change in flight plans. The well known 1987 Pontiac Safari Station Wagon is dead.
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Gratis gaming
Here’s a cool article on 10 games you can download and play for free. Four of them are even for Mac. Check it out, and if you don’t have a fast internet connection, get someone to download some for you and burn them to a CD.
Gratis gaming: 10 real PC games you can download for free
Marathon is a good one (both Mac and PC) and so is Starsiege: Tribes, one I wish was available for Mac.
Oh, and in case you are wondering about the 4th Mac and 10th PC game on the list having it’s link removed from the article, a little birdie told me to check the comments below.
PayPal phishing
What’s a phish? Basically, it’s where someone will send an email from what appears to be a legitimate source (eBay, Paypal, various banks are the most common). The email usually contains something along the lines of a change in the privacy policy or user agreement, a change in your account status, or a security concern. It also contains some “click here” link offering you to take care of the matter. Clicking that link will take you to a site that is made to look exactly like the site it’s claiming to be. So you enter all your info, they retrieve your info, they use/sell your info. Pretty scary.
Anyway, here’s an excellent shockwave video demonstrating a common phishing scam.
Want to see an actual PayPal Identity Theft? PayPal phishing site?
Here’s a list of things to help you avoid this. Please note that individually, these things don’t guarantee you’ve recongnized a phishing scam. But if you look for them all, it will keep you more aware of where you’re being sent to when you click a link.
https://secure.ebay.com/purchase is legit.
https://ebay.secure.com/purchase is NOT legit.
As mentioned, not one individual thing listed is good enough by itself to guarantee your online safety. But looking out for all of these things will help you recognize a scam before you give the scammers your information.
FreeMacWare.com
Here’s another site listing Mac freeware, as in these programs don’t cost anything to use!
The 29 Healthiest Foods on the Planet
I just engorged myself on some tasty Becky produced salmon last night (it’s on the list).
The 29 Healthiest Foods on the Planet
Can’t beat those apricots either!
Tyler
Here are the pictures of little Tyler for those who couldn’t see them in the email…