“Facebook, Apple and Big Brother Peep in your Bedroom at Night” Does that title sound creepy? Good. It should. And now, it’s real. I mean literally real. Not a movie, but real. The kind of real like when you have a severe gas pain that renders you immobile. That kind of real. The ever-spying, ever-invasive Facebook with their nasty little…
Category: Life Skills
Where Have All the Heroes Gone?
A friend forwarded me this most interesting article on the clearly increasing participation in street protests in the UK and around the world. Old ‘Anonymous’ is rising up and increasing it would appear. It reminded me of ‘occupy Vancouver’ way back in 2011. And it reminded me of other things from my youth that I joined in to protest. Most…
When does Libre Office Calc decide to overflow text into adjacent cells, or cut them at the boundary?
You are trying to do a spreadsheet and keep it tighter but the vertical column boundary cuts the text off. And you want to stop it. It’s easy. Check it out.. 1. Annoying red arrow cut-offs! 2. Highlight cell or row and then right click on it, and ‘format cells’ 3. Click that check box ‘wrap text automatically’ 4. Yay!…
Driving: A True Depiction
My mom responded with this video but didn’t actually put it in this post so I’ll help her out…
How to Find and Edit Kijiji Ad Posting
So you’ve posted an ad on kijiji and now it’s lost? I hear you. It’s not really lost it’s just oddly a bit hard to find when you end up on other pages. Go to www.kijiji.ca (not .com I found out several times 2. Log in with user/password 3. Go to ‘my kijiji’ button on the right and boom. There…
Seriously Moving Artwork for Our Generation
It’s very rare that I’m moved by art, to be frank. I’m kind of pragmatic and busy. But this link crossed my path and stopped me in my tracks. Steve Cutts, whoever this guy is – is simply amazing. Take a look at each piece of art. Just let each one sink in and I’m convinced you might start to…
What is an Entrepreneur and Can We Turn it Off?
What exactly is an entrepreneur and is it possible to turn the switch off? I’ll answer the second question first: No. You can’t. You might drop the ball for a long time but you’ll die unsatisfied if you forever stop action towards building something. Now that we got that out of the way, what is an entrepreneur? My friend sent…
Who is Bad: Ashley Madison, the Hackers, or the Clients?
Answer: All three. Ashley Madison built their empire on the nasty foundation of encouraging the destruction of marriages, their clients took the bait like Adam and Eve, and the hackers trespassed. But Jesus died for all of them. What matters most in this story is the theme of internet security. This article covers most of the key points if you…
Ubuntu becomes IBM’s Go-To OS for Mainframes
As reported here by Randall Ross it is official that IBM has chosen Ubuntu to run their mainframes. You might have heard fanatics like me talking about Ubuntu and how great it is but you’ve been too caught up with your current operating system. The reason why you haven’t changed your OS to ubuntu, by the way, is because of…
Google’s New Daddy Alphabet and Why You Should Care
Whether you are a conspiracy theory buff or not, it’s probably a safe bet to say that you think Google is a big and powerful global company that has the potential to do some ‘serious stuff’ if they wanted. Well, today marks a new day in history when you might want to amplify your efforts to withdraw from their ever-reaching…