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This is a very interesting investigation into a very sophisticated computer scam. Clicking on the wrong link can get you into a lot of trouble if you’re not careful!

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It was about 10 years ago I sent out an email describing the strange chill that had come over the house in the night. It turned out that we had acquired a teenager as Devon turned 13. Our last teenager, Derek, just turned 20 on Wednesday. We celebrated by taking him out to his choice […]

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The interviews of McCain and Obama at Saddleback Church by Rick Warren were very interesting. I liked that the candidates were not confronting or reacting to each other. It gave a chance to focus on each candidate separately. I’d like to see more such interviews. The contrast between the candidates was also interesting, less for […]

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Here are some of the free programs I’ve been using. Firefox Firefox has had the 3.0 version (now 3.01) out for a few weeks. It looks pretty stable, with a couple of new features. For one thing, it’s supposed to use less memory, and release memory better when it is done using it. This seems […]

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Poor Apollo! About a week ago we noticed that he was licking his paw a lot. We looked at it but did not see anything unusual. Then today he was licking it again, and saw that it was quite red under the fur on the top of his paw. We took him to the vet, […]

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