Computing & Internet

Pleasures & Pressures of Email

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It is always wonderful to receive email from friends once in awhile but the problem with emailing is that it is so fast, people expect an equally swift response. And you know I have so many tasks to complete daily that I never really have the time to write a reply of respectable length.

Moreover, nothing good happens in my life that is worth sharing. How can I make a 100-word email from the word “Work”? Yes, life is very boring here when I spend the whole day and night working. But they never understand.

I do feel bad when I am unable to reply as fast as I would like to, but time flies. I have a friend who told me that he flew from England where he lives to my hometown a couple of times since his last email to me.

And another friend even gave birth to a new baby and I still did not manage to get down to replying her email. Eeekk!

At times like these, I wish to go back to plain old airmail! At least people don’t expect a speedy reply *sigh*

General

Gamma Knife Surgery

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When I was in my last year of high school, a classmate of mine was diagnosed with brain tumor. It scared the hell out of us seeing the way she suffered. She underwent surgery the conventional way.

I suddenly thought of her today and her medical misfortune because I just read about a procedure called Gamma Knife Surgery which is the best option for brain tumor patients.

It was bad enough to be diagnosed with brain tumor but to undergo invasive neurosurgery is like a double whammy.

If Gamma Knife Surgery was available during those days, I believe my friend would have received a more accurate and effective treatment for her tumor.

Computing & Internet

$10 From Google CheckOut

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Should I or should I not grab that $10 from Google CheckOut? This $10 is to be used to pay for a future purchase from participating online merchants but it has a validity period.

I would have grabbed it if we do not have to disclose our credit card number. I am always reluctant to disclose financial information like this. I have already placed my information on PayPal and some other websites that just have to have the information. Bah!

One can never tell for sure how safe our information is. Yes, it is hack safe and secure but these sites are still managed by PEOPLE. The news report that people’s email addresses and passwords were leaked out through a search engine result was very scary indeed.

So this is what is holding me back from registering with Google Checkout. Why do they make it so hard for us to get that $10?

General

Worldwide Air Ambulance Service

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Once, my cousin was working in a cruise ship and he fell ill. The captain called is an air ambulance whereby this airplane flew out to sea and air lifted my cousin from the ship and transported him to land where he was sent promptly to the hospital to receive further medical treatment.

My cousin said that the staff of AeroCare is really dedicated to their work and they go all over the world round the clock to perform such services like what my cousin received. My cousin was really in awe of their professionalism.

My cousin did not know how much such a service caused him company but he was very glad that air ambulance service like this is available for people who need it.

Blogging

Link Request

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A friend of mine has just started a blog. This is his first blog so he is all enthusiastic about building his network. He asked me for a link up and of course I obliged. I told him that I will link him up on my other blog, but to reciprocate, he has to link up this blog on his blog.

He did not understand why. Well, my other blog has a Google Page Rank of three. It is not great but it is better than this, a blog that was started after the previous Google Page Rank update so it is still unranked.

Hence, this blog has no value to him but my Page Rank 3 blog will add some weight to his new blog. He asked me why he has to link this blog on his and not the other blog, which has his link. To have an unrank blog link up a ranked blog will actually pull down my rating. So, thank you very much!

General

Keeping Allergens At Bay

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If you read my other blog, you will know that I am surrounded by animals the whole day and many wondered how I can cope with them in the house. Most people are allergic to cat and dog fur but my family is not suffering from that because we use special pet shampoo that neutralizes allergens created by pet dander.

My sister informed me that there is a product called Allersearch Pet+ that is very good for us. Although it is not sold in major pet supplies retailers but can be easily bought online.

If you are an allergy-sensitive person but would like to keep pets, you can get more info here: http://www.allergyhelp.com/

Using Allersearch Pet+, you will enjoy having your pet around and not suffer from allergies. Try it out and you can see the difference.

WordPress Issues

How I Got Spammed

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Call me low-tech or whatever, but I cannot think of how spammers located my blogs and spammed them left, right and centre. The thing is that there are no visitors to my blog that I could trace as spammers. And yet these robots know which post to spam me. Hhmm how ah?

Ok, so I know that they do not need to come to my blog once they have my URL but they did not even come when they left me the very first spam comment.

Right now, the amount of spam comment is still manageable so I am not using a spam filter. What’s so good about WordPress when the amount of spam comments a day is more than what I received in my Blogger blog since the day it was set up?

Well, I don’t know. Seems like even spammers are higher-tech than I am!

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