Personal Scents

AN OPEN LETTER TO PEOPLE WHO WEAR PERSONAL SCENTS:

To all of you who wear cologne, After-shave, perfume, eau de Toilette, Essential Oils, and other forms of stink-pretty,

PLEASE. I am begging you.
If you are wearing enough so that you leave a visible cloud of stinkpretty fumes behind you
If you are smellable from over 100 feet away
If you leave flowers (and humans) keeling over in your wake
If you cause people's eyes to water just by your presence in the building
If the largest line-item in your monthly household budget is your personal brand of stink-pretty

Please, please, please - whatever heinous B.O. you are trying to cover with this stuff, please see a doctor about it. Don't try to cover it up with other scents. You're killing me. I can smell you from my cubicle across the room. I shudder to think what it must be like to sit right next to you. You don't need to shower with your Scented Stuff. Really. Nobody likes Brut that much. Trust me.

Google Security

As seen on Slashdot...

Turn on "Secure Browsing" when you log in to Google or Gmail. A tool that automatically steals IDs of non-encrypted sessions and breaks into Google Mail accounts was presented at the Defcon hackers' conference in Las Vegas.

Secure browsing is easy enough to accomplish, since Google has upgraded their feature set again, and now allows a single setting to permanently turn on SSL (Secure Socket Layers) and use it for EVERY action involving Gmail, not just logging in.

To turn on Secure Browsing, once you've logged into Gmail, pick "Settings" (Link at the top right hand of the page). When your Settings come up, it'll default to the "General" Tab. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, to "Browser Connection". Pick the radio button next to "Always use https", then save your changes. This WILL log you out of Gmail, so pick the "Sign Out" link, then sign back in.
You should notice your URL has changed slightly from what it was before.
The HTTP should now read https://www.mail.google.com

Stay secure!

Geeky Shirt

Ever have days where you'd like to say this?


Tickled my funny bone.

And if you want one of your very own, you can order it from ThinkGeek.com

Not that I'm trying to tell all of my readers to go away. Just thought it was funny. :)

Happy Left-Handers Day!

Today, August 13, is International Left-Handers' Day. Happy Lefty Day!

The link is to the Left-Handers' Club website, where you can take surveys, learn more about left-handedness, see how lefty you are, and join their club for free!

Nerdiest. Coin. EVER.

I was at the Midwest Geobash, stopped in at the "Fair Office" and decided to ask what geocoins they still had for sale. When I saw this one I said, "NERDIEST COIN EVER. I MUST HAVE IT."
So...I bought it.

Change of Subject

Well, I was gonna post a follow-up to Kev's post about God Providing. But, on second thought, he pretty much nailed it, so I'm gonna post a reply to Barb the Evil Genius instead. She asked if I know a cacher named SherwoodForest. (See comments to previous post). And, since I'm obviously sooooo on top of moderating my comments, she thought it didn't go through so had to ask again. :D

Answer: Yes and no. We know of him. Sadly, we never did have the privilege of meeting him in person. We have met several of his friends, and many, many people whose lives he has touched. There's even a cache "series" dedicated to him: the Badger Patrol. Our cache, Second Nature: MUSHROOMS! is a Badger Patrol Cache, in fact.

We've been told that he was instrumental in getting the MidWest GeoBash organized, and up and running. The Fourth Annual MidWest GeoBash is, in fact, going to be taking place in Kendallville, Indiana this very weekend (August 7, 8, 9, 10) at the Noble County Fairgrounds along State Road 6. Walk-ins are very much welcome, so if you want to see what this "geocaching" thingy is all about, please do stop by! People come from all over to attend. Last year we met people from Washington, New York, North Dakota, and Alberta! It's a lot of fun, a great reason to get out and enjoying the day, and for me it's a great way to exercise - and a fabulous reason to go walk around instead of sitting on my duff.

Oh, yeah, and the Pasta-meat sauce-Texas Toast dinner was a big hit. Especially the Texas Toast.

Flying Solo

Well, so to speak. I'm back to work (week 2!) and, due to some things around home that need attending, Kev stayed home this week. So, I'm on my own. Considering that last week the only time I needed a driver was for the last hour or so on Thursday on the way home, I'm thinking I should be OK this week. I'm planning on using the pool at Tina's every night, and icing the ankle and stuff, so I should be good for all of Thursday.

Of course, this coming weekend is the MidWest GeoBash, and unfortunately NOTHING we're going to be doing is close to parking, so I'll be doing a LOT of walking this weekend - so I expect Kev'll have to come back downstate with me next week.
Oh well...one day at a time.
As it is, I'm getting back quite a bit of speed, which is nice. And I'll probably be making dinner tonight. Pasta and meat sauce and Texas Toast. Always a popular option.