I am beginning to believe that some of us have become willfully ignorant to the dangers our cell phones pose. It’s use, at certain times, can kill you and everyone around you if you are not careful. Do you understand that driving while distracted by a mobile phone is the leading cause of vehicular deaths now in the U.S.? Do your…
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How to save your iPad from the loop of doom : A true story of patience and curse words
Have you ever had your iPad get stuck in the low battery/apple icon loop of doom? Not even enough juice to go into recovery mode? Yeah. That. Off and on since Saturday morning I have been searching for a way to get my iPad to snap out of it’s low battery/apple icon cycle of doom. You see. . . after…
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From Goodwill Rock the Runway to Responsible Refashioning
I was recently reading this post : Nasa-funded study: industrial civilisation headed for ‘irreversible collapse’? and the follow up: Did Nasa fund ‘civilisation collapse’ study, or not? on how our civilization, regardless of what nationality you are is on the verge of collapse. Sensationalist? Maybe, maybe not. What does this have to do with Goodwill Rock the Runway? Well ….
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The Privacy Policy Perversion
I’m probably the only one who thinks a privacy policy is ‘light reading over morning coffee’ worthy. . . sigh. I came across this privacy policy thanks to my dear husband. He knows I like to better understand what PII (Personally Identifiable Information) brands collect on me either knowingly or unknowingly *waves to NSA*. Now, I really don’t want to…
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The ‘So What!’ of Social Media
Over the last few years I’ve been seriously reconsidering how and what social sites I use. Why you ask? Well, because of so much death and sickness in our family over the last couple of years – I have really been evaluating how much time I spend online, what sites I use (or don’t anymore), how much joy my online…
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