Saturday, March 21, 2009

The Very Hungry Google Logo



Yesterday, Google changed their logo in honor of the 40th anniversary of Eric Carle's book, "The Very Hungry Catepillar". I haven't decided whether or not I think it's better than their logo celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday on March 2nd...



Hmm...Hungry Catepillar or Dr. Seuss?

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Heading Down the Path to Eliteness...

That's right, folks...you heard it here. I've been officially confirmed as "Yelp Elite"! WOOT WOOT! My Yelps are occasionally witty, and I try to include everything I do...

Follow me on Yelp here: http://la808girl.yelp.com/

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Take Down the Bird Feeder...

Interesting forwarded email I received...bird feeder analogy - entertaining and has a point!

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I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled It with seed. What a beauty of a bird feeder it is, as I filled it lovingly with seed. Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food.

But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue.

Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table .. Everywhere!

Then some of the birds turned mean. They would dive bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket.

And others birds were boisterous and loud. They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food.

After a while, I couldn't even sit on my own back porch anymore. So I took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio.

Soon, the back yard was like it used to be.... Quiet, serene and no one demanding their rights to a free meal.

Now let's see. Our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care, and free education and allows anyone born here becomes an automatic citizen.

Then the illegal came by the tens of thousands. Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services; small apartments are housing 5 families; you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor; your child's 2nd grade class is behind other schools because over half the class doesn't speak English.

Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box; I have to 'press one' to hear my bank talk to me in English, and people waving flags other than 'Old Glory' are squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and free liberties.

Maybe it's time for our government to take down the bird feeder. If you agree, pass it on; if not, continue cleaning up the poop!

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Beware of the Facebook Worm...



Just read about this on an Orlando Sentinel tech blog...

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/etan_on_tech/2009/03/facebook-worm.html

According to the post, this "Koobface" worm variant is posing as your friends. What it will do is send you a message, asking if you want to see a video of them or that they have a video you are in.

Once prompted, a site will open that looks suspiciously like a YouTube page...it's not! Keep your guard up, as this worm is attacking other social networking sites as well - MySpace, Bebo, Friendster and Hi5.