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Would you be interested in my annual Christmas letter and short story gift? If so, here’s the links you’ll need to get to it; If you can handle zip files, click on this link to download the pdf file of it all; Christmas Car Zipped If you’d rather open it in your browser (Acrobat Reader [...]

Are you counting “sleeps” at your house until the BIG day, Christmas? Maybe you have events happening several days in a row that are all to do with Christmas. Then it becomes a matter of preference to say which day is the one you look forward to most, isn’t it?

No doubt you are busy working extra Christmas projects into your already busy life too, but hey, I have another gem of wisdom from ol’ King Sol in Ecclesiastes, that I looked over just this morning. Chapter 5, verses 7-10 tell us that we are to eat and drink what we have right now with joy, for God looks upon us with favour. I’m reading: live in the present and be glad.

Verse 10 fits me like a glove! I love to throw myself into

‘Phishing’ is the sending of fake emails purporting to come from banks and other companies, asking you to ‘verify’ your personal details including passwords, bank and credit card details etc.

The most convincing of these fake messages are those apparently from

Hopefully you have all your online account details recorded in a safe place OFF your computer, in case of crashes, viruses, etc. Every once in a while it is a good idea to go around to all of them, and change your password (usually your ID has to stay constant). That way, if anyone has managed to get your info without you noticing, they will be stymied and not able to use it.

(article 1 in My Candy Store Series)

I’ve been actively online more than six years now. I first started out with a goal of self-publishing my novel on a wee short shoestring. Fortunately, there is so much information out there, that it is possible to learn many wonderful things. So in the process of attaining my goal, I’ve added skills and much more knowledge than I ever thought my brain could hold.

Over time I read in various places what a much better operating system Linux is compared to Microsoft Windows.