One Password to Rule them All

KeePass LogoI finally made the switch from my paid password manager program, eWallet (which I loved, but which doesn’t offer a Linux version), to a nice freebie program, which I find quite palatable.

I keep up with far too many username/password combinations, logons and critical (but sensitive) information in my work-a-day world to try to remember them all. Unlike many people, I don’t keep all passwords the same — that’s too risky.

Granted, I had to copy all the information from the old program to the new one (which was a royal pain and took me a couple hours), but now I have all my information on a new program that will work on Windows, Linux, or even on a flash drive! Continue reading

Federal Budget Fix: Easy as Pie (or cookies!)

My peer, writer JJ Murphy of WriterByNature.com, sent me a great little link this morning to http://www.truemajorityaction.org/oreos/
where Ben Cohen (of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream) solves the federal budget issues with a few packages of Oreo Cookies as presentation tools. Nicely done!

If you want to be better informed, more politically active, or would simply enjoy being entertained — visit the TrueMajority website and watch the animated presentation.

A Long Day

It’s been a few days since I’ve blogged. That’s unlike me, but I’ve been struggling to catch up on so many things. I finally took some time off to breathe a bit…

I went to check on my farm yesterday. I needed the break from work. I needed to see the farm again. I needed to be refreshed and rejuvenated from a long, difficult few weeks.

When I arrived, I noticed the gate was missing. This gate, shared by my neighbor and me, was taken off the hinges and had been stolen. What kind of people steal gates?

As I raced back to the farm, worried about what I might find, I hoped for the best. Continue reading

Online Privacy Report Card Issued: No Valedictorian, One Dunce

Big Brother Awards Presented by Privacy InternationalEver wonder how secure your online information with various companies may be? This month a report from Privacy International stated that Google’s privacy policies were suspect. What has followed? Accusations of a smear campaign by Google toward Privacy International and several other unseemly accusations.

Google was not the only company reviewed. Other companies included Amazon, AOL, Apple, BBC, Bebo, eBay, Facebook, Friendster, Hi5, Last.fm, LinkeIn, LiveJournal, Microsoft, MySpace, Orkut, Reunion.com, Skype, Wikipedia, Windows Live Space, Xanga, Yahoo!, and YouTube. Continue reading