A friend sent me a link to an article that appears good. It explains how to keep your WordPress blog safe using a plugin.
We all need to be careful. There’s some nefarious folks out there.
Blog Security: A Good Resource
18 Jan 2013 Leave a Comment
in technology Tags: blogging, security, technology
Romeo and Juliet
10 Dec 2012 Leave a Comment
in expat life, literature, media, Teaching EFL, technology, theater/music Tags: homework, Romeo and Juliet
Here’s a couple scenes my students did for a final project.
A Big Discrepancy
18 Jun 2012 Leave a Comment
in China, news, technology Tags: Air quality, Apple apps, Beijing, China, Government of the People's Republic of China, pollution, review
Tiananmen Square and Gate of Heavenly Peace, Beijing (Photo credit: sfcityscape)
Near the Olympic sites, June 2012
Last week I discovered and downloaded an app for my iPad called China Air Pollution Index. This app tells users what the air quality is in major Chinese cities. For Beijing and cities with U.S. consulate offices it provides the data that the Chinese government publishes as well as the numbers that the U.S. embassy or consulate have read on site.
These numbers can vary widely. For example, today in Beijing the US Embassy meters rate the Beijing air quality hazardous with a 304 reading, while the Chinese government rates the level as lightly polluted at 183.
Sometimes the US numbers are lower than China’s. Today the Chinese government reports an index of 180 (lightly polluted) while the US consulate in the capital reports one of 305 (hazardous). Both entities recommend wearing a mask.
Related articles
- China tells US to stop reporting Beijing’s bad air (sfgate.com)
- US to China: Won’t Keep Quiet About Your Bad Air (foxnews.com)
- China: US Embassy Should Stop Reporting Beijing’s Air Quality (theepochtimes.com)
- Chính’s news: China says only it has right to monitor air pollution (theaveragejoenewsblogg.com)
- U.S.-China dust-up over air pollution involves monitors made by Met One, of Grants Pass, Ore. (oregonlive.com)
- China Has No Good Answer to the U.S. Embassy Pollution-Monitoring (theatlantic.com)
American French Fry Brother
24 May 2012 1 Comment
in Misc, musing, news, technology
My two cents on the buzz around the American French Fry Brother. I think it’s great that this young man was so generous. Yet I don’t think it’s necessary to use this incident to shame people into acting with more generosity. I do think that connecting with the marginalized is the best way to help.
Just telling the story will spur some people to open their eyes and give when they feel the time is right. It’s good to see some foreigners getting credit for doing good.
This week we’ve been a bit under siege I feel since the school has installed cameras outside the foreign teachers apartment building and motion detectors by the new patio. The motion detectors don’t turn on lights so they have no use. I suppose they would detect a skirmish or intruder.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Distortion
04 Mar 2012 6 Comments
in Blogging Challenge, meme, technology Tags: abstract, concept, DailyPost, Photograph, postaday2012, postaweek2012
Pretty Darn Literal
New to The Daily Post? Whether you’re a beginner or a professional, you’re invited to get involved in our Weekly Photo Challenge to help you meet your blogging goals and give you another way to take part in Post a Day / Post a Week. Everyone is welcome to participate, even if your blog isn’t about photography.
Here’s how it works:
1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.
2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use a “postaday2011″ or “postaweek2011″ tag.
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- Weekly Challenge: Distorted (Beijing City Photo)
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Old Fashioned (natsukashii55.wordpress.com)
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Between (beijingcityphoto.wordpress.com)
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Breakfast (jinancitydailyphoto.wordpress.com)
25 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in biography, blogthings, technology Tags: personality, quiz
You Are FAQ |
 For you, the internet is like your personal library. And you know more facts than fifty normal humans.Your brain is basically lot a computer at this point. You have a lot of information stored up there. You spend hours looking up obscure information and learning things. If you have question, you always search.You can’t help but be a bit of a know-it-all. You can answer everyone’s frequently asked questions. |
Upgrade? I wouldn’t call it that
16 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
in technology
Yahoo’s got a new version that they’ve seduced or really forced users to adopt. At first I thought fine and the graphics looked cool. Now I’ve had to abandon my primary email account. This new version is at least 5 times slower. Half the time I can’t open the message I’ve clicked on. Sometimes when I click on an item in one folder it opens a document in a completely different one. It’s crazy and amateurish. Not one what one would expect from a company like Yahoo!.
What’s worse is it’s difficult to change back. A year ago, when they had a new version, I could try it and then opt out. If there’s that choice now, I can’t see what I’m supposed to do. I have posted this query on a few bulletin boards, but no help yet.
Still Less than Cable, but . . .
13 Jul 2011 Leave a Comment
in commerce, technology Tags: annoyance, complaint, Do I need this now?
Netflix, my main supplier of entertainment, is doubling their prices September 1. Currently, I get one DVD at a time and all the streaming I want for $7.99. What a deal. In a few weeks to get the same service I’ll have to pay $15.98. It’s not that much more money, but it is double the current price so the proportion shocks me (a little).
I probably watch one DVD a week and stream 30 minutes of video a day.
I can understand Netflix’s need to raise prices, but question the choice to double them. If I ran Netflix, I’d probably offer $7.99 for either the DVD or streaming option as they will do, but then charge $11.98 for the combined option.
I do now feel like the drug user who’s coaxed into an addiction by cheap high and now that I’m hooked, made to pay a higher price.
But I’m not that hooked. I do have hulu.com, which I haven’t watched much and in the fall there will be more viewing options. And I’ve got a reading list that keeps getting longer, so this change won’t be that painful. It’s more annoying than anything else.
Tooting my own horn
06 Jul 2011 Leave a Comment
in technology
I completed my Intro to Computer Networking course today. I took it online through ed2go.com, which New Trier Extension has an agreement with.
I highly recommend this lass as the instructor put the concepts into such concrete terms. It was fun and I’d like to learn more.
Victory!
29 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
in technology
I took my Macbook into the Genius Bar and all’s now well with my computer. It’s actually better than before as I’m now on a more current operating system. I explained the problem and the Genius asked who installed the new hard drive, when I told him I did, he gave me a high five. Satisfaction. The little problem was I needed to partition the hard drive.
The Genius also said that if I wanted I could install more memory myself since that’s found in the slots that a perpendicular to the hard drive. I just may.
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