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I happened to use Google Translate recently and realized they have changed its face since my last visit. If you don't know about this service visit the link. When you visit a website in a language you can't read just visit this site and put the link in the form.

If you have Google Toolbar installed it can have a button or right click link to automatically open the translated page.

I don't use it often, but each time I am reminded how limited I am knowing only one language well. I am grateful for my family's effort to have tried to teach me French as a child and for my father's teaching me to understand etimology listings in Webster's Dictionary for each definition. We red necks don't consider how much of our American 'English' is based on other languages.

A Word About Facebook and Security

10 Solid Tips to Safeguard Your Facebook Privacy

This link above leads to an excellent article on a topic I discuss periodically. I am not paranoid, folks are really out to get us!  :)

Aside from the time we waste on Facebook there can be a real security problem. If you write things you shouldn't have co-workers or bosses see then you may just be foolish. But many of the more innocent things we post would pass muster if they were just not brought to the attention of these folks.

The default starting point in Facebook is for all your friends to be treated equally. Maybe this is dangerous, but its what it is. So what the linked article describes is how to create Friends Lists, and then make posts viewable just by the right lists and further how to hide information from searches.

It's a good read. Could save some trouble down the road and still let you enjoy the benefits of using Facebook.

Enjoy!
-=Lare=-

Seal teaches photographer!

I think this is amazing, have a watch!

Violinist in the Metro

Violinist in the Metro - Interesting Discoveries - Ego Dialogues

This is an incredibly sad story which gave me chills. It is a social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people.

A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning.
He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

How attentive to real life are we? Am I so wrapped up in my own thoughts that my senses can't notice all that is right here with me now? Am I really this way?

Sigh...

Yes.

Solar Powered Airplane

Solar Powered hybrid aircraft - Sunseeker II


It's just a beginning, but here is a working aircraft powered by sunlight. I love it!