Happy Mother’s Day and Sunday Beauty #218

Folks, please allow me to wish everyone a very happy Mom’s Day, and also share this interesting image with you.

Click on image to see more by this artist.

“boubbles” by SAN_DRINO, courtesy of Flickr Commons.

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Today’s quote: “Well done is better than well said.” ~ Benjamin Franklin

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Make yours great ones. Ones to be proud of.

Happy 4th of July

And, 5 Quick Tips for photographing fireworks

I love fireworks! (And I love 3 day summer weekends!)

Happy Birthday America

Independence Day is the national day of the United States.

In the United States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, political speeches and ceremonies, and various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States.

Today’s quote:

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” ~ Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

(I have heard tales told where, in the golden olden days, students were required to memorize and recite this Address.. but then, I have heard that they were required to learn Latin too.. Today I hear tales that students cannot even read this Address.. Bah. Just musing out loud.)

We here at T4E Headquarters (me, myself, and I) wish you a joyous and safe holiday.

* How to Photograph Fireworks

“July 4th, with its brilliant fireworks displays, gives shutterbugs plenty of photo ops–follow these tips to get the best shots.” Read more..

Bonus 1: The 4th is a great time to get out to one of our National Parks. If you cannot do that, perhaps setting your desktop “wallpaper” to a spectacular image might be a good “second option”. (Some awesome nature photography here.) Public domain Desktop wallpaper from US National Parks

Bonus 2: If you like fireworks too.. 20 Incredible Photographs of Fireworks Reflected in Water

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All we really have, in the end, are our stories.
Make yours great ones. Ones to be proud of.
And please, never forget – one person can make a difference.
Find a way to make someone’s day today.
(Best advice I ever heard? Don’t sweat the small stuff.)

SB #169

Folks, here’s yet another pretty picture for your Sunday.

Click on image to see more by this artist (reco’d)

“Grand Canyon Morning #dailyshoot” by Les Haines, courtesy of Flickr Commons

Today’s quote: “When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.” ~ Jonathan Swift

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All we really have, in the end, are our stories.
Make yours great ones. Ones to be proud of.
And please, never forget – one person can make a difference.
Find a way to make someone’s day today.
(Best advice I ever heard? Don’t sweat the small stuff.)

Sunday Beauty 144

Folks, this image caught my eye.. and while it’s not a “beauty”, I think a few of you will like it. (Might make a good Desktop wallpaper…)

Click on image to see more by this artist (reco’d)

“star” by rosmary, courtesy of Flickr Commons

Sunday Ugly:

You do look at addresses don’t you? They can be ‘red flags’.
.. “cool cowboy”???

Today’s Tech: Folks, I have long said that I don’t care which antivirus you have on your Internet-connected device as long as you have one; but there’s one I tell my clients to avoid. And I guess I’m not the only one!

* McAfee Founder Elated That Intel Is Renaming Security Products, Says It’s the ‘Worst Software on the Planet’

““I am now everlastingly grateful to Intel for freeing me from this terrible association with the worst software on the planet,” the ever-colorful McAfee told the BBC. “These are not my words, but the words of millions of irate users. My elation at Intel’s decision is beyond words.”” Read more..

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Today’s quote: “People are like stained – glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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Make yours great ones. Ones to be proud of.

A Sunset

(aka “Sunday Beauty #119”)

What goes up, must come down.

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“Skyline Sunset IV” by Jeff Pang, courtesy of Flickr Commons.

Tip of the day: I’ll say it again: If you do not recognize the Sender, delete it (unopened). If you do recognize the Sender, still don’t trust it implicitly — email accounts get hijacked and they also can be “spoofed“. Most of us have learned this, I know. But it’s still news to some.

Today’s quote: “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” ~ Groucho Marx

My sincere thanks to you faithful friends who ‘chipped in’ and helped me keep advertisements off of this website this past year! (Time flies, doesn’t it?)

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Sunday Beauty #113 (and a Sunday Ugly too)

Here’s another interesting image for your Sunday.

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“Lion, Kruger Park, South Africa” by Dimitry B, courtesy of Flickr Commons

(How’s that for a “unforgettable face”?)

Sunday Ugly:

Beware the Easy e-card

Here it is – 2013 – and criminals still think sending this *crud* is an effective money-making strategy. Why?
Certainly, the cost of mailing is negligible (aka “free”) but why bother if nobody answers?
Oh. Some *humans* must still be responding to them.

Don’t have people comparing your IQ to a box of rocks: resist the “curiosity” and simply practice the Basic Rule of Email – Do Not Open Email from People You Do Not Know. (sorry, “Dr Peters”.)

Today’s quote: “The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” ~ Mark Twain

(Yes, I’ve posted this one before. But my spidey-sense tells me to post it again today…)

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Make yours great ones. Ones to be proud of.

Blowing My Stack

(AKA “Flippin My Lid”)

Folks, I wanted to share this with you last week, when it actually happened. But this is my first opportunity to post this amazing photographic evidence. I bet you have never seen anything like this before.

Last week, I went out to my trusty rusty TechPaulmobile to head out to someone’s home for an appointment to undo the damage they had done to their computer. I opened my car door and saw I had a serious problem, and would be a little late for my appointment.

A bomb had gone off in my car. A “pepsi bomb”. And sticky little brown droplets were everywhere.

I had placed a full Pepsi in my cupholder earlier in the morning, in preparation for some travel that got canceled. So, no, this can did not vibrate or get shaken. It just got left inside a car for a few hours. A car that got quite warm. On an unusually warm day.

(Contrary to public perception, northern California is not a warm climate. Thus Mark Twain’s famous quote: “The coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Fransisco.“) (The California most people think of is actually Southern Cal – Los Angeles/San Diego)

Logic tells me that, if a can were to ‘blow’, because the contents expanded too greatly, that the ‘easy-open’ “pop” tab would give… not the whole top..

Life.

If it isn’t one thing, it’s the other.

(And maybe now I really can say “Now I’ve seen everything!”)

Have a great Wednesday, everyone.

Today’s quote: “The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.” ~ Robert Anthony

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