Free Yourself from Microsoft & the NSA – free pdf (good info)

In honor of Ubuntu’s New Release & the Open Source movement in general, here’s an informative article by David Spring,

Univ of Washington (state) on how things OpenSource can give some needed peace-of-mind in today’s world…

 

Here’s the link to the pdf file –

http://www.freeyourselffrommicrosoftandthensa.org/free-pdf?download=28:free-yourself-from-microsoft-and-the-nsa-complete-book-16-mb

If you have a dog… must read! from “the Oatmeal”

If you’re not familiar with MATHEW INMAN’s site; ‘theoatmeal.com’ &

you have the two (2) necessary qualifications – a dog & a sense of humor,

read on…

All artwork and content on this post is Copyright © 2013 Matthew Inman. Please don’t steal.

Here’s a link to Matt’s page – enjoy!

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/dog_paradox

PROPOSED – Congressional Amendment 2013

Proposed – Congressional Reform Act of 2013

The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators,
hence serving in Congress is an honor not a career.

1. No Tenure / No Pension.

A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they’re out of office.

2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.

All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void effective 12/31/13. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women.

NOTE:   This is a petition circulating on the World Wide Web.

photo courtesy – CC-BY-SA-3.0 / Matt H. Wade at Wikipedia

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Seven Branding Lessons from iOS 7

Why i ❤ Apple – by the numbers…
Sean Ketchem, WP blogger & BrandSpecialist gives a run-down on iOS7 & explains why the more things change, the more they stay the same… (building a Brand – better read this one FYi 😉

Berlin and Beyond

Now that the pixels have settled a bit on the iOS 7 release (which, despite some early detractors, is turning out to be one of the more successful releases in the company’s history), let’s look at what all this signifies about Apple as a brand, and what branding lessons we can take away from the industry and user chatter.

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Earthbound REPOST- test

Hey! Saw a GREAT Pink Floyd tribute band last weekend at the Oviedo Diner, Oviedo, Fla.
Earthbound Misfits – my friend Carol plays the keyboards (tricky stuff). Really great performance even though they had some technical difficulties (electrical outage creamed some of their gear)… If you get the chance – go see ’em! They do Pink Floyd justice.
I’ll post some pics from the show soon…
lee

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Earthbound Misfits

Hey! Saw a GREAT Pink Floyd tribute band last weekend at the Oviedo Diner, Oviedo, Fla.
Earthbound Misfits – my friend Carol plays the keyboards (tricky stuff). Really great performance even though they had some technical difficulties (electrical outage creamed some of their gear)… If you get the chance – go see ’em! They do Pink Floyd justice.
I’ll post some pics from the show soon…
lee

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