Comments on: A Simple, Inexpensive, And Valuable Last-Minute Gift http://www.livelongagewell.com/2008/12/23/a-simple-inexpensive-and-valuable-last-minute-gift/ How To Drop Dead Dancing In Your 90s.....by drDave Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:24:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark http://www.livelongagewell.com/2008/12/23/a-simple-inexpensive-and-valuable-last-minute-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Mark Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:33:44 +0000 http://www.livelongagewell.com/?p=832#comment-53 Thank you for posting, this article in the New York Times is relevant too: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/technology/personaltech/25basics.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Thank you for posting, this article in the New York Times is relevant too: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/technology/personaltech/25basics.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

]]> By: DaveC http://www.livelongagewell.com/2008/12/23/a-simple-inexpensive-and-valuable-last-minute-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-52 DaveC Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:48:47 +0000 http://www.livelongagewell.com/?p=832#comment-52 Neat idea! I'd like to add some resources that people might consider as first go-to places for some basic maintenance, and a couple cool gems: 1) Spyware scanning AdAaware is the golden standard: www.lavasoft.com/ 2) Online (free!) virus scanning Housecall, by Trend Micro: housecall.trendmicro.com/ Symantec's Online Scanner: security.symantec.com/ 3) Gems, online Project Gutenburg, thousands of books online: www.gutenberg.org/ Library of Congress, infinitely fascinating: http://www.loc.gov/index.html Boolify.org, a way to learn Google web searching: http://www.boolify.org 4) Interesting Communities to Explore Meetup, local gatherings for like-minded people: http://www.meetup.com Neat idea! I’d like to add some resources that people might consider as first go-to places for some basic maintenance, and a couple cool gems:

1) Spyware scanning

AdAaware is the golden standard: http://www.lavasoft.com/

2) Online (free!) virus scanning

Housecall, by Trend Micro: housecall.trendmicro.com/
Symantec’s Online Scanner: security.symantec.com/

3) Gems, online

Project Gutenburg, thousands of books online: http://www.gutenberg.org/
Library of Congress, infinitely fascinating: http://www.loc.gov/index.html
Boolify.org, a way to learn Google web searching: http://www.boolify.org

4) Interesting Communities to Explore

Meetup, local gatherings for like-minded people: http://www.meetup.com

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