I just got an e-mail from a regular reader of Lingua Franca about a warning on the site artoniworld.com. In order to avoid unnecessary risks of contaminating your computer, below is the message received: “I was reading Artoni’s post here: http://epiac1216.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/a-handicraft-market-in-panama/#comment-3007 Then, I clicked on his name with the embedded web site and received a [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Artoniworld: Reported Attack Site
Posted in News, tagged Attack Site, Google, Internet, Malware, Warning on May 11, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Joke: Italian Pregnancy
Posted in Jokes, tagged Family, Pregnancy, Rich Magnate, Suggestions on May 11, 2009 | 5 Comments »
An 18 year old Italian girl tells her Mom that she has missed her period for 2 months. Very worried, the mother goes to the drugstore and buys a pregnancy kit. The test result shows that the girl is pregnant. Shouting, cursing, crying, the mother says, ‘Who was the pig that did this to you? [...]
Google Again Releases a Security Patch
Posted in Web Browsers, tagged Chrome, Google, Internet, Security Patch, Software on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Oops!, Google slipped and had to reissue a new security patch for its Web browser Chrome to prevent a batch of crashes that turned up as well. Chrome version 1.0.154.64 was released Tuesday in an effort to fix one critical security problem and one high-severity one. On Thursday, came 1.0.154.65 to fix a crash during [...]
Photograph of the Day: Blue Eyes by the Window
Posted in Photography, tagged Beauty, Children, Eyes, Innocence, Pictures, Windows on May 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Joke: Whiz-Kid
Posted in Jokes, tagged Computer Literacy, Computers, Humor, Whiz Kids on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was having trouble with my computer. So I called Jaden, the 9-year-old next door whose bedroom looks like Houston’s Mission Control, and asked him to come over. Jaden clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem. As he was walking away, I called after him, ‘So, what was wrong?’ —He replied, ‘It was [...]
Photographic Divertimento at the Kitchen
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Composition, fruits, Kitchens, Light Sources, Mangoes, Onions, Photographs on May 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday while I was washing the dishes after lunch, I noticed my wife had several green mangoes and a couple of onions stacked on a plate near the kitchen sink. I found it pretty strange that she had mixed mangoes and onions. But she knows more about cooking than I do. An idea came to [...]
Photograph of the Day: The Administration Building
Posted in Photography, tagged Administration Building, Architecture, Balboa, Former Canal Zone, Panama on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Splash of Wet Quote
Posted in Quotes, tagged Apples, Quotes, Splashes, Thoughts, Water on May 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Photograph of the Day: Flowers at the Park
Posted in Photography, tagged Casco Viejo, Flowers, Panama, Parks, Tourism on May 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
