Last night I helped a client remove Incredimail from their computer. They weren't sure how they managed to install it, I'm guessing they clicked on a link in a web page and it popped a box up and they basically got tricked into installing it.
The uninstall went fine but I had to rebuild their contact lists and change all the defaults back to Outlook because Incredimail hosed everything. Some folks think the program borders on malware-I tend to agree.
It all turned out good and the look of relief on their faces when they realized they could resume using their e-mail was totally worth all the work. I also showed them some basic tips and tricks on using their word processor, I'm sure I'll be invited back at some point; they seemed to get a lot out of it.
Yeah, sure they paid me but I really enjoyed helping them out.......it's not always about money.
If you folks thought that Columbus Day was on Monday...........you're all wrong.
Today (October 12th) is Columbus Day because it's my birthday and I was born on Columbus Day. I'm not sure who started that "Let's celebrate holidays on Monday" crap, but I don't like it very much.
I read the following in Wikipedia about Columbus Day..........
In the state of Minnesota, Columbus Day is not celebrated, because many people in Minnesota believe that Vikings arrived in North America before Columbus. However, in 2006, city offices in Minneapolis were closed, as well as libraries across the Twin Cities. [1]
Some people oppose Columbus Day, claiming his achievements are not worthy of a holiday. The modern-day legend of Christopher Columbus and the discovery of America is due to Washington Irving. His "biography" of Columbus, a dramatic and embellished account, was so popular it became accepted as fact. Historically, Columbus was not the first to discover America, nor was he the first European to land in America, though he was the first European to successfully bring European culture to the Americas. There is also controversy surrounding the treatment of the native people of the Americas by Columbus and by Spanish conquistadors.
In recent years, the holiday has been rejected by many people who view it as a celebration of conquest and genocide by the Spaniards. In its place, Indigenous Peoples Day is sometimes celebrated. In the U.S. Virgin Islands, "Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands Friendship Day" is celebrated on the same day as Columbus Day, due to the controversy surrounding the atrocities committed against the indigenous peoples of the present-day Caribbean during the Spanish colonization the New World. In the state of South Dakota, the day is officially a state holiday known as "Native American Day", not Columbus Day.
Some have argued that the responsibility of contemporary governments and their citizens for allegedly ongoing acts of genocide against Native Americans are masked by positive Columbus myths and celebrations. These critics argue that a particular understanding of the legacy of Columbus has been used to legitimize their actions, and it is this misuse of history that must be exposed. Thus, Ward Churchill (an associate professor of Native American Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a leader of the American Indian Movement), has argued that certain myths about Columbus, and celebrations of Columbus, make it easier for people today to avoid taking responsibility for their own actions, or the actions of their governments.
Damn, some folks really don't like my birthday......
By the way........I'm 47.
And still about 12 years old on the inside.
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