How Anonymous Can You Be?

The World Wide Web is a new invention that dates back to 1989. The Internet offers a lot of possibilities; however, there are also some dangers related to it. One of the things that is bothering some users is the fact that they cannot be as anonymous on the Internet as they wish they could be. Some wonder whether it is fair that everyone can see where anyone is from by simply looking at their IP address. In fact, there might be a solution to this issue, and I am talking about proxies. Basically, they allow users to connect to websites indirectly which masks the IP address of the user. It sounds great, but using proxies may not work that well for many reasons. Most Internet users do not intend to use such services in the nearest future. It might be because proxy servers usually drastically slow down Internet connection speed and response time.

Let us look at the issue from a different perspective. If everybody on the Internet was completely anonymous, then the Internet would be a perfect haven for cheaters and criminals. It would be impossible to track them down. As we can see, there are positive and negative sides to everything. If we were anonymous on the Internet, then also hundreds of scammers would also be anonymous. It is interesting to speculate how in the future we will solve this problem.

Who is Selling Your Pictures?

Taking photos and uploading them to sites like Flickr has been a hobby of many enthusiasts. Unfortunately, some people try to take advantage out of it, and are selling pictures taken from Flickr on sites like eBay. Usually, they claim that they are their own, which of course is not true. It is not easy to identify such people, and even if you are the one who took the pictures it will not be easy for you to track each photograph you have made.

Even if you are using some tool to detect duplicate images, it is easy to change the size of the picture by slightly cutting the bottom or right/left side of it. This way it should be impossible to track whether your photos are being posted anywhere else. Your best bet is to watermark your pictures.

Of course, if you are taking pictures simply for fun, then you are not going to lose any money because someone is selling your pictures. If would be a completely different situation if you were a professional photographer because people who downloaded your pictures from Flickr could undercut your prices very easily. That is because they would have no costs associated with downloading your pictures.

Sitting Here Dreaming

I spend way too much time sitting at my desk day dreaming rather than getting anything productive done. I was just thinking of how nice it would be if I were laying on the beach in some hot tropical climate right now. This weather we have been having is so ridiculous. It is just amazing at how mother nature works. I am hoping for some nice sunshine this week, but I'm not holding my breath.

Grow A Garden

Many people like to have garden at their home. It’s not possible for every one of us to have a garden. You can make it possible.You don’t need acres of space, to have a garden to have a garden a small patch of land will do .Even if a small patch of land is not available, get yourself a few hardy indoor plants which can be frown indoors.Most Indian homes keep a thulsi plant on the kitchen windowsill. Apart from the traditional significance,thulsi's medicinal properties are well documented.Many of them also have roses being planted on the path ways surrounding the houses which also brings pleasantness. Even you can have a garden for yourself in your home by planting small plants in pots around your house.

Nice Cool Weather

I'm so excited because the weather has cooled down tremendously and we are now experiencing weather in the 60s and the 70s, which I can handle a lot better than weather in the late 90s and early 100s. That was much, much too hot for own personal comfort. It looks like the cool weather will at least last until next week, but I don't know beyond that.

Waking up Early

I got inspired to write this article after visiting another website. That website belongs to a completely different niche; however, the author of that site had some interesting thoughts which I think are worth mentioning. Anyway, I would like to discuss the idea of waking up early. I believe that waking up early is a good habit for bloggers, because blogging requires a lot of work. If you get up early then you can accomplish more things. This is definitely the biggest argument as any successful blogger will tell you that you will need to invest a lot of time if you want to be successful. I also think that it is easy to write a lot of posts in the morning, but for most people in the evening it is harder to do any work. I mentioned that this applies to most people and not to all, because I know that a lot depends on the individual. Some bloggers have the most work done during the night. On the other hand, since for most people it is more natural to work in the morning, our productivity would increase if we were getting up a little bit earlier. Try to get up earlier, and see how it works for you.

Making Summer Clothes

Since coming here for school, last August, I've lost about 25 pounds and consequently, all of the summer clothes-- well most of them since some of them are drawstring and those still fit, don't fit anymore and are too large. So, I've been going through all of my clothes and getting rid of the ones that are just way too big and then I'm trying to think of ways that I can make the remaining clothes fit better. I think that I am going to just take them in on the leg. But, I don't want to mess up the pockets in the front or the back, so I think that I do it mostly from the back, then it won't mess up the front pocket. I don't know though because I have never tried to take in pants before so if anyone has any good pointers or ideas out there, let me know! I don't want to spend money on new clothes right now so I am trying to make do with what I have.

I have also cut off the legs on a few pairs of pants to turn them into shorts or capris. I have done that before, and that is not a problem at all. I just wish that I knew a better way than my made up way of taking the pants in.

I also think that I am going to sew some skirts and shorts for myself. I have a fair amount of fabric, so that I think that it shouldn't be too hard. I've made both before, just never for myself, but I do have plenty of patterns, so I think that it will work out alright!