TIP: Mac Users Beware

PC users and Mac users can both be infected with the swine flu virus

Contrary to popular belief, Mac users are just as susceptible to swine flu virus as PC users. Don’t take your Mac to Mexico.

(Tip from C. Joe Keys, the Southernmost Gorilla)

TIP: Uncle Jay

For real insight (or something) go see Uncle Jay

If you are on an email mailing list and you get tired of political lunacy showing up in your mailbox, try going to Uncle Jay for a truely goofy take on the news. New commentary once a week.

http://unclejayexplains.com/

Tip: While you are on the road — malware can strike

Evil lurks while you're on the road

You should be on alert when arriving home from a trip for viruses, especially if you go away for a holiday, a favorite time for the evil-doers to spread their malware.

If you turn off your computer while you are away, or travelling, you’re not getting newly-released anti-virus patches or anti-spyware updates, so update anti-virus and anti-spyware scans before opening your e-mail or going online after being away.

We’re back

This web site has recieved no attention for the last week due to technical difficulties with our Internet Service Provider. We are back.

While we were gone the park began final exodus of the season.

The Exodus in full swing

Board Meeting: 4-20-09

This board meeting commenced at 3:00 on Monday and continued until Thursday noon . . . wait, it only lasted 5.5 hours.

Here is a shorter version of the meeting:

http://gallery.me.com/oconnorcreative#100077

It is broken into chapters that can be accessed with some software.

Tip: Taxes On Internet Sales Imminent?

A  little-known but influential alliance of state politicians, large retailers, and tax collectors are quietly working to end tax-free internet shopping.

CNET News: “We will have the bill ready for introduction by next Monday,” said Neal Osten of the National Conference of State Legislatures. “We finalized the language and now we’re working out the remaining issues and adding some new provisions at the request of various stakeholders.”

Read the article:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10220649-38.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0

Have they really devised a bill that will tax online sales?

TIP: VO Official Web Site

The official Venture Out at Cudjoe Cay web site at http://www.ventureoutresort.net/

has been evolving. Check it out.

NO VOCC this Tues.

We noticed that the VO calendar says we will have VOCC on Tues. Not so. Keep looking here online for news and fun about Venture Out and The Club all summer. See you in person in November.

SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER

TIP: Easter Eggs

“Easter eggs” are hidden and non-advertised features of software that you can only get at if you know what the programmer devised to open them.

Google has easter eggs too, and here are some: different languages for your Google search page:

Funny Google Languages
Pig Latin – http://www.google.com/intl/xx-piglatin/
Elmer Fudd – http://www.google.com/intl/xx-elmer/
Hacker Speak – http://www.google.com/intl/xx-hacker/
Klingon – http://www.google.com/intl/xx-klingon/
Mirrored – http://elgoog.rb-hosting.de/index.cgi

Tip: Get the News

When you are away, you can get the news of the keys in The Citizen online:

http://keysnews.com/

The Key West Citizen is online

To really read the paper every day, subscribe. It’s only $54 a year  for the electronic edition, while the paper edition by mail is $240. As a subscriber you get the entire paper in .pdf format, including Solaris Hill on Sunday.

For free, you can still get the main news stories online.