Quote: The origin of Twitter
The idea of Twitter started with me working in dispatch since I was 15 years old, where taxi cabs or firetrucks would broadcast where they were and what…
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Goodbye Segway: We hardly knew you
Segway stopped making its Human Transporter in July. The company ended up selling just 150,000 of the scooters, mainly to warehouses, police departments,…
Hack reveals meddling could influence election results
A handful of attackers in mid-July managed to get control of VIP accounts of politicians in a bitcoin scam. But, what if the hackers, instead asking for…
Twitter hack highlights underground trade in handles
In mid-July, hackers rocked the internet by taking over accounts of high-profile Twitter figures and using the accounts for a bitcoin scam, among other…
Latin dance builds on many cultural influences
Nowhere is the influence of cultures seen better than in Latin dance, where European, African, Aztec, and Inca moves merged to form the classic, romantic,…
Spiders: The good and the bad
They are generally unappreciated. But, in spite of their creepy appearance, most spiders are beneficial. They eat live insects, keeping them under control…
Medicare covers Covid tests
All Covid-19 lab tests are completely covered under Medicare. Medicare covers FDA-authorized Covid-19 antibody (or serology) tests if you were diagnosed…
Guard your Medicare card
Remember that your Medicare card and the information it contains are valuable and often the target of scammers. Guard your Medicare card just as you would…
Do you agree or disagree with these relationship statements?
Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?: 1 “There are people I can depend on to help me if I really need it.” 2 “I have close…
The era when old friends are not forgotten
There’s always a certain sadness to the New Year song Auld Lang Syne because, of course, people come into our lives, we love them, and they drift away….