Entries in Life

The cover page states the goal of the briefing—namely, to affect a "Positive Change to the Family Team"—and features a picture of two smiling children (a generic photo, not actual family members). Now, you may have thought about your family as a "team" before, but probably not in the sense of actually being out to win something. But this family is indeed out to win many things, as described in Claire's bulleted list: harmony, happiness, love, etc. And what's holding them back? Page 4 offers another list: negative behavior, "fighting and squabbling at inappropriate times," lack of cooperation, disorganization.

— PowerPointless

I need spam to test my email filters. Since I know that greeting card sites are notorious for selling your email address, I typee "greeting card" into Google and took off, signing up my test accounts, sending email between them and signing up for any free sites that advertise on those sites (But skipping the site that charges a "one-time small fee of $19.99" just so I can give them my opinion.)

In the process, I came across The Greeting Card Association's Cards for Kids program — a program aimed at getting children hooked on greeting cards:

Help us create a new generation of greeting card customers!

The concept is simple; introduce children to the joys of sending and receiving cards, and reinforce the concept at varying times during their childhood. The result will be adults who purchase cards and then share with their children the joys of card sending.

That's it — no more birthday cards for my kids!

I've been seriously thinking about setting up a neighborhood wireless network, but the how has been bugging me. Till today. While looking for something to boost my signal strength, I came across NoCat.net. They even have a GPLed wireless authentication system.

I also found people who scoff at puny home-brew pringles antennas.