Avoiding Internet Surveillance: The Complete Guide

From The Team At

This article is a very good read, well worth the time to go on over and take a look.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/avoiding-internet-surveillance-complete-guide/

Solar FREAKIN' Roadways! (This Invention Will Change The World, Just Watch)

Two Quotes That Are Pertinent

To The Issues Being Faced At FS

Back Up and Running

Equipment Failure At Verizon

Some time last Friday late afternoon left a great number of people in the Lisbon area high and dry without land-line phone service ...

... or DSL service either for three days. 

Of course it had to happen over the weekend so none of my usual posting or ordering could get done. Now its a race to get caught up over the next two days.  

Weather Widget for Ubuntu/Linux

GIS-WEATHER

Although the widget is available through the Software Center, I opted for the most current incarnation and downloaded the .deb from NOOBSLAB . I visited this widget several years back and was not too impressed with its operation, needless to say its developers have been hard at work and the work has paid off.

Setup for your particular locale is fairly straight forward and it has a good range of "skins" or looks available out of the box. I prefer the clear unobtrusive look myself, and I think it fits in with my theme quite well.

It can be customized through the preferences menu quite easily, though some alterations can make it look a bit strange and take a little while to figure out how to make it "look" right. Text colors, can be changed to match your theme and for visibility.