As the number of websites we engage increases, and the troublemakers become more sophisticated, creating unique yet memorable passwords for each site we go to has become very important. In the past, many websites asked you to create an identity, and a password. This allowed folks to create unique ID...
Telus, our local telco this past year chose Creston as one of the small towns to revamp with fibre optic to the building. This is a major upgrade for their customers who have previously had access to 3 or 6 Mbps ADSL, Shaw's services or Point-to-point wireless offered by one of two loal providers. T...
The Creston Rotary Club and Town of Creston recently partnered to build a series of biking and walking trails in the Millennium Park area. These trails connect the Library, Off-leash Dog Park, 11th Ave at Elm (Near Pioneer Cemetery) and the Farmers' Market Site on Cook Street. There is a staging poi...
I was reading some of the challenges faced by an individual who chooses to avoid credit, and pays cash for all her purchases. While she knowingly does this from choice, one episode was particularly interesting:
I have no usable credit history by choice. I have money. I pay my bills every month on the...
Which is better DAS - Direct Attached Storage or NAS - Network Attached Storage?
You are backing up your computer(s), right?
Direct Attached Storage can be as simple as a hard drive attached to a port on your computer - USB, eSATA, Firewire or Thunderbolt. Drives are available at many price points,...
Does one email address cut it? I'm a believer in creating as many email addresses as you need. Email addresses are so very easy to create and dispose, that it makes sense to have more than one. Working on a time limited project? Create an email for that time period. Need to exchange files or share e...
Working on a project? Looking for group collaboration software? Wiggio was created to provide web-based electronic collaboration opportunities for high school, college and university students, however it is open to all. Wiggio provides a number of useful tools for this purpose. Each individual has ...
I've been following a VoIP startup Voxox for a few years now, waiting for a mature OS X app to be developed. On a recent visit to their site, I found that indeed a Mac desktop application was now available in addition to iOS, Android and a long-standing Windows desktop application.
Voxox centralize...
The Educator is a personal publication created by V. W. Bro Norm McEvoy in April 2003 with the intention of sharing educational papers on Freemasonry and related topics, which are both interesting and informative. At that time, circulation was by email and restricted to the membership of his own Ma...
Does your lodge have a web presence? How does it look to outsiders; clear, clean easy to navigate, contemporaneous? If you don't have a website, why not?
A quality lodge website can be created at little cost and has the possibility for great return to the lodge. Most men looking for a lodge experienc...