Yeah, I saw that story! Is that irony or WHAT?
Angel: He is dead. Technically, he's undead. It's a zombie. Connor: What's a zombie? Angel: It's an undead thing. Connor: Like you? Angel: No, zombies are slow-moving, dimwitted things that crave human flesh. Connor: Like you. Angel: No! It's different. Trust me.
'Destiny'
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Theodosia - Aug 05, 2007 2:30:46 am PDT #2333 of 25496
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Anne W. - Aug 05, 2007 8:14:57 am PDT #2334 of 25496
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Crap. I think I may have gotten a virus on my computer. I think by having an Apple, I'd been lulled into a false sense of security. Any ideas on what to do at this point?
DCJensen - Aug 05, 2007 8:53:07 am PDT #2335 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.
What are the symptoms?
Actual Mac OSX virus infections are still quite rare.
Sophos Anti-Virus has a 30-day free trial [link]
I'm sure there are others.
ETA: Links to virus scanners, etc: [link]
Anne W. - Aug 05, 2007 9:12:17 am PDT #2336 of 25496
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I was getting a virus warning from my ISP. Turns out, though, that my ISP and Apple are having issues, as I discovered from talking to Apple tech support. Feh.
Still, I'll check out those virus scanners. Better safe than sorry. Thanks for the links, Daniel.
beekaytee - Aug 06, 2007 6:36:49 am PDT #2337 of 25496
Compassionately intolerant
Minor gripe with related question:
For years, I have used and loved the ecards on the Apple website. Simple, tasteful...no flash or creepy midi-soundtracks.
Apparently, Apple has become too cool for such trivialities...or I've gone blind. I can't find the cards anywhere and a google search gives me no love.
The popular ecard sites, 123, bluemountain, hallmark...all give me the crawling of the skin.
Any recommendations for alternatives?
le nubian - Aug 06, 2007 9:53:22 am PDT #2338 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
omnis_audis - Aug 06, 2007 10:54:02 am PDT #2339 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
For the Apple iCards Try this link: [link]
Tom Scola - Aug 06, 2007 11:44:41 am PDT #2340 of 25496
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Apple hints at .Mac improvements on Tuesday
Which could mean that the iCard service is being retooled right now. Or going away.
beekaytee - Aug 06, 2007 12:25:26 pm PDT #2341 of 25496
Compassionately intolerant
Ha! Omnis, how did you DO that!? I scrambled all over .mac and apple.com.
Bless you!
And thanks le nubian...That's a great idea too.
Ugh. "Improvements". That's often a bad sign.
t hugs bookmarked ecard link tight.
eta: to save myself from a heartfelt thank you skewed by a dyslexic spelling error.
omnis_audis - Aug 06, 2007 1:17:11 pm PDT #2342 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Beej - Ha! Omnis, how did you DO that!? I scrambled all over .mac and apple.com. Bless you!
:: bows head and humbly accepts blessing ::
Um. Golly. hate to say it, but I just went to my .mac homepage and clicked the link. If you have a .mac account, it's not the top dark grey bar with "store... mac ... ipod ..." in it, but right below it with "mail... address book ... bookmarks... icard ..." If you don't have a mac account, odds are you wouldn't be looking at that page.
Glad to be of service :)
(ps: I had to link you, as I did the same overlook a few weeks ago for a birthday card. Panic sucks when you have a few hours before the day is past and oops I forgot to send a card. Yikes!)