For 20 years, a foundation has been trying to get AIDS awareness. That foundation has turned into a campaign. Today, that campaign still try's to bring awareness of the all mighty killer, AIDS.
"The 1st of December, World AIDS Day, is the day when individuals and organizations from around the world come together to bring attention to the global AIDS epidemic. 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. Whilst we have come a long ways since 1988, there is still much more to be done." - World AIDS Campaign
The numbers are startling on how many people are infected. And when you consider the numbers, it's a scary number for daily infections.
"...there are now 33.2 million people living with HIV, including 2.5 million children. During 2007 some 2.5 million people became newly infected with the virus. Around half of all people who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25 and are killed by AIDS before they are 35." - Avert
2.5 Million means just over 6,500 people were infected each day in 2007...
Learn about AIDS and HIV. Learn how to keep safe. Then practice what you've learned. Pass it on. Knowledge is as good as its teacher.
Information about AIDS awareness can be found all over the web. But I've taken the time to get a list of 10 websites.
If I can do it, you can too. It just took me 15 minutes to get all the links and after the 3rd link I was already reading about AIDS myself. It's easy to look up AIDS awareness.
Well, I've been checking my little RSS feeds from the Yahoo! Messenger blog. Nothing thus far. Yet one thing I noticed. All comments from recent posts have been disabled. So what does that mean? I'm pretty sure that you know what it means.
Every Vista user that has Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.2034 is pissed. We are so pissed that the Yahoo! Messenger Product Manager Sarah Bacon is over-whelmed with the issues. The issues being that Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.2034 is a failure along with Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 itself.
Up until today, I was being very nice to Sarah and the rest of the staff. But not anymore. I'm a pissed off little Yahoo! Messenger user that is on Vista.
Now, I'm not going to trade my Vista PC for an outdated XP PC just to use Yahoo! Messenger. It's not worth getting infected for that. But here's one thing I do know, I pay for some of the Yahoo! services and so I expect my money's worth. That's why I'm a pissed off blogger.
Yahoo! better get their little preteen balls on the roll before more people get more pissed off and boycott the crap outta Yahoo! Ever notice their stocks? They are trading at 11 dollars and change. This time last year they were trading a bit more than twice as today's trade. Ain't much but you can see the downfall.
I just wished that Microsoft would have bought them out. I'm sure as hell they would have already had MSN Yahoo! Messenger for Vista 1.0 pushed out January 2008.
Ok well it's late so I'll post about something else later :) G' night and may your God or god be with you.
Everyday it is becoming more apparent that Yahoo! Messenger isn't really playing along for the users that are using Vista. I myself blog and run this site primarily from Windows Vista Home Premium running with SP1. Personally, I haven't had any problems with the Y! IM 9.0.0.2018. But since the release of Y! IM 9.0.0.2034 I'm now one of the pissed off users of Yahoo Messenger.
So now being a pissed off little blogger who gets 100+ views per day, I'm now going to be referring Yahoo Messenger users to some Yahoo Messenger alternatives.
Only ones I do know about are Pidgin and Trillian. Pidgin is found by default in the popular open-source OS Ubuntu. As for Trillian, I had used it as an alternative when I had just gotten Vista and when Yahoo Messenger 8.1 was acting... as if it were dropped while a newborn.
All four mentioned above are all free for private use and all work with Yahoo Messenger accounts. Not to mention, they work flawlessly with Vista and Vista SP1. Kinda sad for a large company like Yahoo can't control their own software but other 3rd party software's work better.
Oh, and let me not forget, all four programs named above work with multiple accounts. If you are like me, 2 Yahoo, 2 Hotmail, 2 AOL accounts, you can sign into all of your favorite messenger IDs just by using one program :)
Already, just after 3 years of the release of Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft is stopping the production and support of OneCare. Microsoft has “signed the death sentence” for the “all-in-one PC-care solution” say a popular Microsoft new source SoftPedia. The death sentence was November 18, 2008.
Come June 2009, sales of the Windows Live OneCare licenses will not be sold anymore. Microsoft stated that OneCare wasn’t a failure, but more like a strategy designed to deliver a solution focused more on customer protection.
More or less, they were saying that OneCare wasn’t enough to protect their users, so it kinda failed. Like Vista, they learned from their first “superior” product.
So I bet you are dying to know if Microsoft is going to even come out with another all in one antivirus, anti malware, and other anti’s? That’s where the all out successor of Windows Live OneCare comes in.
Code named Morro will be released by Microsoft, for free to all it’s users. Yes, free to all of Microsoft Windows’ users. And this just might be the first free program that does what it’s users want.
Ok now what about the current members and users that will have bought Windows Live OneCare in June 2009? Those people still will be able to use OneCare. Only until their subscription ends. Microsoft kinda cares :)
More information can be found here on SoftPedia’s site.
Well, I am a bit new at this so forgive me if this is crap. I heard along the grape vine one day that Barack Obama is related to President Bush. Not only did i think it was a lie, but it was quite depressing to me if it were true. So of course I did my research. What I found was a bit scary to me since i did vote for Obama, not only was he related to President Bush but also Dick Cheney. Now I don't know about you but I find that a bit unusual. Some people would say that this is a conspiracy, Obama taking over and finishing what Bush has started, Obama has a Muslim name, and with the whole twin towers..etc etc. Now I am hoping that he is the "better" of the pick and it's just coincidence that he is related to them, can't choose your relatives ....right? Also he is related to : President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, like we discussed also his father, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Lyndon Johnson, Harry S. Truman and James Madison. British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill and Civil War General Robert E. Lee. He may have a interesting family background but what do you think about this? Some sort of conspiracy or just plain coincident?
There's been a new Amber Alert for my area and I just tremble at the thought of some kidnapping an innocent child. So I've added a new little widget on the right side panel called "Amber Alert."
The Amber Alert system was brought out to us by need. Originally it was named in loving memory of Amber Hagerman, a 9 year old child, who was abducted and killed in Arlington, Texas in 1996. Technically, now it is named "America's Missing: Broadcasting Emergency Response."
The Amber Alert system has helped hundreds of missing children be found. So in consideration to many parents out there that dread the day their child might be kidnapped, I have added the little widget on this site. A little helping tip if you are on my site and there has been an Amber Alert in your area.
Remember, even if there is a car or person that "might" look like the description in the Amber system, call a local law enforcement offical. You never know if that person you saw really was the kidnapper. Better safe than sorry. Never let an opertunity to save a child, call 9-1-1 and BE SURE.
As most of us now know, Yahoo! Messenger for Vista has been discontinued. Well that doesn’t stop Yahoo! from trying to help their users… Well kinda, the Yahoo! Messenger team pushed out a quick little update. Yahoo Messenger 9.0.0.2034 to be exact.
What will this nifty little update bring to you? Well if you are a Vista user you are just in luck! Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.2034 will bring you a nifty little package to help you messenger from crashing. Cool huh?
Well sadly, we have been teased with Yahoo! Messenger for Vista so I guess the Yahoo! Messenger team now has to push as hard as they can to bring up a good Vista compatible program… I still think Yahoo! made the Vista version just for a reward :)
Nevertheless, Yahoo! is at least making progress to help their already frustrated Vista members and users of Yahoo! Messenger. You gotta give Yahoo! some credit.
If you want to download the new upgrade, either open/sign-in to your Y! Messenger and click “Help” on the upper right side of the window. Then click on “Check for updates.” Or click this link: http://messenger.yahoo.com/download/win
If you haven't heard, Microsoft is already pushing out a new Windows. Windows 7. It is supposed to be the successor of Vista.
I've done a few searches to get some information from testers that are currently testing out Windows 7. From what most are saying is that Windows 7 has a feel of XP with the Vista graphical user interface, or GUI for short. Simply meaning that once you are on a WIndows 7 computer, it really feels like a Windows XP PC. The only difference, instead of having the popular XP blue task-bar, you'll have the Vista look.
Vista was Microsoft's test that went public, or as many of us kinda feel. I personally think that Vista was still supposed to be Windows 7 beta.
All in all, Windows 7 can be ran on Vista computers with ease. Since Microsoft built 7 on Vista compatible hardware, it will be a better transition from Vista to Windows 7 vs how it was with XP to Vista.
So what's up with the funky name (Windows 7)? Well up to date, there have been 6 major releases. I guess the high paid name makers and trademark dudes at Microsoft couldn't decide on a real name so they softly named the 7th major Windows release as just Windows 7. Simple huh?
As for final release, it was supposed to be shipped out January 2010 but knowing the money mistake with Vista Microsoft is pushing for the release for mid 2009. Why? Microsoft being such a big company with TONS of money, which they likey, they want the new Windows to be out before the 2009 Christmas season. I guess Windows Vista was too complicated for Microsoft they just HAD to sit back and watch the money fly out. Poor Bill Gates.
All in all I do believe Windows 7 will be the successor of Windows Vista.
I'm out, hope you like the new site too :) Cheers!
I did a nightly update last night and I didn't even notice that I gotten the new update... Today I got on just to check what little, if any, comments and I saw "You are using Wordpress 2.7-beta3."
Looking at the Wordpress blog about the Wordpress 2.7 Beta 3 page, I saw an interesting thing there. "Over 160 changes" were made to improve and make Wordpress 2.7 more secure. Better for all Wordpress users.
What I noticed though and I just got what they were trying to say about the updating process is if you already have Wordpress 2.7 Beta 1 or 2 you can just click on "Tools" and click on "Update" to find out if there is an update. If there is, you'll see "There is a new version of Wordpress available for upgrade" in big "header 3" bold letters. If you see that then click "Upgrade Automatically" and then just site back and wait for your site to update. Once done, feel free to do what you were doing.
All in all, I do see little differences with the Beta 2 vs the Beta 3. It also seems to be a bit faster.
Below is a "short" list of the changes that brought Beta 3 up.
Numerous style improvements and refinements.
All admin notices now go under the page title.
PHP Notice fixes.
Dashboard widget options now properly save.
Menu fixes.
New design for Quick Edit.
Canonical feed URL fixes.
Walker fixes.
An update for Hello Dolly.
For the Wordpress blog, click here. For the upgrade from 2.6 to 2.7 Beta 3 click here. If you already have 2.7 Beta 1 or 2 just hover over "Tools" on the left side and click the little arrow then click on "Update" then "Upgrade Automatically."
Lastly, remember, this is Beta. Test at your own risk. Save, backup, and use caution when updating or upgrading :)
Well I'd have to say this is one of MySpace's best project's that actually went up. If you haven't had a chance to get to it or just afraid that it just won't work with your layouts. Don't worry. As far as I know, Pyzam is the only site that offers MySpace 2.0 Profile layouts.
Well, if you don't know what it looks like, here's a preview of my personal MySpace page.
If you click the pic, you'll see that almost everything is kinda funny looking. The good thing about it all is that the "modules" can now be moved around. Like if you don't like the comments where they are, just drag them to where you want them to be. Cool huh?
Well now you might be curious on how to do that. I got the answers.
First, move your mouse up to "Profile" then move your mouse down to "Customize Profile." There you should be prompted about the change.
Once you get that done, check out your profile. It's changed now huh?
Ok now go to Pyzam.com and look for the new 2.0 layouts. Find your favorite then once you get that done, let me know....
Done? Good, go back to your page, then do what you did the first time. Profile>Customize Profile.
On the top left, kinda under the "Preview" button there's something called "CSS" that's where your copied code is going to go. I hope you remembered to copy the code of the new layout :)
Paste the new code there, and click "Publish" which should be the orangey / yellow button on the top right side of the screen.
Now click either "Home" or "Profile" this is where you're going next.
Click "Profile" to see the new layout
Easy huh? Well now if you want to move modules, do the same Profile>Customize Profile. But once there, just hover your mouse over any module and drag that little thing like you've never done before :)
Well, everything's ok now huh? But did you want privacy? I do, I have haters that love watching my site and my MySpace page. So block them, kinda. Once again, go to Profile>Customize Profile. Each module has little options like "Edit Module" "Collapse Module" & "Delete Module" Just click the "Edit Module" on any module (you have to do this to all modules you want private) then just choose your privacy settings. It is a hassle but once you got it done, your site will be visible but the select modules won't be.
All in all I gotta give MySpace credits for all this. They really did do something good. Now I just can't wait for the edit pictures. :)
Happy Veteran's Day!!! In honor to all those how served, volunteer, willing, or drafted, thanks for doing what you have done for this country. No one but no one can appreciate what you've done but those who you have served, us, people who believe in right over wrong.
Your great honor and acts of heroism is something that lives among you and we respect. This is also to the heros of our heros, those who have been MIA, KIA, and injured during times of need. They have given their lives for our freedoms and our rights. We thank you for your great sacrafice.
Let us not forget, America is free because of our soldiers. Live the free spirit. Live free. Thank our troops. Thank you.
Taylor Swift, a 3x multi-platinum country/pop artist, announced on her MySpace page about "rumors" floating around that she might or is pregnant. Hey, I'm a big Taylor Swift fan so I decided to hunt around for some information to see if this was really a rumor or if my favorite country singer was really pregnant.
Well, I got to admit that some blogs were pretty convincing. Yet there were some like CelebGlitz.com that actually just waited for a confirmation which is now verified. Then I also found BlogCritics.org.
I'm assuming that Taylor Swift got caught up in this little rumor because the fact that Joe Jonas, a pop sensation and a member of the Jonahs Brothers, and Taylor Swift had kept their relationship underwraps. The media got a "little" bit mad and began the rumor.
Well, all is cleared out and Taylor Swift isn't pregnant. Check out the links for more information :)
Everyday I see or hear something from someone that is racist. The apparent and obvious thing about all this is that somehow, they themselves are being racist to their own race. Well, only exception to the native American's.
What I'm getting at is white, Mexicans, India's, even black people talk about another race like it's a bad thing. Take Obama, if you are a cell phone user, haven't you noticed all the racist "FWD:" you get? The day he was elected, I got at least 20. Not to mention the day after. Although some are funny, it is apparent that if McCain, not as many messages would have floated.
A few days back, I had heard a white female talking about "spic's." Now don't get me wrong or offended here, I am a Mexican-American with white and black blood flowing in my veins. Well anyways, she was talking about how Mexicans work and that we should just work on the fields instead of taking "their" jobs, either that or we should just go back. This pissed me off and I felt like telling her the truth... Truth being that she herself is an American born immigrant.
See, what most "Nazi's" and "KKK" claimers don't like to hear or believe is that everyone, even whites, are descendants from another country. Your school's history class should tell you the rest of the story. Being racist is an uncalled for act. Hypocrites are all amongst us, and those that act racist don't realize they themselves are a race not from here.
Although I didn't respond to the stranger/female that spoke racially, I did want to. But learning from history, anyone who already has hatred on another race it always turns out bad. If you ever get spoken bad about, just smile and think that they are just being hypocrites. Because they are just descendants from another country... That is except Native American's. They still hold all rights to this country. :)
Well, I've been thinking on why Yahoo would have discontinued Yahoo! Messenger for Vista. I've come to a small little possible theory. Yahoo! needs money to pay for the people that are working on the new (discontinued) messenger. Well, Yahoo is kinda tight on money right now. Especially their stocks trading at $12.20 so that means that they are tight on cash. So maybe all those high classed, intern software makers were asking too much and Yahoo! couldn't keep up with they payroll so they just laid them off. It happens.
I don't know, I was bored and started thinking about the reason why Yahoo! discontinued it.
Today, the Wordpress team just updated Wordpress 2.7 from Beta 1 to Beta 2. It seems that the Wordpress team had to update the Beta 1 version of Wordpress 2.7 becuase of some fixes to the coding and patches here and there. A list of the fixes can be found on the Wordpress 2.7 Beta 2 blog.
Not to mention a quick tip, "Beta 1 does have a bug in the automatic upgrade that breaks certain setups, so be prepared to download and install Beta 2 manually if you experience problems." - Wordpress 2.7 Beta 2 blog.
It is true, look all you can to find McCain as the president, you won't find anything on it! Barack H. Obama is the elected 44th president of the United States of America and the first in America's history to be an African-American elected president.
Everywhere, people are partying. McCain and Obama have fought a long hard fight for the White House. With respect, Obama happened to be the better one in the long battle. Thoughts Uncensored sends the highest of congratulations to President Barack Obama.
To John McCain, only a real Maverick can bring out the best. John McCain has brought out the best.
Posted the Admin of Thoughts Uncensored and fully supported by all its users and memebers.
I already voted. Though I'm going to keep my vote private BARACK OBAMA! I'll post later on who I voted for, BARACK OBAMA! Ok seriously, I already voted. Now it's your turn. If you haven't voted, go VOTE!
One vote is just one vote. Add all the other votes, and you get a voice. Get all those voices and you get a shout. Make your whisper a shout. Make it heard. Go vote. I don't care who you vote for, just as long is he/she is the one you choose. If you don't vote, don't cry later. No vote is no voice, so you don't have the voice to complain if you don't vote. Go vote! :)
A few hours ago, Sarah Bacon, Yahoo Messenger's Product Manager, posted a post asking for Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 users to submit feedback. Don't worry if you are on XP, the message is toward the Vista users of Y! IM 9.0.
Most of us who are on Vista and use Yahoo Messenger have heard that the new Yahoo Messenger for Vista was discontinued. If you don't know yet, you can read more about that on the Yahoo Messenger Blog here. Well back to the point, Yahoo Messenger 9.0 has been a bit buggy for some Vista users. Though I can't complain much about it since I've just had one time that it went buggy on me. I don't know what happened but it worked normally afterwards.
Lately, almost every post that the Yahoo Messenger team or Sarah Bacon has posted has been heckled with Vista users begging and sometimes being a bit vulger about Yahoo bringing back the canceled Yahoo Messenger for Vista. The fight over the messenger has gotten out of the user's finger tips to "get-what's-given-to-you." This is the lowest I've ever seen Yahoo treat their members and users.
But oh well, everything in the world is now "Don't like it? Don't use it."
If you want more information, you can go to the Yahoo Messenger Blog or if you are already having crash issues with the 9.0 version on Vista you can e-mail Yahoo and send them what happened, what you were doing when it happened and if it's fixed what you did to fix the issue to vistatesting@yahoo.com. Remember feedback is crucial. It can even make 9.0 better for all :)
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News of it just came out today. WordPress 2.7 just came out in a public beta version. News is highly great for us just waiting for the new anticipated version. Though this version is nearly complete, there "are still a few areas that aren’t quite finished in Beta 1." So more likely I don't think it's ready for a fully powered site...
I like to be myself with no interference from any one. I'm just me ^_^ I love speaking my mind, especially with my friends. I understand that some things I say pisses them off but I'm just being me. I have a very opinionated mind, so I'm sorry if I might have said something here that may be offending.
Everyday it is becoming more apparent that Yahoo! Messenger isn't really playing along for the users that are using Vista. I myself blog and run this site primarily from Windows Vista Home Premium running with SP1. Personally, I haven't had any problems with the Y! IM 9.0.0.2018. But since the release of Y! IM 9.0.0.2034 I'm now one of the pissed off users of Yahoo Messenger.
