The internet has drawbacks and well as benefits. One benefit is that more people are learning to identify an email scam.

There has been a glut of hackings in the last 2 weeks. A server or servers must have been compromised. Google has a great forum that discusses this. You can learn a lot or do some vending there.

This is the email that went out from my account.

Hi,

How you doing? We made a trip to London (United Kingdom) unannounced some days back,Unfortunately we got mugged at gun point last night! All cash, Credit card and phone were stolen, we got messed up in another country, stranded in London, fortunately passport was back in my hotel room. It was a bitter experience and i was hurt on my right hand, but would be fine. I am sending you this message because i don’t want anyone to panic, we want you to keep it that way for now!

Our return flight leaves in a few hours but I’m having troubles sorting out the hotel bills, wondering if you could loan me some money to sort out the hotel bills and also take a cab to the airport about ($2000). I have been to the police and embassy here, but they aren’t helping issues, I have limited means of getting out of here,  we canceled our cards already and made a police report, I won’t get a new card number till I get back home! So I really need your help.

You could wire whatever you can spare to my name and hotel address via Western union:

My name
272, Coriander Avenue, Docklands, E14 2AA ,
London United Kingdom

Get back to me with the details, would def refund it to you once we arrive! Hopefully tomorrow

I await your prompt response.

Lynn…..

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The year is almost half over. Are you on track with your writing goals? Or is poor time management getting in your way?

Not long ago, purchase levitra online one of my clients told me she got out of bed eager to get to her computer. She had lots of plans about what she would 40 mg lexapro write for that day.

Somehow, she got distracted before she sat down at the keyboard. Hours would go by before she turned on her computer. By that time her inspiration and motivation had vanished.

On other days she would peak at her email or Twitter before she opened her manuscript file. She got up from her desk with a page count of zero.

Today a critique partner and I discussed achieving our daily writing goals. We all have the same number of hours in a day. We all have a life that gets in the way of our writing.

It seems that the busiest people are the one who get the most done. Realizing that your time is limited is one of the best keys to meeting Cheap Viagra your goals.

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We all know that Google is great for doing research. However, Google provides many other tools to make a writer’s life easier.

Gmail is probably my favorite, since I keep having computers crash. I leave my email on their servers and can access it from any computer. It lets me create folders (they call it labels) to try to keep me organized. Now, they offer over 6GB of space.

Even I, the ultimate packrat, haven’t filled it up yet.

Google documents provides a way to back up your WIP offsite. If you backup to an external drive or thumb drive or memory stick (and you should), you run the risk of losing your data and backup in case of a fire or other disaster. Having the documents on Google’s servers helps minimize the risk. You can also share documents with other people for critiquing and collaboration. You can also put your documents there and share with others, if the file is too large to email.

Each one of my computers has a different version of Microsoft office. The Vista machine lacks MS Outlook. It does have the new Windows email program. I haven’t taken the time to set it up and learn how to use it. Google has a calendar function that works well, sends reminders to my cell phone and can be shared with others.

My XP machine doesn’t have MS PowerPoint. This weekend I had several friends send me inspirational PP slide shows. I was able to view them using Google documents. I’ve saved spreadsheets to Google documents and then set the link to people who don’t have Excel. They don’t need to have a Google account. You just send them a link.

Google Maps is a good alternative to Map Quest, especially combined with Google Earth. I have to be careful with that application. It is very entertaining and can become a great time suck.

I haven’t covered all the features and uses, but these are enough to get you started. If you have a favorite application or use for these tools, please leave a comment.

Write on,

Lynn Jordan