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Now the Romulans Won’t Be the Only Surfers with a Cloaking Device

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Enter The Cloak . . .

The Cloak offers you encrypted anonymous web surfing by making sure that only you (and The Cloak) know where your computer goes when you go out visiting places on the Internet. The Cloak uses Standard SSL protocol to encrypt all communication from your browser so that you are no longer directly connecting to the servers that you are visiting. The Cloak stands as a shield between you.

I’m starting to get the creeps as I type this. The screenshot means you’re just a click away from total protection of Orwellian proportions.

Me? I think I’ll go back to reading books and watching television.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Great Find: Surfing the Net with Kids

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Something for the weekend. . .

Great Find: Surfing the Net with Kids by Barbara J. Feldman
Type of Site: Interactive site for families
Permalink: http://www.surfnetkids.com/
Target Audience: Families

Content: As the “Cat in the Hat” book starts out, “It was a rainy day . . .” The next day when there’s nothing to do, or you just want to play on the computer with your kids, have I got a place for you. Surfing the Net for Kids is a portal to web sits for kids that brings together everying from color book activities to Harry Potter game sties. You’ll find History, Science, and information for kids of every ages. It will keep you moving through great games and content for hours. Click the screenshot and have a look.

Wish they had this when I was a kid.

–Me “Liz” Strauss
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Why I Don’t Play Monopoly with My Husband

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Pile of currency

Playing Monopoly

My husband could have thought up this site.

Whenever I landed on the dark blue, high-rent property with too many hotels, during a game of Monopoly, he would always say

“Give me all your money.”

Click the sentence above or the image to follow the link.
PLEASE DO NOT FILL OUT THIS FORM. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.

I wonder . . . do you think they get any takers?
What was it that P. T. Barnum was supposed to have said?

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Internet Slang Dictionary and Translator

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And now for something completely different . . .

Internet Shorthand

Ever find yourself reading along in a post or a comment–or worse an email–and suddenly you encounter a set of letters that mean something. You’re sure they do, but you don’t know what. They are some sort of email and Internet shorthand. For whatever reason, you don’t feel comfortable asking anyone what they mean. Finally, there’s a place where you can sneak away and find out on your own . . .

The Internet Slang Dictionary and Translator

Yes, folks, you never have to feel out in the cold again. You can join the in crowd and be one of the gang, tossing around Internet slang like the rest of them. Best of all, you’ll actually what they mean. Imagine what boon to your business life this little tool could be! 🙂

Beyond the dictionary and translator, you will also find a number of good articles on net slang and net etiquette worth reading under the tap NET GUIDE.

Seriously click the screen shot, and go have some fun.

btw, syl. ttfn. hago

While you’re there, check this one–> PEBKAC

I’ll wait here for you.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Here’s Four for Mike

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Four for Four

When my son was four, my husband was forty-four, they both were my business managers of sorts. We’d discuss my business problems, and they’d give their advice, each in their own fashion–one the engineer and process piper, the other the master of alphabet letters and all things thoughtful or graphic.

Now I face a dilemma, and I need that four-year-advisor now.

You see, one of my dear, dear readers has “tagged” me. You might know him. His name’s Mike Sigers. His blog is Simplenomics. The tag in question is a tag of fours.

I read his post link four times. And answered it with four sounds. “ouch, ow, ooh, oh.”

You see, in my life I’ve had four jobs as a teacher, wholesales shirt rep. for Van- Heusen, a Publisher, and a writer. That’s easy. I’ve been to more than four places on vacation and business–Sydney, Dublin, Bologna, and London. I’ve seen four movies I can watch over and over Beautiful Mind, Armageddon, Silverado, and Sleuth, but I’ve only ONCE been tagged by a blogger.

To tell the truth, deep down I get self-conscious when people are looking straight me. My life is pretty boring. Who’d want to read about it? But this is for a friend and a reader. Business is all about relationships. So what does a blogger do? Especially a nice one. I am the nice one after all.

A Four-Year-Old Advisor

I thought about what my four year old’s advice would have been,

Mom, I thinked about it and my think said “Is there a clown suit involved? No. Do you have to stand on your head? No. Are there letters? Yes.”
Mom, you should do it for your friend.

How can I argue with sage business advice like that? Okay so here I go.

Four TV shows I love to watch when I watch TV (if they’re still on) NCIS, The Apprentice, Two and a Half Men, and Business Unusual. Four books I read I really love are The Once and Future King (White), I Touch the Earth, the Earth Touches Me(Prather) Creativity (Csikszentmihalyi), A Beautiful Mind(Nasar), and a bonus Illusions(Bach).

Four websites I visit daily? It’s more like forty. Let’s see there’s Tom Peter’s blog, all of those at Bloglines, several SOB blogs, check the b5 media blogroll, and I go exploring business blogs daily. Four places I’d rather be are the same four places I mentioned earlier. My four favorite dishes are peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, flourless chocolate cake with no extras, pizza in Bologna, Italy, and a good porterhouse steak with mushrooms.

A special note to Mike and all of my readers:

As I finish this I hear four tunes that play in my head
I Live in the Groove (Paul Carrack) and Surrender (Lisbeth Scott). I know there must be More than This (Peter Gabriel) and I will be your friend when you feel your Back Against the Wall (Alan Parson Project).

Now I tag Chartreuse BETA , Copyblogger Brian, Brian Shih, and Cas at Brightmeadow.

Can’t wait to hear more about you guys now. Don’t leave me standing here. Say something. 🙂

I think I need to go find the automatic flatterer now. I’ll be back right after.

–ME “Liz” Strauss