Twitter brings down your moral compass

A study in an American university recently found that peop who twitter regularly get numbs your sense of morality.

The connection is affects your emotional response. Since it is in bite size and so fast they found that you just move to the next thing without giving much thought. In the long run apparently this is not good for the brain. In this day and age where we are constantly updating our facebook page or blog or being bombarded by all the news channels – twitter adds one more stream of constant news. This in turn increases the anxiety levels in people and some have to go on medication to calm down.

The remedy according to doctors is to compartmentalize your time. Check your email/facebook.twitter once or maybe twice a day. (no checking 30 times). The way our brains are wired is to do one task – digest – respond and then go to the next task.

So maybe slowing down and going back to basics will help bring anxiety levels down.

How about old fashion remedies like walking your dog, listening to music lying down or a warm bath? It alwys helps me unwind after a hectic day.

I have gotten into this new phase of recycling. I found this old top I have stopped wearing as it shrunk a lot after washing. I can’t fit into it anymore. Was going to take it to the goodwill bin.  The sewing machine beckoned me to make something out of it. So here is what I made last week. It took me a couple of hours.

I lined the bag with an old sheet. There was some left over fabric. Made that into a small pouch to hold my phone, some cards etc. No more rummaging for them at the bottom of my bag. The bag has two large pockets inside to hold my keys notebook etc.

The inside of the bag

What a cool project. And I am sure I will enjoy this bag for a long time. I know this post is way off what I usually write. But if this is useful to someone out there I did my little bit to save the planet. contact me if you need more info on how to make bags out of old fabric.

If you think you’re getting a lot of spam these days, well, you are not alone. Microsoft has released a report that says 97 % of mail that is being sent is unwanted spam like phishing attacks or viruses.
The good news: Spam filters are getting better than ever. Microsoft’s filter system for Exchange now scrubs out 39 out of every 40 emails sent. Spam also saw that slight decline thanks to the shut down last year of the ISP McColo, a major haven for spammers who suddenly had to go shopping elsewhere.

What are we being spammed about? Pharmacy and other product ads make up the lion’s share of spam, accounting for 72.2 percent of all spam sent. Only 10 % of that is for Viagra or Cialis. Image-only spam, dating come-ons, financial spam, and fraudulent diplomas round out the remainder of the most common spam subjects.
In the related world of malware infections, the Microsoft report noted that worldwide, 8.6 machines were suffering from malware for every 1,000 which were clean. That sounds pretty good, but it still translates to about 9 million computers worldwide suffering from malware attacks. What do you need to watch out for today, attack-wise? The most common attacks at the moment target Microsoft Office and PDF files, and those types of attacks are further on the rise.

Is your computer protected? The only way to stay ahead of these spammers is to keep all your softwares up to date and keep your Anti virus up to date as well. If you don’t have one I encourage you to buy a real anti virus. I use Pareto Logic anti virus. One worry out of my way.