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Track Santa round the world with Google Earth and NORAD


http://www.noradsanta.org/en/home.html

You can track Santa as he circles the globe delivering presents. NORAD has teamed up with Google Earth to pinpoint Santa's location as he travels round the world on Christmas Eve.
You can track his progress in 3D in Google Earth by downloading a special widget from the NORAD Santa site, which also has hi-resolution videos from a Santa Cam of the jolly man flying by different locations
You can even keep an eye on his progress on your cellphone with Google Maps for mobile, and by using Twitter by adding @noradsanta to your follow list.

Hackers exploit IE bug with 'insidious' Word docs.

ActiveX control in Word file downloads malware to unpatched PCs, says McAfee.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&a...

One of the very few attack vectors available to lowlifes intent on invading a Mac involves Word Macros. Of course these can also attack Windows so the savvy computer user be they Mac or Windows based, will have turned off the relevant settings in Word that enable these macros to run, and be very wary of receiving Word documents by email. Even docs on a cd/dvd can be infected.

So here we have another use available to the online lowlifes courtesy of Microsoft.

""Inside the document is an ActiveX control, and in that control is a line that makes it call out to the site that's hosting the malware," said David Marcus, director of security research and communications for McAfee Inc.'s Avert Labs. "This is a pretty insidious way to attack people, because it's invisible to the eye.""

Malicious ActiveX in Word docs isn't new, but this is a new way of using it.
So be careful people. Even if you have applied the recently issued IE patch, you should still say no to Word docs. At least until you know they are safe.

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A Recipe for Mulled Wine

Tis the season to be jolly. Log fires, the flickering seductiveness of candle light, old black and white Christmas films on TV, and the warm festive taste and scent of mulled wine.

This is our recipe.

1 bottle of inexpensive full bodied red wine
1 cup of water
1 whole orange with a quantity of cloves pressed into the skin. Clove quantity according to taste of course.
3 cinnamon sticks
A pinch of cinnamon
A pinch of nutmeg
2 heaped teaspoons of caster sugar

Pour the wine and the water into a saucepan, add the sugar and stir until dissolved. Put the orange, cinnamon sticks and spices into the liquid. Leave to simmer for 20 minutes. Do not allow to boil.
Serve in glass goblets.
Stand a teaspoon in the glass while pouring in the warm wine to stop the glass from shattering.
Enjoy.

Of course you could cheat and buy a bottle Gluhwein or mulled wine from the supermarket, but where is the fun in that.
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A Hint of Broiled Meat

The Scent of seduction
with a hint of flame broiled meat.

Be quick people and you can get this as a last minute Christmas present for the man in your life. Or indeed for the woman.

Burger King has joined the ranks of designer brands and celebrities by marketing a men's fragrance with the scent of cooked meat.
So ladies if your man is not quite up to the mark of certain celebrity TV chefs in the kitchen, maybe the seductive whiff of a Big Whopper will turn you on.

The website is suitable for vegetarians and contains a variety of romantic images, including a semi naked Burger King character reclining in front of a log fire, and a Barry White knock off soundtrack, but no burgers.
http://www.firemeetsdesire.com/

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How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?

How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
Stop and think about it and decide on your answer before you scroll down.

  

  

 The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.

 2 How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?

  

  
Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?

 Wrong Answer.

 Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.

 3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend .... Except one. Which animal does not attend?

  

  

  
Correct Answer : The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there.? This tests your memory. Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.

 4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and You do not have a boat. How do you manage it?

  

  

 Correct Answer:? You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.

 According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. This conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains of a four-year-old.

  
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Microsoft issues emergency patch for IE vulnerability

This is a public service announcement for all those poor unfortunate souls still using Internet Explorer.
Stop it. Now. Get Firefox or buy a Mac.

 Microsoft will issue an emergency patch later today to quash a critical bug in Internet Explorer (IE) that attackers have been exploiting for more than a week, the company announced on Tuesday.
The advance warning came less than a week after Microsoft acknowledged that exploit code had gone public and was being used by hackers to hijack Windows PCs running IE.

 Microsoft will deliver the out-of-cycle patch on Wednesday at 1 p.m. EST via its normal update mechanisms, including Windows Update, Microsoft Update and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).

 Initially, Microsoft and other security companies believed that only IE7 was vulnerable to attack, but on review, the company confirmed that all versions of its browser, including IE5.01, IE6 and IE8 Beta 2, contain the bug.

 So even the much vaunted IE8 is crap.
And Microsoft have today acknowledged that attacks can be launched through Outlook Express because Outlook Express renders HTML-based messages using IE's engine. Attackers could exploit the bug by getting users to open or view malicious messages.
Come on people stop reading emails in HTML. Switch to plain text, you know it makes sense.
According to Tuesday's advance notification, Microsoft will provide patches to users of Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008 for IE5.01, IE6 and IE7.
A separate patch will apparently be issued tomorrow for IE8 Beta 2, a preview version of Microsoft's next browser that is not officially on the support list.
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Britain wouldn't be Britain without pints

An agreement has been reached with the EU to allow Britain to keep measuring its roads in miles and serving beer in pints.
Quite right too. We have standards to keep, where would we be without a pint of warm beer.
Pubs and restaurants are facing tough times in the current recession. The investment involved in changing glasses, reprogramming tills, reprinting menus etc. would kill it.
And the beer drinkers of Britain just don't want it. So there. Cheers and up yours Eurocrats.
Oh and our mile is bigger than your kilometre, so there.
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Not in their back yard

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/7781657.stm

 "Campaigners opposed to one of the world's largest offshore wind farms being built off the north Wales coast are planning to seek a judicial review.
The UK government announced earlier this month that the 250-turbine Gwynt y Môr farm would go ahead 10 miles from Llandudno in Conwy county.
Now the campaign group Save our Scenery is seek a legal advice about asking for a judicial review.
Campaigner Professor David Bellamy will talk at a Llandudno meeting later."

 There is an image on that site that indicates what the visual impact on Llandudno would be. I've been to Llandudno, there isn't much you could do to make it any worse than it already is.
Except maybe a Nuclear power station on the foreshore.
Hmm, how would you like that then, eh?

 I'm aware of the for and against arguments for wind farms and their efficiency or lack of, but at least it's something. It's better than doing bugger all.

 David Bellamy has probably realised he hasn't been in the news much lately and oh isn't this a good way of getting his name in print. That'll bump up the invites for a few paying gigs after dinner speaking next year.
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Worlds 50 richest Arabs are poorer this year. Bless.

The world’s 50 richest Arabs have lost a staggering $25 billion between them in the last year, as the global financial crisis sweeps through the region.The figures are revealed in the Arabian Business 2008 Rich List, which will be published on Sunday.

Their average fortune has slipped to $3.99 billion, down from $4.99 billion last year.
In total the the top 50 now hold between them $199.48 billion.

The colapse in the value of property and banking shares is blamed for their decline into relative poverty.

More information at Currentaffairs.com

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How to make a Black Russian

With the onset of Christmas I checked the drinks cupboard to see what needed replenishing.

There are certain things one simply must have over Christmas. A bottle of Warninks Advocat is top of the list, followed by a bottle of Baileys for the wimmin folk.
Some whiskey, my preference is for Jack Daniels but I'm prepared to drink a good scotch malt.
Vodka, Smirnoff will do.
A bottle of good quality gin, the cheap stuff is good for nothing more than cleaning the dead flies off the car windscreen.
A selection of red and white wines of course, orange juice and tonic water, and a bottle of brandy with SOP on the label.
Which we all know stands for 'Slightly Over Priced'.

During the inspection I came across a dusty bottle of Kahlua at the back of the cupboard. There's about an inch of this coffee flavoured liqueur left and it's, shall we say, a bit old.
But it reminded me of why I bought it in the first place, so here we go.

How to make a Black Russian.
There are many how to's out on the web but this is mine.

Keep it simple.
1 part Kahlua
2 parts vodka
poured over ice and stirred gently.
The parts can be as big or as small as you like.

Make this into a White Russian
As above but add one part cream.
Milk is for woosies.

Some say it's not worth using good quality vodka for this so your local supermarket brand may suit you.
And vodka should be cold. Keep it in the freezer. The refrigerator is not cold enough.
As an alternative, if you can find it, 42 below Manuka Honey Vodka adds a touch of class. It's even really good on it's own.