A wife that keeps us straight.
Think webloggers don’t have editors? You haven’t met my wife.
“You sounded cocky today,” she announced. “I think you’re getting into ‘the royal we.'”
Oh, great, everyone is a critic. “Hey dear, why don’t you write a weblog?”
My wife does that too, the only difference is that she has a weblog too, so I can give it back. 🙂
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Catching up with some tech newsletters, and finding some great stuff. From the latest issue of Tech Support Alert, a long discussion of spyware, how some programs claim to be anti-spyware but actually are spyware, how to keep yourself save and links to great tools like SpywareBlaster, The Spyware Blog and a free online test…
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