I am looking for full body support to help keep my back as pain free as possible. My sciatic nerve is really irritating me. I am willing to spend a pretty fair amount for a chair that will keep me comfortable and pain free.

Some others I am considering are:

The Kneelsit

The Mirra

The Aeron

Any recommendations?

Thanks!

Ding! Obviously spam or a scam, without even opening the message. How do I know? Well, first the sender’s name has no capitalization. What kind of professional uses a name without capitalizing the first letter of their first and last name? Secondly, the subject screams out programmatic email with the brackets being used as a key to insert website names.

So, what other giveaways are there? I decided to open the message:

So here is what I see

1. Message was dated 6:46 PM and I got it 2 hours later. Not sure that means much.
2. Email address has about 10 digits after the name ellie. So, there is obviously a program generating email addresses. I mean, come on, at least have lisarey123456789@gmail.com
3. The greeting addresses me as “Website Owner”. Another indication of automation and spamming is not addressing you by your real name.
4. An address, but no company name or link to company website. They even say “Our company is on the first page when you search on Google for our primary search term ‘SEO Company’”. REALLY? But you won’t tell me what the name of your company is, huh? (btw, here is the search result for “SEO Company” on Google.
5. They say “Simply reply with opt out if not interested to hear from us”. Not very good English, if you ask me.
6. I also did a search on Google and found other people seeing these types of emails.

So I wonder what would happen if I replied?? Not sure I am going to try to find out

Anyway, I was looking at my iTunes playlists today and found one called “Top 25 Most Played”. I looked in there and was surprised what I saw. Now these are the most played since I moved my music to iTunes in May 2008. Here is the list:

1. Last Name — Carrie Underwood (Played 33 times)
2. Walk Away — Kelly Clarkson (31 times)
3. Life Wasted — Pearl Jam (29 times)
4. SIgned, Sealed, Delivered — Stevie Wonder (25 times)
5. All Mixed Up — 311 (25 times)
6. Killer Queen — Queen (24 times)
7. Hello (American Idol Performance) — David Cook (21 times)
8. Seasons of Love — Rent the Musical (20 times)
9. Comfortably Numb [Live] — Roger Waters with Van Morrison (19 times)
10. Gloria — Van Morrison (18 times)
11. Because of You — Kelly Clarkson (18 times)
12. Killing Me Softly With His Song – Fugees (16 times)
13. Since U Been Gone — Kelly Clarkson (16 times)
14. Drops of Jupiter — Train (16 times)
15. No Diggity – Blackstreet & Dr. Dre (14 times)
16. Higher Ground – Stevie Wonder (14 times)
17. Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones (13 times)
18. Wanted Dead or Alive – Bon Jovi (12 times)
19. Jump Around — House of Pain (12 times)
20. Illusion, Coma, Pimp and Circumstance – Prince (12 times)
21. It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye — Boyz II Men (11 times)
22. Don’t Let Love Go — En Vogue (11 times)
23. Upside Down — Jack Johnson (11 times)
24. Behind These Hazel Eyes — Kelly Clarkson (11 times)
25. Verse Chorus Verse — Nirvana (11 times)

(Moving up quickly: Independence Day — Martina McBride, Kiss from a Rose — Seal, Alone — Heart, On the Other Side of the Truth — Sex Police, Animal — Pearl Jam)

So what does this list show? Well, that I have a pretty diverse musical taste. I like American Idol (yes, I admit that with no shame). Kelly Clarkson seems to be my favorite artist (although it really is Pearl Jam). And…..that I let my kids listen to the Curious George Soundtrack a little too much (WHAT THE HECK IS JACK JOHNSON DOING IN HERE )

Hola a todos, en mi primer post me gustaría compartir algo con vosotros, Ya sabéis que para buscar y descargar música en internet, tenemos muy pocas opciones, generalmente utilizamos el emule o el ares, pero yo personalmente encuentro bastante frustrante bajarme una canción y que no sea la que busco, porque pierdo bastante tiempo encontrando material de calidad.
Una amiga me recomendó utilizar Altavz como mi buscador de música, y la verdad es una gozada.
Además de poder escuchar la canción, descargarla o agregarla a tus listas preferidas puedes encontrar a otros usuarios y compartir tu música con ellos.
Hace mucho que no utilizo emule, sino este [url=http://www.altavz.com][b]buscador de música[/b][/url].

Which, using Google Translator, loosely means:

Hello everybody, my first post I’d like to share something with you, You know that
search and download music online, we have very few options, we generally use
emule or ares, but I personally find it quite frustrating to get a song and
I’m looking for is not because I lose time finding enough quality material.

A friend recommended I use as my browser Altavz music, and really enjoyed one.

Besides being able to hear the song, download it or add it to your favorite lists can
finding other users and share your music with them.

Long time do not use emule, but it [url = http://www.altavz.com] [b] finder
music [/ b] [/ url].

Well, spammer, thank you for the “useful” information.

LONG BEACH, California (AFP) – Microsoft founder turned disease-battling philanthropist Bill Gates loosed mosquitoes at an elite Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Conference to make a point about the deadly sting of malaria.

“Malaria is spread by mosquitoes,” Gates said while opening a jar onstage at a gathering known to attract technology kings, politicians, and Hollywood stars.

“I brought some. Here I’ll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people should be infected.”

Gates waited a minute or so before assuring the audience the liberated insects were malaria-free.

Well, I guess if he made a mistake, and a mosquito or two did have malaria, Bill Gates has the money to fight off some of the lawsuits (although not as much money as he used to have — so he had better be more careful).

I reflected on what happened to Steve Jobs yesterday. I thought about how someone with that amount of resources at his disposal is still as human as any of us, and thus can suffer the same fates as any of us can. I got to thinking about something indirectly related…how to approach my life.

I admit it. In one respect I am a bit cowardly. I tend to avoid possibly controversial or uncomfortable situations, especially when it comes to something personal (I am a bit better when the topics are business related, etc.)

For reasons I won’t go into here, that needs to change. I am making it my mission to be more forthright with my opinions — even if the consequences could be an awkward or uncomfortable situation. It is just not healthy to ignore certain situations or try to brush situations off as “nothing”. Definitely not healthy for me in the long run, I can tell you that. 

Now, that does not mean I am going to be spouting at the lip about every meaningless topic, but I do need to find a middle ground because right now I am very much on the extreme other end of the spectrum. And, of course, that does not mean I am going to blog about these personal issues that may arise.

But I am a believer that honesty is the only way to establish “reality” so to speak. And living in reality is a lot better than living in fantasy (well, for most things ).

The only reason I am writing this particular post is to force me to get to work on making this reform of my “inner Joel” happen. I figured publicly posting something like this is a good first step at being open and honest.

Now off to write an email to someone close to me…..

Symbolics.com is the oldest (Who?? )

You will see companies like Intel, AMD, AT&T, HP, Adobe on this list, but one company that was surprisingly missing was Microsoft. I would have figured that they would have been one of the first domain names. Back in the late 80s Microsoft was still finding its roots and wasn’t the success it is today; but still, it was interesting to see this omission. They didn’t buy their domain until 1991.

Octopus.com is on the list, but not microsoft.com

Just to be in the holiday spirit, I thought I would share my Christmas and Holiday song list that I have compiled for this season. I think it is pretty good. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, or just general happiness to all!

• Blue Christmas – Elvis Presley
• Happy Xmas (War Is Over) — John & Yoko
• Sleigh Ride — Amy Grant
• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! — Frank Sinatra
• My Grown-Up Christmas List — Kelly Clarkson
• I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas — Bon Jovi
• Here Comes Santa Claus — Elvis Presley
• The Little Drummer Boy — Bob Seger
• Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) — U2
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas — The Pretenders
• Do You Hear What I Hear — Carrie Underwood
• Winter Wonderland — Eurythmics
• White Christmas — The Drifters
• The Christmas Song — Hootie & The Blowfish
• Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town — Bruce Springsteen
• Jingle Bell Rock — Daryl Hall And John Oates
• Wonderful Christmastime — Paul McCartney
• Run Rudolph Run — Chuck Berry
• Last Christmas — Wham!
• Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) — Elvis Presley
• Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee
• Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer — Gene Autry
• Seasons of Love — From the Musical “Rent”
• Auld Lang Syne — Barenaked Ladies

I think I have worked out most of the kinks.

But there is one thing that I am still trying to ensure is working probably. So, if you read this, could you please leave a comment (any comment will do – although I would prefer something “clean” ). And if you leave a comment and you see it has not posted, please email me by clicking on the link above my picture at this blog.

I make no money with this blog; so I am not trying to increase any click through traffic or anything. This is purely a technical review.

Much appreciated.

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Don’t get me wrong, Go Daddy is a fine domain name registrar that I exclusively use, but I think something like Amazon Prime for free 2-day shipping is a better deal.