Daily Archives: December 15, 2009

Beatles span four generations with Yesterday

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Paul McCartney Yesterday, Halifax 2009 video follows in the 2nd part of the article

Paul McCartney Yesterday, Halifax 2009 video follows in the 2nd part of the article

Power and talent of the Beatles has appealed to people for more than forty years across four generations

The success of The Beatles: Rock Band with a younger audience is proof of The Beatles long term popularity. It isn’t your Boomer Dad who buys Rock Band and plays air band in living room.

Sometimes that fact surprises me like it did Thursday evening. Before supper I got the urge to play Yesterday on the guitar. I tried to play it from memory as I did 40 years ago in the key of F but I couldn’t remember all the chords.

After supper with the song half mastered, I brought my guitar and book into the kitchen to practice it while the girls were doing dishes. If you can’t help, you can at least entertain was my thought.

After I finished Yesterday, Maggie who is 14 grabbed the Beatles songbook and flipped to Hey Jude

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Groucho Marx’s home is a bargain at $10.5 million

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Groucho house entrance

Stunning Wallace Neff home of Groucho Marx does price drop from $13 million

Architect Wallace Neff designed some of the most outlandish Spanish and Mediterranean homes in Hollywood. The famous mansions defined Southern California opulence. See the gallery of Wallace Neff homes.

In 1956 he designed for Groucho Marx a one-story, low slung home that is open to the California sunshine and great views. Groucho must have liked it -he stayed for 20 years until he died.

After that rumours have composer Lalo Schifrin living there at some point.

The real estate blurb says it all but the pictures are even better.

Spectacular custom home originally designed by Wallace Neff for Groucho Marx. Redefined gated Trousdale contemp on lrg lot w/ spectacular city views. Walls of glass & wood, Terrazzo & walnut floors. Natural light enhances stunning kitchen/great rm w/ ultimate scale & design. 5 BR including exceptional Master w/ His & Hers baths, walk-in closets & separate maid~s ste. Sparkling pool, spa & waterfall, al fresco dining area, pvt patios & firepit complete this ~One-of-a-Kind~ concept in modernism. 1083 North HILLCREST Rd Beverly Hills, MLS

A photo essay follows. Patience is a virtue – we loaded the medium resolution pictures for the full impact.
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Do you still lick the Christmas card envelope?

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Has CSI made you nervous about DNA

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Talking about evidence and court is creeping me out. You watch CSI Miami and everything is evidence. You drink from a Tim Horton’s coffee cup and some guy in a white suit and latex gloves is picking the thing out of a garbage can with tweezers.

Does it make you nervous too?

I’m wondering if I should lick the Christmas Card envelopes this year in case there is a crime scene when they get to their destination. Perhaps they can track me back to my place and I’ll be a suspect, albeit a thousand miles away.

My alibi could be shot by Greenpeace who put my soul in a cardboard box and ship it to Copenhagen or anywhere

Perhaps I’ll drop into Shopper’s Drug Mart for gloves and Q-Tips to moisten the glue.

What you say on Facebook may be held against you in court

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Social media pictures and comments can become evidence in court

What we say on Facebook and other social media can and will be used against us in court. Hopefully, most people don’t have to go to court but if you are injured in an accident, it becomes a possibility.

Before Facebook, blogging and the current social media we had Internet bulletin boards. People would post the most personal stuff and it made me nervous for them. Why tell the world how you feel?

That was then and this is now where we all, some more some less, let our feelings hang out there. It’s fun, liberating but can create dangerous evidence in a trial.

Lawyer Nicolle Mangan points out the danger not just to the disabled but to anyone who gets into court in Working with Facebook in personal injury actions.

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Virus and spyware scams getting more sophisticated

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CyberDefender is a new example of “anti-spyware” scam

Criminals are making money without holding up banks these days. They run Internet scams that pretend to keep your computer safe from the threat of virus.

There are several respected names in virus protection like Avast (free), Norton, MacAfee, and Kaspersky. If you are worried about spyware one of the best and still free programs is Adaware.

There are some other good products but the recommendations for them are mostly bogus. Why bother since the great companies are well established and won’t rip you off.

Here are some of the ways they try to get your money.

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