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User Friendly: Beauty rest

pfinley — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0500

Murphy slept in this morning. He missed a chance to start my day in typical fashion.

User Friendly: Recipe for disaster

pfinley — Fri, 5 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0500

Norma Sims Roche of Northampton responded to my request for readers' questions with a few that, in her words, she hasn't "found a straightforward answer to."

Herbicides turning male frogs female, study shows

AP Wire — Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:16:26 -0500

WASHINGTON - A new study shows that male frogs exposed to the herbicide atrazine - commonly found in U.S. rivers and streams - can make a startling developmental U-turn, turning female so completely that they can mate with other males and lay viable eggs.

User Friendly: Soul mates

pfinley — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:00:00 -0500

The other day a friend of mine was shouting, actually shouting out loud about how much he hates, really hates, all the email spam he gets. I told him that I enjoyed mine.

User Friendly: Power outage

pfinley — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:00:00 -0500

A recent computer problem came in the form of a phone call: "Paris, I hope you can help me. My name is Phil. I read your column all the time. My wife and I bought a new computer. I've unpacked it, set it all up, but I can't get it to turn on."

User Friendly: Spyware infection alert

pfinley — Fri, 5 Feb 2010 05:00:00 -0500

"Half empty." That's my answer. At least it is this week. I know that over the long haul synchronicity works for us about as often as it works against us, but this week I'm definitely not in the cosmic flow of things.

Mass. House OKs cell phone limits for drivers

AP Wire — Fri, 5 Feb 2010 05:00:00 -0500

BOSTON (AP) - The use of cell phones by Massachusetts drivers would be severely restricted under a bill approved Thursday by House lawmakers.

The legislation would ban drivers from using any kind of cell phones except hands-free models with voice-activated dialing.