http://tomforester.com Tom Forester Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:22:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Once a year, at my wife's office, comes the dreaded Performance Employee Appraisal System, the whole office is severely affected for the entire several weeks during this stressful time period, where a ton of paperwork has been filled out and then the employee gets pulled into the manager's office and given ... http://tomforester.com/07/23/261/ A friend of mine called today to ask if I've been having any problems with a computer program about virus infections. Well seeing as I've been offline for awhile due to my being so busy of late with the business end of things, I went ahead and logged on to ... http://tomforester.com/07/23/antivirus-protection-may-be-the-virus-itself/ Enterprise Asset Management Software is a new program that my wife's office is checking out and she has been put in charge of handling, for the most part, the whole kit and caboodle, which she is excited and nervous about these days. Computers are coming into play more and more often in ... http://tomforester.com/07/18/computers-are-always-trying-to-make-things-easier-at-the-office/ A couple of my buddies are coming to my place today to get together, have a few beers and play some Paintball while were at it like old times. Well, yesterday I was on the computer trying to find a good place to find BT Paintball guns and other BT equipment that were ... http://tomforester.com/07/16/paintball-madness/ I was reading an article on the Internet about how a two-thousand year old seed has been sprouted and is now growing quite steadily.  So far it has been growing for twenty six months and is now an amazing four feet tall.  It is the seed of a Judean date tree which is ... http://tomforester.com/07/13/two-thousand-year-old-seed-has-now-sprouted/ My father's father, was an avid gun collector and totally enjoyed showing off his, always changing, and always growing, selections of weapons that were constantly seemingly taking up a large amount of the garage, side & back porch, basement, dining room, living room and his office! The only place that ... http://tomforester.com/07/13/memories-of-my-grandfathers-weapons-collection/ Our neighborhood has been going downhill ever since we moved into our new home, and after all the work that it took in to moving here, I'll be damned if we are going to move again any time soon, so we learn to adapt. The kids know not to leave ... http://tomforester.com/07/13/repellent-spray-for-teenagers-protection-concerns/ Sometimes the most obvious solution is right in front of us, yet for some reason we just don’t see it.  When we use common sense in life things do tend to be a little bit easier.  This subject came up after reading an article on gas prices, where it state ... http://tomforester.com/07/12/economy-issue/ I just got off the phone with my Brother-In Law that lives in the outskirts of Brooklyn. He said he was having trouble finding a Contractor around his area that he believes would do the jobs he needs done, the right way. Brooklyn Contractors is an awesome link that I had told ... http://tomforester.com/07/12/contractors/ I wonder how can the most popular coffee shops in the world be having money problems? I mean, they are charging primo bucks for a cup of coffee and there are always lines of cars waiting to go through the drive through and buy their high dollar caffeine fix. The ... http://tomforester.com/07/11/coffee-shop-chains-are-crying-the-blues/ I seem to remember seeing a news story on the Fox Channel on the TV just recently, about a company that has cut the cost of buying prescription glasses of all types and varieties, by manufacturing the glasses directly. The have a huge selection of their quite stylish eye wear, ... http://tomforester.com/07/11/fox-channel-speaks-of-zenniopticalcom/ Wearing a tactical vest could make the difference in weather you live or die for the majority of police officers that are subject to that kind of violence. And I saw a lot of other really cool police gear today via the Internet. What is one of the many good things about ... http://tomforester.com/07/11/shop-with-out-the-hassles-of-driving-parking-issues-and-crappy-customer-service/ I have the misfortune of suffering each year with allergies and it seems like this year my allergies have lasted weeks longer than usual. I’ve been sneezing and having sinus headaches ever since the temperatures hit 70 degrees. I’ve always been sensitive to tree pollen, but now I’m concerned that there ... http://tomforester.com/07/10/allergies-are-hell/ GPS tracking is being used more and more this days and has become very easily accessible through web-sites such as liveviewgps.com, which is where I have found a tremendous amount of information about this up and coming fascinating technology. Whether is be for business or for your own personal use, it has now become ... http://tomforester.com/07/10/tracking-by-way-of-gps-made-easy/ Every year we hear all of the horrible terrifying news from the annual Running of the Bulls, and it seems to be that time of the year once again.  I have never really understood why this annual event even takes place considering the fatalities and injuries that occur each and ... http://tomforester.com/07/10/running-of-the-bulls/