http://www.synclastic.com Eric Giguere's Personal Blog Mon, 05 May 2008 15:35:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en New article about adult-onset diabetes: Adult Diabetes Symptoms - How To Spot Diabetes In Adults Summary: Adult diabetes, often called adult-onset diabetes, is a growing problem in the Western world. As obesity increases, more and more adults are developing diabetes. Quick diagnosis of diabetes is the best way to avoid complications, ... http://www.synclastic.com/articles/article-adult-diabetes-symptoms/ Last month, burning smells were emanating from our electric dryer, which is not a good thing. No one wants to risk a fire, after all. We do a fair bit of washing and drying, so I we had to decide quickly what to do about the dryer. The washer still ... http://www.synclastic.com/reviews/lg-front-loading-washer/ At the end of February, 2008, Google started requiring AdSense publishers to display a privacy policy on all sites that displayed AdSense ads or search boxes. Since many WordPress blogs are monetized with AdSense, I decided to write a plugin that would automate the creation of AdSense-compliant privacy policies for ... http://www.synclastic.com/plugins/privacy-policy/ As identity theft and other privacy issues become a concern to members of the general public, it's important to understand how personal information is handled by web browsers and how users can effectively manage web browser privacy. (more to come... just a placeholder for now) http://www.synclastic.com/privacy/browser-configuration/ On the Web, a privacy policy is a legal notice on a website describing how personal information is collected and used by the owners of the website. (more to come... just a placeholder for now) http://www.synclastic.com/privacy/privacy-policies/ Not everyone who reads my other blogs and sites realizes that it's a Canadian doing all that writing. After all, I use American, not Canadian, spellings in most of my writing.This is a deliberate decision I made long ago (25 years now!) when I started writing articles for computer magazines, ... http://www.synclastic.com/canadiana/how-to-write-like-a-canadian-eh/ So I've finally gotten around to putting up a personal blog... what better way to start than with a tongue-in-cheek entry for the Top 5 Group Writing Project. So, without further ado, here are the Top 5 Reasons to Marry a Geek: Better sleep. When the baby cries in the middle of the ... http://www.synclastic.com/humour/top-5-reasons-to-marry-a-geek/