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25 Ways to Stop Spam

The last time I went on vacation, I came home to 2000 email messages. Only 238 were actually related to my job or social life. This gives you some idea of how much spam I get on a daily basis.

  • Top 13 Spam Filters for Windows
  • Top 8 Spam Filters for Macs


10-Minute Recipes

The good thing about performing a task rarely is that everyone is extremely impressed with you, when in fact you've expended very little effort. For example, last night's dinner took me all of about ten minutes to put together.

  • 10-Minute Salmon Filets
  • 10 Easy Recipes for 5 PM Meals


      How Spammers Get Your Email Address

      This is something I've always wondered about: How the heck do all these spammers find my email address anyway? It turns out, sometimes I'm giving it to them.

      • Email Address Encoding Tools
      • How Reading an Email Can Compromise Your Privacy


      How to Meditate

      But maybe you don't hate your job. Maybe your problem is that you're too wound up over certain aspects of it. In that case, learning how to live in the present might be helpful. (And, of course, if you figure that out, please tell me how you did it.)

      • How to Be Happy
      • How to Think Positively


      6 Ways to Avoid Getting Spam in the First Place

      Sometimes spam is hilarious. For example, if you were to try to figure out who I am by looking at my inbox, you would assume that I was a middle-aged man who was concerned about his love life and dying to secure a younger Russian bride.

      • What's a Disposible Email Address?
      • Top 7 Disposable Email Addresses


      How to Find Rare Error Coins in Circulation

      What I love about the "Find the Rare Coin" game is that it teaches you to be observant. How often do you actually look at your coins before you spend them?

      • How to Start a Coin Collection for Your Kids
      • What Are Wheat Pennies Worth?


      I Hate My Job. What Should I Do?

      My coping mechanism in those days was to whine, loudly, to anyone who would listen. (And even some people who wouldn't. If you stood still, you were fair game as far as I was concerned.)

      • What to Do When You Hate Your Job
      • 10 Ways to Find a New Job


      Strike It Rich With Pocket Change

      Generally, we wound up with ice cream. But we did find some steel pennies, which was exciting.

      • Clubs for Error Coin Collectors
      • How to Start a Coin Collection on $4


      How to Love the Job You Have

      At one point during all of this, my Mom suggested I seek wisdom from oldies songs. "Love the one you're with," she advised.

      • How to Turn Negativity Into Positive Action at Work
      • 9 Ways to Make Your Boss Love You


      Top 10 Most Valuable U.S. Coins Found in Pocket Change

      Our idea was that we would either find a rare, valuable coin in the bunch, and make our family wealthy forever ... or we would get ice cream.

      • What Is a Mint Error Coin?
      • What Is a Die Variety?




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Safe Shopping

Almost everywhere we shop-from the toy store at the mall to an online linen warehouse-we are asked to provide personal information. Some stores ask for a zip code or phone number at the checkout. Online sites may demand more,

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Do you love the convenience of online shopping but worry about who might be grabbing your credit card information? The truth is, using your credit card anywhere puts you at risk. Anyone who handles your credit information is a potential thief. But the Internet somehow instills greater fear. As we'll see,
Do you derive pleasure from pressing innumerable buttons on your touch-tone keypad just to get an answer to a simple question? How about logging on to a Web site and clicking aimlessly around, deluged with pop-up ads, to learn more about your long-distance account? Do you get a real kick out of being a target of cross-promotion?
Shopping Online Safely, There can be real advantages to shopping online: Prices are sometimes cheaper and product selection greater; it's often easier to find information about a particular product; parking isn't an issue; and the Internet is open 24 hours a day. But online shopping also has inherent risks and disadvantages,