| Purchasing meds online can make you sick
Remember in the old days when you had to go to the drug store or doctor's office to pick up that needed prescription - maybe it was a long drive, - and you felt lousy?
Then along came the Internet and the ability to purchase prescription drugs without getting out of that comfy chair or wasting gas driving in traffic.
But there are several things to keep in mind before purchasing prescription drugs on the Net.
Not all Web sites sell safe medicine, which poses a threat to your health and well being. In many cases, sorting out the good online operations from the bad can be tough, and so can telling the good pills from the bogus pills.
Fortunately, I'm here to hold your hand.
You're welcome, and donations are happily accepted.
IMBA Soliciting Photos for Annual Calendar
The IMBA wall calendar is one of the favorite items in IMBA's online store, and the 2007 calendar sold out in record time. IMBA is soliciting contributions of mountain bike photography for the 2008 edition of the calendar. Send low-res sample images (jpeg format, maximum 5 megs per message) or links to online galleries to Communications Director Mark Eller, or submit your images on a disk to IMBA, PO BOX 711, Boulder, CO 80306 (Attn: Calendar Submissions). Digital images only, no slides or prints, please. Images must be available as high-resolution files (suitable for printing at 13" X 13") to be included in the 2008 IMBA calendar. Submissions deadline is May 1st, 2007. Fine Fendered Friends Local artists using vintage bicycle fenders as their canvas will display and sell their art in a unique event scheduled for Friday, May 4th in Minneapolis.
Free Page Creator Tools From The Big Three: Trash or Treasure?
Have a small business in need of a website, but no budget for professional design services? Yahoo, Google and Microsoft all offer free small business site creation tools that can help you develop a professional online presence. Keep reading for an in-depth review of what Office Live Basics, Google Page Creator and Yahoo SiteBuilder include and how they work. Additionally, we'll consider ease of use, positives and negatives, and recommended uses for each tool. No knowledge of HTML is required to create sites using any of these services. Experienced webmasters who want direct access to the code or want high-end business applications will need to look beyond these products. The goal of these products is to provide the tools needed to develop a simple, but functional web presence. The Winner: Microsoft Office Live Basics One of the more intriguing features of the Office Live Basics program is the free domain name that comes as part of the package.
Putting on the Ritz
NO LONGER is takeaway limited to pizza and Chinese. An explosion of heat-and-eat meals means we can serve up everything from restaurant-quality cuisine to a home-comfort casserole. fe@st 113 King William Rd, Hyde Park. Ph: 8373 3114. Open: Mon-Fri, 8.30am-4pm. One of the new kids on the block, caterer Napier Gryst sold his business and opened a shop in the heart of gourmet food territory, Hyde Park. Napier does a brisk trade in corporate catering as well as the heat and eats. "They've gone much better than I imagined," he says. "I get people looking for a one-person meal to those wanting to feed the family." Napier's affordable range has grown from a few dishes to 15 since opening last August and is sold by package size. All meals are displayed in a glass cabinet and can be bought in a small serving (about 600g) for $8.90, medium (about 1kg) for $15.90 and large $26.50.
Virtually addicting
For a stuffed bulldog, Calvin has it pretty good. He lives a full, if virtual, life online and has a pad decked out to his tastes, which run sort of froggy style, says owner and decorator Jake Reynolds, a 9-year-old from Forest Hill, Md. Six months ago, the third-grader got sucked into Calvin's world and hasn't left it since. He can't. Once Jake used the secret code that came with his store-bought bulldog to create an online version at Webkinz.com, he committed to feeding and shopping for the pup regularly while interacting with other kids and their virtual pets on the Internet. "You have to play it mostly every two days or every day, because if you don't then their health meter goes all the way down and they'll get sick," Jake says matter-of-factly. "I do it just about every day because I just really, really like it." Webkinz.com is one of a growing number of social-networking sites aimed at pre-teens, many of whom have watched older siblings interact online and want some of the action for themselves.
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