The Lady Programmer

I finally found Blaze Media Pro, a DVD or CD burning software, a better alternative to the famous resource-hogging software available around. I got this in my computer over a few days. I was amazed that this small CD and DVD burning software can do all the conversion, ripping, editing, recording and playback of CDs and DVDs in one single interface.

Blaze Media Pro is easy to navigate. All the required functions to convert DVD to AVI, MPG, WMV and other file types are contained in its menu. You can rely on it to do audio and video editing like putting some sound effects and manipulating video frames. Blaze Media Pro is lean meat version of its competitors with all the layers of fat trimmed out.

I’ve often asked myself why there are so many “normal” bloggers who like to rant about their wackiness. It is uncommon for me to see “crazy” and “twisted” as their blog’s tagline. I am tempted to maintain my own senseless blog too. I am hoping that a psychologist would come to help me understand why there are so many writers who like to label their blogs as “eccentric”, because when I start to read their blog posts I am more convinced that they are otherwise.

the crazy side of me

I am a huge fan of Reader’s Digest and I have subscribed to their magazines for several years. Now, RD is reaching out to online readers and I am glad that they still have those all-time favorite Reader’s Digest Laughs. Along with that are some of my favorite articles on personality and self-development. One of the topics that caught my eye is Are You Normal or Nuts?

This article provides a good understanding about the common habits that people think are “out of this world”? I am a shy person and I am often afraid that others would hear me. I got the habit of not speaking out online – for fear that others would look at me as stupid. I had to admit, I am sometimes faced with the fear of communicating to new clients through chat. Even speaking through voice conversation evokes fear in me, because I do not like the client to think of me as a stupid person during a Skype or Yahoo chat.

I am happy that RD reached to me with this Are You Normal or Nuts? article to help me understand that I am still a normal person with bouts of madness. Do you think I’m insane when you see me avoiding all the cracks and spaces on the sidewalk?

Identity theft is becoming a fast growing crime. The use of the internet makes it possible to carry out crimes that are done electronically. Typically, an individual realizes that his or her purse is missing – this is often the beginning of this crime. Even after the thief has been caught, the identity was already sold out to other people. Victims are often caught in a never-ending nightmare because their identities where compromised at the beginning. Paying for purchases that never happened is a long term suffering of these poor victims – it should have been prevented when Life Lock is present.

LifeLock sets the protection at the beginning. It is a service designed to protect an individual’s identity from being stolen. It can be quite paranoid to be receiving fraud alert calls to verify one’s identity, but this is truly a helpful means to conduct regular checks on one’s account. There are even more benefits which is neatly outlined in their LifeLock review.

photo credit: onlydipu (SXC)

After reading LifeLock reviews by consumers, I’m convinced that identity protection should be taken seriously. I think this is now a must because there are tech-savvy criminals who are learning the craft of taking away identities. I would not like to suffer the rest of my life trying to beat purchases that I never authorized.

I would love to earn a significant amount of income by simply working hours at the computer. But even if I get all the greatest-paying opportunities in the world, I might end up paying a huge part of it for medical treatment when I start neglecting my health. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a new medical condition that is unheard of before the 20th century. It is a result of doing repetitive wrist work, such as developing a hunched wrist over hours of working at a computer terminal.

IMAK offers products for carpal tunnel relief which prevents and relieves this condition. I believe this a must for bloggers, programmers and many others whose occupations tied them down to their computers.With the advent of computer age, this is indeed a great thing to have. The IMAK SmartGlove ensures that the wrist is rightly positioned so that it increases comfort and circulation. It’s great to have not only for those with carpal tunnel syndrome but also for arthritis, hand fatigue, tendinitis and other similar hand pain.

As I am writing this post, I kept on thinking about my hands. I should well take care of my hands so that I would not be losing it to this debilitating condition. I do not like to end up losing these important parts of the body: this is where I get most of my income.

I was up all morning trying to present a quick photoshow. I had to do it because my friends had wanted to see something new from me. Here’s the love of my life:

Setting up this photoshow was fun and easy for me. I uploaded my picture selection and tweaked the settings. The coolest things that I’ve seen as I was doing the photoshow are the styles and stickers that I get to choose from. I had to admit that the final result was far from what I typically envision presentations.

I did not have to spend any buck to create this photoshow. I got this done from Roxio online. The final photoshow can be a embedded in a widget or a blog, just like what I’ve done in this post.