Archive - February, 2009

Why.. Do people keep using unsecured wireless networks…

I want to connect to the internet. I power on our network and click connect to network on the laptop – I see a list of networks.. Mine is at the top. Its encrypted and connects fine.

I look at the list and see around 12 other networks in range of my laptop and at least one of them is unencrypted. Meaning by accident or intended people can connect and use their internet connection.

If you are paying for your internet connection, do you want others to just use it… I mean if you have a car, do you leave your keys in it to allow anyone to take a drive whenever?

Its easy to encrypt and usually you get a free guide on how to do it on or in the box the router comes with. Maybe routers should be force encrypted to help people setup – I know some are – but a lot are not.

With an open network anyone can view your traffic. They can watch your MSN conversations, see what your viewing or just go to sites using your connection that could be illegal but tracks back to you as the recipient.

Just google how to do it – you’ll be suprised at how many people will simply help you get more secure.

Run Run Run

Something I’d like to do is the Great North Run. So far I can only run for about 3 minutes and don’t have good footwear for that nevermind the several hours needed to run.

Its apparently around 13 Miles or just over.. thats about 21Km – I’ve no idea how long it would take me – At present I probably wouldn’t finish unless I just walked the whole thing.

I have about 200 or so days [about 6 months ish] to get a lot fitter and be able to run that far. I think its a posability. I’ve signed up to a few sites that help with ideas for training and IF I am good in about 3 months time (June/July) I’ll be looking for sponsership and stick up one of those Just giving pages. Hope you’ll Help me out :)

My current fitness isn’t brilliant, but I am active – I like the trampolining, and salsa dance and have started going to the gym and play on wii fit too.

I have a lot to do on this and not a lot of time but for a change I have something to aim for instead of “just get fitter” I have an event to go for assuming I can get entry and that I can actually do it.

But I think its something that can be done so will go for it.

Fitness – Past and Now

As many do for a new year they want to get fitter. I want to get fitter to help give myself more energy, flexability and motivation in what I can do. To see a change in myself and proove past beliefs that I can change and do things.

Several years back like in the 1990′s, I was in secondary school. I was no good at sports of almost any type.. I liked the swimming and the only ones I was any good at all at were Rounder/Softball and basketball. I was always one of the last chosen but tried to keep posative all the same.

I always thought it would be nice to be able to be good at sports but they didn’t really interest me. I’ve never enjoyed watching common sports like football or rugby. Basketball I enjoyed but was rarely on tv.

I used to try as best I could at the sports and actually enjoyed them but was never any good at them. To say I “sucked” at them was kinda a compliment.

Looking back: each year we were made to do country dancing – To move freely and as if magically to a time from past. Something I really did enjoy and wanted to do as much as possable but never allowed myself to be seen as liking it.

Althou I was one that I felt stood out as being different – I also wanted to be accepted as kinda normal at the same time. I don’t know if people saw me as different but I often felt like one of the kids that were watching what was happening rather than being in the action.

The fitness tests and the annoying bleep tests of running between two points.. How to stretch and touch your toes – I could never do it. I could reach to about my knees and then stopped.

Only a year or so (2007) ago I worked out how to touch my toes without hurting myself. Its strange how something so little felt like such an acomplishment.

About 3 years or so ago a friend invited me to go trampolining – I think as to see how funny and wrong it could go and I found something I once did from when I was little (Juniors school time late 1980′s) that I loved but lost how to do that I could do once again.

I’ve been learning to trampoline now for a while and still stuck on the basics but getting better at them. I’ve also completed the course and exam for assistant coaching for trampolining – That I could never have imagined even doing 5 years ago nevermind from when I was younger.

A few years ago around 2005 I wanted to try dancing. I wanted friends to go do it too – no one did. I put it off, something I now regret.

Last year (2008) I decided to go for it again – to try dancing of sort but what type to do? and who will go with me… Well… No one would go with me so went for it on my own with the thought of well.. No one will know me so if it all goes wrong… nevermind.

I’ve made a lot of friends since then. I initially tried ball room dance, something I don’t remember much of. Then I tried Salsa Dance and thats something I’m really loving. There are lots of opertunites to try it and lots of advice on how to get better. Very enjoyable, fast and does improve my balance, co-ordination and fitness.

So there is a lot more that I can do… Running… The Gym, Swimming – who knows – guess we’ll see.

Dream Logic

Is it dream logic actually is true logic as it allows the possability of something else. It is not just what is by laws of science but by laws of life and the posability that anything can happen.

In a dream I can fly… its a freedom to move oneself up into the air and float and be free – to get away or meet together as one in the oxygen of nature.

I can shape my reality any way I need to, be it needing somewhere warm, cold, tall, small, inside, outside – where ever I want I can be as is needed.

It doesn’t count on the laws of science, but whatever the imagination allows. Memories re-shaped so you may visit the past, or even allow you to see a posable future..

See how decisions can affect a reality and change and retry using the logics that have been taught in life to predict a possability.

I’ve been told that not many people can remember their dreams, and can not control their content – They are part of the movie but in no way a director.

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