Lu Spriggs' September, 2005 Web Sites
Following are (5) popular photo-sharing sites, where you can upload your photos to share with others, or order prints for yourself. Prices are shown for a single 4-by-6 print for comparison purposes. Other sizes are not proportionally priced.
- http://www.kodakgallery.com/ At the Kodak Easy Share Gallery, (1) 4-by-6 print costs .25 cents.
- http://www.shutterfly.com/ (1) 4-by-6 print costs .29 cents at Shutterfly.
- http://www.snapfish.com/ (1) 4-by-6 print costs .12 at Snapfish.
- http://www.webshots.com/ (1) 4-by-6 print costs .24 at Webshots.
- http://www.photos.yahoo.com/ (1) 4-by-6 print costs .19 at Yahoo.
- http://www.flickr.com/ You can tour Flickr's photo library of millions of photos by specifying the desirable photo characteristics.
How you can Save Money by Spending it!
- http://www.dollarstretcher.com/ Gary Foreman: "Spending money on simple and inexpensive household items can save you hundreds of dollars a year in heating and energy bills."
- http://www.savingadvice.com/ Jeffrey Strain: "There are things that will definitely pay you in the long run to purchase." For example: Low Flow Shower Head, Water filters, Energy saving light bulbs, ceiling fan.
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- http://pctools.com/Spyware_Doctor Free, download sdinst.exe, 4.2 mb, for protection against spyware, key-stroke logger, and other malware. Five (5) star rating by PC Magazine. $29.95 to register for live updates.
PFISHING* Anyone? (A form of Identity Theft)
Pfishing involves the use of a bogus Site ID, designed to appear as a legitimate Site ID, intended to obtain your private log-in id/ password, social security number with the intent of stealing your data: banking site, or other site for commerce. The new edition of the Oxford English Dictionary has added "phishing".
- http://www.antiphishing.org/ Visit this site for more info. Its archive of phishing reports is:
www.antiphishing.org/phishing_archive.html.
- http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/pfishingalrt/htm/ Consumer Alert by Federal Trade Commission "How Not to Get Hooked by a 'Pfishing Scam".
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