Hi, I know this is off your topic but I stumbled through your blog and I couldn’t help not saying this… I think your picture quality is amazing mashallah and your web designing is cool. I don’t know that much about the ‘rave’ of the web world and techno stuff but I’m very interested in designing a web page and playing with pictures. So, do you use photoshop? (I was planning to take up a course on that but do you suppose it’s a waste of money and time?) Can you suggest a way for me to learn the ABCs quickly?

Way to go, keep up the good stuff.

nig6a: I recommend you take photoshop courses! That is how most of these pictures have been edited and touched up! If you have photoshop skills then you can do a lot of the effects. Hopefully you will like photoshop, I have limited photoshop skills, but there are people who help me out with it.

On the laptop at work it has Symantec Antivirus and a pre-installed program called Virus Buster! The thing is I got a virus today for the first time and guess what … Virus Buster is not registered! P

In the recent past, I’ve had to test many widely-available anti-virus programs. Well, really the Internet Security versions inclusing the anti-virus.
The most reliable with a low processor load is PC-Cillin by Trend Micro. Another good thing is that if you buy it, you can install it on up to 3 PCs which is great for me as a business owner, and now owner of a growing family of laptops too.
May be worth a look. Incidentally, the biggest winning point against McAffee and Norton is that PC-Cillin found a ton of spyware that these 2 programs were supposed to be protecting me from, AND 7 viruses.

I dont use Anti-virus on my desktop nor any other PC I have, I just hate how it slows down the PC :/ But I am careful from where I go and what I download.

I currently use AVG pro 4.5
check my personal review for v4.1 -
http://arabianfox.wordpress.com/2006/08/27/avg-anti-virus-pro-71-review/

how affective – i think it does its job well
effect on system – i find no change, way better than my hogger norton.
how often – i had no idea updates could be so frequent and hassle free too (sometimes almost daily – Norton was horrible)

you can also check out:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/124475-1/article.html
(note- AVG (free) came in last place but almost all their reasons are solved with v7.5)

- hugs the blog -

i missed it!!
i havent been online for a while and it feels strange.
anyways i know this post is about an anti virus program .
i think i have one im not sure .
anyways yalah tc

Starting in January, AVG Free will be discontinued. :/

Stallion: thats horrible! When it comes to anti-virus sometimes you just have to be on top of it!

moocherx: Those two are heavey and need to be revamped! I remember PC- Cillin, but right now NOD32 is working great! Its light and does the job!

Jacqui: The top two that I mentioned do not slow down your PC! So I really recommend it! It would do the job better then the rest! And you need it, I gauranttee it!

no3ik: looooool! Thanks girl!

3baid: Samething happened to Karpsersky recently!

For years I have always been trying to use photoshop and figure out what the big fuss was all about but I always get lost in 3afsat il commands and many teeny weeny intricate details and bla bla bla… but anyway, probably it would be the best thing to take a course on it. After all, i’m sure it would be nice to add that on my CV.

Thanks! =o)

nig6a: It all depends what you want to do really! If your a graphic designer or something to do with it then okay its good for your CV and its great for you. I know people who have the skill to use it and they love it.

I am with you on Kaspersky.

They rock!

Manny Hernandez: yup they do!