News Archive - Sept 2003

The ancient principles of Feng Shui involve many complicated rules. However, you can incorporate positive "ch'i" (energy) in your home by following these simple guidelines.

Difficulty: N/A
Time Required: From one day to a lifetime...

Here's How:

1. Select a square or rectangular lot which is level. Water views are especially desirable.
2. Place your front door so that it is easily accessible from the road. However, the pathway to your door should not form a straight line.
3. Build only one front door. Never build double doors or two front entryways.
4. Avoid rock gardens or obstructions near the entryway. Keep hedges trimmed back.
5. Consult a ba-gua chart to select the most harmonious placement of rooms.
6. Strive for high, well-lit ceilings.
7. Pay special attention to the placement of doors, windows and stairways. Avoid long corridors and awkward or cramped floor plans.
8. Consider the relationship between light, color and mood. Avoid strong overhead lighting and dark, monotone color schemes.
9. Always seek clean lines and open spaces. Try to keep your new home free of clutter and debris.

Tips:

Listen closely to your instincts. What room arrangements make you feel most comfortable?
If your architect does not embrace feng shui ideas, consider hiring a feng shui consultant to assist during the design process.
Fill your new home with love and light. Honor it with a celebration.

There is a new virus that takes advantage of a recent problem discovered with certain version of Microsoft Windows. More information can be found here. It dupes users into thinking they are installing a security update, when in fact it isn't. See screenshot. If you haven't updated your system, please do so at Window Update.

If you opened the attachment, it attempts to disable various anti-virus programs (like Norton Anti-Virus) as well as various firewalls (like ZoneAlarm). It will try to intercept your email username, password, and mail server settings, thus using your ISP's mail server to spread itself. It will attempt to send itself to everyone on your address book through email, as well as attempt to spread through KaZaA, shared directories, IRC, and newsgroups. It will modify your registry, add files to your computer. In short, your computer and possibly your ISP access will be thoroughly screwed by the time the worm is done installing itself on your computer, so it'll be best if you avoid getting infected so you don't have to deal with the resulting mess.

As always, don't open email attachments from people you don't know, even if it claims to be from Microsoft.