Hello!

I just read a post in the Guardian (UK newspaper) technology blog about a case of them finding out that a Gmail account had been entered by a Chinese hacker. That’s kind of scary for me, I don’t know whether it strikes you that way or not. I have about 15 Gmail accounts. In any case, being thoroughly British and complete, they also recommend a way to check to discover if your account has been hacked, and if so, what to do.

Here’s their conclusion:

Even so, it’s clearly a good idea to check your Gmail status from time to time.
To do that, log in, go to Settings on the top right, and scroll down to the bottom. There you’ll find some text in green telling you how much of your allowance you’re using; and below that a line saying “Last account activity: … minutes ago at this IP..” and a hyperlink to Details. Click that for a view of your account access history. And make sure that your Alert Preference is set for “Show an alert for unusual activity.”

And the source is http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/mar/25/gmail-china-hacking. I followed up and happily discovered that none of my accounts have been compromised by some Chinese or any other person or “bot”. Whew! I did discover that my ISP’s IP address range has expanded since I started with them, so I modified my account in StatCounter.com (free advert for a free service) to reflect that – it keeps me from counting my own hits on our websites’ statistics.

Thought you might like to know – and you can spread the word by telling people that you saw it first on Practical-Greenology-dot-com!

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Ciao for now,

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Craig for Sue & Craig Websites

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GoogleMail Hacked By Chinese?

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Hi again!

We (that’s Sue and I) have been doing some brainstorming about what we can do to improve our selection so that you get the best from us that we can deliver, and get it efficiently as well. What we have come up with now is to move all the posts – past, present, and future – from Green Home MegaStore into the Practical Greenology site (this one) and put the Green Home MegaStore back to it’s original purpose: a Green Home Store for your use and enjoyment. It will also put Practical Greenology back where it belongs, as a first-class discussion forum for new and obscure environmental things that might otherwise go unnoticed. There may still be a few posts on GHMS, but the majority of the posts will be here – at Practical Greenology – in the future.

We will also clean up the stores and make the entire process more enjoyable for you while you’re shopping. In the somewhat more distant future, we hope to install our own products for sale in the store, in addition to the things we have from other places. We will try to keep the system as simple as possible for this as well, since there’s no reason to make anything more complicated than absolutely necessary!

Remember this theme?

By the way, did you know you can get to Practical Greenology two ways? Yes, it’s true. both http://practical-greenology.com and http://practicalgreenology.com end up at the same place. Handy in case you can’t remember whether there’s a hyphen in the name or not. ;-)

It will take us some time to get all the changes made, but we think you will enjoy having everything centralised in the future. The themes on the two sites will remain the same, except we’re trying to keep up with the changes to Suffusion (the new theme for Practical Greenology) that seem to be coming fast and furious!

Ciao for now,

Craig for Sue & Craig Websites

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More New Year Changes!

I suppose you’re wondering where the name of this blog comes from. I have a site together with my partner Sue called Green Home MegaStore, at http://greenhomemegastore.com. There, we invented – and continue to develop – the concept of “practical greenology”. Below is a quote from our website:

We call it Practical Greenology …

The term “greenology” has not yet made it into Wikipedia, much less “practical greenology,” but a current definition of greenology is

“Greenology” is the recent enlightenment of individuals, corporations, and politicians of the importance of being carbon neutral, environmentally friendly, renewable, earth conscious, cleaner, greener, sustainable, and efficient. (tmg strategies website,
http://undercurrents.tmgstrategies.com/2008/04/22/greenology/).

Our definition of “practical greenology” is

“Practical greenology” is the use in the home by individuals and families of available information, practices, and equipment resulting from the enlightenment of individuals, corporations, and governments concerned with being carbon neutral, environmentally friendly, resource renewable, earth conscious, cleaner, greener, sustainable, and efficient.

What “practical greenology” means is plain English is that we believe in using the best green practices and products in our homes, consistent with the limitations and considerations of everyday life. In short – green and affordable!

We invite you to join us in using and spreading the word about practical greenology.

Here are some of the ways you can really achieve your goals and get practical greenology to work for you

• Read what we have prepared (and will be preparing) for you here at Practical Greenology and on Green Home MegaStore.com
• Copy what we do as we teach you how to do it, continue to use it, and teach others how to use it
• Use the tools we provide for you on the website

We believe that practical greenology will benefit you, your family, your personal ecological sphere, and the world.

Please join us at Green Home MegaStore!

Thanks

Ciao for now,

Craig
for
Sue & Craig Websites

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