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Redlands, California-A new web application, the Hurricane Katrina Disaster Viewer, is now available from ESRI to provide detailed information about areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina. The site allows the public, emergency responders, relief organizations, and others to locate an address or zoom to areas of interest and view areas declared “damaged" by FEMA, affected delivery areas for the U.S. Postal Service, post-disaster satellite imagery, population density, street maps, and much more information. Visitors can also generate reports about people, housing, and businesses in the affected areas. The application is available online at http://arcweb.esri.com/sc/hurricane_viewer.

I found this video link at Lawtech Guru. It is several months old but is very funny. You think the Nano is small... view the video here

This has probably passed around the blogosphere a bit, but i still think it is a worthwhile read.

ICE is an acronym that stands for "in case of emergency," and it is a new idea that started in April and is spreading around the world.

After the London bombings, emergency workers had no idea which of the many phone numbers listed in cell phones of the injured and dead should be called.

The idea, which we understand was conceived by Bob Brotchie, a British paramedic, is to insert the word ICE before the people you'd like called in case of an emergency. That way, paramedics and other emergency workers will know whom to call.

Most paramedics now know what ICE means and they look for it. This saves them time, so your loved ones are contacted more quickly.

Tip: Always place ICE before more than one name in your cell phone in case the first person doesn't answer right away. You can even use ICE1, ICE2, ICE3... to designate the order you'd like the paramedic to call people.

Added benefit: If you lose your cell phone and someone honest finds it, they'll have more options of whom to call to get the phone back to you.

I use Moveable Type (part of the Six Apart family of blogging software, which includes TypePad). Moveable type is great for someone who likes hacking code and for developers who need to maintain a consistent theme across a site. If you just want an easy to use, pre-configured, out of the box solution, there's TypePad and Blogger, probably the two most familiar with bloggers. So I had a friend ask me "how do I start a blog"?

So, you out there, what would you recommend for a new blogger? Blogger, TypePad, or something else. Let's assume that a user is not a web developer and doesn't know what CSS, PHP, XML, or any other related acronym stands for.

A Google dance sends waves of fear and panic into the heart of even the smallest webmaster. Overnight, it can virtually wipe out years of hard work...read this article by Titus Hoskins to find out how you can protect your site or sites against the next Google dance.

Formerly known as HitMaps, this tool rocks. If you look over to the very right side bar of this blog, you'll see it. They call it http://clustrmaps.com and the tool is very slick. It works by registering each time the map thumbnail (the map image on the right) is opened in a new browser session. By checking the IP address of the User, the physical location of the ISP that owns the IP address is registered as a red dot on the map.

The counter and tracking is not historical in that it begins tracking on day one and doesn't go backward to your log files.

Oh, and did i mention it's FREE.

ClustrMaps

If you are a user of Microsoft office, Microsoft has several sections at microsoft.com that provides lots of free goodies for a wide range of uses.

TEMPLATES (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/default.aspx)
I've been using these things for a few years now. Interested in starting a business: you can find business planning spreadsheets or presentation material available for download. Looking for a nicely formatted calendar, find it here. Use MS Access? You'll find a bunch of databases already setup for use.

CLIP ART AND MEDIA (http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx)
This is great if you are looking for royalty free and pretty good quality stock photography. You don't even need Office to take advantage of it. The image catalog is searchable by topic and media type, and includes sounds. Looking for a toilet flushing sound to send to your competition, its there.

UPDATES (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdate/default.aspx)
If you are using Microsoft Office products, it is always a good idea to keep them updated. On this page, a "Check for Updates" link will start the Microsoft updater tool to check your current installation of Office for missing patches and service packs. You can choose from a list of available updates. The regular Windows Update does not update Office products, and many hacker attacks are going after Outlook and Word "holes" to get at your system.

I know a lot of the readership is on a Mac so pardon the Microsoft tilt on this post, but hopefull you've found some nifty info that will help your productivity.

A business site with a Christian testimony and statement of faith. Wow! I've been using Kaosweaver's extension for Dreamweaver for a few years but noticed a link on his site to "Eternal Perspective" and was intrigued. The page is very well presented and his site is very popular within the Macromedia exchange. What a great way to share the gospel. If you are a web developer using Dreamweaver, you may already be using his stuff. If not, it is sure worth a look.

http://kaosweaver.com/

Combining directions, maps, and satellite imagery, Google Local for mobile is a free download that lets you find local hangouts and businesses across town or across the country — right from your phone.

Detailed directions: Whether you plan to walk or drive, your route is displayed on the map itself, together with step-by-step directions.

Integrated search results: Local business locations and contact information appear all in one place, integrated on your map.

Easily movable maps: Interactive, draggable maps let you zoom in or out, and move in all directions so you can orient yourself visually.

Satellite imagery: Get a bird's eye view of your desired location.

Check it out here: http://www.google.com/glm

You heard it right. With Pod CityGuides, you can download information on over 300 cities throughout the world to your iPod. Pod CityGuides combine the world class content of Wcities with the functionality and portability of the world's most popular device: the iPod. Contains detailed descriptions and address info for thousands of hotels, restaurants, attractions, events, and more! Guides that detail neighborhoods, accomodations, tours, etc.

Another great tool for blogging. I use this free online to-do list manager from Ta-da List. Whenever i think of something i want to blog about, i simply enter on the site under my own password protected area, and it is there when i need need it. You can create multiple lists. I have ones for blog ideas, book ideas, and things to do around the house. There is an RSS feed so you can hook it up to your reader and you can have this list emailed to you whenever you want.

The same company that makes this free package also makes a neat tool called Backpack. Backpack lets you do more than just to-do's. Here you can organize, plan, track, collaborate, and more. This has a free version that has some limitations.

Think you are safe as you travel around with all your new technology and gadgetry. There are viruses and trojan-type worms that infect bluetooth devices. in fact, they attach themselves in one device, then hunt around for others by sniffing out open ports. If you have a bluetooth device, make sure you disabled the "visible to all" setting. what is bluetooth? it's the protocol that let's devices talk to eachother wirelessly. interested in finding out more about viruses, hackers, and spam threats? Visit any of the following:

Viruslist.com
Symantec
McAfee
TrendMicro
Computer Associates

What do the following have in common:

- Janus
- Snowball
- Daytona
- Chicago
- Memphis
- Cairo
- Whistler
- Longhorn

If you guessed code names for major Windows releases, you are correct.

"Windows provides unprecedented power to users today and a foundation for hardware and software advancements of the next few years." - Bill Gates, at the launching of Windows 1.0, November 20, 1985.

This month, Windows, the software we love, and hate, and can't do without, and wish someone would come up with something better... turns 20 years old. As a former IT guy (if there is such a use of past tense here) it is not difficult to think back to all of those releases, all of the compatibility issues, all of the blue screens of death, all of the viruses that seemed to happen to Windows users only, and all of the ridicule from Mac users. Windows helped create a plethora of tech support businesses almost overnight.

I've read some interesting articles that shed light on events that transpired over the years in the making of Microsoft and Windows in particular. Here are few that you may find interesting.

CNET's News.com

PC Mag - this is actually a page dedicated to the 20th anniversary from a magazine that got it's start there.

Shhh... Windows turns 20 - St. Louis Post dispatch blog

Getting a lot of spam in your blog's comment inbox. Trackbacks from less than reputable sites. Search engine manipulation is probably at its root. Because it is easy to "hack" into comment areas on a typical blog, unscrupulous SEO firms are selling access to your comments for increased rankings on Google. If you understand how Google ranks, you'll understand why this is so sought after. The more links you have pointing to your site, legitimate or otherwise, the higher your ranking. If you have seen a sudden increase from porn, insurance, real estate, and others, AND if you see a web link within the comment, you are probably helping someone's page rank without even knowing it. This is proliferating so fast, you can actually see page ranks increase by the hour. Consider the number of blogs that are out there and the number of posts per blog in archive. If these are accessible to the general public, they are easily accessible to SEO manipulation.

Savvy bloggers have spam filtering built in for this kind of abuse. Check your settings and see if you can prevent posting links in comments. And happy blogging...
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Though not affiliated with Google, this is a great blog for seeing different parts of the world through the Google map/earth interface. Users submit favorite sites. Then each day a new post contains a reviewed site to visit. It's a great way to see the world.

Google Sightseeing

Some of my favorites:
BMW plant, Munich, Germany
Buckingham Palace
Athens Olympic Sports Complex
Richat Structure, Egypt
Great Sphynx

More cool google map sites...

- pixel development - these guys make some really neat google map sites
- been mapped - similar to Google sightseeing in yesterday's blog post
- Google Maps mania - a blog about google maps mashups
- housing maps

These sites are not affiliated with Google. They are simply using Google's free map api to develop sites of their own.

Curious about the difference between a hit and a view. Between a visit and a referrer. Here are some common terms that you might see on a typical website statistics report.

Bandwidth - Bandwidth represents the total number of kilobytes that were sent to people visiting your site. Bandwidth includes all resources requested by the users.

Hits - A hit represents a request to your web site for a file such as an image, a web page, or a CGI script. One web page may contain several related resources, and as a result, a visitor viewing one web page may trigger several hits.

Page - The basic building blocks of any website. A website generally contains a collection of different pages that are accessible and viewable via a web browser.

Page Views - A page view is a successful request for a file on your web site that is considered to be a page. These usually mean files with extensions such as .txt, .asp, .aspx, .php, .cfm, etc.

Phrase - A phrase shows the entire search string text used by web users to get to your site.

Referrer Host - The Referrer Host represents the web site from which visitors to your site came from. A value of "No Referrer" represents a visitor typing your web site directly into the browser, using a bookmark, or following a link from an email client.

IP Address - the unique "ID" given to each computer connected to the internet. This number is setup like 24.162.48.12 and is your "ID badge" to other computers and servers on the internet. The internet works on numbers, not names, so every request that is made to a website name (URL) must first convert the name to a number (IP address) of the hosted server, which then allows your computer's IP address to communicate with it. The hosting server (of your blog for example) pulls this information when a page is viewed.

Visits - Visits represent the total number of times people have visited your web site. A visit is counted whenever a web site user requests one or more files from the web server. If a visitor (recognized by a unique IP address) returns to your site, that visitor is considered a returning visitor if the IP address is the same. For AOL users, AOL uses dynamic IP addressing for every page that is accessed. This will show as multiple visitors when it could be the same visitor. If you see a lot of visitors from the Reston VA area, this is typically an AOL user.

If you are a fan of King Crimson, you'll be interested to learn that Robert Fripp, one of the key players in the progressive rock band, is lending a hand to Microsoft to create new sounds for the new Windows Vista operating system.

Read more HERE

From The Register:

Today, 19 January is the 20th anniversary for the appearance of the first PC virus. Brain, a boot sector virus, was let loose in January 1986. Brain spread via infected floppy disks and was a relatively innocuous nuisance in contrast with modern Trojan, rootkits and other malware. The appearance of the first Windows malware nonetheless set in train a chain of events that led up to today's computer virus landscape.…

Read more HERE

From the Register:

Google wins the brand wars for 2005, beating out Apple and the iPod. This accoding to brandchannel.com. Read more HERE.

Steve Jobs is selling Pixar Animation Studios to Disney. You are probably familiar with the Academy-Award® -winning computer animation company which he co-founded in 1986. The Northern California studio has created six of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time: Toy Story (1995); A Bug's Life (1998); Toy Story 2 (1999); Monsters, Inc. (2001); Finding Nemo (2003); and The Incredibles (2004). Pixar's six films have earned more than $3 billion at the worldwide box office to date. Pixar's next film release is Cars (June 9, 2006).

Let's compare that list with say, the Shrek series from DreamWorks, which I refused to let my kids see for its vulgar content (funny - yes, clean - no). MPAA PG rating: contains Mild Humor and Some Crude Language. Shoot, the whole thing was crude. Years ago I would have called it hilarious, but when kids enter the picture, I recognized that they didn't need to see and hear that stuff.

Let's hope Disney keeps the spirit of making successful, kid-friendly movies that the whole family can enjoy.

And for some added fun, check out Pixar: 20 Years of Animation at the Museum of Modern Art

I laughed at how true this article was. Brought to you by the folks at Creating Passionate Users. It applies to so many areas of life. Look around... is that a zombie next to you. Oh no, it's just a mirror.

I've known only a few people who really know how to manage both tasks and people well. How about you? Are you being micromanaged? Or are you a micromanager?

This may be common knowledge, but I was checking out the White House website for RSS feeds. They've got em. There is also a government webpage dedicated to government related feeds.

Visit the site HERE

I can't remember... did Al Gore invent RSS or just the internet. We should thank him. It's really a cool idea he came up with.

Worried about losing your USB Flash drive? Concerned that if you keep it on a key ring it'll get scratched? Bothered wearing it round your neck will make it seem you're wearing a cheap iPod Shuffle knock-off? Imation has the answer: the Flash Wristband.…

Read about it HERE

from The Register UK

This worm is a bad one. Nyxem (aka Blackmal, Kama Sutra, et al) is scheduled to release its payload on Feb 3 and the 3rd of every month thereafter. It was discovered on or around January 16, 2006 and there are close to 500,000 infected PC's worldwide. This aint no hoax. For more info, check out the following sites:

- about.com
- Kaspersky
- AVG
- F-Secure

These sites will tell you what to look for if you think you might be infected. You can find removal tools there if you find that you are infected.

If you are prone to open unsolicited porn emails with catchy subject lines like:

*Hot Movie*
Arab sex DSC-00465.jpg
F***in Kama Sutra pics
Fw: SeX.mpg
Fwd: Crazy illegal Sex!
give me a kiss
Miss Lebanon 2006
Part 1 of 6 Video clipe
School girl fantasies gone bad
The Best Videoclip Ever

please be advised that you are walking into a trap. These very subject lines will not bring much pleasure. If you've opened them, prepare for some mayhem tomorrow (2/3). Especially if you don't figure that virus protection is necessary. Got a Mac, don't worry. More info HERE.

Domain name, that is. A friend recently commented that someone he knew had missed the renewal deadline on his domain registration. Within minutes of it expiring, the domain was snatched up by someone else. With the busyness that we find ourselves in, it is easy to forget. How do you protect against this. The easiest is to turn auto renew on at your registrar (godaddy.com, networksolutions.com, register.com, etc.). This way when the renewal comes due, you'll be automatically renewed for the period you select.

Ever want to see where a for sale item is located. Check out Block Rocker. Each For Sale item is mapped out to its location. It's probably the only selling point that differentiates it from Craig's List... and I guess the fact that Craig's list has a huge fan base. Who knows if it will catch on or not. Craig's list still rocks for a no frills site. A buddy of mine just sold an old Fender Rhodes there last week. So check out Craig's list too if you haven't.

What the bad guys are doing now is putting links in email messages which afford them several things if you open a message that contains a questionable image. One, they get a "hit" back saying that you exist (your email address is valid). Second, they often plant an automatically downloadable script, worm, or other virus on your system without your knowledge, all by simply viewing the message.

The latest releases of most email apps, including Outlook and Outlook Express provide protection against downloading images automatically. The main way to do it is through the security tab in Tools/Options. See the image below.

You'll notice that the "Block images and other external content in HTML emails" is checked. When you have this checked, Outlook and Outlook Express give you the option of downloading the images if you think they are OK. When this is checked, the email looks like this.

You'll notice an alert that lets you click if you want to download the images. These screen shots are from Outlook Express ver 6. Outlook and other version are similar. I haven't switched to thuderbird yet (Mozilla's email). If you use web based email, you will probably find something similar there.

Keep in mind that when you forward one of these emails, you will be required to download the images in order for the entire message to be forwardable. You should get an alert asking if you want to take that action.

Also, you may not even be able to see an image in some cases because the image is 1 X 1 pixel white image, hidden somewhere in the email.

Look at your email app and see if there is anything you can do to keep emails safer.

If you think only PC's are susceptible to viruses and other attacks, think again. This article is a great resource for you Mac users out there. Don't be fooled by the PCworld source, it's written from a mac users perspective.

Say goodbye to missed resolutions. For those inclined to exercise, a new mobile app is being developed through Sprint and Bones in Motion. BiM Active is a location-based application that provides individuals with an effortless way to fulfill their personal fitness goals via a simple-to-use and inexpensive GPS-enabled mobile phone. BiM Active offers casual or competitive athletes a way to collect GPS location information about workouts or regimens, measure their productivity, and post the information to a Web-based journal that can be shared with other athletes or managed within a private diary-all from the convenience of their mobile phone.

I suppose an added benefit is that you’ll never get lost.

Getting a lot of spam in your blog's comment inbox. Trackbacks from less than reputable sites. Search engine manipulation is probably at its root. Because it is easy to "hack" into comment areas on a typical blog, unscrupulous SEO firms are selling access to your comments for increased rankings on Google. If you understand how Google ranks, you'll understand why this is so sought after. The more links you have pointing to your site, legitimate or otherwise, the higher your ranking. If you have seen a sudden increase from porn, insurance, real estate, and others, AND if you see a web link within the comment, you are probably helping someone's page rank without even knowing it. This is proliferating so fast, you can actually see page ranks increase by the hour. Consider the number of blogs that are out there and the number of posts per blog in archive. If these are accessible to the general public, they are easily accessible to SEO manipulation.

Savvy bloggers have spam filtering built in for this kind of abuse. Check your settings and see if you can prevent posting links in comments. And happy blogging...

Here is a great article which was the result of some research done on three of the main players in the free anti-virus software market: AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic, AVAST 4 Home Edition, and AVG Free Edition. I'd only heard of AVG and i know lots of folks who use it. See how they fared HERE.

I remember reading a book called "Using Both Sides of your Brain" by Tony Buzan (now in its Third Edition) back a few years. In it the concept of mind mapping came up. In a reference to the way we think, a map can be created to assist with our thought process using branching techniques. The idea is to use both left and right sides of your brain, thereby stimulating creativity while not losing your problem solving skills.

I came across a site that uses software to create mind maps. FreeMind is a java based app that you can include on website or blogs. I haven't thought of a good use for it. Perhaps I'll use a mind map to learn how to use one.

I don't know why I keep finding great mapping apps for exercise. Is somebody trying to tell me something. Anyway, here is another iPod downloadable long-distance route planning software tool. Trail Runner is worth a look, especially if you are into those extended trips around town on foot.

Ever wanted one of those little icons that you see to the left of the URL in the address bar. The file is called a favicon.ico. You'll notice on mine i have a bass clef like you'll see below.

I found a place that will create one for free. The site is located HERE. All you have to do is upload an image that you want as your icon and they send you back the favicon.ico file. You then place it in your root or sub-level directory depending on which pages you want the icon to show. Then you only need to paste some code into your blog's template files and you're done. Here's an example of the code: . The file has to be spelled this way for it to work too. Works like a charm.

If you haven't already done so, make sure you get your Microsoft security patches that were issued yesterday. More info HERE.

For those of you techies with nothing better to do, here is a way to get into your TiVo data.

This comes from XML.com. View it HERE.

Have you received emails from what appears to be eBay or your bank asking you to update your info. The image below was from an email I just received this morning.

It appears to be legit. However, it isn't. How do you know? You have two options.

1. In a prior post I talked about turning off picture downloads in emails. This is important because the email registers a hit back at the imposters server. So your first option is to delete the email entirely. Ebay for example will almost never ask you for this type of info.

2. If you are unsure if the email is important and you want to verify whether the email is legit, AND you don't care about registering the hit, forward the email to the real company (in this case, eBay) at the anti-phishing/spoofing email address. Most companies that are being used as phish bait have an email address that you can send the email to for verification. in this case, the email address would be spoof@ebay.com. You will immediately get an email back from eBay letting you know whether it is good or bad.

If you are unsure about what address to send the email to, do a search at the company website for spoof, fake, phish, security, etc.

Here are a couple common addresses for info on spoofing/phishing:

PayPal - https://www.paypal.com/ewf/f=pps_spf
Citibank - http://citibank.com/domain/spoof/learn.htm

Stay safe...

This time it's bluetooth that's the culprit. If you are keeping OS X updated, you should be covered.

From SophosLabs:

The OSX/Inqtana-A worm spreads between Apple Macintosh computers via a Bluetooth vulnerability. The new worm has appeared within days of the discovery of the first ever real virus for Mac OS X.

The Inqtana worm exploits a vulnerability (known as CAN-2005-1333) to spread itself to other vulnerable Mac OS X computers. However, Apple released a patch against the vulnerability in mid 2005, meaning the worm is highly unlikely to spread successfully.

Users of Mac OS X are advised to keep their software updated against the latest security vulnerabilities in Apple's code.

Not tyring to cause a scare among you Mac users. I am not sure how vulnerable you feel about this kind of stuff. For years Apple has had a reputation as being invulnerable to what DOS/Windows users have always dealt with. Was that related to Bill Gates or the percentage of PC's to Macs. I am not sure.

Stay safe...

Next month, biologist Erik Born will be wielding a crossbow and firing satellite tags into the hides of walruses, having manoeuvred his rubber dinghy through the pack ice off western Greenland. By tagging the walruses, Born will be able to track the animals' movements and behaviour from afar over several years. He will keep an eye on them using the same free Internet tool that has opened the eyes of millions to the possibilities of digital geography (and the sight of their house from above) — the Google Earth virtual globe.

When the walruses migrate in the spring, Born and anyone else with a copy of the Google Earth software and a decent Internet connection, will be able to follow their westerly path to Baffin Island or the Canadian coast, and their return.

Born, who works at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources in Nuuk, got the idea from his colleague Leif Toudal Pedersen, a remote-sensing researcher at the Technical University of Denmark in Lyngby. Last month, Pedersen began using Google Earth to visualize live data from satellites, recording the density and drift of Arctic ice, as well as the position of individual buoys and icebergs. Born's decision to follow suit means they can collaborate easily, with a tool that is free and convenient.

Combining Born's tracking data with Pedersen's maps should reveal how changes in ice affect the walruses' movements and behaviour. With traditional Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software — which was previously the only way to deal with spatial data like these — combining the two data streams would have been a headache. With Google Earth it will be effortless, says Pedersen: "It provides a very easy interface to a lot of different data."

Read the story HERE.

(HT: GISUser)

Learn how to protect your kids. See how many of these chat acronyms you know:

121: one to one ADN: any day now AFAIK: as far as I know AFK: away from keyboard A/S/L: age, sex, location B4: before B4N: bye for now BAK: back at the keyboard BBIAB: be back in a bit BBL: be back later BBN: bye bye now BBS: be back soon BEG: big evil grin BF: boyfriend BFN: bye for now BG: big grin BL: belly laughing BMTIPG: brilliant minds think in parallel gutters BRB: be right back BTA: but then again BTW: by the way BWL: bursting with laughter BWTHDIK: but what the heck do I know C&G: chuckle & grin CID: crying in disgrace CNP: continued (in my) next post CP: chat post CRBT: crying real big tears CSG: chuckle, snicker, grin CU: see you CUL: see you later CYO: see you online DBAU: doing business as usual DIKU: do I know you? DL: dead link DLTBBB: don’t let the bed bugs bite DQMOT: don’t quote me on this EG: evil grin EMFBI: excuse me for butting in EMSG: email message EOT: end of thread F2F: face to face FC: fingers crossed FISH: first in, still here FMTYEWTK: far more than you ever wanted to know FOMCL: falling off my chair laughing FTBOMH: from the bottom of my heart FUD: fear, uncertainty, and doubt FWIW: for what it’s worth G2G: got to go G: grin GA: go ahead GAL: get a life GD&R: grinning, ducking, and running GF: girlfriend GFN: gone for now GIWIST: gee, I wish I’d said that GMBO: giggling my butt off GMTA: great minds think alike GOL: giggling out loud GTRM: going to read mail GTSY: glad to see you H&K: hug and kiss HAGN: have a good night HDOP: help delete online predators HHIS: hanging head in shame HTH: hope this helps HUB: head up butt IAC: in any case IANAL: I am not a lawyer (but) IC: I see IDK: I don’t know IHA: I hate acronyms IIRC: if I remember correctly ILU: I love you IM: instant message IMHO: in my humble opinion IMNSHO: in my not so humble opinion IMO: in my opinion IOW: in other words IPN: I’m posting naked IRL: in real life IWALU: I will always love you IYSWIM: if you see what I mean JIC: just in case JK: just kidding JMO: just my opinion JTLYK: just to let you know K: okay KIT: keep in touch KOC: kiss on cheek KOL: kiss on lips KOTC: kiss on the cheek KWIM: know what I mean? L8R: later LD: later, dude LDR: long distance relationship LLTA: lots and lots of thunderous applause LMIRL: let’s meet in real life LMSO: laughing my socks off LOL: laughing out loud LSHMBB: laughing so hard my belly is bouncing LTM: laugh to myself LTNS: long time, no see LTR: longterm relationship LULAB: love you like a brother LULAS: love you like a sister LUWAMH: love you with all my heart LY: love you M/F: male or female MOSS: member of same sex MOTOS: member of the opposite sex MSG: message MTF: more to follow MUSM: miss you so much NADT: not a darn thing NIFOC: naked in front of computer NP: no problem NRN: no reply necessary OIC: oh I see OLL: online love OM: old man OTF: off the floor OTOH: on the other hand OTTOMH: off the top of my head P2P: peer to peer PDA: public display of affection PEBCAK: problem exists between chair and keyboard PLZ: please PM: private message PMFJIB: pardon me for jumping in but P