http://www.funadvice.com/my/advice/esconsult1 I'm the co-owner of this site! My good friend "thedude" and I coded it, programmed it and made it work. I'm 42 years old, I have a 3 year old daughter and try to live out the American dream as best as I can. *** IMPORTANT *** Please do not funmail me with questions that could be asked through the usual channels. I am only available for questions relating to my area of competence: computers, web development, and general business. **** THANK YOU **** en-us Just try to stay away from your dog as much as possible when she is giving birth. She needs no assistance. In the last 40+ years of growing up with puppies at home every few years, we have never had to assist any dog. Even more, dogs like to do their thing in private. With you hanging around it will make things worse. Don't worry, she'll show you the pups when she'd good and ready. esconsult1 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:38:02 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/can_i_help_my_dog_give_birth 502227 Maybe your dad has bipolar disorder. Sounds like some of the classic symptoms to me. Read more on bipolar disorder here please: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/bipolar-disorder/complete-publication.shtml Maybe your mom does not even realize this, and both of you have been trying to cope without understanding what's going on. Educate yourselves, and then try to educate your dad when he is in the down state so he can go get some help. Its treatable, and when the person realizes what's going on, they can probably better be able to control, or at least shorten the eposides. esconsult1 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:57:11 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/loving_dad_to_abusive_dad_with_one 495779 Also, Microsoft Word is available for the Mac. It will open all the word files from anywhere. You can also try the Mac alternatives iWork which is pretty spiffy and will do the same with less fuss. You can even buy the whole MS Office suite for mac as well, which includes Outlook. If you really need to, you can run windows as a virtual machine on the mac, or dual boot it. esconsult1 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:12:10 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/who_makes_the_best_laptop_for_me 476034 I'd just head into any Apple store and check all of them, see which one works best for you. Nothing beats feeling the harware. I know I've gone into the store with the intention to buy one product, and after looking around, bought something else that better suited me. In terms of downloading, I'd strongly urge you to get at least the slowest DSL, which is many, many times faster than dialup, and almost the same price!! AT&T is offering their basic DSL (786K download, versus 56K dialup download) for only $14.99 per month. You may not be downloading music, but video is where everything is now, and its almost impossible to browse the web these days without consuming some video. Trust me, its the best step to take, you won't regret it. esconsult1 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:52:26 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/who_makes_the_best_laptop_for_me 476002 Well, let me suggest an Apple Macbook Pro, or a plain Macbook. It pretty much has all the points you want. In essence you get what you pay for. * Built in camera, speakers and mic * Gorgeous screen * All the programs you need for photos, movies, music, internet already there * No crappy programs that come with the system for "trials" * It just works As the founders of this site, we've moved away from windows laptops a long time ago, as we all just really want to get our work (graphics, programming, managing the site, surfing, emailing, letter writing, etc) done without any fuss or muss. esconsult1 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:17:09 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/who_makes_the_best_laptop_for_me 475085 Our sincere sympathies go with you. Its never easy to lose a child. Rest assured that her questions, answers and comments will remain up on Funadvice for as long as you want them to. esconsult1 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:22:33 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/my_daughter_passed_away_today 448564 Yes, AIM is one of the downloadable apps that comes with the new iPhone software. esconsult1 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:42:57 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/i_need_to_know_some_iphone_information 440369 "People used to love each other..." Nope, the fact is that there is less racism now, than there used to be back in the day. Umm... remember slavery, segregation etc? Today is vastly different. It still lingers, but a sea change for sure! Wake up people! esconsult1 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:06:09 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/why_is_there_racists 439113 Robot Chicken is more subversive and lampoons a lot. So Robot Chicken. How can it not be robot chicken? Have you seen Voltron getting served? esconsult1 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:24:20 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/family_guy_or_robot_chicken 430425 I use Toms of Maine toothpaste. No harsh chemicals, organic. Perfect. esconsult1 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:02:57 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/wat_kind_of_toothepaste_do_you_use 426612 Of course they have a right to exist. No one is going to stop Israel from existing, so the question is a red herring. However, just like South Africa did, they have got to give up the way how they treat Palestinians. Its a simple as that. Unless peace comes with their neighbors, they will not be the kind of country that we all want them to be. esconsult1 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:55:21 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/keep_it_simple 421512 Learn to type, spell, and read. Seriously! That will get you a long way forward. When your friends and relatives are out wasting time you could be creating the next google, or writing the next great novel, or... well... something worthwhile. esconsult1 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:53:08 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/n0_faiir 414188 We do swim in the winter. The atlantic is a bit colder though than the summers. esconsult1 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:40:08 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/do_people_swim_in_florida_during 378595 Asking people to help you campaign in the real world is not a problem on Funadvice. esconsult1 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:58:31 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/campaign_for_obama 371934 A friend of mine is a satanist. We all look at him more as a joke than anything else. esconsult1 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:18:40 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/is_thr_any1_satanist 371715 @jimahl -- thanks Here is a rather devastating take-down of McCain and his "experience". http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/06/04/mccain-emphasizes-gas-tax-holiday-again-rails-against-elites/ It is so devastating that anyone who reads it and looks at all the sources of what he actually said, there is no way that person with a straight face could vote for McCain, unless that person would (if he could) vote for a bush third term. esconsult1 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:28:53 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/obama_rocks_but_r_u_ready 370802 What inspires me about Obama, is not his race or "inexperience", but the ability for America to finally make a clean break with the past. You can clearly see it with his overall support. People under 35 will mostly love Barak, while people over 50 will mostly have big problems with him. And its not because of experience, but because of the generational thought patterns that we're saddled with. No one can say that he does not have solid core values, integrity and leadership qualities with a straight face. It's that people 35 years old or less have a different definition of what those things are. We have different priorities than our parents and grandparents these days. For instance, the under 35's don't really care about Barak's name, but an older jewish guy asked him in florida a few weeks ago: "Why don't you change your name to Barry?". That was the same question I saw an older guy say in a newspaper op-ed 15 years ago when talking about the new crop of immigrants from China, India, Mexico, etc. He wanted them to change their names to Tom, Dick and Harry. One issue that stands out for me is the whole policy towards Cuba. The dictatorship has no end in sight -- and we have the same policy towards them for the past 50 years or so. No one wants to even talk to Cuba, except Obama. That's what I mean by a generational change and a change in attitude. This IS the youtube generation, not the sitcom generation. This is the funadvice generation, not the CB radio generation. This is the World of Warcraft generation, not the pac-man generation. This is why McCain (despite his years of "experience") and especially Hillary, despite her years of connection to the government, would be so bad for this country now. It says a lot when the energy policies of both these people is about removing the gas tax for the summer, instead of focusing on how we will copy with $8 per gallon gas in the near future. We need deep, deep, deep change in this country, not the stupidness of thinking that Obama is un-american, or that he will not defend the country. Those thoughts are the thoughts that were put forth before Kennedy became president, before Bill Clinton became president, before Teddy Roosevelt and many many great presidents going back into history faced those same questions too. What sold it for me was the contrast yesterday in speeches between Obama and McCain, if you saw both speeches one after the other it was like day and night, the past and the future, feeble and virile, argumentative and decisive. I know the America that I want to raise my young family in, and it does not include the fights and arguments of the past. It does not include John McCain as president, It requires strong change we can believe in. Yes we can! esconsult1 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:05:14 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/obama_rocks_but_r_u_ready 370546 Programming, web developer, consultant, database admin, networking etc, etc. It means ya gotta have the chops though. Experience, skill and talent matter in this atmosphere. Whatever you plan to do, be very, very good at it, or failing that, be a bullsh*tter of the highest order :-) esconsult1 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:11:08 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/do_you_know_of_any_jobs_that_pay 368499 A simple issue is that it may also be overheating. Overheating can cause many a symptom. Check to make sure that its not too hot, that the fans are spinning, etc. esconsult1 Fri, 30 May 2008 05:02:48 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/how_do_i_stop_getting_the_blue_screen 364515 We started the site several years ago with the intention of making an advice site for a more grown up audience. But the teenagers took over and here we are now. Sigh. :-) Millions of visitors later we're glad we're here and we're glad you like the site. esconsult1 Thu, 29 May 2008 15:51:36 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/how_this_site_got_started 363902 So hmmm... From what we know in elementary science class, the earth rotates around the sun (right? RIGHT???). Without the sun, there would be no body for the earth to rotate around. Neither the other planets. A pretty good blog post about all of this: "... God then creates the sun and the stars. The Bible is telling us that God placed the earth in the middle of space without a sun, without stars, without any other planets. Just earth. Then on the 4th day he finally adds the sun and other planets/stars into this blank space. My question is this: How did God create light before he created the sun? And even then.. How did God keep the earth from falling through space without a sun to hold us up? Lets say the sun just ran out of juice one day and stopped shining. According to the Bible; Well, since God created light before he created the sun and since the sun is to divide the day from the night then we would still have light without the sun because God created light before creating the sun and does not state anywhere in the Bible that the sun is our primary source of light. ..." http://www.scottrohe.com/blog/2007/12/10/how-did-god-create-light-before-creating-the-sun/ Obviously this part of the bible was written when it was commonly thought that the earth was the center of the universe and the sun rotated around the earth. We all know now that this is not so. The early church excommunicated and no doubt executed people for thinking these thoughts, until they relented. Wake up people!!! esconsult1 Thu, 29 May 2008 05:47:59 -0700 363362 Sure, would be romantic for you, but not for your lover. Reverse the roles and see what I mean. esconsult1 Wed, 28 May 2008 21:43:38 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/what_do_you_think_would_be_a_romantic 363176 Yup, you look like a tranny. Could not resist, you asked, right? esconsult1 Tue, 27 May 2008 06:51:55 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/lol_do_i_look_like_a_transvestite 360679 Freedom means: 1. Privacy 2. Do what I want to do in my own home so long as its not hurting my family 3. Freedom of religion 4. Freedom FROM religion 5. The expectation that I'll pick up the phone and talk to my buddies without someone else listening to the call. 6. The expectation that our gov will not lie to us Finally, the freedom of not having to answer any more of your loaded questions :-) esconsult1 Sat, 24 May 2008 20:31:47 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/what_does_freedom_in_the_united_states 358538 No esconsult1 Thu, 22 May 2008 09:47:17 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/me_and_my_ex_bf_shud_i_wait_fa_him 355976