Timely nuggets of information and ideas we want to share with you. Time to start thinking about holiday decorations. This is a handmade delicate honeycomb ornament made from recycled cotton paper. It unfolds to a three-dimensional ornament with a cotton... The post The Friday Bulletin October 31, 2025 appeared first on Sharp Eye.
Timely nuggets of information and ideas we want to share with you.
Time to start thinking about holiday decorations. This is a handmade delicate honeycomb ornament made from recycled cotton paper. It unfolds to a three-dimensional ornament with a cotton hanging loop. It comes in pink or yellow. Each has inner contrasting colors and designs that unfold as it opens. $14.00.
Aspen & Arlo have great wrapping paper. They feature many dog and kitty papers, as well as Christmas in New York or Christmas in Paris, and hundreds of other designs. $19.99 for a 6-foot roll or $38.99 for a 15-foot roll.
If you’ve ever suspected that your internet speed or connection was not what it should be, this website will provide you with instant information about your internet speed, connection, and download, upload, and latency (the delay between a user’s action and the system’s response) speeds. It will test any device, anywhere in the world. It measures in milliseconds and has no ads. https://fast.com/
Here are some guidelines to assess whether your internet speeds are adequate.
- Download speed – A download speed of around 100 Mbps is considered ‘good enough for most households’.
- Upload speed – if you do video-calls, work from home, upload large files, etc., you’ll want 10-20 Mbps or more.
- The minimum broadband definition (by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S.) is 100 Mbps download / 20 Mbps upload.
How many “I have read and accept the terms of service” have you not read but said yes to anyway? Tons, right? And have you fleetingly wondered what kind of a risk were you taking? This website, funded by nonprofits, wants to help us all by grading the Terms of Service and privacy policies of major internet sites and services. They also summarize the key points contained in the too long version that you didn’t read. https://tosdr.org/en
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