Digitally Printed Garments

I am trying to establish a Christmas Eve tradition for my family. Ever since we stopped going to my husband’s grandmother’s house for her family Christmas party on Christmas Eve, we haven’t really had anything to do that night. At first I was okay with that, after having somewhere to go every single Christmas Eve since I was a baby (growing up we went to my dad’s family gathering on Christmas Eve then once I was married we started going to my husband’s family function), it was nice to not have to pack up the kids and go anywhere, getting home late only to wrestle with the kids to get them into their new Christmas printed pajamas and then to bed so I could relax and put out the Santa presents. But after a couple of years of having nothing to do, I realized that I missed it. And since I want Christmas Eve to be enjoyable and not stressful, I’ve tried to think of something fun to do. Last year I came up with the idea of putting some hot chocolate in a thermos, grabbing some snacks, and after an early supper of homemade pizza, heading out to drive around and look at Christmas lights for a while, then head home and put the kids to bed. That seemed to work well and we all enjoyed it so we’re going to do it again this year. It’s also a good opportunity for me to take some lovely high color photographs of the Christmas lights. I’m not sure it’s a tradition that will hold since after a while the kids will get too old to want to look at Christmas lights, but it will work as a tradition for the foreseeable future anyway.

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Printed Stickers

We’re getting ready for the annual slumber party at my mom and dad’s place next weekend. Last year we went a bit overboard with everything we tried to cram into the weekend for the kids to do. We baked several kinds of cookies, frosted them, made a few other treats, decorated gingerbread houses, put up the Christmas village and other decorations, plus gave the kids time to just play with each other. It was exhausting! This year our goal is to simplify. We’re going to make and frost only one kind of cookies, and the batch will be much smaller as well. My mom plans on already have the tables and “mountains” set up for the village, so all the kids have to do is put out the houses and people. And since the kids have gotten big into sticker activities and crafts, I looked through an online catalog to find something they could do by themselves. So for a crafty project we have some foam sticker kits to put together. We have a simple winter scene for the youngest, Santa in his sleigh with a reindeer for the middle kids, and a gingerbread house for the older ones to put together. And that’s it. The rest of the time will be all fun that the kids think up themselves. I can’t wait!

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Happy Holidays From Beanstalk *

We at Beanstalk would like to thank all our clients, blog and article readers and supporters for another fantastic year.  As we head into the holidays, it’s a fantastic time to reflect back on the past year and be grateful for being part of a wonderful community and for the clients that have allowed us to continue to do the work we love, for people we love to do it for.  We wish you and yours all the very best this holiday season and hopes for a very prosperous new year.

For all our clients and those wishing to contact us, we will have special hours of operation over the holidays.  They are:

December 22nd – closing at 1PM for our staff Christmas party
December 23rd – closed
December 24th – closed
December 25th – closed
December 26th – closed
December 27th – open and ready to serve you

If you are a client and there is an urgent need to contact us over the holidays the email emergency (at) beanstalk-inc.com is where to direct your emails to insure they don’t get mixed in with others.  This email will be checked periodically over the break however during this time an emergency will be defined as a crucial event such as a site being down or other major issue.  Unfortunately we won’t be able to respond to all casual questions.  We’ll all be spending time with our families and loved ones and hope you are too.

So once again … from all of us at Beanstalk to all of you: Happy Holidays.  Now stop surfing the web and get to the festivities.

Special Thanks:  To Gemini Computers and Jim Boykin and his Internet Marketing Ninjas for the kind thoughts and appreciated holiday gifts.

A New Google Places Bug

There seems to be a lot of discussion regarding an issue with missing photos on many Google Places pages. A thread on the Google Places Help forum has received several threads in which business owners are stating that they are unable to update any images on for their Places accounts.

From the forum threads, it appears that the main issue is that you quite simply cannot add new images when the image source comes from a third party site. Other reports state that Google Places images that were upload years ago seem to be missing as well. Certainly this is a concern for businesses that rely on Google Places for a large portion of their online presence.

In the Google Places help thread, Google employee, Vanessa Gene responded to concerns with the following comment:

We know you’re having trouble, and we’re working on it – but in the mean time, if you’re having trouble uploading your photos via the Places dashboard, use the photo upload tool via the listing itself, and manage them via your Picasa web album. – Vanessa

False Kid Porno Raid Gets Media Play

A Buffalo, NY, man gets an early morning visit (and alleged contusions) from the ICE: His left his Wi-Fi network open, and extremely poor FBI work (according to this AP report) led to a raid on his home because that’s where the IP address led. While it’s no crime in the US—it is in some other countries—to leave your network open for anyone to access, this isn’t the first time this has happened. I’ve written up a few previous similar incidents that led to police or federal agents breaking down the doors for criminal acts conducted over the network at the physical address. In most cases, a neighbor is the guilty party.

You’d think the FBI would be briefing agents on this issue, so that they don’t face multi-million-dollar lawsuits for faulty work that pinpoints the wrong person. The Buffalo man isn’t suing, even though his attorney alleges he was thrown down the stairs by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He says they didn’t properly identify who they were after breaking down the door and brandishing weapons. (Who knows from ICE?)

Even on an open network, it’s possible to track identifiers that would allow relatively easy confirmation of which machine was the case, or to stake out the area for a few nights, tracking signals and locations. Then agents could enlist the homeowner with the open network to ensure the Wi-Fi signal remained available and could be used to track at which exact moment that a perpetrator was engaged in an illegal act and then raided at the same time. (We’re talking child pornography here, not file swapping.)

The AP article says that US-CERT recommends “closing” a Wi-Fi network among other security measures. This option, labeled differently on each maker’s router software, disables default beaconing, and thus the network name and availability isn’t broadcast. However, whenever the network is use by a party that knows the name and has associated with it (encryption or otherwise), traffic can be snooped and connection information extracted. I don’t recommend closing a network as it provides no effective security, and neither does limiting an network to specific MAC addresses (the Wi-Fi adapter’s unique hardware number).

US-CERT has six recommendations for best home practices on its Securing Wireless Networks page, which include these two. Closing a network is noted as “Protect Your SSID.”

Really, using a nine-letter/digit WPA password is the simplest way to protect a network in a reliable and secure way no matter what other restrictions are in place.

I choose to password protect my network in part because I don’t want to be indirectly responsible for anyone’s actions on my network (whether in a raid or just because someone commits a nefarious act using my router), and because Comcast caps my use at 250 GB per month.

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Good Christmas Gift Ideas

Christmas is the most popular festival in many countries. People come together on this day to stay with families and friends. The most important aspect of the celebration is exchanging Christmas gifts. Christmas is the time to share happiness and spread love. The Christmas Gifts that you provide should be unique and special.

Christmas gifts are available in different markets, and the most meaningful gifts should be chosen with a special meaning to the recipient. A Christmas gift basket can hold your homemade chocolates with fresh flowers to your friends. Or you may also send cookies, cakes or soft toys as a Christmas gift. A combination of fruits is also a great idea for celebrating Christmas party. Some useful gifts such as books, portable electronic goods, and home appliances are also amazing Christmas gift ideas. An array of fine wine is another special way of saying Merry Christmas for people who like alcohol. One can also send a decorated Christmas tree to double the joy of a Christmas party. All these Christmas gift ideas are suitable in celebrating Christmas.

Sending Christmas cakes is one of the best Christmas gift ideas. Without Christmas cakes the celebration of Christmas seems to be incomplete. Embellishing the cake with customized messages or a Christmas Cakes complemented with suitable gifts will add panache to these unique Christmas gift ideas.

Christmas cookies are really very special. The cookies may be accompanied with special messages. Cookies in the shape of Christmas bells look good. Children, adults and youngsters all are found of Christmas cookies. Christmas cookies can also be decorated with unique toppings to add to the grandeur of the gift.

Sending flowers is also a very good idea. Christmas flowers on one hand will surprise your loved ones on Christmas day. And the flowers with customized messages will make the recipients’ face cheer with joy and delight.

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