Mason’s New Car Seat & Wildflowers On Mt. Tzouhalem

We bought a spiffy new car seat for Mason yesterday.  Car seats have sure become a huge safety issue these days and they come loaded with safety features to make sure little ones are protected in case of an accident.  It’s a far cry from the days when toddlers used to sit on their Mom’s laps in the front passenger seat. That seemed o.k. at the time, I guess, but it’s pretty scary to think about now.  Mason’s new car seat is a Safety 1st convertible which means it can face rear or forward.

Mason’s new Safety 1st convertible car seat

All car seats sold, or used, in Canada must have the Canadian Standards Association seal of approval which guarantees the product has been tested and certified as meeting all current safety rules and regulations.

That’s a good thing but Mason’s car seat also has to have a very important 2nd CSA stamp before we can use it.  This process is even more rigorous and detailed than the Canadian federal government’s.

Our little man must get everything CSA approved – Carrie’s Safety Approval

The 2nd CSA is the Carrie Safety Approval and means that Mom has personally inspected the car seat, checked the installation, belts, harnesses and location just to make sure she is totally satisfied everything is safe and secure. Then, and only then, will our little man be approved to ride in his new car seat that is safely and securely, I believe, fastened and locked in the back seat of my truck!  We hope to pass inspection and get approved this weekend.

Rick’s Pics from our Wednesday Mt. Tzouhalem Hike

As part of my new and as often as possible “less wordy” blog format, here is a display of some of the photos I took on our Wednesday hike up Mt. Tzouhalem.  It was a perfect day and even though the wildflowers are beginning to fade a bit there were still many fields of flowers for us to enjoy.

How about these wild Sunflowers?  Probably our favorites.

Yesterday I wrote about evil hackers using Blackshades, a Remote Access Tool (RAT), to hack into computers, steal information and even take over your webcam to take pictures and videos. I mentioned that I often use a RAT named TeamViewer. Over the past few years I’ve used TeamViewer to remotely sign on to over a dozen RV bloggers computers to diagnose and fix computer problems that were too difficult to repair via back and forth emails. How is TeamVewer different from Blackshades?

I’ve used TeamViewer frequently to diagnose problems on remote computers

Although both TeamViewer and Blackshades both allow for remote control of pc’s there is a major difference. Unlike Blackshades, using TeamViewer there is no way possible for me to invisibly control your computer. For security reasons, the owner of the computer being accessed must initiate the process and then send me the new password generated for each session. Once the session is ended, the computer owner simply terminates the session and closes TeamViewer. End of access!!

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