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Life with Crohn's Disease

Life as a Diabetic (Type 1 and Type 2)

What I Have Learned While Being Diagnosed as an Insulin-Dependent T2 Diabetic

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After a 10-year long battle as a Type 2 Diabetic, I was diagnosed as insulin-dependent Type 2 Diabetic (T2D) at the age...
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Tip: How to Stop Your FreeStyle Libre Sensor From Falling Off Before the 14-day Expiry?

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Hits and tips I use to keep my FreeStyle Libre attached for 14 days. With these tips I have never had a sensor fall off early.
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Cases, Stickers, and Accessories for the FreeStyle Libre

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Here is a list of helpful cases, stickers, patches and accessories for your FreeStyle Libre scanner and sensor. As a Canadian diabetic,...

Questions and Answers about the FreeStyle Libre Diabetic Glucose Monitoring System

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I have been using the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system (CGM) since December 2018. Here are some questions I had myself before...

Review: My first thoughts about FreeStyle Libre?

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Welcome to my review of the new Abbott FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitor. This page will be my personal account of using...

Guest Post | What is Carbohydrate?

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Evidence Based Health Care: Before I enter contentious territory I think it's important to state my position on modern western medicine. I am under the...

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Mark is a foodie in training, photographer, Starbucks addict, runner, and single parent living outside of Toronto, Ontario. Living with Crohn’s Disease and Diabetes, life for this Transportation Planner and RPP can be an interesting mix.

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Random thoughts from the past

Blogging 101

Blogging 101 – What can we learn through others?

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One of the most powerful aspects of blogging is the interaction with our readers, their comments, their...
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Crohn's Disease & Diabetes

What triggered your Crohn’s Disease?

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What is considered normal?  I suppose that is to be flushed out – but from those, I have discussed the question of...
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Photography 101

Photo Challenge: Focus on Street

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Day two of Photography 101.  Today's assignment, "focus on a street. It can be a quiet road in a small town, an...
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Should I Move from a Windows PC to a Mac?

Hints & Tips Mark Hanlon - 0
A review of why did I buy a Macbook Pro? Making the switch from a Windows 7 (Microsoft) based laptop to a...

The infamous question of "Why?"

The question of "Why" Mark Hanlon - 9
Originating from Old English hwī, hwȳ 'by what cause', instrumental case of hwæt 'what', of Germanic origin,...

What is Crohn’s Disease?

Life with Crohn's Disease Mark Hanlon - 0
Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the digestive tract. Symptoms include abdominal pain and diarrhea, sometimes bloody, and weight loss. Crohn’s disease...

Review: Microsoft’s Virtual PC 2007

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My review of Microsoft Virtual PC 2007. Virtualization software allows you to run multiple PC-based operating systems simultaneously on one workstation, providing...

Review Windows SkyDrive

Hardware & App Review Mark Hanlon - 0
Windows SkyDrive offers 7 GB of free online storage with applications available For Windows, Mac, iPad, and mobile.  When you use SkyDrive, you'll never...

Tip: WordPress Pretty Permalinks on Windows IIS Server

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I was working with a client who has his self-hosted WordPress website running on a GoDaddy Windows IIS Hosting Account and encountered...

Photo Challenge: What does Home Mean to Me …

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Home is Where the Heart Is.  Taking a look through The Commons, it looks like an incredible group of Bloggers and Photographers...

How to: Turbo Charge Self Hosted WordPress Sites

Blogging 101 Mark Hanlon - 0
If you are facing the problem of slow loading self-hosted WordPress website, or simply want to improve...

Review: PortableApps.Com – Applications on the GO!

Hardware & App Review Mark Hanlon - 0
Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows computer. All without leaving any personal data behind.
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EDITOR PICKS

Review: Drobo – Peace of Mind Computer and Data Backup Solution

Hardware & App Review Mark Hanlon - 2
Admittedly, I have been a long time Windows Home Server User but as my hardware comes close to its life cycle and a recent...
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Blogging 101 – Add something new to your post – Take life by the Horns

Blogging 101 Mark Hanlon - 0
Stand up and look around you?  What do you see?  For me, my first impressions of my hectic home office, are clutter...
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Google Glass – What to expect?

Hardware & App Review Mark Hanlon - 0
Once the exclusive domain of science fiction writers, glasses that allow you to display data, take photos and videos, translate real-time speech...
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Tip: How to Stop Your FreeStyle Libre Sensor From Falling Off Before the 14-day Expiry?

Life with Diabetes Mark Hanlon - 0
Hits and tips I use to keep my FreeStyle Libre attached for 14 days. With these tips I have never had a sensor fall off early.
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Tip: How to view webpage HTML on iPad / iPhone (iOS 13)

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This article outlines the steps required to view the source code (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.) for any webpage on your iDevices including...
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Cases, Stickers, and Accessories for the FreeStyle Libre

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Here is a list of helpful cases, stickers, patches and accessories for your FreeStyle Libre scanner and sensor. As a Canadian diabetic,...
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