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Hey An Up Month
Wednesday April 1, 2009
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Well we finally had a month when the major averages moved up. And that is no April Fools joke!Here is how we did.Our portfolio of 10 stocks from Fortune Magazine gained $269 and now has a value of $9027. Name Symbol Last price Change Shares Cost basis Mkt value Altria Group, Inc. MO 16.02 -0.36…
Freshly Hatched Hummingbirds in Palm Desert Make Vimeo Staff Picks
Tuesday March 31, 2009
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A big congratulations to Linda McClure for making the Vimeo Staff Picks.After watching the nest for a couple weeks, hummingbird incubation ranges from 16-18 days, two tiny hummingbirds were hatched. Look carefully to find the recently evacuated egg shell in the nest. Eggs Hatched Today – Baby Hummingbirds from Linda McClure on Vimeo.For more perspective…
RT @Mashable Retweet App Free Today for iPhone
Monday March 30, 2009
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RT @Mashable Retweet App Free Today for iPhoneWhat is retweeting?It is when you share a tweet from another tweep.What is so cool about the Retweet iPhone app?IT IS FREE TODAY!What can you use the Retweet iPhone app for?It is a great way to see what is hot right now because it shows you what is…
WANTED: 2 PHISH Tickets, The GORGE
Saturday March 28, 2009
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At noon Friday, March 27, 2009, Ticketmaster started selling Phish concert tickets for their August 7 and 8 performances at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. I am told this Amphitheatre holds 20,000 guests. However, I was on Ticketmaster at the appointed time and I was not able to buy tickets to this event. It…
Google to Expand TV Ad Service to Online Video
Friday March 27, 2009
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If you are into a new trend of watching TV online, you can expect commercials in the near future. Google is looking to expand its TV ad brokering to online sites such as YouTube. Google has been running test advertising programs for TV ads for months and hopes to creative an avenue for advertisers looking…
New Blackboard Learn Apple iPhone Application – FREE
Thursday March 26, 2009
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Most Universities use Blackboard to allow students to access their course information from any computer. It allows students to check their grades, message students and professors, download material for the class, view your grades, and stay involved with online forums for a particular class. Blackboard announced this morning the release of a free application, Blackboard…
Google Improves Search Results Overnight
Tuesday March 24, 2009
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Major changes affecting SEO have taken place OVERNIGHT in Google’s ever changing, ever improving algorithm. Straight from Google:We are constantly looking for ways to get you to the web page you want as quickly as possible. Even if you don’t notice all of our changes, rest assured we’re hard at work making sure you have…
Search the Real Meat of iPhone 3.0 Beta OS
Monday March 23, 2009
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Search the Real Meat of iPhone 3.0 Beta OSLast Tuesday Apple released the SDK (software developer kit) for the soon to be released iPhone 3.0 OS. Developers (like us here at Webconsuls) were able to also install the 3.0 beta so that we can test our apps.Advance preview of 100 new features.For iPhone owners, it…
Lights on Broadway Were Dimmed Twice This Week
Saturday March 21, 2009
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The lights on Broadway were dimmed twice this week to honor and remember two award winning actors, Ron Silver and Natasha Richardson. Don’t jump to conclusions…I didn’t know either Ron Silver or Natasha Richardson, but their work touched our lives and now sadly their untimely deaths do as well. Live theatre is just that…live and…
Yahoo Ad Scheduling
Friday March 20, 2009
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Yahoo Search Marketing, the Pay Per Click (PPC) division of Yahoo! Inc has been historically behind the 8-ball, or more specifically behind Google AdWords for the last 3 to 5 years of PPC advertising. Yahoo’s argument was, we were the 1st on the scene and Google has since leap-frogged us by taking our model…
Pain of Post Inguinal Hernia Surgery
Thursday March 19, 2009
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I recently had a Hernia Surgery 2 weeks ago and found it to be a very painful experience. I went in the operating room with no fear (thinking the Vicodin would take care of me after the surgery). Sad to say, the Vicodin worked but not as effectively as I had imagined. I went in…
Finding the Equipment to Exercise
Wednesday March 18, 2009
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I am lucky. I live in Southern California near the beach. I have a pool at my home. My golf club has a fitness center. So the weather is good almost all of the time, I have great exercise equipment convenient to me.Right now I am using an elliptical cross trainer for 30 minutes and…