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XDA Developers released Google Android for WM
Thursday January 15, 2009
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Google launched their G1 phone last year with the Android OS. Now you can get the Android OS on you Windows Mobile device without having to switch phones. XDA Developers, an online community that promotes tweaks and upgrades for your Windows Mobile device. This isn’t a hack of any sort. Its simply a Linux image…
Madoff Lessons
Wednesday January 14, 2009
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If one has not invested with Bernard Maddoff that one can get a cheap education. If one has, then the education is possible but it is more expensive.Fortunately I did not invest with Maddoff, never had the opportunity. The first lesson is – “If its too good to be true, then it probably is not…
Blog Posts, Search Engines and Puppies
Tuesday January 13, 2009
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One of the joys of having a child in the house is how they can be so easily impressed by simple adult skills and knowledge. I know this phase will pass, in our house this period of time is passing very quickly. The other day I realized that I had an analogy for why blogs…
Windows 7 Beta, Everything Windows Vista Should Have Been
Monday January 12, 2009
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Windows 7 Beta, Everything Windows Vista should have been.On Friday Microsoft had intended to release its new OS Windows 7 as BETA to the 2.5 millions souls brave enough to try it out. Being that I am a “Beta Crash Test Dummy” I spent part of my day trying to get a key, trying to…
Social Networking with Smule Zephyr
Sunday January 11, 2009
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Social Networking permeates everyone’s life in one way or another. It is fair to say that just about everyone is looking up old friends and classmates with Facebook and Myspace. Those two forms of social networking certainly come in handy for keeping in touch with people who are geographically undesirable. The iPhone is where a…
Blogs should tell a good story
Saturday January 10, 2009
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Over the course of any week I receive a number of SEO/Webmaster newsletter emails. I try to read through them for hints, myths, SEO/SMO news in general. This past week one of these newsletters had a link to a video in which Sally Falkow was discussing Internet marketing. I don’t know Sally Falkow but I…
The Amazing B2 Stealth Bomber at the Rose Bowl 1/1/09
Friday January 9, 2009
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If you watched the Rose Bowl (NCAA football game) this year on New Year’s Day, you may have seen the B-2 Stealth Bomber fly over during the playing of the national anthem. It is an amazing sight just to see on TV is you were lucky enough to have been watching, again before the game…
Importance of Drinking Water
Thursday January 8, 2009
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Do you drink enough water? Drinking enough watever every day is a key in maintaining good health. Your body is made up of mostly water, it only makes sense to keep replenishing it instead of filling up on other forms of liquid such as soda or fruit juices which contain a lot of sugar. Here…
To Diversify or Not To Diversfy
Wednesday January 7, 2009
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One school of thought is that investors should be well diversified. If one investment goes down, then another may go up and things balance out. One tenet of those that preach diversification is that no one can predict movements in individual stocks or sectors, so diversify and reduce your risk. Those that preach diversification also…
How Much Does NOT Having a Website Cost
Tuesday January 6, 2009
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Let’s look at some of the opportunity costs of NOT having a website. How will people find you? Yellow Pages? You may want to rethink. The other day as I walked up to our door I passed my neighbor’s doorstep and noticed the Yellow Pages had arrived. There was a copy on our front doormat…
Geocaching, Where YOU are the search engine.
Monday January 5, 2009
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What do we do for fun when not building websites? We like to go GEOCACHING! What is geocaching you might say? (You must be a muggle!) Geocaching is people just like you, using a billion dollar satellite system to find hidden tupperware! But seriously folks, geocaching is a huge world wide phenomenon, with equal measures…
Social Networking with Smule iPhone Applications
Sunday January 4, 2009
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The past few weeks I have been playing with some new applications for my iPhone. There are thousands of applications available. Something to suit every-body’s taste. There are apps for just about anything. Smule has four apps out now that I believe are not only fun to play with, but they are also a way…