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Flying Tips, Cool Online Trends, and Google Gets Scary! Are We In a Brave New World?

May 23, 2007 Blogging

I’d like to thanks CNN for sharing with me the incredible AvoidDelays, which is brought to all of us from our nation’s air controllers. This site is chock full of awesome data about flying in the US, including airports to avoid, worst time to fly to certain cities, and much more. If you travel at [...]

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Vindication and a Public Apology: Courage & Cowardice

May 22, 2007 Commentary

If You Do Something Wrong, Fix It! It is really not that difficult a concept. If you do something wrong, first you must recognize that you have done so, then you should do something to rectify the situation. For those of you who have been around for a while, you know about the situation that [...]

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Productivity Tip: Take a Day Off and Work Better Tomorrow

May 20, 2007 Commentary

Sometimes, a small, irrelevant, event in our lives can completely alter our thoughts on work, family, etc. On Friday, I slammed my finger in the door while leaving my garage; while this left me with a minor bruise, it was quite painful typing. As a result, I took it easy and slacked a bit. Given [...]

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Whoops, I Did it Again

May 18, 2007 Commentary

No, not Britney . . . . I hurt my middle finger again! Just slammed it in a door. I’m taking a rest from typing. I’ll see you all over the weekend.

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The E-Junkie Shopping Cart: Testimonials & Preliminary Thoughs

May 16, 2007 Commentary

The other day I introduced a new shopping cart to you called E-Junkie. Since then, I’ve spoken to a few people who use the site and wanted to share their thoughts. I did register to give the technology a try, as it really looked intresting to me . . . while I haven’t gotten anything [...]

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Technorati’s WTF Got Game(d)

May 15, 2007 Blogging

Introducing Technorati’s WTF aka Where’s The Fire I don’t think it has quite caught on yet, but Technorati has built it’s own answer to Digg, Reddit and the rest of the social news and bookmarking sites. It’s called Where’s The Fire or WTF and covers “What’s Hot, and Why.” Considering the popularity and resources of [...]

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Are You In Wikipedia?

May 14, 2007 Blogging

I am! I actually expected to be in the online encyclopedia for something else, but I guess I’ll take what I can get. It seems that someone felt that my post, the Real 2008 Political Internet Sensation: Ron Paul, about how Ron Paul is making strides in the 2008 Presidential Election by grassroots online support, [...]

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What Happens When Your Posts Are Translated by Others? Los 77 errores que un blogger no debe cometer

May 14, 2007 Blogging

I’m not sure whether to be annoyed or pleased . . . I’ll go with flattered, yet bothered. Someone Plagerized and Translated My Post! It seems that someone has decided to plagerize my Top 77 Mistakes That New Bloggers Make Post. The catch is that they didn’t simply copy it, but translated the entire thing [...]

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John Chow Crashed My Browser Again

May 11, 2007 Blogging

I’ve been a fan of many of the things that John Chow has done on his blog, however I do have a bone to pick. It seems that at least 1 out of every 2 times I visit his site, my browser (Firefox) crashes on me. If I were just reading his blog it wouldn’t [...]

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The Real 2008 Political Internet Sensation: Ron Paul

May 11, 2007 Commentary

NOTE: Just because I’m writing about Ron Paul does not mean I support his candidacy. I simply thought it was important to analyze his growth through the net. I’m a Democrat, but I leave my political views at home. I don’t think people truly understand the power of the internet in politics these days. Thanks [...]

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Are Large Corporations Resorting to SPAM for Marketing? Yes They Are!

May 10, 2007 Advertising

Ready for another rant? Seems like I’ve been doing quite a lot of that lately. This time, it is about something that I’m sure all the bloggers can relate to: Corporate Comment Spam. It seems that the corporations have indeed resorted to non other than comment SPAM to promote themselves In the past 3 days, [...]

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Freedom of Speech and the Internet: Should Comments be Moderated?

May 7, 2007 Blogging

I just read an interesting post over at the Bivings Report titled, Online Venom or Vibrant speech?, where author Todd Zeigler looked into a recent article on the Washington Post and examined a comment made about moderating comments on Post articles. It seems that the online edition of the newspaper gets some extremly rancorous and [...]

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The Proliferation of Blogs About Nothing aka The Vicious Cycle of Blogs About Making Money Online

May 6, 2007 Blogging

We’ve all seen them . . . new blogs with ads at every turn, with nothing to say other then “I make money online” and “I blog about my blog.” Typically, when I come across a site like this I leave and do not return. I realize that these sites offer nothing useful to me [...]

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New Blog Review for TimeforBlogging.com – Get Yours Today!

May 5, 2007 Blogging

A few days ago I came upon a website called NO: Good Money Maker. What impressed me about the site was that it was a blog devoted to reviewing other blogs out there; the reviews were thoughtful, well-written, and comprehensive. Cecil Lee, a blogger out of Malaysia, runs the site. I sent an email to [...]

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Holy Dust Storm, Batman!

May 2, 2007 Commentary

I saw this and had to share! This is an actual photo of a dust storm over Khartoum, the capital of Sudan in Africa. Click on the image for more information about the storm. Photo Courtesy of the Daily Mail . . . and I thought they were exaggerating in the movie, the Mummy!

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