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This is why I question the value of “Do Follow” Blog comments

A few weeks ago, I was sifting through my blog spam and wondered if it was even worth having my comments "Do Follow". I wrote about it and several commenters jumped at the defense of having blog comments "follow". One even had this to say…

do follow is like some prize that commenter’s deserve to get [...]

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So you want to start a blog and dont know where to start? Part 2

Yesterday I talked a little about where you can go to set up a free hosted blog, today Im going to talk about another option that you have if you want to set up a blog.
Wordpress
I know what you are thinking, I talked about wordpress yesterday. That was the free hosted version of wordpress at [...]

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So you want to start a blog and dont know where to start?

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine asked me about setting up a blog for him. I figured so many people are blogging these days that everyone would know how to start a blog. Guess what, not everyone know where to start. I haven’t gone over to set up his blog yet but I [...]

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Farewell to GFW, one of my favorite magazines.

I currently have a Games for Windows Magazine subscription, had one for years. Pretty sad day, I happen to break away from my vacation this morning to read GFW is no more. No more as far as a print publication. Yea it looks like the magazine is going away and it Games for windows will [...]

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Always shred your important documents

How important is shredding your documents before you throw them in the trash? Is that something you do? Do you ever think about it much? I am currently writing a blog post about a product on my other blog that made me think of a little story. It actually made me pay better attention to [...]

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Why is every internet based video shows a “The ScreenSavers” recreation.

I am really loving the whole internet and online video evolution we are seeing. I think it sortof started with podcast, then people realized they can do the same with video so now there are tons of online video shows for you to watch. The internet is a really good place for video if you [...]

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Beware, some of those forum avatars could be quite embarrasing

The past 2 days I was talking about blogs, bloggers, and blogging. Today I want to talk about another part of the internet that is pretty useful. Message boards, or Forums. Many useful bits of information is found on message boards. As a matter of fact, almost every "social thing" to come about with the [...]

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Blogging as a business. Where do we stand? is it still viable?

About 5 years ago I was at the car wash waiting on my car to get washed and a guy that was also waiting on his car casually started a conversation with me. It started off as just small talk, 2 guys waiting on their cars passing time. Eventually I noticed that this conversation was [...]

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The internet, while great for most, is a pain in the neck for some.

What do these have in common.
Travel agent
Car salesman
Real Estate agent
Insurance agent
All of these are people that you would hire to perform some type of service. The service often involves them being the mediator between you and what you want to buy, sell, invest, repair etc. They usually are paid some sort of commission or fee [...]

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We all probably could do a little better at backing up important files

Do you perform regular backups of your files?
Let me tell you a little story. Last week a friend called me and was asking quetions about his PC. One day he got the dreaded messages saying that his drive was corrupt. The files were unreadable, and it doesnt  boot to anything. Says the drive is bad [...]

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