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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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Cox Highspeed Internet tech support woes. How common is this?

Ive been building, upgrading and repairing PCs for about 15 years. I wouldnt say Im an expert, or know everything, but I am pretty familiar with a lot of PC technical issues. My knowledge and experience with PC’s have helped me see through some of the garbage that store salesman try to feed me and [...]

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Is it still a good idea to “Do Follow” links in your blog’s comments?

This blog… Actually both of my blogs have the "Do Follow" plugin installed. I know many of you know how this works but for those that dont, heres a brief explanation of the whole "No Follow" thing. The "No Follow" tag was created to help search engines know what to ignore when it crawls your [...]

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Hulu.com features: Create and embed a custom clip. Also watch a few TV shows here.

I got into the Hulu.com beta a little while ago, checked it out a few times but never really looked into it much since the beta invite. Thats not to say that I don’t like Hulu, I actually think the site is a really nice site. Hulu.com is a website created by NBC and FOX [...]

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Should you buy a “niche website” package, or just create your own?

Ever heard of Adsense Real Estate? Well Adsense Real Estate is one of those "programs" that promise potential money to be made with a ready made system. A system that Im pretty sure works. Ive run across similar websites on the web and Ive seen plenty of others come across these websites and click away, [...]

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