Archive for October, 2007

Oct 25 2007

Not One of The Failures

Published by under Encouragement

When you test something, you try to be thorough, don’t you? It can be rather embarrassing to decry something as stupid and useless, only to have someone else come along and prove that it does work well. Often the key is merely persistence and the humility to ask questions of those who understand how it [...]

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Oct 25 2007

Limitations to Class Ads

I seem to be re-learning a lesson about placing classified ads. The better quality ones, the ones set up for local cities, etc., do not allow you to post ads with affiliate referral links in them. They want ads for items for sale or for services and jobs, and community announcements. Just yesterday I placed [...]

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Oct 25 2007

Does online shopping scare you?

Published by under ACTION TIP

But you’d like to get in on the bargains, and you have trouble getting out to the physical malls – I know! Me too! Guess what – now there’s MyPowerMall with over 1000+ online stores that have better prices than downtown (some with free shipping), plus MPM gives you rebates on top of that! No [...]

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Oct 18 2007

Kernel Lessons, and Fixing my Flash Player

I need to interrupt my series of Linux lessons in this blog to give you some lessons learned through personal experience. First, do not update the kernel in Suse 10.1 – at least, not on this computer! I had that experience one weekend the beginning of September. I normally do my backups and then an [...]

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Oct 12 2007

Kidnapped to Be Blessed!

Published by under Encouragement

I’m one day late, I know. Here’s something that may never have happened to you, but it’s not something you need to dread. A dear pen pal friend (age 83) and her brother, who has retired from the farm and moved in with her, so they can look after each other, showed up in Saskatoon [...]

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Oct 12 2007

Using Craigslist Creatively

I recall when I first came online in 1999, I was astonished to find so many sites where I could place free classified ads. After trying out a great many of them, I discovered that some of them were not any great help. Mostly they were tricks to get my email address so that the [...]

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Oct 12 2007

Free Classified Advertising,at AdlandPro

Published by under ACTION TIP

If you are interested in free promotion, free advertising, marketing or networking, then this is the right place to be. AdlandPro has been offering free and paid advertising services to small businesses since 1996. They have the most complete and most affordable advertising solutions for small businesses and home entrepreneurs. As an Affiliate you can [...]

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Oct 04 2007

Text Editors – One will Fit You Perfectly

Before I ever tried or owned a computer I read about them, and decided that what I needed most for my writing career to take off and prolific was to have a computer. That would put an end to pausing to throw the typewriter carriage back to the left at the end of each line. [...]

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