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The mail server imap.gmail.com is not responding
2011-11-30 18:51:00 Ran into this issue on my iPad2 this morning. This fix worked quite nicely… 1. Close the mail app on your ipad 2. Go your Mail Settings on from Google’s web mail client (It’s under the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab) and make sure IMAP is enabled. If it’s not, enable and save. If it is, ... More About: Gmail , Toys , Server
Century Road Tree Farm Rocks!
2011-11-28 06:00:00 So, we took the Pickle on the annual TeamPerkins Christmas tree hunt today. Instead of pointing the meat wagon south towards Silverton, we took a friend’s advice and cruised out to Estacada to Century Road Tree Farm. A little off the beaten path, but still easy to find, the gravel road ends at a lovely ...
Saying Thank You
2011-11-22 15:47:00 Guest post by Patty Azzarello I was doing a series of leadership workshops last week and one of the things we talked about was creating a thank you habit in the organization. Create a “Thank You Habit” What I mean by a Thank You Habit, is to make it known to everyone that the organization ... More About: Business , Training , Leadership
Activities that build relationships
2011-11-21 16:30:00 We all know that it’s easier to do business with someone we know, at any level, than with a cold contact. Often, however, I struggle with finding and getting to know “new people” to expand my circle of relationships, which is critical to growing my personal and professional network, and hence, my business. This morning, ... More About: Relationships , Networking , Tips , Training , Success
John Maxwell on paying the price
2011-11-13 17:33:00 What do you think about aquiring? Here’s my own story about paying the price, please feel free to share yours with us, as well. “Brick & Stone” Perry P. Perkins Sassee Magazine, July 2009 Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Resolutions, 2010 When I was a boy, my mother had a small plaque that hung ... More About: Video , Videos , Training , Success , John
Smart phone and Tablet ? Best of both worlds.
2011-11-12 00:01:00 This is the largest screen available in any current android smart phone (it?s huge!), and I think it’s the perfect balance between a standard small-screen smart-phone and that heavy tablet, weighing in at just 4.5 ounces. It?s basically your Samsung Galaxy tablet in a cell-phone format. This is an android system, so you have thousands ... More About: Products , Phone , Smart , Smart Phone , Worlds
Never, Never, Never, Never give up
2011-11-10 17:23:00 Print this list…read it everyday…one day you may be on it! “Only those who dare to fail greatly can achieve greatly.” ~ Robert F. Kennedy Winston Churchill failed sixth grade. He was subsequently defeated in every election for public office until he became Prime Minister at the age of 62. He later wrote, “Never give ... More About: Give
Customer Acquisition Training ? 11/07/2011
2011-11-08 18:02:00 Wow, what a great time I had last night! It was my privilege to share some tips and insights on customer acquisition and retention (doesn’t THAT sound exciting?) for our business group here in Portland. We took a look at sales, and customers, from the standpoint that you don’ have to SELL, if you’re the ... More About: Network Marketing , Training , Customer
Know Your Destination
2011-11-07 02:51:00 “Goals are dreams with deadlines.” – Diana Hunt The next time you’re on an airplane, think about this: the average flight is only on the actual, exact charted course to its destination about 5% of the time. The other 95% of that time is spent making minute readjustments to the flight plan due to the ... More About: Network Marketing , Destination
Facebook not responding ? strange looking page
2011-04-13 03:32:00 RESOLVED – See Comments This is the page that opens when go to www.facebook.com, and it won’t let me navigate anywhere from here. I’m using Firefox and having no trouble browsing anywhere else. (Blackout are mine) Any ideas? More About: Page , Facebook , Strange
New Facebook Freezing, Locking Up?
2010-12-12 04:50:00 Okay…very interesting! Ever since I inadvertently “upgraded” to the new Facebook (may a thousand fleas infest their shorts), I’ve had it lock up on me several times a day (can’t post or comment.) Up until now, I’ve had to close the program, and then open it again in a new window. Did Bill Gates buy ...
Never Forget
2010-09-11 14:01:00 ‘MEET ME IN THE STAIRWELL’ author unknown You say you will never forget where you were when you heard the news On September 11, 2001. Neither will I. I was on the 110th floor in a smoke filled room with a man who called his wife to say ‘Good-Bye.’ I held his fingers steady as ...
Syncing Microsoft Outlook and Yahoo Plus
2010-04-25 03:52:00 If you’re having trouble sending or receiving mail, when syncing MS Outlook with Yahoo Plus, you’ll find this answer (below) in several places on the web. Problem is, it doesn’t always work. Try this: follow these instructions, but under the “Advanced” tab: POP3 = 110 (ssl unchecked) SMTP = 587 (ssl unchecked) Yes, I know ... More About: Microsoft
Outlook recieves but won?t send emails (Vista)
2010-03-09 20:54:00 One again, TONS of conflicting info out there! Here’s what worked for me: Simply changing the SMTP port from 25 to 587 fixed the problem. In Outlook – Tools > Email Accounts > View or change existing account > Next > Change >More Settings > Advanced > change the SMTP port from 25 to 587 ... More About: Vista , Emails , Send
Cover Contest: four from left field
2010-02-04 19:51:00 Hey all, Win an autographed copy of my new collection, four from left field. http://perryperkinsbooks.wordpress.com/20 10/02/04/cover-contest-four-from-left-fie ld/ Blessings, -Perry More About: Contest , Books , Left , Cover
Thank you for reading!
2010-01-28 18:48:00 Wow! I just want to say a big Thank You! to everyone who downloaded the free e-copy of my novel, “Just Past Oysterville: Shoalwater Book One.” Your response was wonderful! I expected a few takers?and got over 300! In fact, to make that “thank you” a little more meaningful, I want to offer each of ... More About: Books , Reading , Perry , Perkins
Leonard Pitts Jr.
2008-05-20 00:01:00 Okay, so my regular readers (all four of them) will attest that I don’t often find reason to praise my local newspaper, the Portland Oregonian, especially this last year, during the “Obama boot-licking marathon” of the editorial staff. In fact, overlooking the comics, crosswords, and Margie Boule’s articles, most of my opinions on Oregonian’s content hasn’t ... More About: Leonard
The Secret?
2008-05-08 22:21:00 There are a million quotes out there, a million squared, at our fingertips. Deep meanings, wise counsels, shallow platitudes, offering us the secret of a happy life. Maybe the only secret to a happy life is second chances… Seventy times seven, a million squared, as many second-chances as it takes. -Perk Your thoughts? More About: The Secret , Secret
Thirteen
2008-05-07 19:19:00 I was walking past the mental hospital the other day, and some patients were chanting, “13….13….13…̶ 1; The fence was too high to see over, but I saw a little gap in the planks and looked through to see what was going on. Then some jerk poked me in the eye with a stick! Then they all started ... More About: Thirteen
Same Book, Different Day
2008-04-29 19:20:00 Hey all, During my study time this morning I started thinking about some of the books that have really taught me valuable insights and/or live changing principles. I realized, looking over the list that these are all books that I?ve read several times. After pondering that for a while, I realized that the reason I?ve read ... More About: Book
My Beautiful Shoes
2008-04-25 20:34:00 My Beautiful Shoes Years ago, my father gave me a beautiful pair of shoes. I’d always wanted a pair of shoes like these, but they were far more expensive than I could ever afford, for I was poor and had always worn cheap shoes. My new shoes were everything I’d ever dreamed of, they were made just for ... More About: Books , Perry , Perkins
Our Seattle Trip
2008-04-23 01:46:00 Hey all, For our 12th anniversary, we decided to drive up to Seattle and spend a few days seeing the sights. What a great time! Luckily, we?re Oregonians, so we weren?t too disappointed that it rained (or hailed, or snowed) most of the time. The sun did break out at odd moments, but I don?t think it ... More About: Trip
AnySoldier.com
2008-04-17 21:52:00 Hey all, In our ongoing support and admiration of our troops, I wanted to share a great website I found this week: AnySoldier.com Many of us understand and agree that “Freedom isn’t free,” and would like to support the men and women of our armed forces, who are fighting overseas. But if, like me, you don’t have ...
Gracie?s first picnic
2008-04-13 03:34:00 At almost eighty degrees today, it’s hard to reember that it was hailing just last week, and snowing the week before that! By the time Vic got home from a rare 1/2 Saturday in the office, we were all ready to get out into the sunshine. As this was Gracie ’s very first picnic, we decided we’d ... More About: Picnic
There is a tree?
2008-04-10 00:43:00 There is a tree? In the midst of the garden, there is a tree. It is the alpha and the omega. We are the omega. The omega is the branch, the twig, the leaf?all that is new every morning. With every season the omega is new. With every dawn the omega is new. With every breath, the omega is new. But the alpha ... More About: Tree
On her own two feet?
2008-04-08 01:04:00 Okay, So it was torture watching her pull herself us, waiting for her to thump her melon against the glass as I stood by with the camera ready…but she did it, all by herself… I’m not sure I’m ready for this… It seems like yesterday that she was here… -Perk More About: Feet
Of clichés and excuses
2008-04-02 13:58:00 Marie Cocco wrote an essay for the Portland Oregonian titled, “The boys are being boys - yet again” (Tuesday, April 1st B7) in which she makes clear her opinion (in the first paragraph) that those in the Obama campaign and in the media who have called for Hillary to “throw in the towel” are doing ... More About: Excuses
Thank God for the internet?
2008-04-01 15:17:00 Hey all, So, I was thinking this morning about what an amazing a thing the internet and email is. I mean, when, in all of history, was their ever such a compendium of easily accessable knowledge?Here are just a few of the things I have learned over the last few years…I can’t use the remote in ... More About: Internet , The Internet
My Proudest Moment?
More articles from this author:2008-03-30 20:50:00 Okay, I’ve had a few proud moments in my life. Probably not as many as I should, but I’ve achieved a couple of goals, gotten some applause and even a cheap plastic trophy or two…but none of those compare to this morning. This morning I taught my daughter how to roar! And not some wimpy, accidental growling ... More About: Moment 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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