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A Fish pond found
2008-05-19 22:11:00
A complicated Internet phishing schemes to steal thousands of credit and debit card numbers have been broken up in Romania and the U.S. Thirty-eight people in the U.S. and Romania have been charged in two federal indictments. Thank you Romania. The organized crime group was using Phishing by sending e-mail messages that look like official correspondence from banks or credit card vendors to get you to go to the criminals fake Web sites and enter their account numbers. The crime group sent more than 1.3 million spam e-mail messages in one phishing attack. That is a ton of emails wonder why the ISP did not question this, when I was doing newsletters a few years back, I would get shutdown if I did more that 3000 emails. Their criminal conspiracy charges will  carry a maximum prison sentence of 20 years, the bank fraud charges have a maximum sentence of 30 years, and device-fraud conspiracy will have a maximum sentence of 7.5 years. The unauthorized access count carries a maximum pr...
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Appraise it yourself
2008-05-19 21:45:00
Just what I have been waiting on. All the time myself and me peeps are always needing to look up the fair market value of items. From items picked up at a yard sale, estate sale or off of ebay, it would be nice to know what the value of that item is worth on the fair market. Might want to buy and flip a widget, if we can buy low and sale high.In comes the folks at UsedPrice.com.  UsedPrice helps you with the fair market value of big widgets like, appliances, stereos, guns, camera equipment, computers, musical instruments, video games, audio equipment and more. There is some cool price guides and  calculator on the site to help with used equipment value. Besides myself and friends, the UsedPrice site is ideal for Appraisers, Online Auctioneers, Freight Adjusters, Collectors, Pawn Shops, Retailer stores, Repair shops among others.I will use this site a lot.Cheers
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Firefox RC1 is available
2008-05-19 00:36:00
Mozilla ahead schedule.Mozilla has rolled out release candidate for Firefox 3.0. This will be a major open-source browser to a major overhaul in the last year and a half. The beta version has increased speed and I was so glad.Originally set for the end of May. Firefox RC1 is available now for download from the Firefox/Mozilla's servers, and is an update to users running Firefox Beta 5 version, I need to check for my update, maybe tomorrow. The Firefox 3 RC1 browser can be downloaded for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux in 41 languages from Mozilla's site. Go Firefox Go.I cannot wait for this update. The beta version is all someCheersCovering the latest cutting edge of Technology, Business, Internet trends,  Marketing, and Entertainment along with the latest News of the day and I will try to entertain with wit and wisdom along the way. Ok, Ok, maybe more wisdom that wit.  :)Throw in some SEO and Search Engine Marketing tips(Note: Thank you for reading.  Keep in Touch.&nbs...
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Site Update
2008-05-19 00:02:00
Here is an update on the SEMcents.com  blog. I thought I would share this with you. If you have any suggestion please send me a comment.·     &n bsp;   SEMcents.com·    &nbs p;    Started on 10/14/2006·          How many monthly unique visitorsDaily Article Views(this is from Godaddy tracking sortware Title    Today           5/18    5/17    5/16    5/15    5/14    5/13    5/12    Total Total    14737    13440    12731    5753    6241    8514    7451    68867 ·      &nbs p;  The site has about 1900 posts  PR3·      & nbsp;  ...
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Going Green Light Bulbs and more
2008-05-18 23:55:00
Green as the world turns.Today in business the big buzz is going Green. From the construction of new homes, I subscribe to Building Green magazine, about building of green homes, to commercial construction. Green is even becoming the norm in manufacturing, some of the companies have been doing it for over 20 years and make money. My parents have been implementing the energy saving lights in their house, my eyes have been trying to get used to the new light.I you are looking for the latest in Eco-Green friendly indoor light products to outdoor products see the folks at EcoGeekLiving.com. Eco Geek Living is sales earth-friendly products for everyday living.  They strive to provide eco-friendly alternatives to traditional household products. EcoGeekLiving products include Energy & Water Conservation, Outdoor Solar Light s, LED Light Bulbs , Solar Cell Phone(cool), Solar & Crank Flashlights(my favorite), Creative Learning Toys, iPod Chargers, Flexible Solar Panels and more.Th...
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Performance chips for your BMW
2008-05-18 23:52:00
Over the years I have had the opportunity to drive BMW cars and the German manufacturers motorcycles.  They both handle well and drive for racing as compared to other cars. The Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW), Bavarian Motor Works is an independent German automobile manufacturer. BMW is one of the world's leading performance-luxury manufacturers of cars and motorcycles. BMW is also the parent company of the MINI Cooper and Rolls-Royce car brands.The folks of MyHotBMW is keeping the fires of BMW owners burning with some of the hottest products to customize your BMW.  MyHotBMW.com can also provide you performance parts for all the BMW 5 series as well.  All of their parts and inventory are specifically targeted to servicing your BMW automobile.The BMW Body Kits and accessories that is sold by MyHotBMW have to pass a series of extensive tests before quality control team will allow the company to sell the products.  Some of their most popular products are BMW wi...
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Semantic Web Semanticator
2008-05-17 02:31:00
The scuttle on the net is the Semantic Web , the semantic web is increasing the relevance of websites without visitor effort. The Internet Marketers create Semantic Marketing personas which can be detected moments before arrival. Semantic Personas or profiles are based on attribute types like geographic location, operating system, day of the week, search keywords, targeted websites visited. This is the up and coming Search for all the search engines.To give ia test go to Semanticator.The net will never be same.Cheers

Managing you Cash and Credit stream products
2008-05-16 21:51:00
Managing your money includes income, out go, credit access, debt card access, credit cards and other cash stream products. Some of the cost of cash stream products is interest and fees for credit and credit cards. Save money through reduced interest by using the service of Credit Card Club. CCC offers information about and gives you all the costs and interest rates charged on some of following Low Interest credit card, No Annual Fee Credit Cards, Balance Transfer Credit Cards, Rewards credit cards, Gas rewards credit cards among other comparisons.The service covers also Business cards comparisons. Know what type of card to use. How to choose a credit card and many articles on debt management, credit scores, best uses of credit cards for business. A one stop comparisons for all cash stream service products.Cheers
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Business protection with Employee Screening
2008-05-16 17:23:00
When you are work in the transportation industry, truck drivers carry loads as much as 80,000 pounds fully loaded cab and trailer.  If you are not careful it could be kind-of dangerous as a truck driver and everyday motorists.  We went through truck drivers like we would go through socks, very quickly.   Some of the most difficult things we tried to do was run background checks on new drivers or old drivers that were new again. The laws had you very limited on what info you could get on them.  We paid out hundreds of thousands dollars via insurance due to driver that had issues we did not know about.  Our workman's comp went up year after year because of driver mistakes.Now everything on the internet, finding background information on drivers or any kind of future employees has become the norm.  The folks at Employers Reference Source can provide you employee screening with a list of options they you might want to perform in the employment hiring ...
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Silver Investing Colloidal Silver that is
2008-05-16 17:02:00
Investing with Silver in a different way.  Silver and other metal are increasing in price everyday.  Investing your money in the stock market or mutual funds or precious metals, is confirmed by buying the product stock, fund or ounce for a certain price and selling at some other time for a profit, we all hope for this, or a loss, it happens sometimes.Now there is another way to invest in yourself with precious metals and that has been around for over 100 years. Colloidal silver was in common use until 1938. At the turn of the century, scientists had discovered that the body's most important fluids are colloidal in nature: suspended ultra-fine particles. Sound pretty high tech Blood, for example, carries nutrition and oxygen to the body cells. This led to studies with colloidal silver. Prior to 1938, colloidal silver was used by physicians as a mainstream antibiotic treatment and was considered quite "high-tech." Production methods, however, were costly. The pharmaceutical...
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Like to Blog Make Money with Bloggerwave
2008-05-16 00:34:00
Like to make a few coins with your blog. Here is another way to enable your blog to make money.  Want to pay your hosting fees and pay for your lunch? Visit the folks at Blog gerwave. They will give you the opportunity to make extra money.  Bloggerwave is working to come Europe's largest advertising media for blocs. Help them grow with blog ad posts so more and more blog jobs will come.  This is a win-win. Blog and make money.Cheers
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Berries for longer life
2008-05-15 18:57:00
Health can be a berry awayHimalayan Goji berries are considered to be the most nutritious food source on the planet. These are grown in fertile valleys in the Tibetan and Mongolian Himalayas. They are far richer in antioxidants than any other comparable food source tested by ORAC labs. Our wholesale price is significantly lower than that of any competitor we know of. This is because we buy Goji berries in such large volume and have developed longstanding ties with our suppliers. You can also buy Goji seeds for planting and seaweed fertilizer, which complements the Goji seedlings and plants, as well.   People who eat Goji Berries and or drink Goji Juice on a regular basis are known to rarely suffer from heart disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, or many other diseases that commonly afflict people of the Western Civilization. So far I have been lucky in that part, over the last 13 generations my grandfathers have lived to be over 75, 2 lived to be over 86 in the ...
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Red Cross Support
2008-05-15 09:42:00
With two major disasters in the world in Burma and China. Lets hope there will not be another for a long time. It is our duty as information providers, bloggers,  to help in anyway we can with the world community. Burma : Red Cross : Cyclone Death Toll Estimates Hit 128,000On Wednesday, the U.N. raised its estimates on the number of people impacted by the cyclone. John Holmes, the head of humanitarian affairs at the U.N., said that between 1.6 million and 2.5 million were "severely affected" and in desperate need of relief, up from 1.5 million people, Reuters reported.-China Warns Quake Death Toll May Reach 50,000, Appeals for Rescue EquipmentChina warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster.Please visit the Red Cross website and donate to them as these two countries struggle to regain some form of basic life for their people. Hop...
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Anyone need some Twine
2008-05-15 00:05:00
Twine is a new semantics search engine service that will help you organize, share and discover information about your interests. You can also include  networks of like-minded people, friends, groups and communities, or even your company. The Twine's motto is to: Organize, Share and Discover Information About Your Interests.Organize. As you add your information to Twine, it will automatically tagged so that you and others can find your information more easily.Share. Connect with individuals and groups, gather and share your content, and engage in discussions around your interests. I like discussions.Discover. Twine will connect you with new people, content and products that match your interests.The site is powered by the semantic understandings, Twine will automatically organize information, the search engine will learn about your interests and makes connections and recommendations. A product of Radar Networks.CheersCovering the latest cutting edge of Technology, Business, Inte...
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Sightseeing Tours and chance to win $150 of iTunes gift card
2008-05-14 23:47:00
My Senior year in High School four of us guys went to Senior night weekend at Six Flags in Atlanta Georgia. There was lots of rides and lots of seniors from all over at the park for the weekend. My schedule was different than the other three guys, I had to drive a separate car, it was Saturday night and I had to be at work at 5am Sunday, the next morning.  It is a three hour drive to Atlanta.  I left about 2am, 1am CST, on my way back I went off road, riding on the edge with gravel, scared me very bad and also woke me up. I made it to work at 4:30am took an small nap and went to work. This made for a short vacationI have gone back to Atlanta several times, either Six flags or business meetings in downtown Atlanta. Mostly for business meetings dealing with Information Technology.Planning your next vacation? Looking for ideas on what to do? One of my next visits I need to go on a complete tour of things to do in Atlanta, the folks at Trusted Travel and Attractions  off...
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Searching Wikipedia Articles via Powerset
2008-05-14 22:05:00
Able yourself to extract meaning by reading documents like webpages or sentence by sentence. Find a list of concrete manufactures. The outfit Powerset has a goal of helping people interact with latest technology by enabling computer to understand your language. Not sure how that works, I have enough problems with the kings english. Powerset applies natural language  processing for your internet search. Their aim is to improve the you find information via human language.Powerset.com is another of the Semantics search engines. Powerset will work on giving you accurate results and answer your questions directory.More fun in the Search world.CheersCovering the latest cutting edge of Technology, Business, Internet trends,  Marketing, and Entertainment along with the latest News of the day and I will try to entertain with wit and wisdom along the way. Ok, Ok, maybe more wisdom that wit.  :)Throw in some SEO and Search Engine Marketing tips(Note: Thank you for reading. ...
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Presidential Election Merchandise
2008-05-14 21:46:00
This election year is the one of the most interesting elections for years to come, three strong individuals Hillary, Obama and McCain. All using the internet to raise money. I think Obama won in the internet money race. This election is about first woman presidential candidate-Hillary, first African-American legitimate presidential candidate-Obama and one war hero presidential candidate-McCain with lefty attitude. Election merchandise should be a collectors delight with all the firsts in the presidential elections. If you want some of the latest in presidential election merchandise see the folks at 2008RaceGear.com, they have all the latest Presidential merchandise.  This includes shirts, hats, buttons, bumper stickers, mugs and magnets of all the presidential candidates. The one item I found the most interesting is the shot glass with a picture of Obama.I guess I better get what I think will the most collectible for the years to come.Cheers
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Technology and rollform equipment
2008-05-14 13:38:00
In the manufacturing business, there are needs to make things from metal or aluminum. The industry I do work, used rollforming to make its products. We have the big 200K sq ft building and 150 foot stretched out equipment with the giant rolls of aluminum that needs to be rollformed, to standards or custom cut to customers needs.  It is a very loud process of the metal being bent and metal being cut, aluminum is loud I can imagine other metals being louder.  During a normal week we bend, shape and rollform a few tons of aluminum then either box and ship or put into inventory for stock.If you are in the market for a custom metal rollform equipment, the folks at Samco has all the latest technology rollform equipment available for the metal manufacturing industries. They have over 35 year of roll forming experience with 30 engineers on staff to design and custom build your next rollforming equipment. Also they will tool it the highest standards of quality.The summary of Samco:...
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You can never have too many Candles
2008-05-14 00:17:00
I  am not sure when they were first made, but we use and have allot of candles that we keep and burn it many rooms of our house. A candle is a light source, and sometimes a heat source, candles consists of a solid block of fuel and an embedded wick.Prior to the mid-19th century, candles were made from tallow beef-fat rendering. Most candles now are made from wax.  Paraffin wax is the most common, but there are also candles made from gel, soy and beeswax.A candle manufacturer is traditionally known as a chandler. Various devices have been invented to hold candles, from simple tabletop candle holders, to elaborate chandeliers. Their are many types of candles today and my wife has one of each kind.  There are Floating Candles , Tealight Candles, Jar Candles, Pillar Candles, Restaurant Candles and Glass Candle Holders.  These are some the candle types that we have in our house.It never hurts to have lots of candles when the power goes out.Cheers
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Who ZoomInfo
2008-05-14 00:09:00
In the world of generating leads tools are needed along with a little bit of luck is needed to generate B2B leads.  Consumer leads are easier to acquire than business leads. There is a search engine that is focused on business. You can drill down for people, jobs and companies that can help with need sales leads.The folks at ZoomInfo.com  has a search engine that produces a better organized business information for your sales and marketing purposes. ZoomInfo is one of the ever growing semantic search engines ZoomInfo is a business information search engine. They have in their database more than 37 million people and 3.5 million companies. ZoomInfo can deliver  organized information on people, industries, products, companies,  services and  of course jobs.CheersCovering the latest cutting edge of Technology, Business, Internet trends,  Marketing, and Entertainment along with the latest News of the day and I will try to entertain with wit and wisdom a...
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Labia surgery experts
2008-05-13 23:02:00
From birth to adult age our bodies go through allot of changes. Women's bodies will go through and even greater change as they have children and other women only physical processes. A new up and coming procedure that women are getting is labia surgery. Labia surgery will reduce the size of one or both sets of labia. Labia surgery can also be employed to repair the labia following disease or injury, or especially after childbirth. This new wave of plastic surgery interests are being performed by doctors, Dr. Miklos and Dr. Moore. Both doctors are internationally renowned surgeons based out of Atlanta, both surgeons have performed the labia reduction surgery and laser vaginal rejuvenation surgery in 46 of the US states and in 23 countries.Catch the wave.
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Top 10 Domain Registrars
2008-05-13 22:41:00
Over 33 million new domain names were registered in 2007. The total top-level domain names (.com, .net, .org) to over 153 million domains world wide. There is now even FUSU, the world's first domain stock exchange. The service will use a concept of traditional stock exchange and will apply ot the Domain Names Industry. This service provides owners, shareholders and investors with a trading platform for URL's.The world Top 10 Domain registrars.1.  Godaddy2.  NetworkSolutions3.  Sedo4.  NetFirms5.  Tucows.com6.  DreamHost7.  Web8.  enom9.  DomainsBot10. Register  It has been nice for several years for the cost of domain name to go way down. For 2008 I noticed that domain name cost has gone up a little. Maybe domain prices is based on the price of a barrel of oil too.  :)CheersCovering the latest cutting edge of Technology, Business, Internet trends,  Marketing, and Entertainment along with the latest News of the day and I w...
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Semantic Web or Web 3.0
2008-05-13 22:12:00
One of the newest kids in internet search is Semantic Search. Semantic is understanding the context of a word or concept to offer relevant resources making it easier for you to find what you seek.Semantic search attempts to augment and improve traditional research searches by leveraging XML and RDF data from semantic networks to disambiguate semantic search queries and web text. This will increase relevancy of your search results.  Two major forms of semantic search: Navigational and Research. In semantic Navigational search, you will use the search engine as a navigation tool to navigate to a particular intended document. Semantic Search is not applicable to navigational searches. In Research Search, semantic search will  provide the search engines with a phrase which is intended to denote an object about what information that you are trying to gather. There is no particular document which the user knows about that you are trying to get to. You can locate a number of docu...
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Better Golf Handicap Calculation
2008-05-13 21:50:00
Prepare for the PGA with Better Golf Handicap Calculation.That sure was a good ending to the golf tournament this last weekend, the veteran golfer almost won a big time golf tournament, his 2nd place purse paid him about the amount he has earned over the last 8 years. Unless you are Tiger Woods or 1 of the PGA golfers you might need a little help in a round of PGA golf. A little work with a Golf pro can greatly improve your game. Golfers can get your own USGA handicap card for use in different official golf tournament events.  There is now available to have online golf course software for amateur golfers, golf clubs and USGA tournaments. This golf handicap calculator is available from the folks at  NetHandicap.com.With NetHandicap you can get advanced analysis features that include: Golf Handicap Calculation, stroke, trend, Golf Course info, Correlation and What-if scenarios. What-if, I think this is the best part.  NetHandicap also provides tips for your golf game a...
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Wahoo Firefox 3.0 almost ready
2008-05-13 00:36:00
The folks of Mozilla is saying they stopped making changes to FireFox 3.0 and get it out for use by the end of May. The 3.5 beta seem to work really fast, much faster than Firefox version 2. Wahoo, the need for speed. The Firefox browser is currently handling 17.7 percent of browser market, MS Internet Explorer stays out front with a commanding lead fo 74.8 percents and last but not least Apple's Safari stands with almost 6 percent.Cannot wait. I it is good at 3.5 beta, the 3.0 browsers will be something to use.CheersCovering the latest cutting edge of Technology, Business, Internet trends,  Marketing, and Entertainment along with the latest News of the day and I will try to entertain with wit and wisdom along the way. Ok, Ok, maybe more wisdom that wit.  :)Throw in some SEO and Search Engine Marketing tips(Note: Thank you for reading.  Keep in Touch.  Comment if you like. I can use your input and suggestions. )Making Cents-Sense of Technology Business Internet ...
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Your taste for Luxury
2008-05-13 00:09:00
When it is time to buy, somethings it is nice to buy products that are made to the luxury standard.A luxury product is a good for which demand increases more than proportionally as income rises, demand increases less than proportionally as income rises. Luxury goods are said to have high income elasticity of demand: as people make more money, they will buy more and more goods of luxury style. when your income escalates up a luxury good may become a normal good or even an inferior good at different income levels. A wealthy person might stop buying luxury cars to add to their automobile collection. Then start collecting airplanes due to their income increasing.If you need some of the latest luxury goods see the folks at Upside Living. On the UpsideLiving.com website you will find many of the following luxury goods Art Sculptures, Painted Glassware,  Italian pottery, Pillows & Throws, Sheepskin products, Area Rugs, Pampered Pets, Silk Floral designs and I like Spanish pottery....
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Google's Social Friend Connect
2008-05-12 22:30:00
The buzz on the streets, internet streets that is, is that Google will launch in own data portability effort called Friend Connect .Google will be launching its own data portability effort called Friend Connect. It will be announcing more details about the preview later tonight, but in a press release this morning it confirms:The Friend Connect will give any website owner the ability with a snippet of code on your website get social features up and running immediately without programming. More amazing software from Google. With Friend Connect you can have picking and choosing from built-in functionality like user registration, friend invites, members gallery, message posting, and reviews.Cool parts about the Google Friend Connect, will enable Visitors to see, invite, and interact with new friends. And you can use secure authorization APIs, to connect with existing friends from social sites on the web. Some of the sites included are Google Talk of course, hi5, Orkut, Plaxo and Faceboo...
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Vacation, fuel costs and car rentals
2008-05-12 22:02:00
School will be out in a few weeks. For most it will be time to go on vacation. With the price of fuel going up on a daily basis, what is better flying or driving that is the question.  The days of cheap flight have just about dried up. Expensive gas is the norm for your car, which makes it just as bad. I believe this will the summer of the automobile travel. When you take family or friend on vacation you can spread out cost from fuel cost to lodging costs. A rental of a SUV to carry extra folks is a good idea. The SUV gives you room for luggage on roof and extras travel companion plenty of foot room. It is a good Idea to get a car rental, so not to wear out your current vehicle.On your road trip weather it be by fight or 4 wheels the folks at Advantage have some rent a car specials starting $19.99 a day rental, and opportunities for free car rental. Advantage.com car rental service includes a complete line of cars, trucks, SUVs and minivans.I myself would get an SUV and load as...
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Free Music Downloads via the MP3Rocket
2008-05-12 17:33:00
Like Music . Eat Music. Sleep Music, not sure about the sleep part.Over the weekend I downloaded and played with a free music download service. The set up was easy. The music was a pick and choose sorted by music genre. The music even easier to download. For a service to be free this was very cool. I know I played over 30 songs. Probably drove my children crazy, playing music while I blog.  Think I will start doing this all the time.Reminder to self use the MP3Rocket.com site to play free music downloads while I blog and remember it is FREE. The MP3 Rocket are offering the free music download service, all you need to do is create an account and log in.  Over 12 million songs that are free music downloads and unlimited MP3 Music along with Games, Movies and TV Shows.   Now if my children start using the free music download service there may be some conflicts and wrestling over the mouse. :)Cheers
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Secure Domain Search
2008-05-12 16:39:00
Like to check on domain that you just thought of while taking a bath.  I do the same thing. Sometimes you can find me checking for hours to find a domain, if I find a keyword or phrase I believe will become a good url or one that can be sold.  The latest in domain search the folks at Domize. Domize is a secure, instant domain name search tool. It is instant and gives you suggestions. Very cool.  Domize site has a query box you just type to show domain availability of com net org. As you type the domain suggestion, the service makes the com net or org go red if taken or stays blue if available.All your inquires on Domize are secured over SSL, making sure your queries stay private and away from snooping eyes. Thank you Domize.  Because I personally have had someone think of the same domain name on the other side of the world within just a few hours after I was searching on another domain search service. Hmmmmmm.Not joking, was not a happy camper after that one got ...
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