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The Power Of The Force - The Internet
2008-05-01 00:00:00 Ok, I admit it, I?m a huge sucker for the Star Wars movies and the concept of the force in general. When Keith left a somewhat negative comment on my social networking post the other day, I admit I was both upset and puzzled at the same time. While ... More About: Internet , Power , Force , The Internet , The Force
50 Open Source Resources for Writers
2008-05-01 00:00:00 Why pay for Word processors, image editing software and other tools when there are solid open source alternatives around? The guys from Job Profiles just compiled in fact a big list with 50 open source resources for writers. Below you will find my favorite ones: Open Office (office suite; forget Microsoft) NotePad++ ... More About: Open Source , Resources , Source , Writers
Weird Words
2008-05-01 00:00:00 Browsing on the web today I came across an interested website that lists hundreds of weird words from the English language. Here are some that caught my attention: Alexipharmic - Having the quality or nature of an antidote to poison. Astrobleme - An eroded meteor impact crater. Bloviate - To speak pompously. Bromopnea - ... More About: Weird , Words
Setting Your Freelance Writing Fees
2008-05-01 00:00:00 One of the most difficult things for a freelance writer is deciding what rate to charge for jobs. When working for oneself, it?s not as simple as setting a price and sticking to it rigidly for every client that comes along; there are things to consider, and all kinds of ... More About: Writing , Fees , Freelance
Monochrome WordPress Themes By Graph Paper Press
2008-05-01 00:00:00 Here is a cool WordPress themes developer who has managed to design some really nice and clean looking themes for WordPress. Graph Paper Press WordPress themes are versatile enough to suit most needs and feature some cool looking magazine style themes. From what I have seen, their themes are all ... More About: Wordpress , Wordpress Themes , Themes
Inquire vs Enquire
2008-05-01 00:00:00 One of our readers, Susabelle wrote to ask: Can you take on explaining the difference between ?inquire? and ?enquire?? These are two spellings of the same word, which means to seek information about something or to conduct a formal investigation (usually when followed by ?into?). The corresponding noun is enquiry or ...
Social Networking And How Peer Pressure Can Cause Security Issues
2008-05-01 00:00:00 If you are not using a social networking tool, then most likely you feel pretty ancient right now. Just about everywhere we look these days, social networking sites envelope us. As a matter of fact they slowly choke us to death or at least that is how it ... More About: Security , Social , Social Networking , Networking , Issues
Andro- The Prefix That?s All Man
2008-04-27 00:00:00 Andro- derives from the Greek andros (man) and denotes anything that?s male or masculine (and you thought that was testosterone ) It?s given us several words, many of them scientific or biological: andranatomy - the dissection or structure of the male body androcentric - regarding men as being primary or central androcephalic ...
Calling All Book Lovers
2008-04-26 00:00:00 This collection of book words is not for bibliophobes (book haters), but if you love books, then these are great words for you to use in writing and conversation. They all derive from the Greek biblion, which means book. If you?ve ever researched an essay, then you probably had to ... More About: Book , Lovers , Calling
Spy On Your Competition With Firefox? s Search Status
2008-04-26 00:00:00 Back in February I wrote about Firebug which is one of my favourite Firefox addons. Another one that offers way more than the first glimpse is Search Status . Search Status is so cool, that it will save you hours of your time once you know what it can do ... More About: Competition
The Freelance Writer at Home
2008-04-25 00:00:00 Of all the benefits of being a freelance writer, working from home has to be one of the best. You can set your own pace, manage your time how you want it, and best of all, you get to be your own boss. Leaving the negatives out of the equation for ... More About: Home , Freelance , Writer
Reduplicatives - Double Delight
2008-04-23 00:00:00 Reduplicatives never travel alone. In fact, they always come in pairs and sometimes sound rather silly. These are the words formed through reduplication, when you repeat a word to form a new one, or slightly change the vowel or consonant. These are inventive and musical words and there are hundreds ... More About: Double , Delight
FaceBook Chat Takes It To The Next Level
2008-04-23 00:00:00 I logged into my FaceBook account today and noticed FaceBook has added a chat feature! In classic Facebook style, it has a clean & smooth interface and you can basically chat with any FaceBook member that happens to be online at the moment. With this, Facebook takes it to the ... More About: Chat
Brand New Revolution Blog Theme Released
2008-04-23 00:00:00 Brian Gardner is famous for his high quality magazine Revolution WordPress themes as many of you would already know. A few days ago he released a Revolution Blog Theme which is available for free download from his site. The Revolution Blog Theme is offered in two 3-column versions, one with ... More About: Released , Brand
Passed vs Past
2008-04-23 00:00:00 Sandi from Inspiration for Writers wrote to ask: ?Can you do a segment on Past vs. Passed?if you haven?t already? Too many get these words mixed up.? Very happy to oblige, Sandi! Past ? relates to location The word past locates something in time, and sometimes in space. It can be used as an ...
Why The MMO Blogging Industry Is Becoming A Pain In The A$$!
2008-04-23 00:00:00 Guys, I really really just about had it with the MMO (make money online) industry. Not that I mingle there at all, I gave that up months ago when I realized that to preserve my integrity I had to concentrate on things that actually make me money and try ... More About: Industry , Blogging , Pain
The Daily Writing Tips Forum is Live
2008-04-23 00:00:00 I was planning to launch it once we reached 10,000 subscribers, but the feedback that we got from readers last week was so positive that we decided to kick start the Forum right now. It is about quality rather than quantity, after all, so even if we get a small ... More About: Daily , Writing , Tips , Live
Let?s Not Eviscerate ?Eviscerate?
2008-04-23 00:00:00 I?ve always thought of the verb eviscerate as being a really strong word suggestive of horror. Say it aloud. Even the word?s sound seems to twist like a knife blade. eviscerate - [ee VIS er ate] intransitive verb - To take out the internal organs or entrails of; to disembowel; ...
Are Theme-Based Content Websites Better Than Blogs?
2008-04-20 00:00:00 A while back I posted an article titled WordPress Vs SiteBuildIt which resulted in heated arguments on both sides of the fence. Today I got an email from Ken Evoy, which is set to take this argument to a whole new level. Overall, the content of the email says that ... More About: Blogs , Websites , Content , Theme
Among vs. Amongst
2008-04-19 00:00:00 One of our readers, Tania Botha asked: ?When (if ever) must one use ?amongst? - I systematically use ?among? in my own writing and change it when editing other people?s texts, because ?amongst? seems so old-fashioned. Is there a rule?? You can use among and amongst interchangeably, but as Tania pointed ...
FreshPress WordPress Theme Clones WordPress 2.5
2008-04-19 00:00:00 Withe the latest release of WordPress 2.5 came a lot of complaints and discussions on many blogs as to why the developers had to change things and fix them while they were still working. Obviously, updates are essential for security purposes more so than anything else and this latest ... More About: Wordpress , Wordpress Theme , Theme
Alexa Traffic Rankings Undergo Major Change
2008-04-18 00:00:00 Every blogger who checked their Alexa rankings today would be in for a surprise. Alexa has just completed making some major changes to their ranking algorithm, and possibly any other service that relies on their ranking would also be effected. In recent months we?ve heard from our Alexa users that ... More About: Traffic , Change , Major
Word of the Day: Caucasian
2008-04-18 00:00:00 Caucasian (kô-k??zh?n) is commonly used as an adjective to describe people from racial groups characterized by white skin, especially ones with European origin. This meaning was coined by German anthropologist Johann Blumenbach since the Caucasus Mountains (located close to the Black Sea) are homeland for most of the white races. ... More About: Word , Word of the Day
Creating Your Freelance Niche
2008-04-18 00:00:00 Finding one?s own niche in which to write articles can be a great position to attain, and one most writers will attempt at some point in their careers. For a freelance writer just setting out, niche writing can help make the break into the business much easier, and provide a ... More About: Creating , Freelance , Niche
Business on Medical Services
2008-04-18 00:00:00 Business on human related needs is always having great opportunity to grow. Business like Food & Beverages, Clothing, Medical Equipment or Medical Services is few of them. Each business has its own characteristics and requirements.Medical services business needs peoples who care givers and because of nursing jobs nature, they may ... More About: Business
Euphemism and Euphuism
2008-04-18 00:00:00 Political correctness is nothing new. People have desired to avoid calling a spade a spade since ancient times. People don?t die, they ?pass away.? Politicians don?t commit crimes, they ?make mistakes.? Married men don?t commit adultery, they ?cheat.? People don?t fart, they ?pass wind.? The word for this substitution of a less offensive word ...
Spread The Love With The KeywordLuv Plugin
2008-04-17 00:00:00 The KeywordLuv Plugin is the answer to all the irritation that has spread amongst blog owners worldwide as it puts an end to supposed spamming comments once and for all. Or so it seems. It is still up to the blog owner to check their comments and whether some ... More About: Love , Spread
Especially vs. Specially
2008-04-17 00:00:00 One of our readers recently asked if we could explain the difference between especially and specially. The words especial and special can be used almost interchangeably. They both mean something which was ?out of the ordinary? or even ?exceptional?. Merriam-Webster defines especial as meaning ?being distinctive?: as a: directed toward a particular ...
Killer Domains: Tools & Techniques to Find the Perfect Domain Name
2008-04-16 00:00:00 This is a bit off topic, but many of our readers also have websites or are planning to create one, so I figured that they could be interested on my recent ebook. It is titled ?Killer Domain s: Tools & Techniques to Find the Perfect Domain Name .? Here is a quote from ...
Poring over ?Pore? and ?Pour?
More articles from this author:2008-04-15 00:00:00 Some confusion appears to exist regarding the use of pour and pore. Charlie complains that he has to pour through stacks of badly-written letters to the editor every day. In this context the word should be pore. The usual idiom is ?to pore over.? Apparently the preposition ?through? has entered ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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