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WordPress Admin Incoming Links: An Easier Fix
2007-09-26 15:00:00
So far, I guess I have helped at least a couple people that I know of with my solution for changing from Google Blog Search back to Technorati. There is a much easier fix now. I can’t believe I didn’t think of saving the solution as a file. Jason R Briggs has been nice enough to ...
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Financial Social Network
2007-09-26 00:22:00
There’s a new social network in town. MyWall St.net is for those of us who like to invest our money. This social network allows you to exchange ideas with other MyWallSt.net members, learn what you need to know regarding investing and also trade virtual money with real stock! One feature I like that MyWallSt.net has is the ...
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Mouse With the Other Hand
2007-09-25 22:23:00
I am right-handed, but with having had two kids and having to hold them all the time, I had to get used to using either hand to move the mouse or using the touch pad. Although I’m ambidextrous anyway, I still wasn’t used to using my left hand to move the mouse, so I still had ...
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My Desktop Computer Is Wasting My Time
2007-09-25 17:28:00
If you have noticed the lack of blog entries from me, you can blame my computer. I don’t know about anyone else, but my desktop computer wastes a lot of my time. Something goes wrong with the hardware and I have to figure out what is wrong. Is it the hard drive, the RAM, the cable, ...
More About: Computers , Desktop , Computer , Time , Desktop Computer

The History of Backup
2007-09-21 05:06:00
History of Backup is a very well written article, which discusses the different backup solutions that have been used over the years. It all starts in 1951 with punch cards and ends with network and online backup solutions. For years and years, people have always known the importance of backing up information and files. This caused ...
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Keep the Footer at the Bottom
2007-09-20 20:35:00
Keeping the footer at the bottom of the page when there is very little content on it can be very hard to do sometimes. I did everything I could think of, but the footer still didn’t stay at the bottom like I wanted it to. Or it would, but it was at the bottom of ...
More About: Web Design , Stick , Foot , Bottom , Footer

Talk Like A Pirate Day
2007-09-20 15:59:00
Well, I’m not sure how this one snuck up on me, but I have never heard of this day until yesterday when a client wished me a Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day. Then Justine Ezarik had mentioned on Twitter about it getting out of hand. It seems that yesterday, every year is International Talk Like ...
More About: Google , General

Vote: For the Record
2007-09-18 16:19:00
Do you know what should be done with the ball that broke Hank Aaron’s record? If you do, you have only three choices. Over at Vote 756, you get a chance to decide what should be done. I’m not sure when the vote ends, so get your vote in now! Bestow It Send it to the Hall of ...
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Win a Nintendo Wii!
2007-09-18 03:08:00
How would you like to win a Nintendo Wii? I’d love to even buy one if I could find them in stores at all! It turns out that CellForCash will give you one if you win in the win a Wii Giveaway! CellForCash takes old, unused cell phones and will give you cash in return. Depending ...
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WordPress Admin Incoming Links
2007-09-16 03:06:00
If you’re like me, you may have ended up with Incoming Links displaying links from Google’s Blog Search instead of from Technorati. You will know this because you might see different links than you did before, or even links from your own site. This happened after I upgraded to Word press 2.3 beta 3. If that’s ...
More About: Admin , Ming

Google Ads In the Header
2007-09-15 10:28:00
I’m sure many of you will notice the different Googl e ads in the header. I decided to go with Google’s link unit instead of the larger text ads, because I wanted to move the content up. The larger ads didn’t look that great there anyway. I usually don’t receive that many clicks in the header. So, ...
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Anniversary Prize Giveaway Worth Over $4,000!
2007-09-15 06:56:00
David Airey, an Irish designer is giving away over $4,000 of prizes in celebration of his graphic design blog’s one year anniversary. Go check out this logo designer’s site. This is one giveaway you shouldn’t pass up. Continue reading to see just some of the prizes being given away for free! For the Gold A custom ...
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Spybot: Search & Destroy Easter Egg
2007-09-14 14:18:00
A favorite anti-spyware to many has an easter egg inside. Know what it is? It’s a game! Scanning your computer for thousands of spyware can take a long time when you don’t want to walk away from your computer while it is being scanned. What do you do? Play a game. Just click an icon and ...
More About: Easter , Search , Easter Egg , Spybot , Aster

Emergency Maintenance on the Server Tonight
2007-09-14 00:08:00
My web host has sent an e-mail announcing that they will be performing an emergency maintenance on the server. This will occur between 9:30 p.m. EST and 11:00 p.m. EST, today. Web/HTTP service may be affected and this maintenance will not affect your email. Just thought I would notify you all about this. Advertising Have a website/blog similar to ...
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Unknown Blog #1
2007-09-13 20:07:00
I usually read a lot of the well known blogs, and rarely read others because the well known ones usually cover what I want and need. Today I decided that I would visit a blog I’ve never been to. So, for the first Unknown Blog , please welcome: Mark Evans: A Canadian’s Take on Telecom and Technology Advertisers Check out ...

Organize Your Desk With the Electric Table
2007-09-13 17:42:00
I read over at Gizmodo about an Electric Table from BRDA. To find the table, click on PROJECTS and then DESIGN. I wouldn’t mind having one like this because I have a lot of cables behind my desk. All I’d need to do is somehow have shorter cables! They also show some other neat (possibly useful?) things, ...
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Blog Battle Royale: Vote on Your Favorite
2007-09-12 23:58:00
The time is finally here to vote on your favorite entry from the five finalists. They each received their iRobot Roombas and wrote their entries. Now it’s our turn to vote on the best one. I submitted my vote for It?s not Civic Doody, but Roomba does its Duty! I voted for that one for a ...
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WordPress Upgrade 2.3
2007-09-12 16:16:00
Just yesterday, I decided to go ahead and upgrade to the newest beta of Word Press 2.3 (beta 3). I made sure to backup everything possible before I did this in case something went wrong. Since you are reading this, nothing went wrong. It was very easy to upgrade. I will continue to keep it up-to-date ...
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Apple Logo Tattoo: Is It True?
2007-09-12 15:21:00
A now famous Justine Ezarik has gone out and done something really crazy! She got a tattoo on the upper part of her back of the Apple logo. Check out the video below. Advertising Have a website/blog similar to Soft Tech Reviews content? Check out the free advertising Soft Tech Reviews offers every month. Not interested in ...
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Outlook: Deferred Delivery
2007-09-12 02:48:00
This is the best tip ever. At least for me it is, because I could have used this a long, long time ago. Have you ever sent an e-mail and then regretted something you said, sent an e-mail to the wrong person or even forgot the attachment you said you would send? I have forgotten attachments ...
More About: Software , Outlook , Liver , Deli , Delivery

Make Google Images Fly
2007-09-12 02:03:00
There’s a video by Yigal that shows a neat Java Script trick to make Google images fly. Check out the video and then try it out for yourself. It’s just one of those things you have to see and then move on. Advertising Have a website/blog similar to Soft Tech Reviews content? Check out the free advertising Soft ...
More About: General , Images , Make

Time Tracking Software
2007-09-11 21:40:00
Time tracking software can be very useful to businesses. Timesheet is time sheet software that helps by managing employee time sheets and expenses for invoicing, project control and payroll. Timesheet can be run locally on your own server or remotely on a server provided by Journyx. Downloads available for both Windows and UNIX based systems (including ...
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WP Designer Showcase Theme
2007-09-11 16:37:00
Small Potato over at WP Designer has released a premium theme for showcases. It’s a very nice theme, although there are a couple things I would have done differently. One is the CSS hover effect over the images. I think it would look better if the background had a little transparency allowing the image to still ...
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Free Designer ?Kick Me? Signs
2007-09-11 11:16:00
Available for free are these funny “kick me” signs by Vonster. Download the PDF and follow the instructions included. Check out some awesome artwork at Vonster.com and Von’s Keyboard Characters. Advertisers Check out this month’s related links and sponsors in the sidebar.
More About: General , Free , Signs , Designer , Kick

Back From Vacation
2007-09-10 16:31:00
I arrived back at home on Sunday around 2 a.m. Virginia Beach was very nice! I want to go back, now that I see what the weather is currently like in New York; rainy. Every day at Virginia Beach was sunny, not a single drop of rain. It was very expensive just to buy things there. ...
More About: Family , Vacation , Updates , Back

Wakoopa: Show Everyone What Software You Use
2007-09-03 16:40:00
Wakoopa is a website that lets you show everyone what software you use and for how long. It requires a small file to be downloaded and then installed to gather the information. By default, it is set to automatically start with Windows. I thought I would give Wakoopa a try and see what it’s ...
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I?m Not In the Office Right Now, I?m On Vacation
2007-09-01 06:00:00
That’s right, for one week I will not be at my desk to write or respond to any comments or e-mails. I have left for vacation. When I come back, I will tell you all about it! I may or may not have access to the Internet, being that the hotel doesn’t provide Internet access, I’m ...
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Resources: Free Coloring Pages
2007-08-30 18:22:00
Since I get so many visitors looking for Lightning McQueen coloring pages from the Cars movie, I thought I would provide some more resources for finding coloring pages. They don’t necessarily contain any from the Cars movie, but if you contact the owner of the site, maybe they will include those if there is enough demand for them. www.coloring.ws This one has many categories to choose from. Cartoons, flowers, people, holiday and religious are just some of the ones they provide. www.free-coloring-pages.com This one doesn’t have as much as the first one, but does have online coloring, printable activities and online games. www.coloringbookfun.com This one is my favorite of the three. It has activities, crafts and coloring pages. It’s also a much better designed website making it easy to find what you’re looking for. If you know of any more great coloring sites, please leave a comment. Just keep in mind when leaving a link, if you leave more than one it will g...
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Is Internet Explorer Taking Over Firefox?
2007-08-30 15:09:00
According to Google Analytics, more people use Internet Explorer than Firefox when visiting here. Before IE7, more people used Firefox. Is there a feature in IE7 that people prefer over safer browsing in Firefox? Or is this all related to more and more people using Vista? According to Analytics, that isn’t the case. Vista only takes up about 8%. Below shows the stats as they are displayed in Google Analytics for this month:
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Thank You Google for the Cache
2007-08-29 12:44:00
I just did something very stupid this morning. Am I alone? No, this can happen to anybody, especially when you wake up so early in the morning which causes you to not think as clearly! Which is why a lot of people drink coffee in the morning, except me. What did I do that was stupid? ...
More About: Google , General , Word , Press , Cache