The Top 5 Reasons I choose Joomla for my clients sites and WordPress for my blogs

(A Personal and Business Decision) (PART I) (Why I Recommend Joomla for my Client’s Main Sites and My Own I’ve been reading quite a bit about blogging and client site creation lately. In the midst of this I’ve seen quite a few sites promoting Word Press to replace static html or Frontpage or even Dreamweaver [...]

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Get your 411 for Free!

Google recently announced a Free Information Service available via phone 1 (800) FREE 411 which for those of you who have trouble translating Phone stuff is 1 (800) 373-3411 Thanks to Lifehacker for the 411 . . .

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The coolest thing about the new Google Home Page. . .

Well I have to admit it . . . I think I’m a Google fanboy. . . not in the annoying plug Google at every opportunity on every site I can find fanboy but a fanboy none the less. . . And I have to say the newest feature that I found I love is [...]

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Technical Idiots?

Why do some people who are otherwise bright and intelligent do stupid things when they get on a computer like send me this email using an automated system! This was in response to my redacted response to their request to remove them from a mailing list: This is an automated message. Remove me from your [...]

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Updates

Hmm. . . I have several blogs I’ve written hanging out without an update so here it goes. Baby Chase! He’s due on the 21st and is weighing in at about 6 1/2 pounds at the last sonogram. He should gain about a half pound a week till the due date so that will push [...]

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Broadband Connectivity

DSL Being 2 miles from a Central Office doesn’t help when the phone line runs more than 3 miles before it comes to your house. Ugh. . . I’ve been hunting for an affordable Broadband solution for about 3 years for where we moved in the Texas Hill Country. Although we are literally 5 miles [...]

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Why is a Domain Name Monopoly a Good Idea?

Go Daddy opposes ICANN-VeriSign agreement Yesterday, February 28, ICANN announced that its Board of Directors met and approved the pending deal with VeriSign for the .COM registry. The agreement will let VeriSign raise registration fees by 7% annually in four of the next six years. It will also give VeriSign control of the .COM registry [...]

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How not to sell a $40 dollar game in 6 easy steps. . .

So I did something I haven’t done in a while yesterday. I bought a PC Video Game. . . Not just any game either a Game of the Year, well last year but still a pretty heralded event. Civilization IV. So I started watching the sale ads first of Jan, and within a week or [...]

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Now How do I do that thing?

This site has some of the answers. Check it out: Wiki How To

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My Favorite Links

Well since you can’t see this page on Xanga, here are the links My Favorite Links Gottadeal (A great bargain hunting site and deal finder service) The forum is great and the people are friendly! Okay so Anadtech is the next in line of my favorite links. . . while you need to be careful [...]

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