If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed right now, before you forget, to get the latest posts. Thanks for visiting! So Google has released Goog-411 and I would not bother telling you about yet another new Google service but this one is awesome. I’ve tried it and ...[Read More]

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I thought I was being very clever in having a current backup copy of my aviation research data, 500 GB worth. This included a year or so of document and 16 mm film restoration and research work. In my recent move back across the Atlantic from the UK my primary computer developed a few quirks ...[Read More]

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So I got this comment on a previous post I had written about Bluehost terminating my web hosting account without notice and being jerks about it. Steve, Agreed….why do they deactivate account without notice. I hate it too. Which hosting service do you use now? SHC We’ll I’ve ...[Read More]

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Magazine publisher Ziff Davis file for bankruptcy protection and states they have somewhere between $500 million and $1 billion of debt. I hope they can narrow that down a bit. Ziff Davis publishes magazines we computer geeks love. Names you’ll recognize: PC Magazine EGM Games for ...[Read More]

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So I’m working on a new project to put my collection of historical pilot and flight manuals online for people to download. My other site RareAviation.com has some historical documents to download but not nearly the entire collection. I’ve hesitated doing this for a couple of years ...[Read More]

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This Guest Post was submitted by Patrick from Piggy Bank Pie. If you are looking for guest or ghostwriting services, visit Piggy Bank Pie Writing Services. Are you currently reading Credit, Debt, Life and Steve from home? Do you have high-speed Internet access? If you answered Yes to both of ...[Read More]

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Back in my days of working at IBM there was this crotchety mainframe programmer, smarter and wiser than anyone, Don Touso. His bark was definitely worse than his bite and once you learned to ignore the bark, he was a pleasure to hang around. I was the supervisor of the mainframe tech support ...[Read More]

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I’ll have to admit, I’m not sure I get Digg, at all. It seems like almost all I keep reading about and people keep raving about how amazing it is to get on the front page of Digg and then you get all sorts of crazy traffic on your blog or site. I can barely get a page in Digg, ...[Read More]

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If you love T-Shirts as much as I d then you are always hunting for some new shirts. One idea is to stop hunting for them and instead subscribe to have a new startup T-Shirt sent to you every month. Startup Schwag is just one such company. The prices seem reasonable and they have all the sizes, ...[Read More]

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In a move that can only be thought of as hostile and devious, the once domain name market leader, Netowrk Solutions, has now put in place an evil policy that takes any domain name you search for with them, and not buy, off the market for up to five days. As a domain name registrar they can ...[Read More]

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Imagine a car that does not pollute, runs on compressed air and costs about €1.50 to fill up. Sounds like a brilliant idea and the MDI CityCAT cars are a reality. See the videos below. However, I would suspect that oil companies would fight for ways to kill this car before it became ...[Read More]

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Sometimes you’ve just got to shake your head and wonder what some businesses are thinking. Just today I found out a special offer from a site that was offering a special deal on their keyword product. It seemed like something worth trying out at Wordze and I was looking forward to ...[Read More]

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I forgot the following video in my last post about credit card terms and conditions. I thought was a great example of the terms and conditions that we are expected to navigate on a daily basis. Even the end user license agreements (EULA) have gotten way out of control. And while I’m at it, ...[Read More]

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This Guest Post was submitted by Patrick from Piggy Bank Pie.  If you are looking for guest or ghostwriting services, visit Piggy Bank Pie Writing Services. Are you looking at ways to make a few bucks? How about enough to buy your dream house in Monaco and maybe a private yacht to cruise ...[Read More]

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Ever since my days of helping people to deal with bad debt situations, I’ve developed a hatred for Sears. While hate might be a strong word, it is not strong enough for the way that Sears has treated consumers with debt problems. While the ads used to be about the “Friendlier side of ...[Read More]

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