I recently wrote an article on Search Engine Optimization for our monthly newsletter, “The Point.” It was published today, and I am quite proud since it is my first published article. It isn’t anything too complicated, and is meant as a beginners guide to SEO for real estate agents, but is aplicable to anyone looking to optimize their site to be indexed by search engines.
Last year, I wanted to post my preseason predictions at least twice before the season, but the way I did it was so time consuming that I only got to do it once, so this year, I am changing it up a bit, and will be able to post at least 2 rounds of predictions. So without further ado…
If you haven’t noticed, I redesign this website/blog quite often. Normally, it is because I find something about the design that irritates me, and rather than fixing it, I start over. That said, over the past few days I have been working on a redesign for my portfolio, and will, at some point this week, begin redesigning my blog.
The great thing about me redesigning the blog is that I will offer the current theme for download, once it is finished. I haven’t offered my older themes in the past because I typically forget to save the PSD’s necessary to offer a theme.
So, if you are interested in downloading my current theme, keep your eyes peeled, and it should be available some time this month (hopefully ).
After a hard fought battle with a worthy opponent in Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama has earned enough delegates to clinch the Democratic Nomination for the Presidency of the United States. You can watch his acceptance speech below.
Firefox 3 will be out soon, and the Firefox team wants to set a Guinness World Record for most downloads in a 24 hour period. In order to do this, they have a pledge map on the Spread Firefox page in order to track the people who have already pledged to download Firefox 3 on Download Day.
Download Day hasn’t been announced yet (Release Candidate 1 was just released a week or so ago), but the date will be announced via the link above, so keep an eye out and download Firefox 3.
All of that said, why should you download Firefox 3? It is safer, and faster than other browsers. It is also customizable. With thousands of extensions, you are sure to find something to make Firefox your own, while making it easier to use, or even more productive!
So what are you waiting for! Go pledge, and on Download Day tell EVERYONE to download the greatest web browser around!
In a recent article on canada.com, the Canadian government has announced that they are working on a law that will allow them to check your MP3 players for illegal material. To me, this is ignorant, do they know how long people are going to have to wait in line for the guards to check a 80GB iPod? And, apparently, the guards will have the final say on what is copyright infringement, and what is not.
The leaked ACTA document states officials should be given the “authority to take action against infringers (i.e., authority to act without complaint by rights holders).”
Anyone found with infringing content in their possession would be open to a fine.
They may also have their device confiscated or destroyed, according to the four-page document.
The trade agreement includes “civil enforcement” measures which give security personnel the “authority to order ex parte searches” (without a lawyer present) “and other preliminary measures”.
To me, this is going a bit to far. I am all for paying for music, and fighting piracy (ARGHHH!), but this is too much.
If you have not already heard, Walmart has decided to take $470,000 from Debbie Shank, a 52 year old mother of three (One of her sons recently died in Iraq), who was involved in a terrible car accident crippling her short term memory, leaving her in a wheelchair, and in a nursing home.
Because of the fine print of Walmarts health insurance plan, since Debbie was involved in a car accident and was awarded the money to take care of the tragic aftermath, they are entitled to take all the money that was supposed to go to taking care of Debbie.
THEY ACTUALLY WANT $470,000 from this handicapped woman in a wheelchair, who needs it to be taken care of in the future. This coming from a company that made $90 billion last quarter…
Yesterday, we decided to take the girls to the Saskatchewan Science Center in Regina (another post for another day, since I haven’t had a chance to transfer the pictures), and it started raining a bit, which made Lacie mad and led to this brief, but humorous, conversation:
Lacie: Chris, why is it raining?
Chris: Because God is watering his garden.
Lacie: Man, that is gonna take forever!
(CNN) – During a speech before the National Rifle Association convention Friday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee — who has endorsed presumptive GOP nominee John McCain — joked that an unexpected offstage noise was Democrat Barack Obama looking to avoid a gunman.
“That was Barack Obama, he just tripped off a chair, he’s getting ready to speak,” said the former Arkansas governor, to audience laughter. “Somebody aimed a gun at him and he dove for the floor.”
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(CNN) – During a speech before the National Rifle Association convention Friday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee — who has endorsed presumptive GOP nominee John McCain — joked that an unexpected offstage noise was Democrat Barack Obama looking to avoid a gunman.
