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I Have Won my First Contest!

Yes, at long, long last I have finally won a contest. Not only that but it was a contest put on by the ever eloquent Liz Strauss that challenged her readers to take a picture and submit it to the contest along with a single sentence that, when combined together, would best express that Brand-New [...]

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Back to Web 1.0 for Cash?

Liz Strauss recently asked another thought provoking bloggy type question called; “$10MIL, Luxury Home, Would You Go Back to Web 1.0?” and of course I just had to answer that one. And no, I’m not going to tell you what my answer was, if you wish to find out then head over to the [...]

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Just a Bit of Down Time

My host decided they needed to upgrade the server kernel on my box today so there was about an hour of downtime earlier this evening. I don’t necessarily mind these upgrades that they do once in awhile, glad they’re on top of things and all that but I do have a bit of a problem [...]

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Frustrations with my Limitations. Blogging Pains III

Liz Strauss, that amazing lady of Successful Blog, recently asked a question of her readers as to How Do You Balance the Insecurity and Confidence to Write on the Internet? And of course I had to be driving by when the title caught my eye and I got to thinking about that very question and [...]

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Tags and Categories-Tagged Again! Part II

Required reading: Tags and Categories-Tagged Again! Part I
Many thanks to Grandad. This absolutely horrendous, disjointed post is all his fault but he’ll probably blame it on K8.
And here we go….
I seem to be getting older these days. Not only am I getting older but it seems to be becoming a habit, a perpetual thing if [...]

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Trackbacks Blocked by Overzealous Spam Blocker

Just when you think everything is going smoothly you find out something is awry and today when I checked my Dashboard I noticed I had a few new incoming links displayed in Google’s Blog search box as well as Technorati’s. So what the hell happened to the trackbacks that were supposed to be there.
Aaarrrgh!
Seems that [...]

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Successful Blog-Great Party! But don’t check that little box.

If there’s one thing that the readers of Liz Strauss’s Successful Blog know very well is the inherent danger in checking that little box below the comment form that say’s "Notify me of further comments via e-mail". It ought to have a flashing red alert icon next to it that states "Do so at [...]

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There’s a Party Going on at Successful Blog

That’s right, Liz Strauss is throwing an all day party for all her 646 SOB’s on their 2 year birthday. If you have some time I suggest you stop in at the party and check out what’s going on.
So what’s an SOB you ask? It’s not what you might think. Head over here to find [...]

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