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Grocery Shopping Again
A while back I wrote a post on how to save when shopping for groceries (Grocery Shopping 101). Yesterday I encountered another example of one of the things I mentioned. Grocery placement on the shelves is not for your convenience. It’s intended to get you to buy things that make the grocery store more profit….
Cars Driving Themselves
According to this MSNBC.com article, we could be seeing them over the next few years. The development is basically evolutionary, as driver aids are incorporated into more and more cars. The reason this story caught my eye was that a friend of mine and I approached one of the manufacturer’s representatives at a computer show…
WordPress as a Content Management System
Over the last few months I have begun using WordPress as a content management system (CMS) on a number of sites for my publishing venture, Energion Publications. The reason for this is simple. It’s a good idea from the marketing perspective to have a site to promote each book, but these book sites are small…
Thunderbird 3 Beta 4 – You May Want to Take a Look
This isn’t the thing for me, as I use Evolution e-mail under Linux, but some of my clients use Thunderbird or are considering a new client. It looks like the new Thunderbird may be worth a serious look. See Thunderbird Ups the Email Ante from Linux Magazine.
Advertising Not Working?
As a small businessman with a limited (!) advertising budget, I found this article in Business Week quite helpful. I had already discovered #6: You like it. O.K., this one may sting a bit, but you are not the best judge of your own advertising. I would note that it’s an easier problem to recognize…
Next Linux Kernel to be Faster
… on low memory machines. (HT: Greg Laden). Now maybe I won’t have to buy a new computer!
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Everyone Needs a Browser …
… so this review of the new Opera, especially for Linux, should be valuable.
I Hate Automated Virtual Gifts and Blessings
I have no use for them. They are worthless. They are ubiquitous on Facebook, and now I see them on Twitter as well. If you’re a friend, and you send me one of these sorts of messages, don’t be surprised that you receive no answer or acknowledgment. I get them by the dozens, and even…