I had been clean for almost two years, yet today I fell off the wagon. Yes after being a Blackberry addict until 2005 – then switching to a Treo 650 – I’m now back in the habit, thanks to the new Verizon Blackberry 8830. It’s a beautiful phone, very thin and extremely easy to use.
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Darren Rowse had put together five keys to avoid becoming a grump old blogger. I’m going to bookmark it and refer to it often. Here’s some personal input on Darren’s five items. 1. Your Personal Worth Is Not Tied to Your Blog’s Performance I know, I know, I know. Yet, I’m still guilty of being
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Fortuitous has compiled some great advice for anyone running an online community. It’s mostly aimed at social networks or forums, but can be applied to any site that has a community element – such as a popular blog. Advice includes: If the Digg HD-DVD encryption key fiasco taught us anything, it’s that you can’t make
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I recently installed Norton 360 on my computer, thinking it would be the latest, greatest thing in security. Two weeks later and I had to uninstall it. It was such a resource-hog that it made my computer soooo slow. Instead, I’ve installed the AVG Free Edition. So far, I’m a lot happier. Let’s hope it
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Fly fishing is my latest hobby. How long it will last, I don’t know, but I enjoyed fishing a small pond in the mountains of NC this weekend. Here’s one of a many Rainbow Trout I managed to persuade to hook themselves… Technorati tags: fly fishing, north carolina, trout