June 2010

Ensure you can recover from disaster – Backing up WordPress files and databases

June 30, 2010 Blogging Help & Tips

What would happen to your site if an attack was waged upon it, and you ultimately lost everything?  Aside from the anger you might experience, or the dreadful thought of being violated in such a way, could you recover easily from such an attack? If you have not taken the time to consider how you [...]

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5 important skills that aren’t taught in schools, but should be

June 28, 2010 Random Thoughts

I remember going to school when I was younger and I couldn’t wait to reach the 12th grade, graduate, and begin my life.  I did what I had to.  I woke early every school day, made my way to class on foot, and then on my bike later on when I was allowed to ride [...]

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The ebb and flow of Google search traffic

June 24, 2010 Traffic

One thing I’ve come to learn about search traffic is that it’s here today, gone tomorrow, and then it comes back again for no apparent reason. The ebb and flow of Google search traffic continues on in this manner as if some change made by Google triggers your site to rank higher for particular keywords [...]

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Jeffrey Lant is a scam and spam artist

June 22, 2010 Make Money

If you’ve ever had the displeasure of finding yourself on Jeffrey Lant’s WorldProfit.com web site, don’t give them an email address that you want to keep spam free. Not only is the entire business model Jeffrey Lant is promoting a scam, give them your email address and within a month or so, you’ll start receiving [...]

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Spring cleaning before summer starts

June 21, 2010 Blogging Help & Tips

I’ve upgraded to WordPress 3.0 and so far the blog is looking good, if not completely different. I decided that I like the new default theme that comes with WordPress 3.0 so much that I’ll just use it for my own theme for the time being.  It just feels like a good time to do [...]

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Why don’t you have an avatar yet?

June 19, 2010 Traffic

If you’re actively commenting on blogs and don’t have a custom avatar to reside alongside your comment, why don’t you have an avatar? I see spammers with avatars and sometimes I get thrown off by it. Let’s be honest with each other here, if you don’t have an avatar, it tells me as a blog [...]

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I was so very wrong to post that

June 18, 2010 Random Thoughts

I don’t know what I was thinking, but after it was done, and I thought about it, I really shouldn’t have posted that Miley Cyrus post. The post itself I don’t give a crap about, we see that shit day in and day out thanks to modern media. What I didn’t like about what I [...]

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8 minute workouts for toning and losing weight

June 18, 2010 Fitness

I’m a big fan of any “8 minute” workouts. They’re great for someone like me, a bump on a log. Well, I’m not so much a bump on a log anymore. I’ve started working out a few months ago, and the one thing I’ve used is my own collection of 8 minute videos. I’ve lost [...]

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WordPress 3.0 released

June 17, 2010 Blogging Help & Tips

I just found out that WordPress 3.0 has been released and is available for download.  I took some time to watch the video showcasing all the major enhancements, and I’m pretty impressed with what I saw. I’ve included the video below, or just click the link above It seems that the new release includes taxonomy [...]

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A brave new Wayne John

June 17, 2010 Random Thoughts

I’ve hit a mental block with technology. I’m overwhelmed with the number of “things” you can do on the Internet, the number of news items that I want to read, the number of sites I’m operating…it’s just become way too much for my wee little brain to handle. So I’m grabbing my balls and jumping, [...]

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