I just came back from Blighty. At the airport, there were no newspapers for the flight to HongKong so desperation drove me to find something else. That’s what happens when you buy good reading for the flight but then pack your flight reading in your check-in bag, not the carry on one! Doh! There were… [Read more…]
September 25, 2008
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About six months ago, I had been having a lot of trouble with my hosting provider, Dreamhost. So I started looking around for new hosting solutions, and it was a pain to track down different hosts. There are numerous hosting solutions on the web, but painfully clicking through all those different ads on computer websites… [Read more…]
September 10, 2008
Website Grader blends over 50 different variables, including search engine data, website structure, approximate traffic, site performance, and others, to evaluate the quality of a website, provide comparable data for other sites, and tips on how to improve yours. I was intrigued so I decided to run a number of websites through the grading and… [Read more…]
September 9, 2008
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For Alan A friend recently asked me where to start with this personal finance reading, and so it got me thinking: how would I start if I had to start again. In fact, I’d simply choose five better known feeds, and read them for a while. A lot also would depend on the angle… Am… [Read more…]
August 11, 2008
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I’ve been asked to review another Credit Services website, this one is called CreditSaint.com and aims to provide a range of credit history repair services, using these words “It means we have the power to offer more service for less money. Combining credit restoration and correction with debt settlement and our latest offerings “mortgage rewards,… [Read more…]
August 2, 2008
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Michael Turton won a blog review earlier this year, and I’m truly impressed at the depth of the revisions that he has made to his blog (Now on WordPress!). He’s intending to revamp his archives, too. But I love what he’s doing. Take a look for yourself. Here’s the image to whet your appetite! Quite… [Read more…]
July 30, 2008
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After yesterday’s post on the credit card habits of bloggers, and the results of the survey, a staggering 23% of the bloggers did not know their FICO score. While I’m sure that this was at least partly because some of us lived outside the US, I wondered why the others did not check. In this… [Read more…]
July 30, 2008
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After yesterday’s post on the credit card habits of bloggers, and the results of the survey, a staggering 23% of the bloggers did not know their FICO score. While I’m sure that this was at least partly because some of us lived outside the US, I wondered why the others did not check. In this… [Read more…]
May 30, 2008
For those starting up a blog or online business or website or community website…, the first consideration typically given is cost. Most of us are paying for our online plans out of our pocket. Having hosted for four years on several hosts, and a free-host for many years previously, I’ve come to look back on… [Read more…]
May 29, 2008
The past few days have been quite taxing: why? I’ve been having trouble with my PCs. Between my school and home, I have to manage seven different pcs with OSes from XP to XPSP2 and in English/Chinese and mobile/desktop. It’s a nightmare to say the least as none of the other users is competent in… [Read more…]
September 26, 2008
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