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If you have a website it’s not complete until you have content—Content, content, content

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I’m waiting anxiously for and watching closely the arrival of high speed Internet access to our part of the North Country and according to this recent article it looks as though it may only be a couple months more wait—another very long two months of sluggish dial-up. I’m thrilled it’s coming.
Broadband installation working its [...]

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Posting will be light to none for the next week while our family vacations. Photos next week.

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8 Simple Rules for Web Writing
(Hat tip: Sweeting.net)

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A reference resource for WordPressers: WordPress Reference Centre

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Here’s a handy tool to help you build an .htaccess or .htpasswd file: Clockwatchers - .htaccess And .htpasswd Tool

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Gmail Notifier
The Gmail Notifier is a downloadable Windows application that alerts you when you have new Gmail messages. It displays an icon in your system tray to let you know if you have unread Gmail messages, and shows you their subjects, senders and snippets, all without your having to open a web browser.

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In Gerry McGovern’s New Thinking newsletter he discusses today, Blogs and blogging: advantages and disadvantages.
He notes one of the advantages of blogging,
Blogs can build the profile of the writer, showcasing the organization as having talent and expertise.
And a disadvantage,
Like practically everything else on the Web, blogs are easy to start and hard to maintain. Writing [...]

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I commented on this digital cameras post the other day. The author used his Pentax Optio S4 to make copies of some of the families old photos. He had linked to a post where a student had used his digital camera to take shots of the assignments board at college. I’ve used my Optio S4, [...]

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I have not commented much/any here on our troops in Iraq but this
moving letter from actor/writer Ben Stein to a soldier’s wife is well worth pointing out and echoes what I think most Americans feel. (Hat tip: LGF)
(This is a letter I wrote to the newsletter of an Army unit called The Strykers, stationed in [...]

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Stuart at the bomb site weblog shows us how to make category titles show up in WordPress.
Hat tip: Wordblog

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I’ve recently had the privilege of setting up a brand new, speedy notebook. A notebook computer is my computing tool of choice. In the transition from my old machine I began having difficulty on my new machine getting my email program to respond to email addresses when clicked in a web page. Windows XP had [...]

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Several new styles available for WordPress: Wordpress New Designs

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It seems everyone has a digital camera or is getting digital files from the film they shoot these days. I’m often asked by friends and family, “How do I resize pictures for the Internet or to send to family by email?”
There are many ways to answer this question depending on what software you’re using but [...]

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VOIP or voice over IP basically gives you the ability to do voice communications over the Internet by avoiding dedicated voice circuits and the cost associated with them. Learn more at voip-info.org.

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Stevarino.com has an interesting approach to creating static pages called Faked Folders.

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I think this is a pretty good sign for the future of WordPress.
If you want a Weblog package with minimal command-line setup and a full-featured Web-based administration system, WordPress may be for you.
A fitting end to this series on Weblog software is a brief introduction to WordPress, which offers a wide array of features and [...]

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Get serious about voting this fall—got to iVoteValues.org and redeemthevote.com.

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Here are a few decent looking, free Powerpoint backgrounds for worship use.

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Run your web design by the web standards checklist.

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Writing effective link text is a helpful article that highlights what to keep in mind when you create links in articles and such.

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It’s time—face it—that Microsoft browser you’re using is giving you fits with all the pop-ups and such—you need to make the switch to Firefox.

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Web design from Scratch
“A guide to designing effective web communication”

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