Archive for August, 2007

Rules of the road #1

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

In this category I will post rules of the road as I think of them.

Rule # 1: USE YOUR TURN SIGNALS, DUMMY!
There are three reasons not to use your turn signals. I will assume that they are broken because I refuse to believe that a human being can be that lazy or stupid.

It is not a huge effort to move your finger and flip that toggle! Try it. See? Easy.

The other argument I have heard is “F ‘em”. But by “F”ing them you are also “F”ing yourself - eventually - when you hit somebody.

Also in most states it is illegal to not use your turn signals when changing lanes. Do you want to be a criminal? 

More reasons to use your turn signals:
1. I am not developed enough in my Psychic abilities (yet) to tell when you are going to cut me off. So I might hit you. Really hard.
2. If you do use your signal I will let you in, but if you don’t I won’t. Ever.
3. Some people may look at using the turns signals while changing lanes as asking for permission, but I say nay, Au contraire, mon frère. When I use my signals I am saying “I’m going into this lane whether you like it or not, I’m taking it! And I hope you don’t like it!”

So in conclusion: If you aren’t using your turn signals when changing lanes most people will think you are lazy, stupid, or that they are broken.  

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How To Start a Blog for Ten Dollars

Monday, August 13th, 2007

FIRST: What is a Blog?
Blog is short for Web-log. It is different from a traditional website in that it is database driven and is updated and managed online while a regular website is edited and managed offline then uploaded via FTP. Some benefits are that it is easier to manage,  multiple users can post articles, no html skill or software is required and you can post by email even!

So now that you are convinced that you want a Blog:
SECOND: How to make a Blog.
I am not making any money from godaddy.com but maybe I should join their reseller program because that is where you should go. find a name that you like - like maybe your name or a related word with “blog” appended to it or whatever. I found HollywoodMovieBlog.com.  

DON’T buy it yet!

Now find the link to “hosting and servers” then “Personal, Small, And Med. Businesses, or Click here. Now select the Economy Plan for $3.99 a month for two months. after you add it then you will see on the next page - Domains are only $1.99* with any new, non-domain purchase - so now you buy the domain you found before. Now pay for it all.

If you already have a website hosted with godaddy than you can do this next part also.

After you get notified that your website is ready, go to the “Hosting and Servers” - “My Hosting Account”  then login again. Now in the column where it says “Control Panel” it will say “set up” or “Open” so click it. If you have to set it up go ahead and do what it says. If it say “Open”  then on the next page find the link to “Metropolis”  and click it then find the link to “Wordpress” and install it on the root.

Now you have a Blog.

Wait for an email telling you it is set up then go to your website. It should be blue themed and have ”Hello World” displayed. 

Click login and go into the site admin part of wordpress. Add a post, look at themes, just explore and figure it out.

Make sure you go to “Options” then “Privacy” and make your Blog public because we want everybody to see it.

After you write a few posts then try to find other like minded blogs and post comments. when you do there is a field for “website” and in there you type yours. Also you can find plugins and such so people can “Digg” your posts.

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