Well its Christmas again, it only seems like 5 minutes from last year, this year has been packed with so much for us. I will write more in a new year posting but just to say to all my friends, family and all my readers a Merry Christmas. May the Christmas period be a peaceful …
Monthly Archive: December 2008
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22
Time To Buy Domain Names
With the next Google update scheduled for sometime over Christmas, now is a great time to buy pre-used domain names. If you can find a domain name that has a low page rank, which has a live site with good up-to-date content and good link backs the chances are that during the next page rank …
Dec
16
Domain Name Management
I have been looking at my domain name portfolio which is rapidly growing daily and I have decided that I need to do something to manage them all. After searching the web I found some software that allowed you to list all your domain names in one place. In addition it allows you to accept …
Dec
08
Ebay Canceled Bids Frustrations
In the lead up to Christmas I have been bidding on a number of items on Ebay. I have been frustrated by the number of canceled bids and ending of auctions early. It seems that if the seller is not happy with the value that the item is selling for that they think they have …
Dec
07
A Tip For Controling A Mouse Problem
At one of our properties we have experienced a mouse problem. After catching several we called in the COuncil Pest control who suggested a simple method to stop the pests getting into the house in the first place. The main two wasy in which mice enter a propertyare firstly through holes and gaps round pipes …
Dec
04
Amazon Prime Free Trial
Amazon are running a free months trial on their Amazon Prime service which gives you free next day delivery after paying a yearly subscription. I thought that as I am about to buy quite a large quantity of items from Amazon in the run up to Christmas I would take up this free month offer …
Dec
03
Bandaged – Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth
As a listener to Radio 2 and a signed up TOG, i thought I would try and Support Sir Terry Wogan in his bid to become the Christmas number 1. All the Presenters of radio 2 created an album called Bandaged’ for children in need. Sir Terry and Aled Jones recorded Little Drummer Boy, and …
Dec
03
Super Proxy – Members Only Proxy Server
Do you have trouble accessing sites that have been restricted by your company or even your country? If so then super proxy is the answer for you. It is a web based proxy server that allows you to request access to those restricted sites via the address of the server rather than your own. For …
Dec
02
Battle Of The Media Centres… Vista Media Centre Vs Mythtv
I have for a long time been running a media centre in various guises, starting with Ubuntu and MythTV on an old laptop which worked nicely for our requirements until we purchased a new Panasonic Viera TV which took a SVGA input. This opened up many more possibilities for the media centre to be more …
Dec
02
Creating A Christmas Tree Stand
This year Christmas is going to be very different for us. Regular readers of my blogs will know that 7 months ago saw the arrival of our first child. Eva is now doing very well, crawling around and almost standing up. She is into everything, if she sees something that she is interested in she …
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