Archive for July, 2008

Tools not of your trade?

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

When the seasons hint that they will soon be changing, as in late July, some women want to get new outfits, shoes or handbags.
I like to look at sale catalogs but end up throwing down my hard-earned cash for things like a new garden shovel and wheel barrow, or a new adjustable wrench. These I [...]

Finding Opportunity in Uncertainty

Monday, July 21st, 2008

In economically uncertain times, your business can prosper as long as you perceive this challenge as the opportunity it really is. Though you may stumble, your solution lies in devising a strategy, just like you did when you wrote your original business plan. (You did that, right?!)
Let’s say you’ve cultivated a new, potential client, but [...]

Oops; here we go again (another WordPress update)

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Another update. Another (temporary) crash.
I don’t know my way around version 2.6 yet as I just installed it. In fact, I was just getting used to 2.51 and then saw it was time to update again.
I used the WordPress Automatic Update plugin and crashed my site. Then, did it manually (fortunately my database was backed [...]

Does software run your computer or your life?

Friday, July 11th, 2008

In response to Lorelle on WordPress’s weekly blogging challenge, I am considering the changes computer software has wrought in my life.
I can still recall hearing the name Microsoft sometime in the early 80’s, and wondering just what that even referred to?!
At that time, the computer I had at my disposal at work only ran off [...]

Saving water

Monday, July 7th, 2008

We’ve just put in a makeshift water containment system. My husband, usually very thrifty, “spends” the water as soon as we collect it. That is, he dumps it on a part of the yard that he doesn’t think is getting enough water, even though we’re in our summer rainy season and will likely have rain [...]

Google Status Restored! The WordPress Hack Aftermath

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

After help from numerous resources online (scroll to the bottom of Busted by Google to see some of the sites that helped me track down my hacked files), and combing through jillions (it feels like) files, I find this morning that my google search engine results are restored to normal. That was REALLY fast.
Though [...]