Busted by Google?

  • Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 11:29 am //
  • By: ktcosmos //
  • Category: Blogging

Recovering from hacks
Sigh. I love Google. I have had great luck over the years with DIY SEO and have always found Google’s resources to be extremely helpful.

Inexplicably, I seem to be in trouble with Google and have spent about 48 hours trying to figure out the issue, if there [...] Continue Reading…



Converting From Static Site to Wordpress Blog?

  • Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 10:32 pm //
  • By: ktcosmos //
  • Category: Blogging

Taryn Merrick, a colleague and web designer (whose work I admire a lot) and I have been discussing the trend of taking an old web site, built with an html editor, say, and converting it into a WordPress site, which can function as a combination static site and blog.

She [...] Continue Reading…



You can’t be expert at everything

I like the simplicity of being an owner/operator of my business.

This week, though, I was listening when the universe pointed out to me that my accounting system might need some fine tuning. Or, I might need to turn it over to someone else.

First, I misplaced an entire stack of [...] Continue Reading…



Opening Word Docs with docx.cpgz file extension

  • Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 8:31 am //
  • By: ktcosmos //
  • Category: Macs

This is a Mac office and in it, I often open Word files from clients who are PC users. No problem. Between a handy little utility file called icWord and keeping a version of Microsoft Office for Mac on my secondary computer, I rarely encounter issues.

Till today.

A client sent [...] Continue Reading…



From bulletin boards to Brightkite: how we stay in touch

  • Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 8:27 am //
  • By: ktcosmos //
  • Category: Blogging

Ever ponder the interconnectedness of blogging and social networking?

Just as new music forms and styles influence and change older ones, it’s safe to say that online connection methods evolve in response to new variations as they are introduced.

If you recall and have communicated online via “bulletin boards,” I’m guessing [...] Continue Reading…



Loosely Knit: Cascade Pearls “Soleil” completed!

  • Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 12:34 pm //
  • By: ktcosmos //
  • Category: Knitting

About six inches into the design, I felt I had chosen the wrong yarn for this project. As a summer tank, it needs to be UNbulky, and for an under layer in the winter, it needed sleekness. Plus, once I found the right needles to achieve the gauge, [...] Continue Reading…



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