One of my assignments this weekend is to finally learn the ropes of the webhosting plan I subscribed to two weeks ago. I want to see if I can host all my blogs in one place - wordpress installation is easy, Im just scared to move all my blog posts across all my blogs - what if something goes wrong?!

I admit that all I considered when signing up for a host are 1) it needs to be cheap 2) it needs to be easy to understand (user interface friendly) 3) the uptime is 100% and 4) if my registrar has it, Id sign up for it - so I signed up for GoDaddy. If I had read the articles on WebHostingRating.com, Id go with HostMonster - their feedback is great (cheap too — unlimited domains forever!). There are articles on how to find reliable but cheap web hosting there as well so I suggest you read them up really well.

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This might be too techie for people but Im sure people who are maintaining blogs will understand me.

Anyways, I maintain six blogs. Yep, the world wide web is filled to the brim with my stories and nonsense. I have most of them hosted with a friend, Amore, who has her servers hosted by HostMonster. Recently, she has met her maximum number of blogs (and geek dummies like me :D) to support so she closed her hosting services. I used to work for a registrar provider who provides web hosting solutions as well so I got a hosting package for free. But now Im unemployed so when my package lapsed on August 8th, I let it go as well - renewal was too high for me.

This leaves me host-less. Im not really too geeky to understand web stuff so I moseyed over to a site that can give me true web hosting rating. It seems HostMonster is really a reliable host. I signed up with GoDaddy, after reading its webhosting reviews and after considering I have most of my domains registered with them anyways.

How I wish I have looked at WebHostingGeeks before I signed up though. There are much more better feedback, reliable uptime guarantees and cheaper hosting packages with what I signed up for. If you are still looking for a host (I know many of my blogger friends are looking for replacements for their current hosts), read the reviews at WebHostingGeeks.com. They do independent reviews of host providers so you are guaranteed honest feedback.

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With almost everybody’s business going mainstream and building a site on the world wide web, the challenge of today is how to make your presence felt and known in today’s way of technology advertising. While doing business online is virtually cheaper than advertising costs in real life, one must also be willing to invest on optimizing tools and advertising to make their sites more efficient and
web-site ready”. Boston Search Engine Optimization does just that. With them, they can guarantee to analyze your site, optimize it for search engines to crawl and get indexed and have in-depth analysis for search engine rankings. They offer marketing and positioning strategies even as far as going to paid submissions to search engines to make sure your site will get its revenue.

Search engine rankings are important - this is the number one source for web site visits. Penetrating the top results in a search engine is a challenge Brand Identity Guru Inc. is willing to do for you. Search engine optimization simply makes your site easier to get indexed. The keywords also need to be specific to your site but not too general so that when potential visitors look for specific keywords, they are sure to get your site.

Here are their services as stated from their site:

Professional search engine optimization and positioning solutions provided by Brand Identity Guru Inc. include:

1. A comprehensive web site analysis (goals assessment, target market profile, and surveys on industry status and past success)
2. Assessment of your competition’s search engine positioning
3. Keyword and popularity breakdown
4. Search engine optimized copywriting
5. File name, meta and body tag optimization
6. Manual submissions to search engines and directories
7. Comprehensive review and analysis of performance
8. Complete maintenance and monitoring services
9. Research on reciprocal link opportunities and implementation
10. Online promotions for your website

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I lost the pictures we took for March and April when my external hard drive took a nose dive. Edil tried to recover the files but he claims that the EHD simply has no power already. I still havent lost all hope though - Im still fervently hoping I can find a solution to recover my files. Computer Forensics is probably my only hope. They have the most advanced technology system to recover and retrieve lost data. And for a mother (and scrapbooker) like me, you know pictures are extremely important!!! The company, Flashback Data, is the leader in Computer Data Recovery and Restoration, so Im guaranteed a solution! Please keep your fingers crossed for me!

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My Dad now has another hobby - downloading music and movies from the web. My husband told him about the site where he can download music and from there he was hooked. He even thought about upgrading his subscription (as you know, his music ranges from the 50s to the 70s so selection for a free account will be limited) and now wants to have an external hard disk for his music files (There are plenty!). Now, he discovered movies and he is more hooked.

He now wants to upgrade his laptop. It’s an old Toshiba model but has served him well because it has been around for years (It was a hand me down from a relative in fact). He wants to upgrade the memory most of all so he can run applications. I told him it will be better if he buys a new one in the US (or asks for a hand me down again :)). Edil explained to him some of the features he needed to consider in buying a laptop. He referred him to a laptop buying guide.

So he decided he wants big hard disk space, enough memory and a good video card (because he would really want to watch movies a lot). A speaker will be a great accessory. I told him we can go with a Dell laptop anytime - my cousin is also a fan of Dell laptops. He has been through a lot of top pc laptop brands - HP, Toshiba, Acer - but only Dell satisfied him (and he uses the laptop for his online business!).

Of course, my sister who is into design and graphic arts would be voting for a MAC. On the graphic design side, wherein there will be a choice between pc vs mac laptops, the MAC wins. Id love to go into the dark side too, but for now, Im still in love with G, my Dell Inspiron 1525

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A friend of mine recently got hitched to a stock broker. I really dont know anything about stocks and the stock market. It was such a nice relief to see them in action when I saw the movie “What Happens in Vegas” (Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher). There has always been talks of stock options trading in my previous company but I have never had the chance to really sit down and learn from it. I think they used PowerOptions. Along with a complete suite of educational materials and premium toll-free customer support, PowerOptions provides the essential data you need to invest with stock options. PowerOptions offers you the convenience and control required to automatically sort, filter, and analyze all 2,900+ optionable stocks and 190,000+ options online to find investments to meet your profit goals.

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Everything is so technology-powered and driven these days. Most businesses and enterprises have an IT Department to help keep their operations going. Security is always an important issue and hacking a very serious threat. There is always a need for a password vault to important files and documents. Symark Software, the leading provider of UNIX and Linux security administration solutions, today announced that its PowerBroker and PowerPassword-User Management Edition (UME) access control solutions will fully support the new HP Integrity servers running the HP-UX 11i v3 operating system.By addressing the inherent security gaps in more than 30 versions of UNIX and Linux systems, Symark’s solutions help organizations safeguard proprietary information and comply with federal and industry regulations.

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Internet security has never been more important as it is now. There has been horror stories of hacking and identity theft on the web so it is natural that people be weary of everything else. Thanks to Symark Software, we can now have a virtual password vault for our systems online. Symark Software, the leading provider of UNIX and Linux security administration solutions, announced that its PowerBroker and PowerPassword-User Management Edition (UME) access control solutions will fully support the new HP Integrity servers running the HP-UX 11i v3 operating system last February 15, 2007.Symark’s PowerBroker and PowerPassword-UME identity management and access control solutions combine best-of-breed functionality with ease-of-use to limit access to information and systems based on pre-defined policies and privileges. PowerBroker protects the root account—the most targeted administrative account—from both external and internal threat, and PowerPassword-UME enables IT managers to centrally deploy, modify and delete individual UNIX and Linux user accounts.

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I found this at Joy’s blog.

Look at the picture and not how the woman is spinning (clockwise or counter-clockwise):

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So how has life been ever since I go G, my new laptop? It is heaven. The first week was adjustment, because I had to transfer files, install programs, figure out how to connect to the network, figure out how to connect to the internet, figure out how to connect to the NETWORK and INTERNET at the SAME time, and so on and so forth. Im still adjusting to the brightness of the screen, but everything else is OK. I will adapt. So the specs that came with it are really above average already. But one could never get satisified right? Look at me for example. G already is running on 2GB RAM. I was chatting with an online scrap friend the other day and was telling her I wish Id bought three. If I had the money, Id even go for a 4GB RAM Memory Upgrade! Im talking here as if I design humongous, very cool graphic ads for a living. But my OS is Vista, and that alone runs on 1GB RAM already. Add to that Adobe C3 is on, with probably about 50+ layers of 300 dpi objects and papers, Firefox is running, Im downloading stuff, surfing and chatting over YM. 2GB RAM can go very quickly. But Dell RAM is not cheap. A Better Memory Deal can be found at MemoryDeal.net though. I wish Id found out about them sooner. Every Memory Deal module is the same quality grade that top OEMs like HP, IBM and Dell specify. It is the best place on online to get exact RAM for your computer memory upgrade. I need to bookmark the site just in case I miraculously earn extra this month so I can buy it!
Computer Memory Deal

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Keeping in touch has never been easier today with the advent of technology and the internet. You can go into conference and meetings with people from the other side of the world with the internet phone and video conferencing. That’s what VoIP Phone Systems are for. Nimbus VoIP phone systems by Xpander are designed to be the most flexible and user friendly business phone systems on earth. Their phones work anywhere in the world and have web control panels that you can re-route your extension with, manage voice mail, dial contacts and more! Im sure most businesses with profit by investing on these systems

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If you are like me, you are guilty of having too many pictures with the same pose or having the exact same smile all the time. I say that is the beauty of going digital. Too many times, I snap a pose more than once to make sure Ive got them right but, just like some of you, cant even bear to delete them when I download them into my PC. Oftentimes, Id get teased when I show them to my husband that I have a hundreds of copies of the same shot. So the Image Comparer software would be abig help to me. It is essentially a duplicate image finder that finds or searches a duplicate image or similar pictures and selects the best shot of out of the many shots. It uses a content based image search also known as a content based image retrieval (CBIR). This allows the program to search images by visual similarity. You can search for rotated and flipped images as well.

How does it work? It selects the best image and moves the “duplicate files” into one folder. Then you can decide whether to delete them in one click or not - so easy!

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Until G is here!

Well, to be exact, 10 days to go until my sister is here but Im more excited to see my G! (Sorry ‘tol, nagpapakatotoo lang.) 10 days until I finally have my own lappy top! It comes with its own webcam and Linksys router so I can connect to the Internet - and do network with the home desktop. (Im not even sure what Im talking about here, Edil said all those things when he decided the specs). Nevertheless, if it doesnt work, I still have the LAN card from the last purchase of the second hand laptop for it.

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All my of my relatives drive a Honda.So I tell them if they need some service parts like radiators or ac codensers, they can just go to Radiators.com. If you need Honda Radiator, they have it along with every make and model, from BMW to Toyota radiators, each engineered to OE specifications for the perfect fit, the first time. They are the largest radiator distributor in the country. Their warehouse shelves are fully lined with over 60,000 different radiators and ac condensers. What started as a three-man team has expanded into a team of 45 radiator experts on call 13 hours a day, seven days a week toll free at 1-800-395-3889. They are proud to say that their quality either matches or exceeds that of your original radiator; so they guarantee it. To prove it, they back each and every auto radiator with an UNLIMITED lifetime warranty. Call 1-800-395-3889 for more details.

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Cars are a necessity. let’s face it. We need them to get to work, to have leisure and everything else. With the rising cost of fuel, we cant just afford to have them replaced. So we just bring them to repair shops. If you maintain your car well and have them replaced with reliable quality parts, it can last years. If you need to buy used engines or transmissions, make sure you go to midwest auto recycling! Here is their address:
2100 E College Ave
Cudahy, WI 53110
Phone: (414) 764-1635

They pecialize in used engines and transmissions and has one of the strongest warranty nation wide.
All miles are CARFAX verified. All ENGINES come as a complete assembly. They are started ,inspected for compression, cylinder leak down tested, checked for oil pressure and cleaned. ALL TRANSMISSIONS are test driven, visually inspected and cleaned.

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