<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656</id><updated>2011-09-11T10:04:05.211-04:00</updated><category term='calendar'/><category term='Vista'/><category term='search engines'/><category term='XP'/><category term='chain mail'/><category term='ebay'/><category term='forums'/><category term='site traffic'/><category term='docx converter'/><category term='docx'/><category term='ticker factory'/><category term='freecycle'/><category term='youtube'/><category term='Survey Monkey'/><category term='etsy'/><category term='fundraising'/><category term='meta tags'/><category term='download'/><category term='pda'/><category term='ALT tags'/><category term='promoting'/><category term='css'/><category term='adwords'/><category term='craig&apos;s list'/><category term='recaptcha'/><category term='website mistakes'/><category term='spam'/><category term='kijiji'/><category term='internet'/><category term='email'/><category term='imdb'/><category term='tv'/><category term='blogs'/><category term='Free stuff'/><category term='calendars'/><category term='navigation'/><category term='geo-blocking'/><category term='broadband'/><category term='videos'/><category term='files'/><category term='music'/><category term='OECD'/><category term='pdf'/><category term='mb'/><category term='publishing'/><category term='Word 2007'/><category term='koolwire'/><category term='online merchant network'/><category term='songza'/><category term='open office'/><category term='paypal'/><category term='upload'/><category term='telecommunications'/><category term='surveys'/><category term='html'/><category term='selling'/><category term='microsoft'/><category term='Michael Geist'/><category term='image sizing'/><category term='ftp'/><category term='geo-gating'/><category term='senduit'/><category term='spongecell'/><category term='keywords'/><title type='text'>germars</title><subtitle type='html'>Hi, my name is Mary Sullivan and I've been creating websites for over eight years.  I'll admit that some of my early ones were pretty basic, but I keep up to date with  the new web standards, and I'm happy to let you know what I'm learning about to help promote your website and keep things fresh.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>47</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-4654568778909113925</id><published>2011-05-20T20:04:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-20T21:36:20.495-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sweet Tweets</title><summary type='text'>A Roger's Sportsnet newscaster was fired recently for tweeting his views on gay marriage.  He was ultimately fired as their on-air host.  It was called a new employment phenomenon, career suicide by social media.  It's not new though, last year a woman's firing was made news after she had a bad day at work and shared it with her "friends" on Facebook. Trouble was, she'd also "friended" her boss.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/4654568778909113925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=4654568778909113925&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/4654568778909113925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/4654568778909113925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2011/05/sweet-tweets.html' title='Sweet Tweets'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-8267313174499692155</id><published>2011-04-18T16:06:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-18T16:10:09.801-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Facebook and Twitter</title><summary type='text'>Twitter is a micro blog, or mini blog.  You can only use 140 characters in a single post.  It is simple to set up, very public is a one to many platform.  One post can go viral.  This is done by a Tweet being  re-tweeted.  When you re-tweet you can have 160 characters to allow for the new address.How do you get followers?  The best way is to mention your account to people on your website, in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/8267313174499692155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=8267313174499692155&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8267313174499692155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8267313174499692155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2011/04/facebook-and-twitter.html' title='Facebook and Twitter'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-765691375171479583</id><published>2011-03-18T16:19:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-18T16:23:49.259-04:00</updated><title type='text'>More on Crowdsourcing</title><summary type='text'>Isn't it the way that you just mention something and you hear that term or subject a lot in the next few days.  You never know if it is because you just became aware of it or a cosmic co-incidence.After writing on Crowdsourcing, there was a news article today that Coca-cola will team up with the band Maroon 5 to engage with thousands of fans as they crowdsource a song for charity. At the event, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/765691375171479583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=765691375171479583&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/765691375171479583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/765691375171479583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2011/03/more-on-crowdsourcing.html' title='More on Crowdsourcing'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-1376540238244787150</id><published>2011-03-14T12:16:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-14T17:17:11.449-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What is Crowdsourcing</title><summary type='text'>Crowd sourcing is the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, to an undefined, large group of people or community (a "crowd"), through an open call. The term "crowdsourcing" is a combination of "crowd" and "outsourcing," first coined by Jeff Howe in a June 2006 Wired magazine article "The Rise of Crowdsourcing".Photography is a good example.  The advent of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/1376540238244787150/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=1376540238244787150&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/1376540238244787150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/1376540238244787150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2011/03/what-is-crowdsourcing.html' title='What is Crowdsourcing'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-9076007966953778427</id><published>2011-02-02T16:53:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-02T16:57:39.065-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Stop the Meter on your Internet Usage</title><summary type='text'>Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are about to impose usage-based billing on YOU.This means we're looking at a future where ISPs will charge per byte, the way they do with smart phones. If we allow this to happen Canadians will have no choice but to pay MUCH more for less Internet. Big Telecom companies are obviously trying to gouge consumers, control the Internet market, and ensure that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/9076007966953778427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=9076007966953778427&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/9076007966953778427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/9076007966953778427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2011/02/stop-meter-on-your-internet-usage.html' title='Stop the Meter on your Internet Usage'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-8299984537001229270</id><published>2011-01-23T13:06:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T14:02:23.123-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What is Net Neutrality and how does it affect you?</title><summary type='text'>Essentially, net neutrality is the idea that no group should be able to discriminate against applications or content found on the Internet. That means no blocking access to web content, and no speeding up or slowing down of specific online services. It means the Internet should be a level playing field for ideas and innovation.An interesting book by Barbara van Schewick explains how the Internet </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/8299984537001229270/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=8299984537001229270&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8299984537001229270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8299984537001229270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2011/01/what-is-net-neutrality-and-how-does-it.html' title='What is Net Neutrality and how does it affect you?'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-8395258025382204127</id><published>2010-12-14T17:53:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-14T18:08:45.674-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Cloud Computing</title><summary type='text'>Have you noticed mention of doing things “in the cloud” or just the term “cloud computing”?  It’s the new buzz expression.  Well, you use the cloud in your every day computer life already.  Cloud computing is a system whereby data storage, applications and to some degree processing power are available via servers (or computers)  other than your own.  Those space hogging office programs not longer</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/8395258025382204127/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=8395258025382204127&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8395258025382204127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8395258025382204127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2010/12/cloud-computing.html' title='Cloud Computing'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-8553457614359909875</id><published>2010-06-11T21:04:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-11T21:20:08.731-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Attaching the attachments</title><summary type='text'>Do you ever do this?  You write a long email to someone explaining something and then say that you are going to attach something and totally forget to do it?  Yep, me all the time.  I'm sure I have hundreds of emails that say "oops" in the title.Today I was emailing someone via Gmail and said I'm attaching a spreadsheet to show you my figures and clicked on send, and instead of me just sending it</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/8553457614359909875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=8553457614359909875&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8553457614359909875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8553457614359909875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2010/06/attaching-attachments.html' title='Attaching the attachments'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-8000819653383230344</id><published>2010-06-01T11:00:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-01T12:20:23.954-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Checking out from Technology</title><summary type='text'>I always gently remind my clients that they need to blog regularly in order to create a following and to keep things interesting and fresh.  So here I am, months after my last post, not following my own good advice.Does the excuse being really busy count for anything?  I truly understand the expression about the "cobbler's children go without shoes".  After a day staring at a computer screen </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/8000819653383230344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=8000819653383230344&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8000819653383230344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8000819653383230344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2010/06/checking-out-from-technology.html' title='Checking out from Technology'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RPkgsMFHwH4/TAUkoiLsi4I/AAAAAAAAAD0/WIDoQomKgn0/s72-c/escaping-technology.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-4033160523545644244</id><published>2010-01-31T12:01:00.010-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-31T13:22:58.252-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='craig&apos;s list'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='selling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kijiji'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ebay'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='promoting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freecycle'/><title type='text'>Selling items online</title><summary type='text'>I've had a bit of experience lately with selling things online.  I've had to clear out my Mother's house after her sudden death a few months ago, and I can now give my own first hand experience with various ways to sell.I had a dining room suite to sell and was advised to sell it on eBay, as more people would see it and with an auction, may have a few people competing for it.  It was a lovely </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/4033160523545644244/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=4033160523545644244&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/4033160523545644244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/4033160523545644244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2010/01/selling-items-online.html' title='Selling items online'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RPkgsMFHwH4/S2XKWkNMSCI/AAAAAAAAADs/UUK3FI45-XI/s72-c/kijiji.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-8538072423869987899</id><published>2009-12-15T11:49:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-15T12:09:04.522-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Phishing Scams</title><summary type='text'>There used to be a time where businesses would get a letter in the mail from some part of Africa claiming to be a Dignitary or lawyer that needed the firm's help.  It would go on to ask permission and for bank account numbers so this person could deposit great sums of money to the firm's account. For their trouble, they would give the firm a commission (a wonderfully high sum too)to keep.  Of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/8538072423869987899/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=8538072423869987899&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8538072423869987899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8538072423869987899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2009/12/phishing-scams.html' title='Phishing Scams'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-2239908011930668471</id><published>2009-12-04T20:27:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-04T20:51:33.680-05:00</updated><title type='text'>AVG</title><summary type='text'>Just to mention that AVG has released AVG version 9. You can download it here at Downloads.com.  That is faster than the numerous windows you have to go through to find the free version at their own site.  Just go to that site and another download window should open.  Save it to your computer (desktop is best so you can easily find it) and then double click to install.  You can install it without</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/2239908011930668471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=2239908011930668471&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/2239908011930668471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/2239908011930668471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2009/12/avg.html' title='AVG'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-8243451223907716370</id><published>2009-06-24T16:53:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-24T17:21:50.588-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Green internet?</title><summary type='text'>I've been reading a lot lately about how the internet is going green.  "Green"?  I say.  They'll put that green spin on anything to sell something.  I remember when computers started being used in offices and people were starting to be able to afford them, and the promises that it would save paper and time.  Well, frankly, that didn't pan out.  As much as I try, I think there is more paper </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/8243451223907716370/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=8243451223907716370&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8243451223907716370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8243451223907716370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2009/06/green-internet.html' title='Green internet?'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-1729417733352773028</id><published>2009-06-17T17:00:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T17:15:39.313-04:00</updated><title type='text'>New Search er Decision Engine</title><summary type='text'>There is a new "decision" engine out called Bing that is apparently a replacement for Live Search.  It looks a lot like Google, only with a pretty picture in the background.  I'm not sure if that changes every day, as I only found it.  I did a quick search and it came up with what I wanted.  So that's something.  Robert X Cringely (I'm not sure if that is his real name, but he's pretty humorous)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/1729417733352773028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=1729417733352773028&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/1729417733352773028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/1729417733352773028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-search-er-decision-engine.html' title='New Search er Decision Engine'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-6351084227520601743</id><published>2009-06-15T22:42:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-15T23:20:15.693-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michael Geist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='broadband'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OECD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='internet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='telecommunications'/><title type='text'>Canada falling behind</title><summary type='text'>The OECD (the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) released a report that revealed that Canada has one of the slowest and most expensive consumer broadband networks in the developed world.  Canada was compared with 29 other countries on a range of metrics.  These included broadband availability, pricing, speed and bandwidth caps.  At first our numbers don't seem so bad with </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/6351084227520601743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=6351084227520601743&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/6351084227520601743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/6351084227520601743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2009/06/canada-falling-behind.html' title='Canada falling behind'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-747537893796897580</id><published>2009-05-22T17:53:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-22T23:24:19.189-04:00</updated><title type='text'>More interesting websites</title><summary type='text'>Finding out information on the internet is sometimes like looking for a needle in a haystack.  You have to be very good at searching, using the right keywords, very persistent, trying different combinations of words or phrases, and sometimes just lucky.  It's nice to hear about sites from time to time that are handy, should you ever need them.Under the category of "I wouldn't have even have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/747537893796897580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=747537893796897580&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/747537893796897580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/747537893796897580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2009/05/more-interesting-websites.html' title='More interesting websites'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-6387858218444216313</id><published>2009-05-11T23:31:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T23:41:55.927-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Virus programs</title><summary type='text'>I just wanted to mention that AVG and Adaware both have new FREE versions available.  I've been to a few client's homes to find that they still have two versions back because they were directed to a page that wanted them to pay for a new version.AVG is created by a company called Grisoft.  But if you go to free.grisoft.com you will always be directed (within about four clicks, they don't make it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/6387858218444216313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=6387858218444216313&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/6387858218444216313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/6387858218444216313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2009/05/virus-programs.html' title='Virus programs'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-5939951793219667293</id><published>2009-05-11T23:02:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T23:31:35.642-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Be afraid, be very afraid</title><summary type='text'>I have noticed that there is a lot of interest in the sites such as Twitter and Facebook, and it grows even bigger.  I find it funny that even though I am computer savvy and enjoy my work, I can't drum up any interest it these social networking sites.  It's hard to get excited with the idea that people you left behind in high school can now look you up and revisit your past.  I have friends that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/5939951793219667293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=5939951793219667293&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/5939951793219667293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/5939951793219667293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2009/05/be-afraid-be-very-afraid.html' title='Be afraid, be very afraid'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-7930689311045051835</id><published>2009-03-25T18:17:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T18:55:17.183-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spongecell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kijiji'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songza'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='imdb'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fundraising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='youtube'/><title type='text'>Amazing world of the web</title><summary type='text'>I'm constantly surprised and delighted with the cornucopia of resources that there is on the internet.  Anything you want to know, track, find is there if you just search a little creatively.  I thought I'd give a little list of the sites that I have found in the last little while, or knew about already, but may not have mentioned before.I have a client that I maintain a charity website for.  She</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/7930689311045051835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=7930689311045051835&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/7930689311045051835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/7930689311045051835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2009/03/amazing-world-of-web.html' title='Amazing world of the web'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-7386802023386345806</id><published>2009-02-25T13:24:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-25T13:26:52.889-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You Send it</title><summary type='text'>Here is another site that will send your larger files via the internet, rather than clogging up your email or a friend's.  This is especially helpful when the file is larger than your Internet Service Provider (ISP) will allow.Go to You Send It and follow the easy instructions.  This one is slightly different from the previous one I mentioned, in that it sends the email to your recipient with </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/7386802023386345806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=7386802023386345806&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/7386802023386345806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/7386802023386345806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2009/02/you-send-it.html' title='You Send it'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-3880054072697436194</id><published>2009-02-10T10:24:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T19:06:55.434-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='download'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='geo-gating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tv'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='geo-blocking'/><title type='text'>TV without borders</title><summary type='text'>You can watch all sorts of television shows online nowadays.  If you've missed an episode of Corner Gas, or ER, you can go to your television network's website and see if they offer it for you to watch there.  And often it is.  However if you want to watch something on NBC or another US channel and you happen to be Canadian, you will find that you get a message saying something similar to "this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/3880054072697436194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=3880054072697436194&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/3880054072697436194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/3880054072697436194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2009/02/tv-without-borders.html' title='TV without borders'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-5213288151987024155</id><published>2009-01-09T12:47:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-09T13:03:27.766-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='files'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ftp'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='senduit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mb'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='upload'/><title type='text'>I'll Senduit!</title><summary type='text'>I've been having some issues with some software that I've bought and I was asked to send a log file back to support so they could see what is going on in the background.  I didn't take much notice of the size of the log file, so I attached to an email and tried to send it.  Ten minutes later my Internet Explorer (which is tied to my hotmail) stopped responding.  I tried to attach it to my gmail </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/5213288151987024155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=5213288151987024155&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/5213288151987024155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/5213288151987024155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2009/01/ill-senduit.html' title='I&apos;ll Senduit!'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-4158584699464234328</id><published>2009-01-03T15:58:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-03T16:18:28.540-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A Terabyte!</title><summary type='text'>I was in my local Staples yesterday, looking for an external drive for backing up my hard drive.  We were looking at the boxes of various external and internal drives and saw one that said 1TB.  TB?  My husband said "wow, a terabyte".  I thought him very clever and imaginative to come up with a name for a thousand gigabytes, but when we got home, I looked it up and it turns out that he is correct</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/4158584699464234328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=4158584699464234328&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/4158584699464234328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/4158584699464234328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2009/01/terabyte.html' title='A Terabyte!'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-76458362835487501</id><published>2008-11-26T12:39:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-26T12:58:26.883-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Stuff</title><summary type='text'>I was looking at this article in the paper the other day about two people who are travelling all over North America to set a world record for the longest journey by car using alternative fuel (in their case, used vegetable oil from local restaurants).  They want to look at alternative energy ideas, the tar sands and give talks to schools about their awareness project.  Their trip has a title of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/76458362835487501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=76458362835487501&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/76458362835487501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/76458362835487501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2008/11/stuff.html' title='Stuff'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-1338300780942164520</id><published>2008-10-21T17:02:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-21T17:12:32.101-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meta tags'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='search engines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='keywords'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='adwords'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='html'/><title type='text'>The art of Keywords</title><summary type='text'>Having your website show up in search engines is hard.  There are millions of other sites competing, some of them good, some of them great and some dismal.  But without promoting your business and website yourself in your every day work, your site won't often be seen.The search engines don't rely on meta tags or keywords embedded in your html the way they used to, but you can still add them. The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/1338300780942164520/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=1338300780942164520&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/1338300780942164520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/1338300780942164520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2008/10/art-of-keywords.html' title='The art of Keywords'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-3127268153268953230</id><published>2008-10-07T12:05:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-07T12:12:58.213-04:00</updated><title type='text'>National Do Not Call Register</title><summary type='text'>I wrote a while ago about a list you could put your telephone number on to reduce the number of annoying telemarketing calls you receive. The Canadian Government started an official "Do Not Call" register on September 30th, 2008, so you can register with them as well.The web address is www.lnnte-dncl.gc.caYou can put your telephone, cell phone, fax number etc all on this registry.  For some </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/3127268153268953230/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=3127268153268953230&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/3127268153268953230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/3127268153268953230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2008/10/national-do-not-call-register.html' title='National Do Not Call Register'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-4502653694767737794</id><published>2008-08-27T16:04:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-27T16:46:29.829-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Opt out lists</title><summary type='text'>Michael Geist is a writer for the Toronto Star who holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce law at the University of Ottawa.  He has set up a website called IOptOut.ca that enables people to opt out of many organization's marketing lists.  What you do is go to his website and fill in an on-line sheet.  He asks you for a user name and password (this is so you can go back in and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/4502653694767737794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=4502653694767737794&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/4502653694767737794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/4502653694767737794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2008/08/opt-out-lists.html' title='Opt out lists'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-7234961276286553509</id><published>2008-08-15T12:51:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-15T13:02:28.882-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='docx converter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='open office'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word 2007'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='microsoft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='docx'/><title type='text'>Microsoft strikes again</title><summary type='text'>I've been getting files lately (as have my clients) with the extension of .docxI can't open these files, and at first I didn't know what they were. (I looked it up to make sure that the file wasn't a virus or corrupt file) Apparently they are Microsoft's new file extensions for their newest version of Word, Word 2007.  I don't have the newest version of Word, so I can't say for sure, but if </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/7234961276286553509/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=7234961276286553509&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/7234961276286553509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/7234961276286553509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2008/08/microsoft-strikes-again.html' title='Microsoft strikes again'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-6578235805136195750</id><published>2008-07-18T15:20:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T15:25:46.730-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surveys'/><title type='text'>Surveys</title><summary type='text'>Occasionally your company may want to conduct a survey of a client's satisfaction with a job that has been completed, or feedback on some proposed changes.   You could just create a form on your website, or you could email those people a professionally made survey from an on-line company.  I found a company called Survey Monkey.  You choose a template on how you'd like your survey to look, you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/6578235805136195750/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=6578235805136195750&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/6578235805136195750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/6578235805136195750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2008/07/surveys.html' title='Surveys'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-7249651921251941252</id><published>2008-06-28T23:12:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-28T23:19:05.183-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songza'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><title type='text'>Songza</title><summary type='text'>This isn't particularly new, but with all the news of Canada catching up with copyright laws of other countries, the downloading of music etc is coming to an end, or will do eventually.  There is a neat site called songza that you can use to hear new music and listen to music that you already know, but perhaps haven't heard for a while.  You can't download it, but it is a great way to find an old</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/7249651921251941252/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=7249651921251941252&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/7249651921251941252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/7249651921251941252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2008/06/songza.html' title='Songza'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-1363254675561873353</id><published>2008-06-25T10:15:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-25T10:24:22.602-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='publishing'/><title type='text'>Publish your own books</title><summary type='text'>I have been on a road trip out West recently, and am now catching up with what's new. I went for tea to a friend's house last week and he showed me this really professionally printed book he had made on-line.  He downloaded a program (he has a iMac, but it was available to either PC or mac) and then with their desktop program, lots of help and templates, he created a 24 page book.  He chose a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/1363254675561873353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=1363254675561873353&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/1363254675561873353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/1363254675561873353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2008/06/publish-your-own-books.html' title='Publish your own books'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-8439758470234192052</id><published>2008-05-22T14:38:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-22T14:46:52.820-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendar'/><title type='text'>Calendars</title><summary type='text'>Have you ever been sitting on your computer and wanted to know what day of the week next June 6th is?  I've actually gone to my clock on my computer and fiddled with it to see what day a certain date falls on because I don't have a calendar for next year yet.Here is a site I found at Time and Date.comYou can put in your own country, and it tells you what holidays occur there, and you can use </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/8439758470234192052/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=8439758470234192052&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8439758470234192052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8439758470234192052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2008/05/calendars.html' title='Calendars'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-7239619816964306997</id><published>2008-05-21T15:00:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-21T15:07:13.348-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='email'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='image sizing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chain mail'/><title type='text'>Email Etiquette</title><summary type='text'>Millions of emails are sent every day, and sometimes it feels like we are getting all of them!  If you want to annoy your friends less, here are a few ways to make sending emails to your friends a less stressful event for both them and yourself!1.File sizes.  If you are sending images to people of your dog, cat or your latest artwork, don’t forget that some people are still on dial up and it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/7239619816964306997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=7239619816964306997&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/7239619816964306997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/7239619816964306997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2008/05/email-etiquette.html' title='Email Etiquette'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-4448415210183328990</id><published>2008-05-01T14:26:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-01T14:29:01.927-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='website mistakes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='navigation'/><title type='text'>Common Website Mistakes</title><summary type='text'>There are a lot of websites out there, some really fancy, some very basic. But there are a lot that have some basic problems that can hurt business and cause people not to be able to find out what your business does!Poor NavigationHave you ever visited a website and clicked on a few pages only to have trouble getting back to the page you started with? There are no consistent links and no single </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/4448415210183328990/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=4448415210183328990&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/4448415210183328990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/4448415210183328990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2008/05/common-website-mistakes.html' title='Common Website Mistakes'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-3038034390519562156</id><published>2008-03-06T22:12:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-06T22:17:44.937-05:00</updated><title type='text'>More Free Stuff</title><summary type='text'>Here are a couple of fun add-ons you can use for your website, but remember less is always more!  The days of dogs dancing across your page on a business website is definitely over.  It isn't professional, and no one does it any more unless it is to show how NOT to create a website.My Slider is a random photo slider you can use to show images, banners, logos.  Check out myslider.com.The same sort</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/3038034390519562156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=3038034390519562156&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/3038034390519562156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/3038034390519562156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2008/03/more-free-stuff.html' title='More Free Stuff'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-8525802724064068162</id><published>2008-03-06T21:29:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-06T22:11:33.672-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Making your website more visible</title><summary type='text'>What most web clients want is to make sure people see their sites.  Now the designer's job is to create a site first of all that will be seen easily by the spiders (programs that search through the internet) and to submit the site to search engines, but there are things that the client can do to help themselves.1. Put your website address on every piece of paper that leaves your office.  On your </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/8525802724064068162/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=8525802724064068162&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8525802724064068162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8525802724064068162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2008/03/making-your-website-more-visible.html' title='Making your website more visible'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-1379716620184401016</id><published>2007-12-29T23:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-29T23:27:41.926-05:00</updated><title type='text'>More thoughts on computer management</title><summary type='text'>I often go to people's homes to help them either learn a program or to repair a problem with their computer.  I can't tell you how often I ask them where some software that they need for their printer or operating system is and they have no idea.  I'm reminded of this because of my recent switch over to a new computer.If you aren't organised now, make it a priority.  Get yourself a shoe box, if </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/1379716620184401016/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=1379716620184401016&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/1379716620184401016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/1379716620184401016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2007/12/more-thoughts-on-computer-management.html' title='More thoughts on computer management'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-2944960363483192575</id><published>2007-12-29T14:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-29T15:00:52.907-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='XP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vista'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pda'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='css'/><title type='text'>Upgrading a new Computer</title><summary type='text'>My husband and I went to Future shop a couple of months ago to pick up a repaired DVD recorder.  While we were there he decided to "look" at the computers and what was on offer.  Always an expensive exercise.  We ended up leaving the shop with a brand spanking new computer for me with Vista installed.  My husband was right, my five year old computer has been showing signs of imminent death.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/2944960363483192575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=2944960363483192575&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/2944960363483192575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/2944960363483192575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2007/12/upgrading-new-computer.html' title='Upgrading a new Computer'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-4855669910301418014</id><published>2007-12-05T10:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-05T10:34:03.789-05:00</updated><title type='text'>On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog</title><summary type='text'>There have been a few articles in the news lately about how careful we should all be about who we deal with or talk to online.  These come up from time to time.  Older men who lure young girls into a meeting while portraying themselves as someone the same age.  But the recent one about the suicide death of a young girl due to a friendship she formed on Facebook, is particularly nasty.  A young </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/4855669910301418014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=4855669910301418014&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/4855669910301418014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/4855669910301418014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2007/12/on-internet-no-one-knows-youre-dog.html' title='On the Internet, no one knows you&apos;re a dog'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RPkgsMFHwH4/R1bELlsWLjI/AAAAAAAAABQ/TSg9jhu-os0/s72-c/steiner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-4445362097863213905</id><published>2007-11-26T08:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-26T08:47:40.813-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='paypal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forums'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='online merchant network'/><title type='text'>Paypal &amp; self help</title><summary type='text'>A few weeks ago a client asked me if I would help him sell a new product on-line. I said I knew about Paypal, but didn't know any other shopping cart programs.  It took us a week or so of chatting about his current credit card service, shipping and taxes.  And it was amazingly complicated.  His own bank had a service, but it would add over $100 a month to his banking bill and frankly, he has no </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/4445362097863213905/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=4445362097863213905&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/4445362097863213905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/4445362097863213905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2007/11/paypal-self-help.html' title='Paypal &amp; self help'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-3409542727082019382</id><published>2007-11-25T12:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-26T08:21:55.387-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pdf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='koolwire'/><title type='text'>need to creat a pdf? - but not in a hurry</title><summary type='text'>I just found a neat site that will create a pdf document for you.  The site is at www.koolwire.com but you don't even need to go there.  Send a message to pdf@koolwire.com with the document you want converted and send it off.  They send you an email back with the pdf document attached.  They say that it will take 60 - 90 seconds to get your return email.  But make sure that you have their address</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/3409542727082019382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=3409542727082019382&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/3409542727082019382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/3409542727082019382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2007/11/need-to-creat-pdf-but-not-in-hurry.html' title='need to creat a pdf? - but not in a hurry'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-7408835451370093624</id><published>2007-10-30T17:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-30T17:25:18.792-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ticker factory'/><title type='text'>Track your progress</title><summary type='text'>Here is a cute little freebie that you can use on your websites to show your progress on something.  Perhaps a fundraiser, or other goals.  It is really mostly a personal thing, but for some fun sites that have goals, it could be used.  It's called Ticker Factory.  You create an account, choose what your ticker looks like and what the counter looks like and it creates one for you.  Gives you the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/7408835451370093624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=7408835451370093624&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/7408835451370093624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/7408835451370093624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2007/10/track-your-progress.html' title='Track your progress'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-5259442889219769969</id><published>2007-08-23T15:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-23T15:53:11.359-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surveys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Free stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Survey Monkey'/><title type='text'>The things that are available for Free!</title><summary type='text'>I was sent a survey today by the local business development office.  They were asking questions about what caused me to go self-employed and other things related to that topic.  When the survey was finished I was taken to a site called Survey Monkey. This is another site where you can get a service for free!  This one is free if you only ask ten questions, but they still send you the results of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/5259442889219769969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=5259442889219769969&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/5259442889219769969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/5259442889219769969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2007/08/things-that-are-available-for-free.html' title='The things that are available for Free!'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-6511849622576154013</id><published>2007-08-20T23:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-20T23:40:01.775-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='search engines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pdf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ALT tags'/><title type='text'>Style vs Function</title><summary type='text'>I belong to a potter's group and along with learning new techniques for using clay, we often discuss form and function.  What we are talking about is the fact that you can learn to throw quite competently, but what is the pot's use?  It has to be of a size and a shape that is functional as well as attractive, otherwise it is just a dust collector. I was looking at a person's site for them last </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/6511849622576154013/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=6511849622576154013&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/6511849622576154013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/6511849622576154013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2007/08/style-vs-function.html' title='Style vs Function'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-7352892033719614846</id><published>2007-08-14T22:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-23T15:51:02.558-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spongecell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Free stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendars'/><title type='text'>Calendars for your website</title><summary type='text'>I was in a forum recently and someone asked if anyone knew of a calendar that they could put on their site.  One fellow said that what he did was he created a page with a table and he used that to fill in the schedule that he wanted.  However another suggestion was a site called Spongecell.  It's a free calendar that you can customize and fill with your events and you copy the HTML code to your </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/7352892033719614846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=7352892033719614846&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/7352892033719614846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/7352892033719614846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2007/08/calendars-for-your-website.html' title='Calendars for your website'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-8032626654542133885</id><published>2007-08-10T13:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-10T13:41:05.266-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recaptcha'/><title type='text'>Avoid Spam from your email address</title><summary type='text'>I used to recommend that clients use forms on their website to try to avoid their email address from getting lots of spam.  There are searches that are done that look at websites, much in the way that seach engines look at websites, but these searches are for any email address as a potential place to send their spam.  So forms used to allieviate this.  However, then I, as well as some clients, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/8032626654542133885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=8032626654542133885&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8032626654542133885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/8032626654542133885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2007/08/avoid-spam-from-your-email-address.html' title='Avoid Spam from your email address'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545656.post-2181560569950862264</id><published>2007-08-07T15:03:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-07T22:31:37.626-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='search engines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='site traffic'/><title type='text'>Welcome to blogging!</title><summary type='text'>Welcome.  I've been promoting the idea of a blog to a few of my clients now, and it seemed a bit ironic that I didn't have one to promote my own website and business.  Blog is short for "web log" which is kind of an online diary.  However, there are a lot of different kinds of blogs now, and most writers have one that they post to daily.Blogs are now so commonplace, that I saw an article just </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/feeds/2181560569950862264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3545656&amp;postID=2181560569950862264&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/2181560569950862264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3545656/posts/default/2181560569950862264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://germars.blogspot.com/2007/08/welcome.html' title='Welcome to blogging!'/><author><name>Mary Sullivan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05565746111684636887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
