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Computing & Internet

My Vet’s Website

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This morning, I went to my vet to buy medication for my pet. He told me that his website is already ready 7788. Well, I thought that was great news. I went home to check out the URL that he gave me and although the website is ready, he did not provide too much information of his practice.

I think that if he would put up photos of himself, the resident veterinarian, his animal boarding area, rates and pictures of his surgery, it would be more interesting. I am going to make these suggestions to him but I am not sure if he will agree with me but it’s all for the better of his site only!

I will also try to get him listed on the premier online directory of commercials that my friend owns. It would make a great Christmas gift for him. And it’s in sincere appreciation for saving my pet’s life earlier this year!

Computing & Internet

For Effective Internet Security

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Friends who work in internet security used to tell me that they have a tough time keeping up with the changes in threats the internet network of their companies. They told me that there was no single internet security solution to maintain their internet networking and thus their companies had to allocate a chunk of budget for internet security.

Recently, I read on the web that a premier internet security company has come up with a layered, seemingly “all-in-one solution”, including their suite of NOD32 internet protection products that would effectively protect the network of companies efficiently, saving time and money in the process.

I believe that my friends who are in this field would have already known about it and it would be great if their companies decide to implement this solution. I would make life easier for everyone!

General

Furniture That Lasts A Lifetime

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If you have been reading my blog, you would know that I have been looking for office and computer furniture for my small office at home. I have already partitioned my room and intend to turn the other side into a work place so all I need now is proper furniture. With two sets of desktop computers and a laptop that I am buying soon, with a printer and fax machine and other office automation, I am in desperate need of REAL furniture.

My dad suggested that I buy DIY furniture and he will help me to fix them up but I am not keen in those. They may be cheaper but I do not want to invest time and money on chipboard furniture that will not last long. They also get out of shape when you move them!!

Right now, furniture from Versa Tables totally appeals to me. I dig their designs and look like they would last a lifetime! I believe that Versa Tables is one of the top manufacturers of school computer furniture considering that they recently won a large school furniture contract.

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The Naive People

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Sometimes, spending so much time on the internet and exposed to so many elements online, I still get amazed that there are people who are so naive as to believe the junk that fall into their email box.

I was told of a guy who read a scam email and straight away sent X amount to the scammer to buy “something” that could not be “sold” in the first place.

But I guess that people who do not spend so much time on the internet would not know that these kinds of emails are sent out by the millions per day by scammers trying to bait just that 0.001% of recipients like this guy.

It’s tough being the carrier of bad news letting the victim know that he has been scammed but it is better to know about it earlier from a trusted source than to be lead into losing more money, right?

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In Search Of An Ideal Boston Condo

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Recently, I wrote about my friend, Paul, who has an architecture firm in New York City, who is expanding his business to Boston. Well, he told me that he will be spending so much time there now with a new office that it only makes sense to look for a Boston condo. That will cut down a lot of traveling time. Meanwhile, his younger brother will see to the day to day running of the New York head office.

Paul said that since he knows nothing about Boston real estate, he is doing all his research online. He did not even know the price range of Boston condos and which are the affluent neighborhoods but a friend told him to check with Condo Domain and look for the listings of condos in Boston for sale.

Going through this site, potential condo buyers like Paul would be able to compare various properties, their amenities, prices and advantages and disadvantages under one portal before making the final purchase decision.

Buying property is a long term investment and certainly no child’s play so it is important to make a thorough research first before making the commitment. Paul said that once he has in mind a few prospective real estate, he would arrange a trip to Boston and view them all at once so that there will be less running around.

Well, I wish him good luck in finding his ideal condo!

Computing & Internet

Online Wedding Album For Those Candid Shots

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If you have attended a wedding dinner recently, I am sure you would have had a disposal camera at your, well, disposal! It has been the trend lately for the wedding couple to provide disposable wedding cameras to the guests so that they can capture those candid moments of the occasion. I have had my fair share of fun taking these amateurish snaps and I think they make better keepsake than professionally taken wedding photos!

I first got to know of this unique wedding idea on an episode of Oprah a long time ago and little did I know that wedding couples here have also adopted this for their Chinese wedding dinners. The problem, though, is that guests hardly have the chance to view these shots unless they are really close to the bridal couple.

Don’t worry, there is a solution offered by I Thee Snap, Inc. This company provides the valuable service of an online wedding album for shots taken from all those disposable wedding cameras where all guests would be provided with the URL of the online wedding album and access code to it.

This means that guests would get to compare their wedding photography skills and share the photos among each other, comment on the shots or even order prints. For the bridal couple, no longer do they have the arduous and time-consuming task of scanning photos, saving them to the computer and sending the photos out by email one by one to interested guests.

It’s such a great idea, it’s a wonder why no one thought of this until now!

WordPress Issues

It’s Time For A New Theme!

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How time flies! In the blink of an eye, I would have blogged here for a year already. Where did time go? And in this very hectic year, I have to admit that I did not have time to make my blog look more interesting. Pool is the only template that every graced this blog and I have stuck with it for far too long already. I would not say that I love it or am thoroughly satisfied with it because it is a two-column template and is not widgetized. In fact, when I first started my own hosted domain with this blog, I had a hard time figuring my codes. They certainly were very different from Blogger’s HTML codes!

Actually, I had wanted a new theme for a long time and in fact, I I think that three-column themes are ideal. I uploaded a few themes on my server but never gotten around to do the dirty work. I am afraid I would leave some code behind in the old theme and then some stuff may not work well on my blog anymore and I would somehow have to dig them our again. It just means WORK to me!

I hope that I could find a theme that I like well enough to willingly go through all the trouble. HHmm have been trying to install Scratchback for weeks but I guess that will only happen when I have a new theme.