The other day, a reader reprimanded me for writing about gambling. Well, I have to disagree that gambling is evil. The problem actually stems from the way we handle gambling.

I started gambling when I was young. I shall not reveal the age as it would probably shock some people. Speaking from experience, I think that gambling is fine as long as there is no addiction or obsession to it. Instead, it is a great recreational sport to test your skills and sharpness of mind.

A few years ago, I started to be interested in poker after watching a show on TV. I was impressed that there are pro-gamblers who make and lose millions just playing poker. Of course, I am not in that league but that spurred me to do some research to see if and where I could make some pocket money.

A search on the internet returned a list of online casinos offering poker and to look for the best site is pretty daunting and confusing what with my lack of knowledge and experience.

Luckily, I was told that I should start my research reading review sites like WhichPoker.com. I am glad that I did because they give very comprehensive reviews of some of the top poker sites. I read their reviews of Pacific Poker, Poker Stars and Paradise Poker. According to Which Poker, Party Poker is the top online poker site but that does not mean that sites like Pacific Poker is sub standard. In fact, only the high scorers are featured on the site.

If you have been wondering, “Which Poker?”, wonder no more as you can make a better decision after reading such thorough reviews.

When I first discovered the internet, one of the things that fascinated me was that we could send and receive faxes on the computer over the internet connection. Back then, it was a BIG DEAL to own a fax machine at home and when we needed to send or receive fax, we would have to do it from an ‘office’.

However, since then, the internet has evolved so much that we could now do it from a computer and even PDA. Some people may prefer real document fax over Internet Fax which is email based but this is an ideal solution, not to mention, the most cost effective, for business people who are always on the move.

I personally know of executives who are in a few different countries every week and they live out of the suitcase. They equip themselves with electronic gadgets like laptop, PDA and smart phone and they keep in constant contact with their office via phone calls and email and faxes.

Metro Hi Speed offers two different packages to individual and small businesses as well as to corporate clients. At only a basic price of $12.95 per month to fax 1,000 pages, this price is really worth the mobility and freedom it accords.

I mentioned in a previous post that my hosting is free. It is not that I do not love free but free hosting doesn’t come with technical support and since I am such a noob, I feel lost when something happens to my blogs. Sometimes, I do seek help from my host but I feel bad about it.

A few days ago, I wrote that I am contemplating hosting my blogs on virtual private servers and my friend recommended a guy to me but I do not like him because he never respond to my email when I need help but replies me within minutes when I ask him about my billing. Yes, he is also a host of one of my blogs.

So once again I am in the market looking for a supportive and reliable web host. I am not looking for cheap hosting but one that comes with maximum up time and solid customer support.

My search led me to a website that compares top ten best web hosting companies. Actually, I love comparison charts like this because I could get the lo-down on the top ten companies all in one glance.

This is not only a review of the top ten web hosting sites but if we buy hosting packages via this website, Top10Webhosting.com, we are entitled to a discount on hosting packages offered by Monster Host and LunarPages.

If you are thinking of getting your own domain name and hosting, now is the time! I heard that domain name registration will be more expensive next week, so act fast!

When I came to the website of CopShoes, I suddenly remember a friend of mine who liked to dress in cop shoes and there is a guy who is a little mentally slow who would run away because he thought that my friend was really a cop. I don’t know where my friend bought his Rocky Boots though, because we certainly have never even heard of the internet before.

If it is not obvious enough yet, CopShoes is the ultimate online store that carries a wide range of what else but Cop shoes, and boots. Besides Rocky boots, you can also find Bates Boots, Altama, Converse, Danner and many other major footwear brand names.

I have browsed through many online stores and shopped regularly online and Cop Shoes is one of the easiest site to navigate. You can shop by brand name or style and it would not take you long to look for the shoes or boots that meet your requirement.

Although I have not shopped at Cop Shoes before because I have no use for these boots, I was told that the prices here are very competitive and they re backed by a solid reputation with excellent customer service. The most important thing with online stores though, is the quality products and it looks like Cop Shoes have these all in their police and military boots and footwear.

Have you heard that there was a Page Rank Update over the weekend? Well, it was more like a “Down date” as many blogs and websites were demoted. Page Rank is something that we should never take for granted.

As a blogger with seven active blogs, one of mine was downgraded from a 3 to 2. I was not surprised as that was one of the least visited blogs. It was a 2 just before monetizing it and went up to 3 in the following update. It stayed at 3 in the next nine months or so but now it is back to its original two.

Well, I guess I am rather relieved that I am not as hard hit as other people. I read that some people dropped from a 3 to zero over night. That would be a nightmare!

After all is said and done, as long as our blogs is not totally removed from the index of major search engines, we would have the chance to build up our blogs or site once again.

I was checking for something on the internet when I stumbled upon the website of Vision Point of Sale. Boy, do they have the largest collection of used point of sale. To be frank, when I first found out that companies really use refurbished IBM pos equipment and other brands, I was surprised and rather skeptical.

I thought that we will always have to take them in for servicing or repair but I was wrong when I experienced refurbished Fujitsu Point of Sale equipment at my company. Perhaps Fujitsu is such a reliable brand but then as long as they are well refurbished following stringent rules and procedure, they can last very long without giving us any down time.

Did you know that the leading company to offer such services is Vision POS? Not only are they suppliers of refurbished equipment, they help you to dispose them off as well when the equipment is totally dead.

I think that all companies that are using POS equipment should get refurbished ones because it is a great way to save cost.