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One-On-One Individualized Tutoring Service

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My friend has a son who is a slow learner. He’s not that bad and we believe that with a little more attention, he would be able to pick up new things easily. However, like most modern parents, my friend and her husband have work to take care of and have little time to spare for their children.

I was just telling a friend that many parents send their children to extra classes, or tuition, to cope better at school. I remember reading about ClubZ many months ago, which offers an excellent option for busy parents like my friend.

ClubZ offers home tutor service for children from pre-kindergarten to adults in all core subjects, including assessment tests and music.

I am not surprised that ClubZ has been very successful not only because of personal one-on-one tutoring but also because of individualized program to suit each student. I believe personal guidance provided by ClubZ would help my friend’s son tremendously.

Computing & Internet

President-elect Barack Obama To Appear On YouTube Weekly

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Living up to his manifesto of “Change”, Barack Obama steps into White House 2.0 in January and one of the things that will be changing is that now, not only will Americans get to listen to the President of the United States weekly on radio, they will get to see him weekly on the internet as well.

Although it is not a bad idea, many of my friends in America, especially the web-savvy ones, concur that once a week online is way too excessive. How about a monthly address or even just once every six months? Heck, as the President of the United States, he should just address the people online when something really major has happened, like 911.

The first such address will be live on YouTube this Saturday, reaching out to millions of YouTube users, Americans and non-Americans alike. Obama’s “Change” website, will then embed the YouTube video on its website www.change.gov.

With a conservative period of four years in office, I have to wonder how long he could keep up with his weekly YouTube addresses. LOL

Computing & Internet

Google Gains Larger Slice of Search Pie

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Google has extended its lead on search engine use for October, 2008, gaining on Yahoo! and MSN. Well, I certainly am not surprised. In my household, most of us are using Google search exclusively, even if I HATE it for dinging my PageRank.

I think that for 99% of the time, I use Google search. I only use MSN and/or Yahoo! if I could not find what I want using Google, which rarely happens, unfortunately for Yahoo! and MSN.

I think that most web users my generation are the same as well. From the search engine war results that I see from my stats tracker, most browsers who land on my blogs and websites from search used Google as well.

I think that Google is the preferred search engine not because of its accurate results but because of its clean homepage and easy to load results page. Yahoo! and MSN come with plenty of frills that only distract me from the information that I would like to search for.

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How About An Online Degree?

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For many of us working adults, I am sure you would understand when I say that it definitely is not easy to hit the books again. I would definitely go back to school if I have the chance but it is funny that now that I could afford the fees, I could not afford the time.

A good option for working adults is to study in an online university. Of course, you have to ensure that it’s an accredited university, like Capella University, so that your online degree will be recognized.

If you are unsure if you could study in an online university at your own pace, check out the podcasts available from the website of Capella University where students, staff and faculty members share their experience studying and teaching in an online university like Capella University.

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WordPress Issues

WordPress 2.7

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If you haven’t upgraded your WordPress to 2.6.3, like me, then it’s better to forget it because WordPress 2.7 will be here in the blink of an eye. Seriously, I could never keep u with the many upgrades and updates, the many changes and patches. Well, if I only have one blog, it is not a problem and I could take time in upgrading and fixing whatever that may break but with over ten WordPress powered self-hosted blogs, I don’t think I have the time nor do I have the patience.

It’s not as if I am an expert in WordPress, you see. If something goes wrong that I do not know how to fix, I need to spend a tremendous amount of time hunting the web for answers and if that fails, seek the help of friends. Only one of two would help.

So my policy is not to fix something that is not broken. I would hate to experience one again the effects of an incompatible plug-in. I may not even know about it if there’s any!

Blogging

How Is Your Blog Coming Along?

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It’s funny that each time I meet a friend who is a non-blogger, he/she would ask me about my blog. Well, what could I say except that it’s coming along fine; it’s still surviving. If only they know of my twenty blogs!

I think that this question has already replaced the common opening greeting that Chinese use all the time, “Have you eaten?” Just like the British who like to open a conversation on the weather.

A non-blogger would not understand or be interested in PageRank or traffic levels. A non-blogger would also not be interested to know how much so-and-so has made in the previous month from blogging.

On the other hand, my blogger friends would not be bothered to ask about my blog. They know I have twenty blogs. So do they; some even more! When we get together, we just want to FORGET about blogs and blogging. LOL

Computing & Internet

Do You Shop Online?

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Many people, like my sister, still do not feel secure shopping online. However, once they trust a store, they would have no problems paying for their online purchases.

My sister recently purchased a bottle of shampoo from Allegro Medical and she was very impressed that when a friend told her that she is on the market for shower chairs, my sister told her about her experience with Allegro Medical.

This friend would not only be able to buy a shower chair at a good price because of the discount but also have it sent to her home, saving her the hassle of shopping at a neighborhood store.

Even though I have no qualms shopping online, I still take basic precautions like only disclosing my financial information over a secure payment gateway.

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