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Vista Eyes Laser Eye Correction Surgery

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We never really know how important our vision is and tend to take it for granted until we need glasses. Then we would miss our perfect eyesight.

However, with modern technology, we do not have to make do, put up with or suffer from poor eyesight anymore because our shortcomings could be corrected with laser eye surgery.

Just now, I came across a website of an eye clinic offering laser eye correction surgery in Australia. Reading the information on the site of, I am reassured that there is no pain involved. You know how afraid I am of pain!

If you are looking for laser eye correction melbourne, Australia, perhaps you should check out Vista Eyes. They do provide free information seminar so if you have any doubts, this is the chance to clear them.

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Buy One Domain Get One Free!

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I received an email early this morning from Register.com informing of their new domain promotion. They are giving away one free domain name for every one purchased. Each person is entitled to up to five domain names purchased, and get five free domain names in the process.

I think this is a good promotional offer though I will not be taking it up. I have twenty blogs not, with only a handful updated regularly through the Olympic Games as I was too busy watching the Games on TV and compiling Google logo art during the Games that I have neglected my other passion blogs.

I don’t even know what domain names to get and what niche they will be. Perhaps I would start a blog on a “Get Paid To” or “Make Money Online” niche.

Register require us to call them up to claim this offer. I wonder why they want us to do that when calling international is not cheap, unless they provide a toll free number or accept call collect.

Another issue is that if you would like to transfer your domain to another registrar before one year is up, since Register.com is seriously expensive, you will have a difficult time doing so. I understand it’s a security concern that they insist on calling us for verification purposes.

Anyway, if you think that the cost of buying a domain name through Register.com is cheaper than two buying from other companies, then this is a good deal.

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International Artist Academy

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Earlier today, I wrote a post about the guitar that my sister had, a gift from our father but it was too large for her fingers. It has since been sold, mush to my regret. I would like to learn it one day, but I don’t think I have the patience to learn by myself through books and videos.

Just out of curiosity, I checked on the web to see if there’s a school I could go to for guitar lessons and came across International Artist Academy, a music academy with branches all over Australia.

Besides guitar lessons, the International Artist Academy also offers lessons on piano and vocals and basically mould students into well-rounded performing artists. I think that it is awesome that Australians have access to such opportunities. I wish I am brave enough to venture into performing arts fueled by passion alone, even if I may not make a living out of it!

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Blackout For Pirated Windows XP Pro Users

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I read in The Star Online last night that Microsoft is clamping down on users of pirated Windows XP Professional by blacking out the computer every minute. To continue working again, the user has to reset desktop or something and this same thing will happen over and over every minute. Gosh, how irritating.

I don’t know if this is only going to happen in Malaysia or if it affects pirated Windows XP Pro worldwide, or if this blitz has even started yet since it is Wednesday here already but it seems that so far, none of my friends who are pirated users are experiencing the blackout.

Was it just a threat to make these users get their OS licensed? My, what rip off it is to have to pay RM5xx for a single computer license. Might as well use and open source OS, right?

Or better yet, buy a netbook for slightly more than RM1000 which comes with a licensed Windows.

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Is PayPerPost Down?

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I don’t know about you guys but PayPerPost seems to be down for me for more than twelve hours already but I checked the forum a few times but no one seemed to mention it at all.

When it was down last evening, I restarted my browser, restarted my computer, tried accessing PayPerPost.com from another computer, using another internet connection, cleared my browsing history and cache but all no deal.

The forum is fine, the main Izea.com website is fine too but the blogs are slow or could not be accessed at all. I asked a few postie friends just now but they have no problem with logging into their PayPerPost account.

Aih… headache. I think I need to go to Starbucks for their broadband.

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Dedicated Web Hosting

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The other day, my friend told me that her server was down. I told her that if her livelihood depends on her blogs, she might as well subscribe to dedicated hosting. I understand that for probloggers or huge websites, when their servers go down, they could lose thousands of dollars. The loss for my friend is not huge but it was stressful for her, worrying about missed opportunities and loss of income. I understand very well what she was going through.

When I was looking for dedicated hosting, a friend advised me to go with a local company. He said that I could be in touch with the company easily if it’s necessary, better than hosting with a company on the other side of the world where our time difference makes it difficult to be in contact.

His logic is that if you are in Canada, you are better off going with Canadian webhosting, for example. I think that is sound advice as it would eliminate lots of potential communication problems. Once local webhosting companies are identified, it is time to compare plans for dedicated hosting. You would want one that is affordable yet does not compromise on features, technical support and most importantly, uptime guarantee. Luckily you could easily do your research and comparison shopping via the many review sites available on the web.

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