Monthly Archives: March 2005

VoIP

We have VoIP at home. So far, I like it a lot. It is inexpensive, which is appropriate since we do not use it that much. I hated having a home phone with the minimum service available costing me $40 … Continue reading

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Dial-up Blogging

My rating: 4 out of 5

My mother is a blogger. She is also using dial up. I have not ever seen nor used a dial up connection that I trusted. Dial-up can get the job done, if you are not in a hurry.

But the thing that irritates me, and Mom, the most is when lose your connection on a nice, long, post. (And you know that you will never be able to recreate it!)

That is where bloggar comes in. You can compose all of your posts off line and post when you connect. Bloggar supports most of the major blogging software. It has the basic features for formatting and spell checking that are so necessary. It also has features for uploading images to your server, whether you are using your own or an image hosting service to store your photos for your blog.

This may not be necessary if you have broadband, but may also be of benefit to those that that have a high speed connection. The Interface is WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) and you can even further define that by actually calling to the style sheet of your blog to display your post preview.

One feature that I like is that you do not have to open another browser window to publish to your blog. You can open up Bloggar right there and be able to see what inspired you as you write your post.

I do not have enough experience with this to make a statement on whether the code it generates is valid or not, but unless you make several changes in the formatting, I do not see where it would be a problem.

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“How to Blog”

There is an interesting, self-explanatory article on how to blog at busblog. According to him, I have made some grievous mistakes in my previous post. 1. write every day. 7. have an email address clearly displayed on your blog. sometimes … Continue reading

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Rational Justification

OK, so I have not posted anything the last couple of days. But I have justification. I normally post in the evening or early morning. Well, in the early morning, I have been fortunate enough to be able to sleep … Continue reading

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Speed Up FireFox

If you are still using dial-up, ignore this post. There is an interesting article on Free Republic on how to speed up FireFox if you are using broadband. Apparently FireFox only make one request to a web page at a … Continue reading

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Eat and Animal for PETA Day

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Holy Lego Blocks, Batman

With RJ’s continuing fascination with Lego’s, here is a completely new look at the classic toy. Student’s at the DAVE school have created an animated, computer generated, Lego style Batman short. This is not a short video, so make sure … Continue reading

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RJ and Tony’s First Photo Shoot

We finally have our pictures back from RJ and Tony’s first photo shoot. They are so cute! Please take a look at them and tell us what you think.

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Family Duties

It has only been two weeks since I have been separated from my family, and I almost forgot how busy they keep you. So far today we have looked at houses. We have actually looked all weekend, and have only … Continue reading

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A Weekend at Home

I am home with my family for the weekend.

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