Monthly Archives: November 2005

Loved the New Harry Potter Movie this Weekend

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This weekend, Wayne and I took Alex and Derrick to see the new Harry Potter release. I must say, for a kids movie, it’s wonderful. I love the Harry Potter Series. There, I admitted it! One of the things I like best about it has to do with my hubby. He was reading one of the books when we were dating… and he started reading it aloud to Alex. Since then he’s read three or four of them to her and I attribute her love of reading, in great part, to this activity.

In the past few months (say about 10) she’s gone from struggling to sound out words here and there in books to devouring them at an astonishing rate. Continue reading →

To Blog or Not to Blog… The Real Estate Agent’s Question (Part I)

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Businesses on the web are blogging their way to marketing success. Blogging has become increasingly popular from corporate CEO to sole proprietors. How does this form of online writing help a company’s bottom line and who should consider writing a blog? More importantly, who shouldn’t?

A blog (short for web log) is a dynamic, regularly updated journal entry created in “real time” and uploaded to your website or blog server. For real estate professionals, it can be a fantastic marketing tool. It’s now hit the mainstream and if you have ever considered a blog for your Real Estate website, it’s time to move forward with your plans!

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Better Business Practices Are the Cure for Blog Bashing

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I try to be a “kinder, gentler Angela” in my blogs and articles. I succeed most of the time. But on November 3rd, I failed. An article in Forbes magazine on “evil” bloggers managed to “get my dander up” in a way that few articles do. (see my WickedBlog entry of November 3rd) I’d like to say that makes the Forbes piece good writing, or an excellent topic, or (at the very least) a powerful approach. But no — it was just a bad, narrow minded and hateful article.

I tripped across several responses to the Forbes article today from others and of the ones I read, the most impressive was one on how to avoid blog bashing.

You know, it’s an excellent post on how to run a business — aside from the goal of reducing your exposure to bad blog reports. I contacted the author (and Villanova Law professor) Jim Maule, and he’s given me permission to quote his own easy 10-point “cure” for blog bashing here: Continue reading →

HotSync Hangs for Treo When Converting to Outlook after Using Palm Desktop

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I’ve made the switch back to Outlook. I hated making that decision, but I did it. There’s a new program I want to use, one I think will be an “everything” program for me — like my NoteStudio on the palm and desktop, but with more power. And, to use all the features available, I needed to go back to Outlook. So, after much hand-wringing, online research and chatting with fellow geeks about outstanding security issues, functionality, etc… I took the leap.

Then my Treo pitched a fit. It didn’t want to sync with outlook. At ALL. Then it finally did sync, once. But wouldn’t do it again. I got errors ranging from “Exchange synchronization failed” to it simply hanging and doing the “sync” thing for hours. I even went to bed and left it in disgust last night. But, this morning, in between appointments, I’ve tweaked it and figured out what has to happen to make it work — at least in my case.

Below you will see my version of:

How to Move from Using the Palm Desktop to using Outlook with your Treo 650 in 10 Easy steps. Continue reading →

Contemplations on the Hagfish and Related Personalities (WITH AUDIO)

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READ IT TO ME (Download MP3 Version of Today’s Blog)My sister is struggling in her Ichthyology class. (It’s the study of fish.) She’s a graduate student most noted for her art and her love of botany. This “fish” class is out of her normal realm and she’s finding it a challenge.

Yesterday, I dropped by to see her on my way home from another appointment. She was cramming for a test that evening and we started talking about Hagfish. It was a discussion which I found delightful, disgusting and quite enlightening…

A little history on the Hagfish… Continue reading →