Monthly Archives: January 2006

Wanna Watch the Superbowl XL from the Sky?? Local Live Adds Detroit to the City List

MSN’s awesome new beta virtual “sky cam” dubbed Windows Live Local (www.local.live.com) has added Detroit to the list of cities covered, according to a recent Virtual Earth Developer’s blog

And has a zoomed up close up of the Superbowl Site (Ford Field) displayed front and center here.

Pretty isn’t it? Nice and clear and amazingly CLOSE UP!

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Continuing Battles With MS Small Business Accounting 2006: Why Won’t My "Price Levels" Reflect in Invoices on SBA?

Despite my desire to get to a single hourly rate system, I still offer a discount to my those long-standing clients who have been with me for years.

In my new Microsoft Office SBA program, I figured I’d handle this with a % discount under the Price Level functionality.

So…

I get the invoice template all customized and pull in my first client’s billing to test the invoice. He’s one that gets the "longevity" discount. And, there’s my standard rate. And it STAYS there.

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Contemplations on a New Hybrid for the Treo SmartPhone

I love my Treo. I carry it everywhere. So, it’s not like me to feel jealousy over other small mobile device… until now…

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Love Isn’t Like Oxygen, It’s More Like Calculus — Wait, That’s Not Really Love Either…Is It?

While investigating the joys of Google’s new video search engine I found some pretty interesting things. First… an ad that is probably the best I’ve seen to try to help my own (and possibly YOUR own) children think carefully about what they are doing with their "free time" when there is no adult supervision. To view it… Continue reading

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Romancing the Search Engines: Small Changes Make a Dramatic Difference

People may not like change, but search engines love it! In fact, many SEs handsomely reward dynamic content, as witnessed by the popularity of the SEO darling: the blog. MSN and Google, in particular, are enamored with websites that provide … Continue reading

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