My wife has been putting off replacing her contact lenses because not only will she need to pay for new contacts, but she'll have to pay for a new eye exam (I've said to go ahead and do it, but I guess she figures she can live with her old contacts a little longer). Can...
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I've noticed something a little odd in the spam I've been getting lately. The message begins "Hello! I'm bored tonight. I am nice girl that would like to chat...". So far so, uh, bad -- nothing unusual in that. The odd thing is that with virtually all of these messages, the name of the sender...
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I've been hosting a few large files like the screencast demonstrating how to install and configure CaRP on a secondary server to prevent overburdening my main server or overrunning my bandwidth limit. This morning, I was unable to reach the secondary server, preventing me from even being able to view some of my webpages. So...
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How's that for a headline? I'm trying out a new sales page for Fast JV with a little more..."spice", shall we say?

Perhaps you've heard of the "AIDA" model of selling, where you first try to grab Attention, then inspire Interest, next arouse Desire, and finally provoke to Action. One popular technique for catching a...
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If you've signed up for BlogRush yet, and have logged in a few times, you may have noticed something odd -- each time you load the dashboard page, the shape of that curve showing how many syndication credits you've earned seems a little different. I'm not just talking about the part of the curve for...
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John Reese announced a new service today that concerned me a little...because it's very similar to a project I've been working on for a few months. It looks like the future of link exchanges is the exchange of links and content. Here's an overview of what I've been working on:

Members of my service (the...
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Yesterday, we packed up our van and left Nebraska for Bear Lake (on the Utah-Idaho border) for a family reunion. Just before reaching Cheyenne Wyoming, we heard a "thunk" and saw a huge cloud of smoke in our rear view mirror.  We took it out of gear and pulled off the road, and as we...
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I'm looking for one individual to work part time from home answering questions in my forum, and eventually in my help desk system. Set your own hours. Pay is negotiable. Your first assignment will be in the CaRP forum, but you don't need to know CaRP yet, as long as you have the ability to...
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Aloha Michael! I tried contacting you through your help desk system, but the registration confirmation email never reached my mail server, so I'll post here instead.

First of all, congratulations on your wedding! Your first-ever surfing attempt photo looks much better than one of my first attempt would have been. The wetsuit I was wearing...
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Even the big boys sometimes shoot themselves in the foot. Something Shawn Casey is doing is hurting his email deliverability and probably his response rates, and while I know why he's doing it, there is a better way...

Hi Shawn,

I tried to get this message to you through your help desk, but I got...
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