Friday Just For Fun Site – 5 Dumb Criminal Videos
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) Every once in a while you run into something that looks too funny to pass up. I’ve read that most criminals get caught because the slip up and make a mistake in their plans. Obviously these guys […]
Time To Think About Christmas?
Well it’s almost Labor Day here in the US and so it’s time to start thinking about Christmas. Or is it too late? MediaPost’s Email Insider tracks all things related to email marketing and this year the emails with Christmas mentions have started already. They were seen this year as early as August 14. If […]
Some Random Thoughts
I don’t liked underlined words unless they are links. I think it confuses people. For emphasis make your words bigger,change the color, font or ALL CAPS or ANY COMBINATION. People should be able to tell when they have left your site. All of your pages should have the same “look”. Email newsletters are getting harder […]
A New Page – Who Do You Design For?
I have a section of my site where I have a tutorial about starting a web site. It’s a do-it-yourself kind of thing. I am adding a new page called Who Are You Designing For? I really like websites that use shadows well. See my favorite sites. png images make the best shadows because you […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Smile You’re On Google Camera
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) The Street View feature was added to Google Maps in May, and it shows a full 360-degree view of locations at the street level, captured by one of the many roving Chevy Cobalts equipped with rooftop cameras. […]
New Email Signature File
It seems that everyone has some kind of an email sig file. Some just say their name and maybe a cute saying. Some have a phone book on theirs. I have always just put my site address on mine, but today I was reading this post on informationweek.com called “What Does Your E-Mail Signature Say […]
Another Good Free Tool – PHPList
I wrote the other day about a manager for your mailing lists. Here is another one. It’s called PHPList and is a free open source system for managing your email campaigns. PHPList does much more than OpenNewsletter, but is also a bit more complicated to use. It supports the double opt-in subscription mechanism, which means […]
Is This Link Confusing?
Last week I put up a post that looked like almost all of my other posts. The person who’s site I linked to saw my comments on the trackback portion of his blog. A trackback is a link in your blog to someone else who is linking to you. It usually looks like a comment. […]
Be Careful Of Who You Hire For SEO
I have written many times about good ways to help your site get found by the search engines. This post is about the bad ones. I usually get my share of “Blog Spam”. That is, people or bots who post comments on my blog that usually have nothing to do with the content. These folks […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Astronomy Picture of the Day
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) Whether you are looking for some really cool wallpaper or just some great pictures to look at NASA provides us with the Astronomy Picture of the Day. The NASA site has some amazing stuff everywhere, but some […]
