If I were the queen would I get to wear a tiara? If that title is taken maybe I could be the Princess. As long as I get a tiara it’s all the same to me. Special thanks to Whitney M. Keyes for the mention in her blog in the Seattle PI. She wrote an [...]

If you visit blogs, and since you’re looking at this one I assume you do, you’ll have seen the term “RSS”. What is RSS and why would you want it? RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It allows people to sign up for (or subscribe) to a blog’s posts. The posts are viewed in a [...]

As I mentioned in my last post, I added three WordPress plugins to this blog recently. Two of those plugins are visible to you folks reading the blog. Popularity Contest The first plugin is Popularity Contest developed by Alex King. This plugin generates a list of your most popular posts. It looks at things like [...]

One of the reasons that I recommend WordPress blogs is because of the variety of available plugins. What in the world are plugins you ask? Plugins are software programs that you (or your trusty website developer) can add to your WordPress blog. Plugins enable to you do more with your blog. WordPress says, “Plugins are [...]

It’s Friday. Take a break and take a quiz. You Are 40% Nerdy You’re a little nerdy, but no one would ever call you a nerd. You sometimes get into nerdy things, but only after they’ve become a part of mainstream culture. How Nerdy Are You?

This weekend I discovered some great finance blogs. These blogs share four qualities necessary for a successful blog: Educational – At these blogs you can learn about financial goal setting, ways to save money, stock market information and more. Personal – These blogs put a personal spin on the topic that’s very appealing. One woman [...]

The other week I got a call from my one of my aunts.  She wanted to BCC or “blind carbon copy” a press release and wasn’t sure how to do it.  (As a website developer I’m the family “go-to” gal for all things technical.)   My aunt knew how to BCC one person on an email [...]

Did you ever have one of those days? I sure had one yesterday.  (As you can tell by my lack of a post.)  When I just need to get away from everything for a few minutes I trot on over to JigZone.com and lose myself in the jigsaw puzzles.  Ahhhh . . . . sweet [...]

When does a person use affect versus effect?  How about further versus farther?  Dare I even bring up who versus whom? As blog publishers we have some responsibility to try to use the correct words, good grammar and proper punctuation.  Just thinking about it can make my fingers freeze above the keyboard. However there is [...]