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Living with my wild animal neighbors in a remote area of north central British Columbia, Canada. In this blog I relate stories of the wildlife that live around me, some memories,observations, travels and computing experiences plus other topics as the
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Gmail tips
Some really excellent tips for Gmail from Google Tutor by Abhijeet MukherjeeDo you know that if you’ve got an email address as abc@gmail.com, you automatically get another email address which is ab...
Trying out ScribeFire for Firefox3
When I upgraded to Firefox 3 I was no longer able to use an extension for Windows Live Writer a program which I really liked.So I have downloaded the updated version of ScribeFire a blogging tool whic...
Firefox 3 - fix to make Gmail your mail handler
Found this on LifeHacker it works. http://lifehacker.com/392287/set-firefox-3-to-launch-gmail-for-mailto-links...
Want to help break a record
If you are a Firefox fan you may or may not know the new release Firefox 3 is available today at 10am PDT they are hoping to break a record for the most downloads in 24 hours. There are a great many ...
Update and a new nutrition tool
I met with our local nurse today and she talked to me a bit about my new diagnosis of diabetes. She said my careful eating and exercising had delayed the inevitable. Apparently the fact that when I ha...
Helps in learning more about computers
One of the blogs on my reader that I check daily is run by a couple from the Philippines and they have been very helpful and encouraging to me over the last several months. Today they have a post up t...
Getting behind with my blogging friends
I am getting a bit behind with blogging, with running two now and having a host of lovely people to respond to, plus writing advertisements I have got a long to do list. Right now I am starting to put...
I need to organize my desk
Now I am running two blogs I feel I need to be a little more organized and just by chance today I came across a blog which had a post about just that.The Writer's Blog By Dana Prince via kwoutShe ha...
Page Rank - does it matter
Want to check your Google Page Rank just visit this site and type in your blog address. I guess the Page Rank (PR) is not important if you are getting visitors and you are not interested in making som...
Wordpress.com is too restrictive
I have been trying to do things with this blog that it just won’t let me do. As you know I am working with my old Blogger blog and it allows me to do all sorts of things that Wordpress does not...
Moms blogging from home rule
Here is a really encouraging article I found at Problogger about women blogging from home. Keep it up ladies it is going to pay off. Five Reasonswhy Mom blogs are the Blogs to Watch Excerpts from Mom ...
Images using CSS
Image via Wikipedia If you would like to know how to position your photos and images with CSS check this out. I know some html but I don’t know any CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and it is becomi...
Don’t know what I can do and what I shouldn’t
All of a sudden I am being asked if I want to write paid posts. I have been contacted by Blogvertize, Smorty, Blogitive and Sponsored Reviews, and Loud Launch. I assume it is because I submitted my ol...
A couple of search engines you might like
Exalead is a French search engine and has indexed more than a billion web pages. Although results are not as relevant as the top search engines, Exalead is doing some interesting things on the presen...
Computer Goodies
Google Earth 4.2 Flight Simulator Launch the latest version 4.2 of Google Earth (free download) and hit Ctrl+Alt+A (Mac users: Cmd+Opt+A.) You will get a full-on flight simulator that lets you choo...
Amazing Grace - Computer scientist
Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (1906 - 1992) was a US naval officer and mathematician who invented the computer compiler in 1952. Her compiler revolutionized computer programming, making computers e...
Twiddla a neat internet find
Twiddla - Real collaboration, in real time. Mark up web sites, graphics, and photos, or start brainstorming on a blank canvas. Browse the web with your friends or make that conference call more produc...
Useful Google tips
1. Find Different Types of Files. Simply add filetype:pdf (or switch pdf to ppt or doc) after your search terms. For example: filetype:pdf filetype:ppt filetype....
Social Networking
Social Network Reviews - the top ten, most I have never heard about. Maybe that is why my blog is not in the top ten either? MySpace - I have a page on MySpace really only to direct to this blo...
More computing goodies
I have downloaded this new social networking thingy that looks interesting. Me.dium. I have not figured it out yet but I think it is a bit like Twitter but you can visit sites with friends and commun...
A wonderful new toy
I was browsing over at Anna’s blog Just Gotta Share This where she had found an online radio application which is fantastic called Musicovery. I just love this. I am listening right now to all...
Consensus on Stumbling your own posts
Some good points came out of this post, that I think are worth consideration. Most liked the idea but I would also give the caution which Danielle brought up. “if you stumble your own posts too ...
How to Stumble your own posts
I recently mentioned that I had had a lot of traffic from Stumbleupon. I had not used it much until I read on one of the techy type blogs that I like to read that they had had a huge increase in reade...
Thanks for your friendship along the way
When I moved over to Wordpress from Blogger, due to technical problems, I was afraid I would loose so many readers and it would be hard to get going again but I am pleased to report since the day I mo...
Couple of finds to help promote your blog
Zimbio announced the introduction of Linked Blogs, a feature that allows members to post their personal blog entries on the Zimbio network. For each entry, Zimbio includes a link back to the origina...
Tearing my hair out
I recently bought a domain name from GoDaddy caribooponder.com, I haven’t advised everyone yet as it points to wordpress.com anyway and most people are too busy to mess with their blogs. I tho...
Saedel’s advice on tagging
Here is a post about viral linking from Saedel he explains what it is about and how to go about it very well. I have been linking like this for some time but will continue on where Saedel left off al...
Its done, almost
I have moved everything to here, and created a new look, I miss my animals but I might be able to do something later on that. This photo was on my computer so it fits the British Columbia theme. The o...