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Bullyproof Your Child for Life Book Review
October 24th, 2007 |Bullying today looks nothing like bullying 15 years ago. While many of the things we know about bullying from our childhood years remain true, bullies can now follow their victims 24/7 using the Internet and cell phones. Bullyproof Your Child for Life quotes the National Girl Scouts Research Institute and Harris Interactive report, which states [...]
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Puzzle City PC Game Review
October 23rd, 2007 |Most people won’t spend their free time wondering what Tetris would be like if it went sideways and had to fit into a set board. The answer is that it looks like Puzzle City with a little Sim City thrown in. The result? A fun twist and change of pace for Tetris fans without Sim [...]
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Build-a-lot PC Game Review
October 22nd, 2007 |I’m already ready for more and hope that Hipsoft, the company behind this brilliant addition to the tycoon genre, works on a sequel (could be same topic or something different with a similar concept). No one thing makes Build-a-Lot special — it just has the right amount of challenge, an easy to figure out interface, [...]
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Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos PC Game Review
October 19th, 2007 |Evil mastermind, Dr. Chaos, travels the world in an attempt to cause destruction. Your job, of course, as an INTERPOL special operative is to stop him. The game does a superb job of giving the game a cool and futuristic look and feel with the Interpol Crime Computer. Other than that and scenes that reflect [...]
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How Book Review
October 11th, 2007 |Don’t expect “how to” type of advice from Dov Seidman’s How. The “how to” doesn’t help you get ahead of competitors. You could lower prices, do things faster, and customize the product to the customer’s exact specifications. The competition can easily turn around and lower prices, do things faster, and customize more. It turns into [...]
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Is a Blog Right For Your Business? (Part II)
October 10th, 2007 |Participating in the Community Reading other blogs or feeds is a great way to learn how to carry a discussion. Find other blogs covering topics similar to yours and check them out. Disagree with their opinions? Write about it and explain your reasons. Cross-blog discussions are common, and that’s where trackback comes in handy. Trackback is a [...]
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Is a Blog Right For Your Business? (Part I)
October 9th, 2007 |Lemmings are cute, but dumb. If you tell them to jump off a cliff, they will. Just like the people who start blogs because everyone is doing it. After a little while, the blogs die. While cleaning a list of blogs, I deleted countless sites because the sites and blogs no longer existed. The people [...]
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Rules for Renegades Book Review
October 8th, 2007 |Renegades usually don’t follow rules because that is what makes them renegades. Rules for Renegades aims to share Christine Comaford-Lynch’s experiences. She states that she started with no special advantages and that 10 life lessons — the rules — she shares will help readers gain confidence and self-esteem, build strong relationships, and become financially independent. The [...]
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Plant Tycoon PC Game Review
October 7th, 2007 |I wish biology teachers had Plant Tycoon based on real plants to help students learn about genetics and trait inheritance. The game is all about breeding and cross-pollinating plants to create expensive and rare plants as well as the six magic plants. This one is more an interactive experience in pumping up your green thumb [...]
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Writer Self-promotion on a Zero Budget
October 4th, 2007 |Note: The tips in this article can apply to other freelance careers including Web design, art, and photography. People emailed me asking me for advice on how to get started in the writing biz. When I stop to think about it, maybe I’ve been lucky to accomplish much writing in a short time. I have accidentally [...]
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