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Events in California do surprise normal human beings at times - both American and non-American alike. Anyway, the plan has been hatched to provide a gainful use of time for incarcerated felons - and who could we possibly be thinking of here? - and this is what they have come up with - BackgammonMasters to Send Paris Hilton a Positive Outlet during her Jail Time.
As you will doubtless recall the heiress to some hotel chain, having repeatedly offended against fashion, good taste, propriety, etc finally went a little too far and offended against the actual law of the land. With the results we know. However, the people at Gammonish feel impelled to point out the sheer harshness of the sentence and are eager to provide her with a personalised set of her very own with which to wile away the time. Whether Ms Hilton has the wit to understand the game of backgammon or not…? On this, they are silent.
Now, if you have a good lawyer, all things are possible, and, the prophet I am, I do shortly suspect that Ms Hilton’s prison stay will not be very long - indeed she may be coming out even as I speak. How to turn 45 days into a 5 day stretch? With an “unspecified medical condition”. So that was good then…
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Images of smart and shiny people holding up their equally smart and shiny gadgets - well, they just get me confused, and that’s even before one starts examining what’s going on with the gadget itself. With a solid background in desktop computer and server software, the hardware leaves me cold to some extent, but is a necessary thing to get to grips with. I’m not as young as I used to be and growth in function is (slightly) frightening.
PortableGadget, as the name makes fairly obvious, is a web site dedicated to information about these pesky things - laptops, handhelds, cameras, phones, etc - that we all need.
They gather news and reviews from a wide variety of sources so there is a balanced viewpoint, with links for further reading, and the page is not smothered in adverts (unlike some other leading competitors that could be mentioned here).
They are also not averse to publishing negative comment about the items under review - so it’s not just a question of selling the thing uncritically, and certainly gives you a lot better chance of avoiding any expensive mistakes - we’ve all done it and regretted our purchases at our leisure…
Give Portable Gadget a visit - it’s worth checking out, if you’re thinking of splashing out some cash.
Maybe you always wanted a feature that hasn’t been available in the latest release of Wordpress. What you can do is either install a 3rd party plugin or write your own custom code to extend the features of Wordpress.
Wordpress plugins are programming code that enhance the features of a standard installation of Wordpress. A well written plugin will be basically “drag and drop” without modifying the core code of Wordpress. As Wordpress has been designed in a modular way, plugins allow you to customize your site to your specific needs without modifying the core of Wordpress.
Ever since Wordress version 1.2 plugins have been available. Wordpress plugins can be categorized according to the feature it provides. Here a list of various features that you can implement for your web site through Wordpress plugins.
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While claiming to know what I’m talking about in terms of SEO, SEM always seems a step further along the road of acronyms and arcane business terms. Probably due to my tech background, being much happier with maths and computer sciences - hey, I even enjoy arithmetic, really… - the complications of marketing have eluded me up to now. So, I have been asked to check out the Search Engine Marketing Glossary at Apogee Search in a late attempt to get to grips with the subject. If this doesn’t get me into line, I suspect nothing will.
It is comphrensive and unlike a fair few glossaries on the subject the navigation is reasonable, without a vast number of clicks to get from one definition to another. One does get the impression of being invited only to boost the pageloads sometimes… There’s even a smattering of humour - “Adwords Haiku” - very accurate to sum up the mangled English language required to fit the 35 characters of an Adwords line.
One slight criticism - it would have been nice, if synonyms and near synonyms had been more accurately cross-referenced. It is a delicate subject and a lot of confusion
With luck, I shall impress my friends, even the ones less interested in the pursuit of cash. Give a Apogee Search a visit, and or have a look at the Apogee Search Blog.