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June 10, 2010 | 5:53 PM: Have A Small Business Idea?; With the emergence of companies like LifeLock, Fathead.com, PrintPlace and Vacation Home Rentals, it’s proven that a small idea can lead to a great and successful business. The first task is to think of a business that would be suitable for a particular business market. LifeLock was founded during a time when identity theft and [...]

May 12, 2010 | 3:04 AM: So You Want To Be A Freelancer?; Over the last couple years, I have been asked by several friends and associates, “Why are you freelancing?” After telling them that it’s mainly because I love what I do and love working for myself they usually want to find out how they can get into it too! Don’t get me wrong, Corporate America [...]

August 12, 2009 | 9:26 PM: I’m Golfing Now; It’s been months since I last posted but I’m finally getting back around to be caught up with life, work, family and me again! I haven’t been able to get out and play basketball like I used to (3 to 4 times a week) in the past and I needed something else to fill that [...]

April 6, 2009 | 4:33 PM: Social Networking Made Simple With Ping.fm; You roll out of bed around 6 or 7 am, wash your face, brush your teeth, get dressed and grab a hearty breakfast. Normal routine, right? Then you are off to a great start to your day and you can only hope that everything else falls into place. Before you head off to your job, you [...]

March 16, 2009 | 5:04 PM: New Variant of Koobface Worm Spreading on Facebook; If you are on Facebook please read the following and send a link to this blog post to all your friends on Facebook: ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– ~ by Rick Ferguson I just received a Facebook message from a friend; it was a pretty standard one that is beginning to look familiar to a lot of us I [...]

March 16, 2009 | 12:16 AM: Twitter Makes Sense; If you are not using Twitter you don’t know what you are missing! No, it’s not another dating site! If you intend to make noise in 2009 online with a business of any kind, you had better get on-board with social networking and micro-blogging. Why do you ask? Here’s a good example. Are you familiar with The [...]

February 28, 2009 | 4:32 PM: Protect Your Home And Family From Bump Key Burglars; What would you do if you were at work all day struggling to make it through to quitting time only to return to a completely empty house? Sound scary? Well how about learning that the burglars used a key to get into your house that they spent $1.59 for at the local Home Depot? Stop [...]

February 27, 2009 | 3:21 PM: Cell Phone Reunion; As I embark on my journey into getting a new cell phone to match my ever-changing lifestyle, this video is so fitting! There are many more funny videos like this one at College Humor. It’s a good way to start the weekend as your sitting in traffic going 6 miles an hour.

February 19, 2009 | 10:30 PM: My Top 5 Tech Toys Of 2009; I’m a bit of a tech junkie so whenever I see or hear of something new I like to blog it up! I wasn’t able to attend the 2009 CES this year but I’ve watched pretty much every video they have available on their web site to make sure I didn’t miss anything. After many hours [...]

February 13, 2009 | 12:45 PM: What Was I Thinking?; A couple days ago, I watched Michael Moore’s “Sicko” documentary on the health system in the United States and how it compares to other countries like Canada, London and France. I was so emotional about it that I vowed to move out of the US when I was financially able to. What was I thinking? [...]