Category Archives: technology

Retirement, History, and Google Spreadsheets

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

I’m working hard on our Retirement website and upcoming retirement blog project called “Retire USA” and wound up having a heck of a time with some data conversions, so I want to outline that process here in case others have the … Continue reading →

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Got Optimal?

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

It seems to me that one of the most underrated notions in the world is that of the “optimal” arrangement.    You hear a lot of folks talking about things like  “exploitation”, “growth”, “fairness”, “maximizing profits”, etc, etc, but it … Continue reading →

Posted in china, companies, Economics, Poverty and Development, technology | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

How to Use Twitter

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

Yes, of COURSE you’ll be doing Twitter soon, so might as well jump on the bandwagon now.  Below are the instructions to the extent you need any – Twitter is, if nothing else, very easy to use. The normal phases … Continue reading →

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Southern Oregon Tweetup at the Craterian Theater … rocked!

Posted on June 4, 2011 by

Here in lovely Southern Oregon we enjoy a very high standard of living but – at least in my experience – really cool parties are few and far between.    However last night at the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater in … Continue reading →

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Medical Traveling and other sites back up and on better server

Posted on November 6, 2010 by

Drama here at the mini web empire over the past few days.   I was critical of Godaddy for taking down several of my sites after an advertising traffic surge of about 9800 unique visits to the new medical tourism … Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, medical tourism, medical travel, technology, tourism, travel, twitter | 10 Comments

Flickr to PS3 slide show troubleshooting. Name bar right click for “Date Picture Taken”

Posted on July 25, 2010 by

UPDATE March 2011:  Well, more trouble with this even following my own directions below, but after many failed attempts  we got the files to copy after backing out of the PS3 menus, going back in, and using the “options” (triangle) … Continue reading →

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FourSquare, Twitter, and Facebook

Posted on January 19, 2010 by

As a self-proclaimed social media expert  (hey, cuz I have a MASTERS DEGREE in Social Science!), I like to think I understand what is driving the latest wave of online enthusiasm.    But I’m increasingly convinced nobody understands it.  Rather, … Continue reading →

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