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Why I Wrote About Nashville Star On BlogDoofus

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

People that know me will also know that Country music has never exactly been my cup of tea, yet I have to admit that, like many, I find this kind of reality tv competition just a bit addictive. So in spite of the fact that I have never turned on a radio and looked […]

Nashville Star

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Just what is Nashville Star?
It’s a competition / reality show where “ordinary folk” audition to compete for the prize which is a Country music recording contract with Warner Bros and will also perform on stage at the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing
The show is in it’s sixth season and having spent it’s first five seasons […]

How To Know What Your Readers Are Looking For

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

One of the most important things about blog writing is in choosing what you’re going to write about. The first and most obvious thing to consider is the niche that you’re writing for. It’s a good idea to always keep your posts on-topic for your particular niche. Of course there are times […]

Just What We DON’T Need, ‘Captcha’ Tech Improvements

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

I just read a Slashdot Item about the next generation in ‘Capcha’ technology. These bright young researchers have come up with a two step captcha system that in the first step, shows you a graphic with several overlapping images and asks you to figure out the geometric center of one and click on it. […]

Avoid 401K Debit Cards Like The Plague!

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

If I were to put a one word subtitle on this it would be TANSTAAFL (There Aint No Such Thing As A Free Lunch) or perhaps It’d be a good idea to quote P.T. Barnum’s famous line about the birth rate of suckers.
I’m talking about a plan that’s been talked about on GMA and other […]

Election Confusion

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Well, Super Tuesday is over and I suppose sometime in the next few days all of the news media people and the political experts will get everything figured out as to who won what and who is going to continue their bid for the presidency and who’s going to end up dropping out.
On the democrat […]

Super Bowl XXLII

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

It’s once again time for the super bowl as super bowl XXLII (that’s 42 for those of us that don’t read roman numbers!) and everybody’s getting ready for what is expected to be a really good game.
On the one side, you’ve got Eli Manning and the Giants. They’ve not had a shot at a […]