I was doing a little research recently, just to  satisfy my curiosity about how the big bang theory came about and why it remains, almost as a statement of fact rather than a theory. I was pleased to find that there is a growing number of respected scientists who are now openly disputing the big [...]
ProBlogger On Your Windows 7 (or Vista) Desktop
December 7th, 2011
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If you spend most of your day being busy and chasing your tail as I do then you probably don’t get a whole lot of time to visit your favourite websites. In my case, that’s usually ProBlogger and SEOMoz and I find that when I do head over to those sites I find useful, interesting [...]
A Simple Way To Remember Complex Passwords
December 7th, 2011
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One of the most common causes of websites and online accounts being hacked is weak passwords. Many people create simple passwords because anything more complex than a date or a simple word can be difficult to remember. I recently created a video that shows how long it might take to crack a password, given a [...]
Teachers forced Kristen Stewart out of school?
October 8th, 2011
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This story may be a good example of how fame and fortune turns you into some kind of spoilt brat – or a good example of how a little bit of editorial license can make someone look like a complete tool. The bottom line, as reported in The Age, was this… Kristen said: “I was [...]
What Does Success Mean To You?
August 31st, 2011
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I recently had the pleasure of meeting Belinda Pearl from Australian Active Aim and we were talking about business, success and how success is defined. At one point Belinda asked me the question ‘What does success mean to you?’. Now if you had asked me at any time prior to that night whether I knew [...]
The Ultimate Facebook Plugin For WordPress
July 6th, 2011
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Our friends at WPMUDev have recently released a plugin which they have titled ‘The Ultimate Facebook Plugin’. Here is the list of features: Facebook Connect – Allow, or force, users to register and login with their Facebook info – a login widget included User Profiles – Automatically fill in fields in user profiles when they [...]
Customer Service – Why A Smile Is Important
June 21st, 2011
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I’ve always been an observer and an analyser of this wonderful planet of ours. I don’t know if most people are the same as me, but I often find my mind racing at a million miles an hour, thinking about the ‘what ifs’ and ‘whys’ of many situations and events in every day life. I [...]
What’s Up With Our Politicians And The Carbon Tax?
June 21st, 2011
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It seems that the Labour Party have serious problems ‘connecting’ with the people and the Liberal Party are only interested in throwing sticks, stones and names at the Labour Party. I guess that it all comes down to one thing – they are basically sales people. The Liberal Party know that controversy, negative economic forecasts [...]
How To Auto Tweet Your Blog Posts
May 30th, 2011
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I was all set to write a detailed post on how to have your blog posts tweeted automatically to your twitter account. I’m not one to try re-inventing wheels, so here is an excellent tutorial that uses feedburner to do the tweeting: How to tweet your blog posts automatically in Twitter using FeedBurner
