Product Reviews

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How to clean your mp3 collection

Date June 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

When using mp3 identification software to update and fix your music collection, it can be a difficult task to know which files have been processed and which files have not. This troublesome task becomes especially evident when processing tens of thousands of individual songs over the course of days and weeks (if not months). Reasons for using mp3 identification software include the desire to embed album art into the mp3 file itself, the need to have (mostly) accurate information in the tags, and the over all desire for library... [Read the full story]

SEO

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4 Tips for a faster website

Date May 2, 2009 · Comments Off 

No one likes a slow loading website.  At least I don’t think anyone makes their website slow on purpose. Good site and blog administration not only means developing a website that’s pleasing to the eye (site design) and pleasing to the brain (content), but it also means taking a proactive stance in the reduction of page loading and rendering times (programming). Luckily, information about this particular area is something that most people have considered and have made available. Download and install Yslow. YSlow... [Read the full story]

Shopping Sites

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10 Tips To Reduce Your Grocery Bill

Date May 16, 2009 · Comments Off 

10. Use coupons from newspapers and from snail mail advertisements. Using coupons and limiting the items purchased to those items that have coupons will save real money in the long run. Retail stores usually place grocery advertisements and grocery coupons inside the Sunday paper. Most retail stores also have flyers at the store entrance and have internet sites where special deals will be announced. Albertson’s Weekly Ads and Coupons HEB Weekly Ads and Coupons AMAZON Groceries Your favorite brand-name might also... [Read the full story]

Amazon Info.

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Amazon removes ‘Movers and Shakers’

Date June 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

Up until June 26, 2009, Amazon’s Movers & Shakers list tracked an item’s selling trend. The sales rank of a particular item would update once per hour, letting consumers know if a particular item was getting more or less popular. However, the option to view the movers and shakers has disappeared — it is not known whether this is a temporary or a permanent action on Amazon’s part. "Movers & Shakers" use to appear in this list Amazon Movers and Shakers The Movers & Shakers index... [Read the full story]

Wordpress

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Wordpress v2.8 Available for Beta Testing

Date May 16, 2009 · 1 Comment 

The latest version of Wordpress, version 2.8, is now available for Beta Testing. New features are too numerous to list here. Consult the 2.8 Features Page. One particular feature I found interesting was the “improved database performance.” I’d be interested to see just how much faster v2.8 is when compared to v2.7.1. I did not see references to the newest version on the database page. The following is an outline and description of the database tables created during the standard installation of WordPress... [Read the full story]

Site News

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Follow the Shopping Network on Twitter

Date April 26, 2009 · Comments Off 

There are two ways to be notified when new entries are published on our Shopping Blog. The first method is to sign up to receive an email update from Feedburner. Email updates are sent out once every 24 hours only when new content has been published. If no new content has been published during the last 24 hours, then no email will be dispatched. All that’s required to receive email updates from Feedburner is that you enter your email address, and successfully negotiate the captcha image. The second way to receive an... [Read the full story]

Amazon Deep Discounts

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