Category Archive: January, 2006

  • StopBadware.org Website - 01/30/2006

    MarketingVox brings us news of StopBadware.org, which declares:
    We've all seen it happen: you or someone you know has downloaded something from the internet that seemed harmless enough at the time. Next thing you know, the computer has slowed to a crawl. Pop-up advertising starts to appear out of nowhere. Private information gets sent to some […]

  • External Hard Drives - 01/26/2006

    We've just purchased an external hard drive, and couldn't be happier with it. It's cute, too — and sits about 9×6×2 inches.
    Why an external hard drive? Well, over the years, we've of course backed up our client work and a bit of our own files onto CD ROMs. The day comes, though, when your […]

  • Historic Buildings in the British Isles - 01/25/2006

    Every once in a while, one stumbles upon a real Web goldmine. No, we don't mean the always-questionable "how to get rich overnight without doing or knowing a thing for $29.95 click here" but solid information provided by a knowledgeable person with a passion for a topic.
    Such is Jean Manco's Researching Historic Buildings […]

  • A Literary Blog - 01/14/2006

    More blog hopping had us discover Dale Keiger's scribble, scribble, scribble blog. This one's got a decidedly literary bent, the author clearly a lover of the written word. That, and you can hardly not appreciate a blog that states, apropos of nothing at all:
    Finally, the proprietor would like to say he's really very, very […]

  • Vitello's Italian Restaurant - 01/13/2006

    Of all the restaurants at which we've had the pleasure of dining, our favorite has got to be the one we chanced upon Vitello's during a late-afternoon stroll — Vitello's Italian Restaurant in Los Angeles' Studio City area.
    Spying a few well-dressed gentlemen gathered around some plants growing against the corner parking lot's half-wall, we wildly […]

  • E-book Publishing - 01/12/2006

    Want to publish e-books? The sheer scope of what you'll need to know — e-book formats, e-book readers — can be a little blinding.
    We were therefore pleased to discover, during a recent session of blog hopping, a great e-publishing resource. The BowIndex e-book search and portal contains Web friend Brad Eslen's blog on the […]