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JagoHarry.co.uk is a long established site that has undertaken many different custumes over the years as the owner Daniel Harrison has taken a path through web design and programming. The latest version of the site has begun the process of moving from a standard blog to a web 2.0 optimised blog.

You might know Dan from other projects, as he was the chap behind the very popular phpLD PR Update Tool used on many phpLinkDirectory-based web directories. He’s also very interested in MythTV based PVR projects, making money from the web, electronics, programming, and even fireworks!!

There are more and more websites popping up each day and it is getting harder and harder to attract visitors to you site. Now It might seem obvious that your site needs to actually have something to offer visitors and you need to make it easy for your site to be found! Well, you will need to decide what your site is all about, but getting it known is all about correctly marketing your site and getting it found in the Search engines.

SEO or SEM (Search Engine Optimisation or Search Engine Marketing) can cost you an awful lot of money to get your site first in the Search Engine Results PageS (SERPS) - but it does not have to. The best thing to do is to set about learning thebasicsc for yourself and simply by reading SEO Articles and then applying what you learnt can get you started.

Reading a few website articles will not make you an SEO expert overnight, but it can get you started, and in the process by doing all the basic things yourself you will save a small fortune! Now, doing SEO is no good at all unless you monitor your progress. So the logical thing to do is to make use of some SEO Tools to monitor your progress and results. Tools include Multi DC Pagerank Checker, IP address Checker and SERP checker just to name a few.

If you spend as little as 10 minutes/day for 3 months working on SEO aspects of your site you will soon notice that you are getting more and more visitors and your site is much easier to find in the Search Engines. Your 10 minutes a day has only added up to a few hours, and you have probably saved yourself several hundred $$$ along the way.

When I was on Holidays I took a lot of photos with my digital camera - like you do. I wanted to share some of them with family so I added them to my email only to find my email was clogged up and wouldn’t send! I then realised that each photo was over 1 meg in size! They only needed to be smaller to send in email.

I got out the software that came with my camera nad tried to use to make the pictures smaller without success. Then I tried searching for other software on the internet. While I was searching, I found this great site that has an online image resizer - which was just perfect for me!

There was no software to install and it is really easy to use, unlike the software that came with my Camera. So, if you are looking for an easy way to resize photos online then give it a go! The best part was that they make it easy to download the new smaller photo or even just send it in an email. I took just a few minutes and resized my holiday photos and then they were easy to send to my friends.

NetBeans is one of the most popular development IDE’s. With a great acceptance of Java developers, NetBeans also has several expansion modules, like the well-known Eclipse plug-ins.

NetBeans idea was created by two Prague students in Czech Republic. They had started the development of Xelfi, an IDE with similar to Delphi IDE’s, but completely developed in Java. NetBeans name came from the integration the tool should have with the modern JavaBeans components.

Sun connection with NetBeans started in 1999, when the company gave up of its Java Workshop IDE and started to look for new ideas. NetBeans was purchased and had its name changed to Forté for some months. In 2000, Sun announced NetBeans would be an open source platform.

NetBeans has a traditional developer interface, with menus, toolbars and other components. It also has editors for visual applications or Web / J2EE, with XML / DTD’s / Schemas support. It’s always good to remember that NetBeans is a multiplatform IDE, because it was developed in Java.

After the recent launch of the iPhone many are wondering how the Zune team will respond. In the past, tips about an upcoming Zune Phone have been slipped by microsoft employees. One possible incarnation of a Zune Phone could be a flash based device which incoporates the Zune marketplace library.

Little is known about the release date and price of the Zune Phone, however, rumors indicate release of a flash Zune is coming this fall. With the moderate success of the original Zune, it appears they are betting the farm on the smaller flash device. A larger Zune with 80gb storage capacity is also expected this, including new zune accessories and cases. Discussion at the Zune forums is buzzing over the possible success of the new devices and inclusion of zune games.

Zune is currently ranked as the second best selling mp3 player brand behind the ipod. If the Zune can be as successful as the original xbox became stock holders will consider it a success.

According to MoneyNews.com as reported by the New Max network, The Federal Reserve left its target Fed funds rate unchanged at 5.25 percent for the 8th straight meeting. The latest meeting happens to mark a whole year since the Fed last adjusted rates. Information and Facts about economic & employment numbers may be found at Employment News

This puzzling inaction over the last year has come even though inflation has been rising and the overall economy dipping a bit. And it’s looking increased assured that Bernanke & Co.’s inaction may very well lead to a bout of stagflation, which of course is a mixture of increased inflation and recession. It is not a pretty mixture, unfortunately. On the whole, inflation has been consistently growing since October of 2006, unfortunately. Furthermore, News Max reported, GDP has slowed down over the last year to a rate of only 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2007. Ouch, that really hurts. The Fed is holding out hopes that inflation will begin to slwo down and that economic growth will be “moderate” this year, picking up in the second half. Similiar news may be found over at the be found at IFIP News

Is that a pipe dream? probably not, but even the Fed has said that the housing slump and it’s effect overall will be worse than previously expected. “The correction of the housing sector was likely to continue to weigh heavily on economic activity through most of this year - somewhat longer than previously expected”. This statement was taken from the Fed’s May 9 meeting. MoneyNews.com believes that the Fed is basically ignoring the probable threat of stagflation. It would “rather watch as the 2 economic disasters duke it out with each other”, as they said. Obviously, there are no real winners when it comes to stagflation. It is truly the worst of both worlds.

…. is the opening line of the chorus of a song (Rhinestone Cowboy) made famous by Glen Campbell.

But what is a Rhinestone? Well in simple terms a Rhinestone is a naturally occuring rock crystal that is found in the Rhine River - hence the name. Of course, Today, it would be pretty near impossible to find a real Rhine river stone. The rhinestone was valued as it gave the appearance and sparkle of a diamond - but of course was much more common and certainly a lot cheaper.

In the late 1700’s a French Jeweller came up with a method of producing a similar effect by coating the back of glass with metal powder and creating what is now recognised as rhinestones. There are a few people who made the rhinestone rather famous - we have already mentioned Glen Campbell. Elvis Presley and Liberace are just 2 very famous people who used rhinestones on their outfits. The most common place you are likely to see them in use is by Country music singers and dancers on their outfits.

You no longer have to go wading the Rhine to find stones you can purchase some of the best - and the best are Swarovski Crystals. Since the late 1700’s the rhinestone, whilst still made from Glass, has also evolved and they are cut from the finest lead crystal - giving a very similar sparkle to real Diamonds.

Swarovski Flatback Crystals come in a range of colours and and sizes and will add that sparkle you are looking for. If you think you would have trouble glueing them to your costume or adding some bling to your cellphone then Swarovski Hotfix Crystals might be a better choice. Flatback Rhinestones use a conventional glue and it can be a bit messy affixing them whereas the hotfix rhinestones are secured using a high temperature glue - simply heat, place and once it cools they are secure.

(FADE OUT)
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Gettin’ card and letters from people I don’t even know

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Recently I visited Banff, Alberta in Canada and found the scenery to be very pleasant, breathtaking might actually be a better word for it. I heared about some hotels in Banff Alberta that were renowned for their hospitality and service. Especially Banff Aspen Lodge was very well endorsed by the online travel community. I did a search for Banff Hotels and found some good deals on luxury hotels, even the Aspen Lodge was available!

When I checked-in the staff was really friendly and even let me choose my room. Offcourse I opted for one with a view over the mountains, truly amazing scenery when you wake up in the morning and see those lovely curves in the nearby distance. All this made it very difficult to leave the city of Banff, Alberta, but alas, work has to be done and therefore after 5 days it was time to go home again. But at least I still have the picture to remember that lovely time I had in Banff, Canada!