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in other words, this wasn’t going to make you tons of money, and doing good has no meaning to your bottom line, so fuck it all, let some other “idiot” spend their time and money doing this so we can get back to not delivering quality products at a fair price to the world. I wonder if Gates agrees with this decision? I would like to see what % these individuals give to humanitarian causes/charity every year, and how much more they will give now that they have decided that they are not going to do good in this avenue. Me, a poor person, probably gives a higher % than most of the gimme-boys at MS. Stupid is as stupid does.

unless I get a signed contract into the house soon, it is going to be very tight times here. might even have to go get a part-time job somewhere. uggh

I just got a new request to join the mailing list of web designers I run. In the “application” I ask them to tell me a bit about themselves, and why they want to join the list. I get one today, it’s their sales pitch/directory listing spiel. I write back to please re-read the form and tell me about them and their company, and why they want to join. This one comes back with “I think that I have very insightful and valuable knowledge that your members could benefit from. I think I can help them to be better designers.”
Meantime I have gone to her web site. and to her portfolio. Tables and font tags, and beveled words on huge graphics and FRONTPAGE bots and just really really horrible code, javascript a mile long on the page, on and on. All the things that MAYBE were OK in 1998, but she must be stuck in a time warp. Bad is not even close. And she has “valuable, insightful knowledge” I don’t thinks so lady. Bye bye. Can’t read OR design. Oh, and the spelling? was real bad, yet located in New Hampshire. She ain’t a “feriner”

• damned blog has been down all day. no response from support, of course not it’s a holiday silly! #
• @cflinnds nah, that is for hosting clients. I cannot even get in to get the special WP feed. I’ll grab the sql and move this week #
• post my memorial day observance here: Thank you Msgt Brian P. McAnulty USMC. Al Anbar 12/11/06 http://snurl.com/2aqxn. my dearest cousin #
• http://snurl.com/2aqxn Some reason the previous url gives you login page? #

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I moved one of my domains to a new host. I paid no attention to the fact that this here blog for some reason was using the domain for it’s databse hosting. dreamhost works like that, no “localhost”. The blog is down for a day. I wonder. I get answer. stupid is me.

last year it was different. memorial day. I now have a personal reason to be even more thankful for those who have given their lives. at 3PM today, I took that minute of silence. and tears filled my eyes. Thank you Brian.

• daughters lump is just a cyst from possible injury to muscle. not “organized” like cancer. check again in 6 months. what relief. she is 28 #
• night all… #
• @webspear If you are looking into using CSS I have a bunch of links that we have generated over the years. http://snurl.com/2aelw #
• @tknoppe yeah, HUGE sigh of relief. Going to see her band play this afternoon outdoors #
• @tknoppe I have only had them running about a month, no promotion yet, no time. I have had a couple of sales though. like a whopping buck #
• @tknoppe metal, and they write their own. second band, and this one is much better. only been 2gether since February and have played 4 gigs #
• @webspear best way to learn CSS is to dissect existing designs and see how they work, then try yourself and exapnd on it from there #
• @tknoppe http://snurl.com/2af14 band myspace page #
• @madgreek65 yes, very familiar, not only companies, marketing people also,”it’s a fad” mentality, rest of world roars by #
• clouds, sun, clouds, sun MAKE UP YOUR MIND ALREADY. want to sit in yard, when I do, it looks like about to rain. Then go in, sun comes out #
• listening to prarie home companion like I do most Saturday evenings. #

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I mean, really, this is a “fad”?

The main reason why FrankelBiz doesn’t get as much activity as it once did is due to the disctraction of better-funded-but-less productive “social networking” sites that do little more than waste people’s time.

FrankelBiz continues to provide real business results, which is why I’d like to see more FrankelBees jump in. We still get great participation on Monday morning Free Clinic chats.

This is not the first time we’ve seen a misguided fad like social networking displace Frankelbiz from the minds of people. Don’t get me wrong, social networking is great for social purposes, but I have yet to see anyone who can demonstrate the business ROI from it. When FrankelBees do business, you see real action.

That’s not my opinion, it’s real fact!

My question to Rob is “have you honestly engaged in social networking? ” If you did, and you have this “fact” then maybe it was “how” you engaged in it. It is a different animal than regular networking. It is all about the customer, not about YOU. Please, don’t state as fact that social networking does not produce business just because it did not produce for you and your “old” way of marketing. Limited views of things produce stagnation, and that is WHY social networking has taken off. You have the WRONG definition of “social” dear. It’s all about community dear. That is “social”.

when I picked up Laur yesterday from ultrasound appt, she said that doc says it is a cyst of sorts, unorganized, and benign, cancer is usually organized. so, that was such a huge relief for me. It’s been forefront on my mind for the past 3 weeks and I’ve not been able to really concentrate on things at hand, like work. Says she probably injured her pectoral muscle, and it caused this tear/scar tissue. The “cyct” seems old, and it should with time go away. wants to see her in 6 months for another checkup, unless she feels it getting larger.

man… whew!