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How to Kick a Sinus Infection

Nobody likes it. Most people get it at some point in their life. So what  is it? “Sinusitis is a condition consisting of infection or inflammation of the paranasal sinuses, which may or may not be as a result of infection, from bacterial, fungal, viral, allergic or autoimmune issues. Newer classifications of sinusitis refer to [...]

Picasna Photo Gallery WordPress Plugin

I love the ease of use that Picasa has to offer for uploading images to the web. However, until today I hadn’t found a good solution for posting these images in a nice graphical way on blogs.  Picasna answers that need. To test this out, here’s an album from a day trip I took to [...]

Hymnary.org and GladSongs.com – Music Sites

I recently made the discovery of a fairly new website dedicated to Christian music, Hymnary.org. Built with Drupal, an open-source content management system, this website is a beautiful example of excellent information architecture. Letting it it speak for itself… The Hymnary is a new kind of hymn Web site. It combines the best features of [...]

I Won… after Discovering a Great Christian Finance Blog

So in my search for the best savings interest rate, I tripped across the Christian Finance Blog‘s review of Dollar Savings Direct (which by the way has a 4% interest rate on their savings accounts).  One of the posts on the blog was asking people to comment for the chance to win $35 worth of [...]

Verizon FIOS

I got to use Verizon’s business FIOS in Everett today while configuring a networked printer for a business client.  Wow, I’d be willing to pay a pretty penny to get that kind of connectivity.  Here’s a screenshot with the test results.  15Mb/s down and 5.4Mb/s up!  At home I get 2.8 Mb/s down and about [...]

Picasa for Mac

The long awaited Picasa 3 for Mac OS X has arrived.  Unfortunately it won’t work on my iMac G5, but I look forward to using it on my laptop.  This was one of the last remaining reasons I still preferred Windows for my media storage and digital asset management needs.

Flash Slideshow Header

After months of putting it off, I finally got around to changing my header graphic to a nice dynamic slideshow of some of my photos utilizing Flash and a little PHP magic.  I went and downloaded the Flashfader Plugin and then had to find the magic spot in my header.php file to place the code.  [...]

Heat Issue Solved

I was having a heat issue with my laptop, so I went to find something that could monitor and control the temperature and fan speed to keep things from melting down.  I discovered a great little utility that fit the need perfectly.  It shows up in my control panel err… System Preferences in mac speak [...]

Open Office 3.0

Open Office 3.0 is officially available today. I wasn’t able to download it from the official site, because their servers were so slammed by traffic, however there is an alternative download at the University of Utah. I was smiling when I read this on the Open Office website which is stripped of its usual graphic-laden [...]

Modest Clothing

A friend recently opened an online store specializing in modest clothes.  I was amazed how fast she was able to get it all listed.  From conservative dresses, jumpers, skirts and swim suits to Carhartt workpants and black leather shoes she’s jumped right into the marketplace with both feet.  The website is marketed towards anyone with [...]