Monthly Archives: March 2007

Char says I AM affects who You Are

Our good friend, Char Slaughter, who is more like an older sister, had one of her recent blog posts published in an E-zine. Char is a certified professional coach and motivational speaker who shares her gems with the world on her … Continue reading

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Global Chocolate Shortage

I saw this in an article on MSN today: “Cocoa futures are near three-year highs as a drought in Africa combines with changing consumer tastes to pressure the chocolate supply.” Noooo…. :furious: Similar Posts Chocolate Fiend Keith, Chocolate Addict My Apple iTunes Music Store … Continue reading

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Planning for Retirement: Your Wealth Score

There are as many methods for measuring financial well-being as there are opinions of what it means to be truly stable financially. Some people track their overall net worth, looking at the balances of all their accounts over regular intervals … Continue reading

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Nerd Alert: Switching Web Hosting Companies

In an earlier post I mentioned I took a major step this past month in changing Web hosting companies. I had been a very satisfied customer of PowWeb for 6 years. However, during the last 3 months my service with … Continue reading

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Nerd Alert: Switching Firewalls

A few weeks ago I replaced the cheapest yet, arguably, most important computer in our household: our firewall. We run a Smoothwall Express based firewall which has very modest hardware requirements. The old box was a P3-166Mhz (160MB RAM, 2GB hard … Continue reading

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