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2008
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I enjoy old books. (Plus material from old books in public domain can be freely re-used in a number of ways without risking copyright infringement.)Anyway, I came across an interesting book at http://books.google.com (Google has digitized thousands of books, and put them online, use the "Advan...
04/30/2008
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Epiphyllum oxypetallum often commonly called "Epis" and sometimes called "Orchid Cactus", although this is not really correct since true Orchid Cactus are not epiphyllums at all...... I think what I love best about Epis: Often the rattiest looking plant: Bears the lovliest flower: Epiphyllum is a...
04/27/2008
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Maxthon ( http://www.maxthon.com/index.htm ) somehow managed to fly under my radar. But thanks to Ted Baker, I discovered it!And yes, it does mimic Internet Explorer well enough that I can use it to access the I-Tech Rapattoni MLS system! Woo-hooo!!!I just downloaded and installed Maxthon, logg...
04/26/2008
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A few days ago, Ardell posted a blog about researching a good retirement area: http://activerain.com/blogsview/476659/Should-I-retire-to Do take a minute to read it. There are a lot of interesting comments suggesting various areas..... Anyway, as I stated in a comment, I have a little retireme...
04/25/2008
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Did you know Zillow has a directory of local real estate blogs? You can find it here http://www.zillow.com/wikipages/Directory-of-Real-Estate-BlogsI was surprised to see so few Active Rain members. I figured either members A. Don't know the directory is thereB. Aren't familiar with the Wiki fo...
04/24/2008
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To download a printable, PDF of this post, click here A week or so ago, I posted about Modifying A WordPress Theme to accommodate the extra width needed to post a VFlyer.Then in a conversation here, I mentioned how much easier it would be to accomplish the same thing in TypePad.I thought I'd de...
04/21/2008
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I'm posting some useful research links here, in the hope that when I want to use them again, I can find them. :-)Meanwhile, if anyone else sees something interesting ... go for it!General GPO Access - One stop access to thousands of publications from the Government Printing Office. General First...
04/20/2008
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As most of you know, I run a few different blogs, some with WordPress.org, and some with TypePad. I just had one of those "Duhhhh..." Moments with one of the newer blogs on TypePad.I was tweaking stuff, and in the process, I happened to look at the source code and saw this:...
04/19/2008
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Most of you know we handle some rental properties .... when a new prospective tenant applies, we run a credit report .... the credit report includes a FICO score. Okayfine. Just normal stuff.... But we are seeing a lot of FICO scores below 600! And I'd think a credit score in the 500s would in...
04/17/2008
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Try "N A R R O W" (the browser window, that is).While I think all the creative efforts going into Active Rain blog customization are great, in my information-overloaded-world, filled with too-much-sound, too-much-stuff, too-much-to-do, and too-much-in-general, I was finding all the different b...
04/15/2008
