The Struggling Blogger

If I write, will you read? If I beg, will you feed?

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A note on web hosting

Looking for a web host is one of the decision that a blogger should make early on. If he is looking for free hosting, it is not much of a problem, but if he wants to have a self-hosted domain, it is a major concern. There are a lot of choices out there — there [...]

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Responsible email marketing

I am sure you received them at least once, those email sent by marketers selling all sorts of thing – from real estate, gadgets, to extenders of “you-know-what.” And I am not referring to bots generating marketing emails.  They are from people who think that business email marketing and spamming are just the same, and [...]

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Just broke my glasses

My glasses were broken… reading glasses, mind you. Now I need to buy a new again, so I can continue writing, as well as reading  of course, to finish that I book that I am publishing soon. Yes, I will be finally publishing my first book, but we will took more of that later. Meantime, [...]

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Who doesn’t want free samples?

Everybody wants to get something for free, right? I mean, who does not want free samples, really? I am sure, everyone could appreciate getting something for free… even if it is just a sample product or item… even if we know that we do not really need it or want it. Heck! It’s free anyway. [...]

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Is your domain name taken?

You finally decided to start your own blog, and you thought of the most appropriate and catchy name for your website. A name that you have researched and thought of for a long time, one that you believe would be SEO-friendly and bound to get a high SERP. But are you sure it is not [...]

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Scrubs

There was a TV sitcom that I used to watch when we still have our television. It was a show that features hospital people – patients, personnel and the like, in their daily life in the hospital. Yes, you guessed it – SCRUBS. Honestly, I really do not know what scrubs were then, or how [...]

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More on house fixing

Continuing with the planned fixing of all the things that need to be fixed around house, I think will also have to improve our garden after making the interior lighting more aesthetically presentable. The garden is after all, one of the part of the house were families get to spend quality time also. You know, [...]

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Time to fix the house

I delayed, as much as possible, the things that needed to be fixed in the house last year (hey, that was just yesterday), like the roofs, doors, windows, lights, etc. But now that a new year has started, I guess it is time to start working on them, starting with the lighting fixtures around the [...]

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The perks of having a real job

Being self-employed is cool, you do not have a boss who looks over your shoulder every now and then. But we have to admit that being in a corporate world can have its advantage too. One of those advantage is the medical plan that many companies give to their employees. It is one of those [...]

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Making the house more breathable

How can we make the house more breathable and comfortable to live in? A friend told me that one good way to make a house cool and having outdoor planters. If you remember your grade school botany, you know that plants get carbon dioxide from the air, use it to create their food in a [...]

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