Today’s Byte is a quick one and just includes two web sites: First – The Internet Frog. http://www.internetfrog.com/ The Internet Frog is a site full of free tools including: A speed test – click to see how fast your Internet connection is -uploading and downloading info A free virus check – apparently provided by McAfee … Continue reading
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Search Engine Ranking
Two quick items this week. One is related to what I actually do; the otherisn’t. Search Engine Ranking Tool http://www.mikes-marketing-tools.com/ranking-reports/ If you have a web site – one of your goals is to make sure that customerscan find you easily with the search engines. This online tool will let youtype in your web site address … Continue reading
New Years Resolutions
Did you make a New Years resolution? Have you kept it? Here are some of thetop resolutions and some online resources to help you keep resolute: Lose weight. I have known people who have had great success with E-Diets. Get fit. OK, to point you to a web site to keep fit would be silly … Continue reading
Time for a Tune Up
The holiday season tends to be a little slow for some of us in an office; it’s the perfect time to tune up our technology and back up our systems. So, around New Year I like to remind folks of some of my favorite tools for keeping your computer running smoothly. PCPitstop PCPitstop is a … Continue reading
Simplelists
I have a new favorite service on the Internet – Simplelists. They provide email list services – like the old listservs, which used to be easy to get. Well, I have looked high and low for a low-cost service to use for email newsletters or ongoing conversations among groups. These guys are the best I … Continue reading
Lindskoog Florist & the MIA
I have a new favorite commercial site: Lindskoog Florist in downtown Minneapolis. I kind of think of Lindskoog as THE skyway florists. (I was happy to see they service outside the skyways too.) I had reason this weekend to visit their web site and I just love it. They are currently hosting a contest to … Continue reading
Guest Byte from Tom McGrath
Today’s Byte is a guest Byte from Tom McGrath in Minnesota. Tom sent me this great suggestion and I asked if I could use it pretty much asis.I find that I am receiving more and more email that has the look and feel of spam or virus mail. In fact, some real people can compose … Continue reading
Password Protect A Web Site
Last week I learned how to password protect a web site, or section of a web site. It’s pretty easy but there are two catches: 1) the web site needs to be hosted on a UNIX server (ask your web host if you’re unsure) and 2) this will keep out plenty of folks, but it’s … Continue reading
Internet Info on Katrina
It’s been hard to watch the events unfold in the South during and after Hurricane Katrina. It has also been interesting and heartening to see how the Internet community has created opportunities to help – demonstrating once again the global nature of the Internet: Craig’s List of New Orleans is a community bulletin board where … Continue reading
Back to School
My kids are back to school next week. We’re very excited! To get back into the swing and because we’ve had lots of questions we have been researching weather (hurricanes) online, which has led to today’s Byte – online resources for students and parents. Scholastic These are the people who sell the books you always … Continue reading
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