Except for this blog, online comments generally suck.
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I try to limit my blog posts to 500 or fewer words, but web page advertising is a topic that could inspire me to write several thousand words. I’ll try to contain myself.
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Perhaps you’ve seen it, perhaps not. I saw it a lot recently, working on a book project that involved using a network location to save my files. It’s Thumbs.db.
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I can’t claim to be an expert on Las Vegas or gambling, but I do have an inkling on how the slot machines work.
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Evil nerds are a dime a dozen. In fact, it’s too much of a stereotype to be a limited category. Just about every Bond villain, for example, is pretty much an Evil Nerd Genius. Cartoon villians, are quite the same. I mean, any bad buy from the original Johnny Quest is a nerd genius. So how can I narrow down the list?
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A For Dummies book is successful when it demonstrates the ability to connect with the reader. That’s a high bar for any technical book.
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Once people get over the fact that I’m still writing books, they want to know what’s happening on the bleeding edge of technology. To be frank, I have no idea.
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