I am in the wrong profession! I have my ‘day job’, which pays decently and I do this writing stuff for free as of right now. I have a savings program for my retirement because I’m quite aware that Social Security will not be much when I retire; if it is even there [...]

Copyright 2006 Dana Buttenhoff
Minnesota golf courses come in many varieties, from 9-hole mom and pop operations to 54-hole resort complexes. We have been discussing golf vacation destinations in Minnesota during this series of articles. Today we will highlight Dacotah Ridge in Morton, Minnesota.
Dacotah Ridge is located approximately 110 miles southwest of the Twin Cities. From [...]

Spyware is a big problem these days. Most Windows PCs have a lot of it, without the user’s knowledge; many crashes, slowdown, popups and browser hijacking (for instance, changing the home page without your consent, and you can’t set it back to what you want) are symptoms of a spyware infestation.
Avoiding spyware

Do not, I repeat, [...]

Managing money is a great concern for many people. Using a bank account is a great way to keep track of spending and manage finances. A bank account is safe, inexpensive, and easy to use. Choosing a bank account is like choosing other products. Costs and features of bank accounts vary greatly and it is [...]

I’ve owned many dogs, throughout my life, but have never known exactly how to train them properly. I based my training on punishment and just couldn’t figure out why that didn’t work that well. But, almost two years ago, I started training my Papillon for agility competition. She was extremely high-drive and I knew she’d [...]

One of the major benefits, if not THE benefit of process orientated approaches to managing your IT services and infrastructure is that it enables continuous improvement.
This means that you are never totally satisfied with the current state of affairs and that you always want to improve your services. I mean, it is the way life [...]

The majority of companies employ their staff on a time basis. The employee is contracted to work so many hours each week and is paid for each one of those hours.
The questions is….why?
Pay-for-Time versus Pay-for Performance
If an employee is employed simply to be somewhere and not have any other function then it may be [...]

Many have cursed their computer for taking things too literally! It’s easy to blame the computer when something goes wrong.
You get to the checkout at the market, and the item you bought ‘on special’ comes up at the full price. The manager has to be called to fix it up, and what does he say?
“We’ve [...]

So you want to increase your Adsense income? Log into your Adsense account, and look at your last month’s stats. There are three key areas that contribute to your earnings: Impressions, Clickthroughs and Effective CPM. Improving your stats in any, or preferably, all of these three key areas will increase your Adsense earnings.
Impressions
Impressions are [...]

Antique furniture is one of the keys to decoration. Gracefully
bestowing style on a room is not as expensive as you may think.
Going to an antique dealer can turn out to be quite costly
because you end up having to pay for restoration. However, if
you look around in secondhand markets you are likely to come
across some surprising [...]