The Blogging Tip Meme
My buddy Leo tagged me in his latest blog post. This time we have a blogging tip meme!
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It’s very simple. When this is passed on to you, copy the whole thing, skim the list and put a * star beside those that you like. (Check out especially the * starred ones.)
Add the next number (1. 2. 3. 4. 5., etc.) and write your own blogging tip for other bloggers.
Try to make your tip general. After that, tag 10 other people. Link love some friends!
Just think – if 10 people start this, the 10 people pass it onto another 10 people, you have 100 links already!
1. Look, read, and learn. ****
- http://www.neonscent.com
2. Be, EXCELLENT to each other. ****
- http://www.bushmackel.com/
3. Don’t let money change ya! ***
- http://www.therandomforest.info
4. Always reply to your comments. ****
- http://chattiekat.com
5. Spell check is your friend. **
- http://thingsbymike.com
6. Be the blog. ***
- http://www.meandmydrum.com/
7. Your readers are your treasure.*
- http://www.brownbaron.com/blog/
8. Learn From The Pros. *
- http://www.shaunlow.com/
9. Pay a visit to your visitors. Be active in your community. *
- http://www.leochiang.com
10. Make Your Blog Your Own
- http://www.bobbuskirk.com
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OK I’m going to tag these fellow bloggers, David Lithman, Michael Kwan, Tyler Cruz, Niko Lupala, and MsDanielle, hopefully you all will participate. Also Leo I haven’t forgot about the previous tag, I will post that eventually!
Today has been quite a busy day for me. I did want to let everyone know about the Samsung SyncMaster 971p 19-inch LCD monitor review, written by fellow blogger and new ThinkComputers staff member Michael Kwan. He will be doing most of the Samsung reviews for ThinkComputers. ThinkComputers just picked up Samsung as a sponsor and we hope to keep them for a long time. Well back to work, catch everyone tomorrow!
While in Florida Ashley and I heard about a snorkeling trip, so we decided to check it out. We both had never been snorkeling before so we thought it would be a lot of fun. On the snorkeling trip they take you out to Egmont Key, which was about a 45 minute boat ride from St. Pete beach. Egmont Key was actually used as a military base from 1858 – 1923. We were actually going to be snorkeling the ruins of the fort that has been sunken by years of erosion and violent storms. This was great because I love history, especially military history.
Once we got to the snorkeling spot, which basically looked like some concrete sticking up out of the water we were given our snorkeling gear and life jackets. The life jackets were the ones that allowed you to deflate them so you could dive down very deep. After jumping into the water Ashley and I got used to using the snorkeling gear and we started to look around. There were a ton of baby fish closer to the top of the water, but as you went down deeper you could see larger fish, we even saw a crab hiding under some rocks. You really could not make out that much of the old fort. It is covered with years of coral growth. I was able to sit up on the part of the fort that was sticking out of the water, as you can see pictured above. It was a really cool experience and if you haven’t done it you should. It is crazy because you are swimming right there with the fish.
We were unable to actually go onto the Island of Egmont key but the captain of the boat took us around the island so we could take a look at the lighthouse. The lighthouse is still working and is over 150 years old! On the island you can see old buildings, brick roads, and gun batteries that were built to defend Tampa Bay in 1898. There is also a lot of really cool wildlife on the island as it is a wildlife refuge. It would have been really cool to go on the island but we did this the day before we had to leave so we could not. If we are ever down by Tampa again I would love to be able to check out the island. On the boat ride back we saw a sea turtle and quite a few dolphins, which made the trip!
A few years ago I purchased an Audiovox SMT5600 smartphone. At the time it was the world’s smallest smartphone and I loved it. This was before AT&T went over to Cingular. Once the switch happened I had to get a new phone. I ended up getting a Razr. I have been happy with it, but it’s just getting boring. So the other day I found my smartphone in a drawer and wondered if I would be able to use my Cingular sim card in it. I put it in and like I expected I got a no service message. So looking online I found a very easy way to unlock the phone.
Windows mobile is a great platform. One of the best things that I like about it is that I can easily sync via USB. I can sync e-mail, contacts, and appointments. I really liked the appointments feature because I would put in my classes in and I would never be late! Another great thing is that you are able to customize the look of the screen with different homescreens. Here are a few examples…
Finally I have reached the 100 RSS subscriber mark! I was close a few times getting up to 99, but never have a reach 100 until today. It is quite an accomplishment for me because this is my personal blog. It shows that people are actually interested in my posts and what I have to say.
If you are close to 100 RSS subscribers and you haven’t done the Facebook note trick you might want to try that to reach the 100 subscriber mark.
I want to thank everyone who subscribes to the blog via RSS. Knowing my luck tomorrow it will go back down to under 80 tomorrow!
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