This morning, somewhere between being fully asleep and being fully awake, I daydreamed (or perhaps just dreamed) about guestbooks. Once upon a time guestbooks were all of the rage with websites. Of course, this is back when blogs weren’t called blogs – they were called online journals, websites, domains, even homepages. So I think, after I get some work out of the way today, that I may mosey on over to WordPress’s plugin repository to see what guestbook plugins are available. And if I don’t find a plugin that’s suitable, I’ll simply install a standalone guestbook script. Why not? That’s how it was done in the “old” days.
I am in the process of transferring all of my domains from GoDaddy to Namecheap. As if the whole elephant hunting fiasco isn’t enough, then GoDaddy had to go and align themselves with those who are pro-SOPA. What the eff? I believ I have the right to state my opinion on everything from CNN’s latest advertisers to my thoughts on house cleaning services holly springs, without worrying about my website being shut down because someone disagrees with me.
Don’t get me wrong – I see how SOPA may have been founded on good intent, to root out major piraters. But this is definitely going the wrong way about it all, especially when you stop to consider all of the little people who may be caught in the crossfire.
So I bid you adieu, GoDaddy. And hello Namecheap!
With Valentine’s Day a little less than a month away, and the average shipping time for glasses ordered from Zenni Optical about 12-14 days (from my experience – I’ve made about a half dozen orders from Zenni Optical between glasses for myself, glasses for my husband, and glasses for my seven year old daughter), now’s the time to pick out a pair of stylish, sexy frames in time for Valentine’s Day! Maybe you want a new look for your romantic night out, or maybe you’d like to surprise your lover with a pair. Either way, Zenni Optical has many stylish Valentine’s Day glasses to choose from – and of course many other styles as well.
What I love about Zenni Optical is that they carry prescription eyeglasses for men, women, and children. Whether you’re near-sighted, far-sighted, require bi-focals, or would really love a pair of prescription sunglasses (Zenni Optical offers several color tints, including pink!), Zenni has what you need. Their frames (lenses are included) start at just $6.95, and they offer the same quality products and craftsmanship that regular brick and mortar optometrist establishments have. I have ordered from them many times, and have always been satisfied with the quality and durability of the frames and lenses I’ve picked out. When it comes to style, function, and affordability, Zenni Optical can’t be beat!
For more information, check out Zenni Optical today!
I definitely take issue when my home doesn’t smell as good as I think it should. Since I work from home (I not only blog, but I do other things too, like help with putting together designs, and writing content, and troubleshooting designs and WordPress installs), I notice pretty quickly if my house isn’t smelling too good. I usually rely on electronic plug-in air fresheners, but lately I’ve been branching out more and using things like soy candles, scented wax melts and warmers, and more recently, Ribbonwick candles. Candles and wax melts are nice alternatives to electronic plug-ins, since they don’t contain all of the harmful chemicals that the commercial products do.
How do you make your house smell good?
…the e-reader that you love! My husband has a Nook Simple Touch, I have the Nook wifi/3g version that was a hit in the fall of 2010, and my brother has a Literati. When it comes to the best ereader, a lot of it has to do with personal preferences, I think. What works for one person may not necessarily work for another, you know? Of course, there can be legitimate issues that will cause an ereader not to work as it should, or not to work at all. That’s why it pays to research reviews and such before making your purchase.
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Nexsan’s technologis are available in ATA, RAID, and SATA disk storage, and the majority of their products are best suited for mid-tier deployments in large organizations, a well as medium-sized businesses. Nexsan’s storage solutions can meet your every need – and then some.
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This evening I decided to join my husband at work, just to give him the pleasure of my company (yes, I am in fact that awesome) since he was having a bit of a bad night. I figured I could wile away my time doing the same type of work I was doing at home, since I have a mobile 3G service plan from Comcast. Ha. Silly me. For the first half an hour the connection was slower than motherfucking molasses. It took me six minutes to send through four individual tweets. It took me twice that long to write two blog entries about cheap artists canvas via mostly text-based websites (WordPress dashboards).
So I did what any paying customer would do (between our digital cable service, telephone service, broadband internet service, and the mobile 3G service, we’re paying Comcast almost $300 every single month), and called Comcast for help. The guy I spoke to was very unhelpful. At first he said that “their end” wasn’t showing any issues with the 3G service. When I pushed for him to please look into things and at least attempt to troubleshoot the issue (I confirmed that I had the latest software installed on my laptop and wasn’t using any bandwidth-draining programs, such as torrents), he then changed his tune and told me that they have no way of monitoring what’s going on with their 3G service, just their 4G service. After the Comcast representative basically lied to me, I pretty much hung up on him.
Tomorrow I am going to call T-Mobile to see if they are offering mobile 3G or 4G plans. If they are, I’m going to have one added to our family plan. If not, I’ll go crawling back to Spring and hope that they’ll take me back. I may pay more with T-Mobile or Sprint, but that beats consolidating a bill and saving $15 each month when the service doesn’t work for shit.
I’m a Zenni girl, in a blogging world
Frames of plastic, they’re fantastic
You can love my style, I can see for miles
Zenni Optical, they’re affordable!
Sing to the tune of Aqua’s “Barbie Girl”
I love Zenni Optical. I’ve blogged about them before, and here I am blogging about them again. But what’s not to love? They offer thousands of stylish, high quality plastic and metal prescription eyeglass frames, and the prescription lenses themselves! You can get yourself a decent pair of glasses, lenses and all, starting at just $12. Choose from plastic or metal frames in a variety of styles and shapes (rectangular and slightly angled are my favorites), specify your lenses based on your prescription (it is your responsibility to obtain and verify the accuracy of this, FYI), and you’re good to go! Zenni Optical has prescription eyeglasses for men, women, and kids. They even have prescription sunglasses – you choose the lens tint color and intensity.
More recently, Zenni Optical has introduced a new coating for their lenses, Fingerprint Resistant (Oleophobic) Anti-Reflective Coating, or AR. This snazzy anti-reflective coating repels and reduces the likelihood of water, oil, fingerprints, and dust from sticking to your lenses. Not only do your lenses stay cleaner for longer, but when they do need to be cleaned, they’re easier to clean! Also, this coating significantly reduces reflections, meaning you won’t have that annoying lens glare in photographs.
Zenni Optical’s Fingerprint Resistent Anti-Reflective oleophobic coating is a premium add-on for your prescription glasses, but it’s well worth the investment. 
Not to be confused with a staycation. Because I work from home, a staycation would be a mistake – I’d wind up working and continuing with the housework as I always do! No, if I wanted to get away, I’d have to actually get away. I’d also have to make the supreme sacrifice of not bringing my laptop, netbook, or Macbook with me. To do so would be to set myself up to continue working. A prime example of this is last summer – Dan and I spent three days in Wildwood, New Jersey, with our friend Jason, and I probably spent a quarter of the time working. Argh. I could just see myself at a spa in Huntington Beach, getting a massage while checking my email. What can I say? I’m a workaholic. Sometimes that’s not a good thing though. D:
Dear bloggers who employ the use of Rafflecopter,
It would be utterly spectacular of you to “group” similar entry options together. For instance, if you are going to have five different Twitter follow options, why not put them all together? This way, I can go down the list and click Follow and then ctrl + v to put my Twitter name in the field in each one. Same with Facebook – down the list with the clicking of Like and then entering. When you list things in random order, it makes entering your giveaway a rather tedious process, particularly if there are a lot of Rafflecopter entries to complete. Plus, it makes your giveaway widget look much more organized.
Just my $0.02,
Blogging Girl
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