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I first came across Steve Scott’s blog a couple of months ago. At the time he was travelling through Europe and paying for it from his online businesses.  This was someone I had to meet, and I sincerely hope that one day I will (there’s a whopping great ocean between us that makes it a little hard to get there just yet).  Anyway, a few days ago I shot off an email to him with a bunch of questions (I really am a nosey bugger) to find out a little bit about the man behind the man.

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If you blog and you have children you know how hard it can be at times. You want time for your blog, and they want time with you. Well how about getting them to help? Here is a list of ways to get your kids involved with your blogging endeavours.

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It has often been said that you get what you pay for, but I’ve learned that this isn’t always the case. In fact, after reading this, you may agree with me in that it is very rarely the case.

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Who says a casserole has to take hours to prepare and cook? Here’s my recipe for a chicken casserole that takes 15 minutes to cook.

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Why do we keep going back to the same shops and businesses time and time again? Is it price? Sometimes, for sure. Is it quality of the product? Again, yes. Probably even more than for price. Is it the service you get? Absolutely yes! And it is probably the things that you don’t even notice.

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I hope you noted in this article’s title that I said “a treatment for” and not “a cure for”. In my opinion, there really is no cure for depression, but you can treat it and manage it. This article talks about one method that I have found extremely helpful in treating my depression.

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My contract with my hosting provider (Dreamhost) is up for renewal this week (I’ve probably just paid it as you read this). So I thought this would be an excellent time to write up a review of my provider. To give you an idea right up front… I’ll be sticking with them.

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Don’t worry, I’m not talking about, or suggesting, a world where Microsoft and Apple do not exist.  I just want to explore the possibility of getting through your day without having to rely on Microsoft or Apple software.  That is… any of their software.  From the operating system up.

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My American readers are probably scratching their heads at the title of this article. Well, the rest of us don’t know what you are talking about when you speak of the Black Friday shopping thing. To us, a Black Friday is any Friday that falls on the 13th of the month.  But that’s neither here nor there, lets take a little look at what all the hub-bub is about.

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Get paid for liking stuff!

About a month ago I read an article on WassupBlog where my fellow Aussie, @AussieSire was writing about a new “word of mouth” advertising mob, called MyLikes.  I’m normally quite skeptical of things like this, but this time I thought I’d check it out.  I signed up that day, and a month later here is what I think…

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