I admit it – I’m not a big fan of upgrading. I used Windows 98 far longer than most, I regularly use a compiler I bought in 1999, and I make my notes on a program called Ecco (with a copyright of 1997)!

There’s a good reason for this – if a system works, adjusting it is time and effort. I’ve found this with software AND hardware. I hate upgrading a computer, since the down time in updating is always longer than I’d like. And I’m not alone; look at …

If you have trouble finding images for your blog posts, there is a ‘new’ place out there, EveryStockPhoto.com/ – and its source may surprise you.

It actually uses the content available from ALL the image sites out there, and gathers the details into one easy to use interface.

Traditionally, when you need an image, one source has been various photo sites with Creative Commons licenses. For example, browsing Flickr, you might see a photo that you can use if you attribute to the author.

However, while good in theory, there …

I’m testing out the latest Opera browser (v10) – and while the changes aren’t earth shaking, there are a few great reasons to switch to this new browser, if only for the occasional cybercafe visit.

If you’ve never tried Opera, a quick visit to their site to download and run it is well worth your time. Why? Not only because it’s cool, but it’s important to have a variety of browsers on your computer. After all, if people visit your website with Opera, shouldn’t you now first-hand how it looks …

No, this is not a book review – in fact, I’ve just finished the introduction!

However, that’s far enough into the book that he’s already shared his philosophy:

Don’t skip a glass of wine a day to be rich in 50 years – enjoy the wine AND life now with less.

I’ll be reading the book further, but what I’ve read so far points out something few people discuss, and which I think is key to the book’s success.

The simple fact is, people are fixated on a dollar figure, …

In many, many, many of the emails I received this week there was talk about an inexpensive guide to making money online – “Working From Home Secret Report“, by Ewen Chia. And although it IS relevant here (a good chunk of the report and bonuses deal with affiliate income techniques, something many ActiveBlogging members are using their WordPress blogs for), I decided to review it on my General Internet Business site, BigBizBlog. So visit there to read about “Working From Home Secret Report” – and take note that the price …