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    Edit Signature

    I have been unable to find out how to edit my signature and think it needs a little update from 2 years ago. Is there a simple button that I am missing? Thanks.
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    No Toe or No Music

    FUNNY 
    Would you rather have your big toe bitten off or never be able to listen to music again?
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    Number of Shares: Par Value

    I have been looking over the Initial Articles of Incorporation. The form seems easy enough except at the bottom of the first page (#4) it has a fill in for the number of shares, type and par value. I have been searching for the last couple of hours and can't figure out what this means. The...
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    Insightful Comments

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I wanted to start leaving comments (hopefully good ones!) on people who are trying to get their blogs going on this forum. I feel that comments are a great way to engage a community and show lurkers that its ok to get involved. If you have a blog (forum/twitter) and are looking for some more...
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    Auto Tweet a page without RSS

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I have been looking for a way to auto tweet a page that does not have a RSS. I have found a number of ways to track pages without a RSS such as: feedyes I have also found how to auto tweet a RSS: tweetfeed I have not been able to find a way to combine these two methods, any ideas? I also...
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    Ideas vs. Action

    IDEA 
    I have heard some complain that they need an idea for a business. I found this list of 999 business ideas that I hope will reinforce the notion that a good idea really isn't worth that much - it is the action SAMBA Blog: Hamster Burial Kits & 998 Other Business Ideas
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    Mj, thanks for being that crazy dancing guy

    FUNNY 
    the party continues
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    Preparing for a Presentation

    How do you prepare for a major presentation? What are the critical elements that you incorporate into your presentations? How many times do you practice the presentation? Do you practice in front of others or alone? How long before the presentation due you have all your slides prepared (if...
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    Image Database Idea

    IDEA 
    Purpose: To allow users to access X-ray diffraction images (pictures of x ray patterns - you can think of it like going to the hospital and getting an xray of a broken bone and want it to be down loadable by others) Need: Start of a bulletin board discussion the topic Quotes: Garib "I do...
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    Image Storage: Compression and Bandwidth

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I have a good feeling that their is going to be a movement to store images in my field of study. The images are about 18.5 MB each and would need to store ~1.8 million of them and growing. The images vary in size, but as a general rule vary between 1200 x 1200 to 2000 x 2000 pixels. The...
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    Web Openness

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    If you are running a website, thinking along the lines of a blog or forum that involves more personal interaction. How important do you feel it is to be 'open' about yourself? Do you use your real name? List your location and education? add a picture? real birth date? phone number? I...
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    Seth Godin on Community And Leadership

    MINDSET 
    Re: blog opportunity I wanted to thank everyone for the advice. I just got the movie in the mail yesterday and am going to do a review. Recognition in the field is the name of the game at this point and building a tribe. I just watched a talk by Seth Godin about building a tribe as a new...
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    Failure: Kayak Business Idea

    IDEA 
    I wanted to give back many of things that I learned in attempting to set up a kayaking business. I ran the idea by a number of people on this forum and off so wanted to also let them know what happened. The idea was to give guided kayak tours. I have experience in this industry therefore had...
  14. M

    'Dead peasants' insurance

    The best reason to start a business. (just kidding) Does your boss want you dead? - MSN Money
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    The Snowball

    I spent about 6 hours this weekend reading The Snowball by Alice Schroeder Immediate take away lessons related to the fast lane: -had amazing focus at a very young age -made money from nothing from childhood into college (selling used golf balls was one often used method) -made mistakes that...
  16. M

    Road Trip

    OFF-TOPIC 
    I ended up getting a job in Los Alamos, NM for a couple of months. I am tentatively planning on driving from Toledo, OH to Los Alamos, NM starting on 10/30 (Thursday) with the goal of arriving 11/2 (Sunday). I have some flexibility on the route and nothing at this point is in stone. If...
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    Personal Residence

    REAL ESTATE 
    I have a good friend that is considering getting his first house. I know of a good number of resources for gaining information about investing in real estate, but not on a personal residence. Could you recommend any websites, books etc? I feel that there really isn't much difference between...
  18. M

    Very Rich and the Jerkyll Island

    http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/richricher/109941;_ylt=Av6VpAkEPbzsQJnfHYlcs.Izt9IF Has any here read "The Creature from Jekyll Island" by G. Edward Griffin? I would be curious of some more opinions about the book. "The very, very rich use the system to legally steal from the rest of...
  19. M

    Secrets of Self-Made 2008

    Secrets Of The Self-Made 2008 - Forbes.com (hopefully this hasn't already been posted)
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    Naming your first business entity

    I am going to start a new business, but was curious if there is a reason why I may want to give my entity an 'universal name' instead of 'business specific' name? Ted's Computer Sales, LLC vs. TCS, LLC I was thinking that a generic name maybe better just in case the business is not successful...
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