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Friendly Reminder

Just a friendly reminder, daylight savings ends this weekend so don’t forget to turn the clocks back before going to bed Saturday night or 2 a.m. Sunday if you are up !

Have a nice weekend!

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Taking Good Care of Your Computer

Sydni Craig-Hart over at The Virtual Wire has a fabulous article outlining “tips, tools and resources to help keep any machine happy, healthy and trouble-free.”  This topic is dear to my heart, particularly since my recent bout of computer problems.

I’ve always made sure that my anti-virus software was up-to-date; but,

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The VA Industry Survey Highlights

The Virtual Assistance Chamber of Commerce just released the highlights from the 2008 Virtual Assistance Industry Survey. You can download a f*ee copy here.

Beware of Grouply

Especially those with a Yahoo account. I received the following information from a Yahoo group I belong to (from a reliable source):

“This so-called “service” (Grouply) accesses your private data and can change
your account.

There are a few new services coming online which are social “networking”
sites similar to My Space and Facebook.

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Watch Out for Those Botnets!

Take a look at this article that of my AssistU Colleagues, Desiree Greenlee-Powell, shared with the community. Scary stuff, that.

Home Improvement “After” Pictures

Anne and I are finally finished with the dining room! I didn’t think we’d ever get done. Here are a few pictures:

This one is another “before” picture that kind of shows what the wall paper looked like. Isn’t my dirty son cute?

This is what the room looks like

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Home Improvement “During” Pictures

As I have mentioned before, my very dear client/friend and I have been busy making my home more “sellable” (which in today’s market may take a miracle)! For the last couple of weeks we have been working on my dining room. I thought for fun I would post some pictures

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Techno Thursday: Backing up Your Files

When my computer crashed last week, I was keenly reminded of the importance of backing up my computer. Fortunately, I have an online back-up service through Dell (Dell DataSafe). Unfortunately, when I was backing up my files to prepare for the PC restore, there was a problem with DataSafe, so

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The Results are in

The results of the Virtual Assistant Chamber of Commerce’s 2008 survey is in! If you participated in the survey you should get an email with a link to the free results. If you didn’t participate in the survey then you can get a copy here (for a price).

The results look

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Motivational Monday: The Victor

The Victor by: C. W. Longenecker
If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don’t.
If you like to win but think you can’t,
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost.
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow’s will.
It’s

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