Turning 40 today

Today is my 40th birthday. Yee Haw. Here are some pics from the party last night.

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Giving Props To My Peeps

Ok this weeks prop goes out to a guy who I connected with through Twitter. His name is Glenn, AKA WiredPig. Glenn is a former United States Marine and Police Officer. One of the cool things about Glenn are his posts about fallen Police Officers. What a tribute. I've passed Glenn's URL around to friends who also appreciate his efforts. Take some time to visit Glenn's site, and contribute when possible.

Glenn I'm proud to stand next to you buddy. oohrah!

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Prospecting through email or with a blog

When I saw this headline "E-mail or blog? Best ways to prospect online" in an industry trade magazine, my first thought was, holy crap, they just don't get it do they? How on earth can you even compare the two. They are completely different and target a difference audience.

Email: old media. Blog: new media. It's here folks. People have become so numb to email that its a chore just to check email every day. Email is a one way street; a linear form of communication. A blog on the other hand promotes thought, community and involvement.

Thank goodness this article helps me validate my reasoning for project ShoutVoice, my new business. My work is important. My work is necessary. Participants in this industry are slow to adopt mostly because they don't have the support staff to help them along the way.

People don't want a boring one dimensional email. They want to see, touch, discuss, feel. If you want to use email to tell your customer base about your great website/blog, by all means, do it. But don't market with email. Build your brand visually. Start a community. I am.

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Wordpress reverting to default theme fix/hack

Although I still don't know what is causing this, for some reason, within the past week or so, using Wordpress 2.1.3 and I would assume 2.2+, every so often Wordpress reverts back to the default K2 theme. I would change it back, and then in the morning, bam, back to the default. I found a blog post that helped me fix the problem, and I apologize I can't find the link.

In any event, here is how I fixed the problem.

1. Rename your default theme folder to something else (_default)

2. Copy your selected theme to a new folder called default. Make sure this is a copy not the original. However, you could just rename your desired theme folder to default and select it from the list of themes.

That seemed to fix my problem. It's a complete hack and I'd like to understand what the problem is. The blog post I read said its most likely its a timing issue with the web server and how Wordpress handles it. I'm not sure. So I hope this helps. It has for me.

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I lived 070707

That's right, years from now I want to be able to show my kids that I lived through 070707. One of the most unique days ever. There are probably a thousand reasons why it's unique. There are only 5 more years where we can have these special days. The remaining ones are 080808, 090909, 101010, 111111 (this one will be a VERY unique day), and 121212. Have fun on this unique day.

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