Loudmouthman

So Mr Pope pointed out that whilst it was all well and wonderful that I had a Blog running it might be a little more useful if I had actually run a domain whose name matched my nickname online such as , www.loudmouthman.com. Hes not wrong in this comment and it left me sitting and thinking. I knew I wanted to do more with both my own BLOG and the websites which belonged to my clients. I didnt want a one size fits all approach though since I am not happy about putting my eggs in one basket. Id already considered BlackCatNetworks who do a great job for my domain name registration and is run by some of the smartest guys on the planet as far as im concerned. Id looked into Grifferz offering but in chatting to him I was aware that some of my requirements might just overload his setup. What I kept coming back to was Dreamhost ( www.dreamhost.com ) who I had discovered previously and had recently helped out the HAk5 guys in their own hour of need. So I have moved, well copied for now, my blog from nikbutler.wordpress.com to www.loudmouthman.com and whilst this is all still a work in progress , e.g the Wordpress release 2.0.5 doesnt seem to have a tenth of the features and functions available directly on Wordpress.com, its a step in the right direction I feel . Moving to my own domain and running my own wordpress blog will let me have the freedom to run up my affiliations with Ebuyer.com and Dell.com without irresponsibly running up against the terms and conditions of wordpress.com. Running my own hosting arrangement will allow me to get on with several of my playground ideas whilst not harrassaing other people I know and respect. So I guess this is the first of a few postings from me to point people to www.loudmouthman.com and ask you to update your Blog rolls and Bookmarks. Meanwhile I need to go cap in hand to Xailor and other Planet admins to inform them of the change in address and return to my own machinations in the realms of Dreamhosts. For those of you interested I purchased the Code Monster deal for one year and used the purchase coupon from HAk5 to get additional money off this year. Am I happy with the product ? Hell Yeah. My next concern is where to create a similar Hosting arrangement with which to backup and create a fall back environment.

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So BNI Friday rolls around once more and Im sitting preparing the agenda which consists of the 20 step process to guide the morning meeting through arrival and networking the chatting to others type not Ethernet type then onto breakfast and the meeting proceeds. Each meeting consists of a set procedure whose purpose is to ensure clarity of the meeting and to enable every appropriate mechanism for the meeting to be met. What I never get a chance to talk about in these blogs is the educational and reference slots , so maybe I’ll make a few notes this time and comment back about what goes on in the meetings. Anyway in the meanwhile heres the little gem I will be talking about in my 60 second slot.

http://www.papercdcase.com/

Every now and then there comes a need for me to present to a client or associate CD or DVD. I am fine with burning the CD and the Lite-scribe technology is great for labeling the disk itself Where Paper CD Case comes in handy is that it allows me to make a stylish paper wrapper for the recently created disk. On the website you enter the details you expect to appear on the CD Case and in return it provides you with a PDF document which you can print. You print the PDF document and then apply a few origami like folds , which with practice become second nature and there you have a useful CD wallet. Paper CD case is good example of how the web is creating more online applications which any operating system will benefit from.

Whilst there are many ways to be an advocate for Open Source software and for the community behind and this particular application is not open source in any sense of the word it does demonstrate that there are options I wiavailable to all Operating systems. Being part of the BNI gives me the chance to show that using Linux, specifically Ubuntu , does not require is a ravening tunneled vision approach to the rest of the computing world. Im pleased to say that tomorrow I am handing over another recently converted Laptop for a BNI Chapter member and I am providing a quote for a refurbished PC for another. If your reading this and your in the Open Source community then find out about your local BNI chapter and get down there and see what you can offer its members.

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