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I’ve been asked hundreds of times to quote for a web site project. Nothing strange about it, right? The thing is, the web site project consists of only one page!

So have I ever taken any of these one page web site projects? Not even once. So what do I normally do then? Well, I just informed the person that he can actually create a simple web page himself with software that might already be available on his computer.

Almost all of them are shocked to find out that they can actually create web pages using software that is normally already installed on a typical computer. They thought that creating web pages must be done by professional web developers or by using expensive web development software!

Well, if you’re among this group of people I’m going to tell you how you can create simple web pages using commonly available software.

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After obtaining my first ever DSLR camera, I developed an interest in taking really close-up pictures of things like flowers, insects and small inaimate objects. In the photography circle, this technique is called macro photography.

I’m not going to talk about the technical details and my skills (or rather, the lack of it) in macro photography. I’d just like to share how taking photos of small objects changed my perspective of objects around me.

The most obvious change that I noticed is that I’m spending more time looking at small objects that I previously wouldn’t look at for more than three seconds. I tend to imagine framing the object and composing it on a virtual picture in my mind.

Small and seemingly insignificant things do in fact have an aspect of beauty to it. You just have to focus on it a little bit more. What’s 20 to 30 seconds compared to the new insight gained on the object?

This observation is not only limited to photography, but can be implemented in life as well. For so long the phrase “look at the big picture” has been hammered into our mind that we often overlook the details… sometimes expensively.

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Nothing peeves me more than having to deal with so-called businesses that operate behind free emails or web pages. Imagine having to send an email to hijcorp@gmail.com or having to visit http://www.geocities.com/hijcorp/ to get more information from a company.

I don’t know about you, but if such a company couldn’t even afford to buy a domain name and host their web site on a paid web hosting service, I wouldn’t imagine even doing business with them!

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I’m not a big fan of Windows (especially Vista), but I admire the power behind Office. Both these products are key products by Microsoft Inc. When you mention Microsoft, the first person you’ll think of will almost surely be Bill Gates.

Mr Gates will be retiring from his duties at Microsoft and intends to focus on his charity outfit, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Microsoft web site has dedicated a video section outlining BillG’s career at Microsoft, but you’ll need to have Silverlight installed in order to view it… which is why I didn’t.

All the best Mr Gates… thank you for your contribution to computing history.

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After the recent fuel price increase, advertisements for fuel saving gadgets have been flooding the newspapers, magazines and radio stations. One type of most frequently advertised fuel saving device are magnets that are attached to the fuel line hose.

There are many fabulous claims made regarding the use of these magnets:

• Save fuel
• Boost engine performance
• More complete burning

…all achieved through some weird process called molecular realignment or similar sounding, technical term that you’ve probably never heard of before. The main question is; Is it for real?

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