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Profile of Small Business Online Behavior

Fortune magazine has created a profile of small business, based on its own Zogby/Fortune Small Business survey of 2000 entrepreneurs, as well as other published surveys.

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I guess we can consider ourselves to be in that category? What are your thoughts?

The Triangle Times

A friend of mine posted this in a newsletter I have received now for a number of months. Triangle Times and the company behind it have been a powerful source of inspiration, help and support to me personally, and to my baby business endeavors.
Everytime I read one of their articles, I feel they are trully talking and walking their talk. It's as if an intuitive, Higher Powered force is there.
When things feel right, you know it.
I know that sometimes you and I have followed hunches and said and done things that we thought were right at the time, and for one reason or another we failed, got bruised or simply got discouraged.
The article that follows is one of the reasons and explanations as to what happened and how you and I can overcome...

The Triangle Times: "Success Means Never Ever Giving UpBy Bryan Golden
Persistence is the foundation of success. Although there are many ways to describe success, there is only one definition of failure giving up. Whatever your meaning of success, you will only achieve it through persistence.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
-Calvin Coolidge
Babe Ruth had more strike outs than anyone else in history. When asked about the key to his success he said, I just keep swinging.
In the mid 1960's, Martin Cooper, an electrical engineer at Motorola, had a vision of a phone that could be carried around and powered by a battery. His concept was scoffed at by many of his fellow engineers. After 15 years in development, Motorola brought the cellular phone to market.
In 1864, he was born the son of slaves on a Missouri plantation. He grew up not knowing his parents. With persistence and determination he put himself through college. To combat the racism he encountered, he excelled in everything he did. George Washington Carver became one of our nation's leading scientists and revolutionized agriculture.
At 205 pounds and standing 5ft10in tall he was below average size for a pro football player. To build his strength and endurance he ran up steep hills while playing high school football. As a professional player he ran up an 80-yard hill, set at a 45-degree angle, 25 times a day. Determined to be the best he could be, he watched films of opponents until he could predict their moves. Football Hall of Famer, Walter Payton tied or beat seven NFL records du"

Granted, I am not an avid follower of the game, neither I am 100% opposed to it. Perhaps the game has a lot more to it than meets the eye, and we just have to utilize what is best about things and discard what is not so good.
I trully am an admirer of Triangle Times Wisdom and know that I will never ever fail if I follow their advice...

In response to all comments in the last couple of weeks...

Hi there! I am Ed. I feel moved from all the responses received a couple of posts ago. Please know a few things about Internet for People Like Us...
We created this team because we saw that there is a need out there to have people come together from all walks of life (Nerds or not, smart or not, rich, poor or in between...)
We work hard at who we are and what we stand for.
We believe that Learning is a never ending process, applicable not to a few, but to ALL...

I believe, faster is not always better...(my teammates might disagree with me, but that is OK too...)
I think we, as a human race can all agree to disagree agreably...Sometimes that just does not happen perfectly... Can you relate?

We believe that Honesty, Integrity, Faith, Valor, Justice, Compassion and other similar values are indispensable in our dealing with others...

These however are solely my thoughts. I own them and they are in no way a reflection of what anybody else, except perhaps my relatives and friends, think about or believe in.
People, including all are free to agree and disagree with me, and I hope that in the future, this could be translated into the many different languages of this our planet, but for now, English, and Perhaps Spanish will have to do.

I could go on and on and on, but I just do not have the time right now.
If you do, please leave a comment and let us know what your thoughts are.
If you don't please leave a smiley, sometimes they are worth a thousand words.
Thanks,

Please type slowly I can't read well when you type so fast...LOL
Thanks...

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In the past 12 months, I've watched my precious domain do little more than act as a placeholder for my future Web site aspirations. Oh, we had our trials and tribulations. First, there was the time when readers took me to task for using Yahoo!'s service and praising it when there were so many other praiseworthy domain hosting services out there, such as Homestead and 1&1. My domain and I took their slings and arrows as best we could. We knew that Yahoo! was not the only game in town, but it certainly could serve as a model for those looking to bring home their own fresh domains with minimal fuss and expense.

All was good...

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Research: animal behavior observed in humans...

From the Spaced Dude's w-blog...

It's been a while since I have come here and post my thoughts!. Lots of interesting developments happening out there in cyberspace...wow dude! far out man!
One day Firefox and IE form firefoxie and kiss and make up, the next day kaboom! the whole thing goes to hell, along with my computer... Why can't people, companies, adults and other non child like animals get along with each other? I will probably never figure it out in this lifetime of mine!...
It really sucks to see such good things in life be trampled on and mutilated by a few animals trying to get what they want, when they want it on their own terms...Yeah I Have to agree, survival of the fittest allright... But what about thinking? Don't humans have a better capacity than other animals to do so? Don't humans have the capacity to reason above and beyond other species?
I only have a few answers to these questions:
Yes, It is true:
1. Survival of the fittest is a law of nature (as it applies to lower level species, human animal is supposed to have the capacity to T.H.I.N.K....
2. It is true that , as some say, It is a jungle out there...
(I thought jungles were for wild animals only, but that is not the case)
3. It is true that Mr. Carl Sagan theory still holds true: That there is three kinds of civilizations in the Universe: the ones so primitive that do not have the intelligence and or the technology necessary to communicate with other civilizations... the ones with intermediate technology, like ours, who are still striving within and striving to perfect the technology to be able to establish contact with "other " intelligent beings... and the civilizations so far more advanced than ours that really do not even care or bother to make contact with "civilizations" like ours...


Those are my thoughts today....

Spyware Researchers Discover ID Theft Ring

Spyware Researchers Discover ID Theft Ring: "Spyware Researchers Discover ID Theft Ring

By Ryan Naraine
August 8, 2005


Spyware researchers picking apart one of the more notorious spyware programs have stumbled upon what appears to be a massive identity theft ring hijacking confidential data from millions of infected computers."

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FirefoxIE - The Internet is Fun Again

- The Internet is Fun Again: "30,900 Google links
since the launch on August 28, 2004

It's very exciting to see the interest growing for FirefoxIE and to be a part of the grass roots movement to help others make the switch to Firefox. Please send any reviews you find about FirefoxIE with the link so we can include them here."

Search Links: Search Engines Worldwide

Search Links: Search Engines Worldwide


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Malware: Help prevent the Infection

Malware: Help prevent the Infection
Published: March 22, 2005
By Sandi Hardmeier

In the past, new computer users often felt at a disadvantage from the moment that they turned on their new machines. Although antivirus protection was sometimes pre-installed, it was very often out of date. Anti-spyware software was rarely part of a standard computer package. If they were lucky enough to have XP (Gold or Service Pack 1) the internet connection firewall was often turned off by default.

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Resonata - a Wave Machine: Play with Resonance

Resonata - a Wave Machine: Play with Resonance

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