My password is long, and how I remember it

Now that I changed it, and since several people have asked, I can tell you that my old password was: The sky is blue, and all the trees are green.  (It’s lyrics to a hilarious song from Cannibal:  The Musical, by the guys who created South Park.) It’s a bit excessive, but I wanted to…

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You’ve setup a company Facebook page – now what?

With the rate that people update their Facebook and Twitter pages, company Facebook administrators can feel left in the dust. The truth is, company anniversaries, giveaways, or door busting sales don’t happen every day. So what do you post the other 365 days of the year? Amy Fowler compiled a list of fourteen ways that…

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Who’s Been Eating My Porridge?

You might recognize that quote from the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. While the bears were away, Goldilocks stopped by their cottage to check things out. (To this day, I have no idea why these bears lived in a cottage, nor why they were eating porridge. Vegan bears, maybe?) The real question here…

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Facebook Advertising: Is It Effective?

With the recent public sale of Facebook stock at record high values the media has been paying a great deal of attention to the company. Facebook executives told investors the company is worthy of the high value because of the nearly 1 billion dollars Facebook takes in each year from advertising sales, but business owners…

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Electronics Recycling in Illinois

As many of you know, on January 1st a new law went into effect in Illinois – Public Act 97-0287 – Electronic Products Recycling & Reuse Act.   My 30 second summary of the bill is that landfills are no longer allowed to take electronics, including laptops, cell phones, TVs, computers, printers, etc….

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