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For those of you that do not know, I live outside a small Washington town in northern Steven’s Country called Colville.   The town is large enough to have our Super WalMat as a very nice compliment of small businesses.   To support our local economy I try to buy as much as I can locally.  In [...]

For a new wine maker or in my case for my jump back into the hobby in the late fall when hand picked fruit is not readily available, I would recommend that you try a wine kit.   There are a lot of these out there from various manufacturers.   They contain virtually everything (except equipment and [...]

Back in the mid to late 1990′s I used to be a wine maker.  I liked this pretty minor foray into chemistry that produced an end result that I could drink… well at least I thought I could.  (Many of those earlier batches were less than desirable.)  Home wine making has really changed very little [...]

Image by Geodog via Flickr As many of you are aware, I am currently a project manager for a software company.  My job specifically has me managing implementation and migration projects.  I have been doing this for a number of years, enough in fact that I have another of the requirements to taking the PMP [...]

Every year, people around the world promise themselves, next year will be different. They make commitments to improve their lives, end bad habits, and generally be better people. From losing weight to quitting smoking to spending more time with their families, people resolve to make big changes at the end of each year, but more [...]

It was only a matter of time.   When I first started using Auctiva to launch my eBay auctions I recall sending them messages asking about their “stores” and how I could “disconnect” it from the eBay marketplace.  Seems as if they have now done that, and I must say that with all of the turmoil [...]

OK, So my guest author really has 11 tips for you. -Bill Each month we cringe when we see our electric bill.  You can do a few simple things that could save you big money each month.  Another benefit to lowering energy usage is it helps promote the planet by not wasting resources.  Here is [...]

Use the email traffic reduction tips below to combat spam and carbon copy bloat and secure the sanctity of the inbox. 1. Maintain multiple email addresses. Set up personal and public email account(s) in addition to work email. Use the personal account for friends and family and the public account for online shopping, newsletters, etc.. [...]

Email is my nemesis.  I use tools like Clear Context and Xobni to help me manage the email that I have but it still seems to be absolutely overwhelming at times.  In my blog perusals today I found a great article on Dr Dewett’s Weekly Column entitled Feeling Bogged Down by Your Email.  The strategies [...]

Did you know that only 29% of IT projects are ever completed successfully?  When I read the article The 14 Most Common Project Management Mistakes at Network World’s website I couldn’t help but identify with some of my past projects that went seriously amiss.   Some of the mistakes… IT doesn’t follow a standard, repeatable project [...]