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Building a Retaining Wall

Do It Yourself Soil Retention. When it comes to holding back tons of dirt, you basically have two choices. Hire a mason contractor and have a traditional concrete block wall constructed, or you can do it yourself with interlocking (or segmented) reta... Read >

Did You Get My Email? - The Pitfalls Of Email Delivery

By Dean Chafee This is something that anyone with an email address these days, may hear or say quite often. Why? Well because of the relatively unreliable nature of email delivery systems. Here is a comprehensive list of what your email message goes... Read >

Internet Explorer 7 (Ie7) Ftp Client Does Not Work

With the recent release of IE7 (basically pushed out and forced on you, aaarrrgg), those whom used IE6 as a FTP client will notice some changes and issues. Here are the highlights of the changes: * The URL syntax with embedded username and password ... Read >

Windows Defender start-up Error

You may have noticed a new error message upon Windows start-up since December 31, 2006. The error dialog looks like this: Windows Defender Application failed to initialize: 0x800106ba. A problem caused Windows Defender Service to stop... Read >

Remove Tree Sap From Your Paint

Removing tree sap (Gummosis as defined by Wikipedia) from your car's paint is generally a very difficult and time consuming task. Here are some tips and tools that are very effective and safe ways to remove tree sap. 1) You need to remove the bulk of t... Read >

Save Money On Gas - The Octane Factor

With the price of gas these days (over $3.00 US per gallon at the time of this writing) most people are feeling the economic pinch and wondering what they can do to trim their gas costs. This article presents one of several ways to get as many miles per b... Read >

Windows Vista Upgrade-What to Watch Out For

With the with the final release of Windows Vista on January 30, 2007, you may be wondering if your computer is "Vista Ready". This article is designed to point out a few potential pitfalls. Much of the WOW factor surrounding Vista is the new graphics c... Read >

Monitor Your Online Exposure with Google Alerts

Would you like to be alerted daily about new sites, blogs or newsgroups that may have popped up that refer to you or your website? Google has a feature called Google Alerts that can do just that. This is a great way to stay aware of your "internet foot... Read >