Take  a look at the photographs of the approaching thunderstorm below.

Just minutes after the photographs  below were taken, that same storm (maybe even those same clouds) cause a tornado warning just a few minutes drive from where the photos were taken. The warning may have been issued due to a storm spotter or chaser reporting to the local NWS station.

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Of all the Firefox extensions I use, ReminderFox has proven to be the one I would be most lost without.

This is the first post in a series about some of my favorite Firefox extensions.

I was not in a hurry to even try Firefox.

After a particularly bad version of Netscape, I'd switched to

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The following is a true story. The only questionable fact is if it was Valentine's Day or something like a birthday. I am pretty sure it was Valentine's Day and that works best for this post. It was all a bit of a joke on me.

I once got my wife a bouquet of just two roses for Valentine's Day.

Read the rest of the post "Roses For Valentine's Day"

I'll try to make this short.

I think my blog posts are way too long.

I actually write a great many more posts than actually make it onto this blog. Maybe you have noticed that many if not most of my posts tend to be fairly lengthly by most

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A good argument for using open source software alternatives.

Warning if you visited this blog in the last week you may need to check for malware.

Yes, Digital Key to Info was hacked!

I am not sure when. I am still not sure how.

For some time, there was a redirect in an iframe that may have been trying to load malware from

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Will 2008 go down in the books as a good year for you?

Did you do good financially or are you one of those facing foreclosure? Did you finish the year in good health or in the hospital. Is your family well or is your father on hospice and your daughter on a milk carton?

Just before New Year, a local talk radio host asked this question.

For many of the callers it had not been a great year. For some of the other callers, 2008 was an improvement over 2007. Actually, it was very interesting to hear how others felt about 2008 as a year. However, it is really a useless question.

Live in the present not the past or future

It is a little late to do anything about 2008.

No matter Read the rest of the post "Was 2008 A Good Or Bad Year For You?"

To sum up this post,

Don't forget the real reason for Christmas

Merry Christmas!

I hope you all have a wonderful Read the rest of the post "Merry Christmas 2008"

This is Part Two the the Keys to an Effective Small Business Website Series

Your Unique Selling Proposition - the USP

No matter who creates your website, no matter what it looks like, no matter where the traffic comes from, you need to give the reader a reason to buy from you. This is marketing 101 and you can skip a lot of the homework but if you miss this you fail the class. Your unique selling proposition or unique selling point is what will give potential customers

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I have very much to be thankful for this year.

My wife and I are in good health. We have no debts. We have a warm (and dry at the moment) home to live in. We have plenty of food to eat.

I feel very blessed to have been born a US citizen.

My wife is not US born. She was born in a country that had been taken over by communism (that is the end result of Read the rest of the post "A Lot To Be Thankful For"

My wife and I have been victims of identity theft.

It's a sad story.

If things had gone the way we planned, right now, my wife and I would be planning

Read the rest of the post "Identity Theft - It Happened To Me"