One of my sons is running a business, primarily through online marketing out of our home. I was reading the websiteoffice.com website page he left open on our machine today and was very interested to be learning a lot of stuff about the Internet and page rank and search engine optimization. This is a good reference for using the Internet to run a small business!
July 8th, 2008
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Lexmark printer
Several years ago I bought a Lexmark X6170 all-in-one printer. Naturally it came with a CD installation disk which I used to load the drivers onto my computer. A few weeks ago I bought a new computer (YAY!) and could not find the installation disk. No biggie (I thought) I can download the driver off of the internet and I’ll be all set. Well, little did I realize until earlier today that the OCR software that was on the installation disk that works on the printer was not included in the driver download off of the Internet. So I called customer support and they told me that the OCR software was not available through them, I had to go to the OCR vendor’s website. The OCR vendor’s website was not helpful at all. Luckily, I remembered where the installation disk might be and FOUND it! So I downloaded it and now I’m all happy again!
So poo on Lexmark and ABBYY for your horrible technical support!
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Custom embroideried sweatshirts
I’m going to be going on a vacation this fall with a small group of friends. We’ll be going to Bar Harbor, Maine for the Columbus Day Weekend. We’re going there because the weather will be nice and the fall foliage will be at peak and we’ll be able to get off-season rates on the hotel rooms. We’ve agreed to order matching sweatshirts with custom embroidery on the shirts to commemorate the trip. We’ll be ordering them from the bluecotton.com website. My girlfriend says her office has ordered from them before and they were very pleased with the quality of the shirts and the embroidery.
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Need new slippers
I thought I had comfy slippers. I bought them new last fall, and I’ve been wearing them around the house every day since then. They have well padded soles, and are the “scuff” style that you just slide your feet into. I couldn’t wait to get home and take off my shoes and put on my slippers. Well about a week ago I bought some of those orthopedic things that you put into your shoes to make your shoes more comfy, and now I have to tell you that I hate taking off my shoes and putting on my slippers! And the past three nights I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night with cramps in my feet; I think it was because I was wearing my slippers all the time and my feet wanted the extra support of my shoes. So I think I need to buy new slippers, and maybe put the orthopedic insoles in the slippers!