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Gimp – How To: Change color family part deux!

December 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments

In my last posting I outlined ONE way to change the color family of an image. In this one we take it a step further and COLORIZE the image with more than one color. So, if you haven’t read my previous blog entry, you may want to do that as I will be referencing it. [...]

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Gimp How To Change Color Scheme or “Color Family”

November 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments

There are a lot of tutorials and info on swapping one color for another but not any that I could find about changing an entire color scheme or family. I found the picture below on images.google.com (a favorite place of mine to harvest images). I was looking for a set of images of platonic solids [...]

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FREE MONEY: How To Claim your UNCLAIMED FUNDS in New York State

October 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Many people have money that is rightfully theirs sitting in an account at the New York State Comptroller’s office. There are literally MILLIONS of dollars waiting for their proper owners to claim them. And if you do, that’s FREE MONEY!!! And between you and me, New York State doesn’t have the greatest track record at [...]

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Tags: Free Lottery · Free Money · How To · Lottery Manifestation Project

Top Ten SEO Tips

September 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment

So, I ran across the list below and noticed that on one of my sites, MyDollarYourDream.com where you can play the New York State Lottery (big money) games for free, I was, and still am, doing several things incorrectly. I’ve begun to employ these tips and I’m going to document on this blog as to [...]

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Backing Up WordPress « Weblog Tools Collection

September 21st, 2010 · No Comments

You can’t be too careful these days. You’ve put a lot of work into your blog, and it would be a shame to see it lost forever just because you accidentally deleted something you shouldn’t have, it was hacked, or your server had a catastrophic meltdown. There are many ways to backup WordPress, so I’m [...]

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OpenPublish 2.1 Fresh Install error: The selected file … cannot be copied

September 21st, 2010 · No Comments

Troubleshooting OpenPublish Installation and Troubleshooting Drupal Installation. This was my first time installing OpenPublish which is described by the authors as being “…as simple as a plain vanilla Drupal install…”. I really don’t like statements like that, especially when there are certain assumptions being made, like installing in a shared environment, so that when the [...]

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Tags: Disparity · Environments and Software · How To · Platforms and Systems · Tips

Ask Amy… How to block (hide) those annoying FarmVille, Mafia Wars and FrontierVille messages without blocking my friend on Facebook?

August 15th, 2010 · No Comments

A Mr. Richard Fader from New Jersey writes: “Dear Amy, How do I block those annoying messages from the games my friends play on Facebook?  Specifically, Farmville, Mafia Wars and Frontierville?  I don’t play computer games, I certainly have no interest in a blow-by-blow description of my friend’s wasting their time and energy and… MONEY [...]

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