Get ready to be converted!

This is a hilarious video I found while browsing through some blogs tonight. I figured I’d share it with all of my readers! Enjoy your new digital signal.
Wuh, wuh, wuh, period…

Installing Free Antivirus Software (AVG free edition)

Take a picture of your screen – how to take “screen shots”

Has there ever been a time when you wanted to just take a picture of what it was you saw so you can share it with your tech consultant, geeky friend or anyone else?
For many people the phrase "Screen shot" is about as foreign as the phrase "Mi aerodeslizador está lleno de anguilas ." But [...]

The Ritz-Carlton Credo

Everyone has heard of “The Ritz” (The Ritz-Carlton) and knows that it’s an expensive, fancy hotel. But it’s an experience, too. The company employs a “Gold Standard,” defining how it operates and how its employees should behave and view customer service. It’s a model on which many companies should diligently base their own values, credo [...]

How to Wow

I’ve recently subscribed to Seth Godin’s mailing list and receive notices any time he puts up a blog… if you couldn’t already tell. Anyway, this one came in a few hours ago and I really wanted to share it:
There are very few endeavors where perfect is possible (bowling is one, of course). It turns out [...]

More from Seth Godin

1. Delete 120 minutes a day of ’spare time’ from your life. This can include TV, reading the newspaper, commuting, wasting time in social networks and meetings. Up to you.
2. Spend the 120 minutes doing this instead:

Exercise for thirty minutes.
Read relevant non-fiction (trade magazines, journals, business books, blogs, etc.)
Send three thank you notes.
Learn new digital [...]

Seth Godin wonders how much it costs…

… for nice. From a recent post on Seth Godin’s Blog:

How much extra for nice?

If I pay $1000 extra for a first-class seat, odds are the flight attendant will be nice to me.
If I pay $2000 extra for the presidential suite at the hotel, odds are the front desk clerk will be nice to me.
If [...]

Installing Telnet on Windows Vista

By default Microsoft Windows Vista does not come with the telnet client available. Telnet is useful when troubleshooting various types of network issues and it’s helpful to have.
Follow these steps to install telnet on Windows Vista:
By default, Vista doesn’t install the Telnet client. The client is for text-based communication with remote systems. You can install [...]

Politely Declining a Job Offer

I’ve interviewed many candidates at the company I currently work for. When I came across an article regarding how to politely decline a job offer it struck me as relevant.
The article really only sites one example, in my opinion, of how to politely decline an offer after being accepted for the position and that is [...]

Methane “chimneys” likely to exasperate global warming

I had heard about the likelihood that global warming could cause the release of frozen methane at the bottom of the ocean, leading to a rapid cycle of global warming but had never known of it as anything more then speculation and something that would happen in the future. Scientists have now documented “Methane [...]