Tag: How To

How to Treat your Business Like Disney

Post author By web gangsta
Post date February 11, 2009

Diana Freeman is a blogger specializing in social media and other related topics. I really like her stuff; if you have a chance to do so, bookmark her site.

She recently returned from a Walt Disney World vacation and wrote an interesting piece entitled DISNEY: A MODEL OF SUCCESS FOR YOUR PRODUCT OR WEBSITE, where she analyzes all the things that Disney does well, and how you can apply those techniques to your own business or website.

Here are the high points of what she talks about, and my brief interpretation:

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How To Websites

How to Opt-Out of Online People Search Databases

Post author By web gangsta
Post date February 11, 2009

You know how you can just enter anyone’s name into Google, ZabaSearch, WhitePages.com, or other people-oriented search engine and be pretty much assured that you’ll be able to get their name, address, phone number, list of last known relatives, and birthdate without even trying very hard? All that information is available for free without too much effort for practically anyone who bothers to go looking for it.

PrivacyRights.org has compiled a PRIVACY RIGHTS DIRECTORY OF OPT-OUT DIRECTIONS for those of you who would like to removed yourself from appearing in those online directories. It won’t remove you from the original sources that these directories pull from, and the directories don’t make any promises that you won’t re-appear in the future – but at least most of these search sites offer some way to limit the amount of information that’s available about you online to the casual web surfer.

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Games How To Websites

Flash Fun: KENKEN, the new puzzle craze

Post author By web gangsta
Post date February 11, 2009

Now that you’ve finally figured out how to play SUDOKU puzzles, isn’t it about time to take your numbers grid skills to the next level? Sure it is –

try KENKEN!

A kenken puzzle is relatively straightforward. Just like in sudoku, you have to fill in numbers in rows and columns without duplicates. But there’s a catch….

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How To Websites

How To Improve Gas Mileage

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 4, 2008

It’s looking like the price of gas could hit $4 or even $5 a gallon this year, hitting everybody hard in the wallet as prices all across the board go up to meet this extra expense. Here are four sites that you can use to help maximize your gas station dollar:

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How To Music

How To Identify That Song on the Radio

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 19, 2005

It’s not something that most music-oriented folk have a problem with, but the average person – surprisingly – doesn’t know much about music. And they often have trouble identifying a song that’s playing on TV or the radio so that they can buy it later.

So instead of calling the station’s request line to ask what that song was, all the listener has to do now is call 866-411-SONG.

Hold the phone to the speaker for 15 seconds, and the system will automatically tell you what song and artist was playing.

The cost is a low $1 per request, or unlimited requests can be had for $4 per month.

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How To Science

How To Fold a Piece of Paper in Half, 12 Times

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 3, 2005

Danica Mckellar is best known in some circles as that cute chick from the TV show The Wonder Years, but as thousands of math nerds will attest, she is much, much more than that.

She is a math genius and has the published papers to prove it.

Britney Gallivan is also a teenage math genius and if her photo is any indication, she and Danica have proven that math nerds can be pretty too.

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Gadgets How To

Home Improvement Tip: How to Fix A Garage Door Light That Won’t Go Out Automatically

Post author By web gangsta
Post date January 8, 2005
3 Comments on Home Improvement Tip: How to Fix A Garage Door Light That Won’t Go Out Automatically

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The other day, Web Watch experienced the same problem other home owners have run into: the light on our automatic garage door opener would not go out.

The opener itself was working perfectly fine. The door would open or close when requested via the remote or the wall switch, but the lightbulb would not turn off after the 5 minute timer expired.

And Web Watch is seemingly not alone in this problem. Other websites that specialize in home improvement tips have either left the question unanswered or said that the problem is with the garage door opener’s logic board that prevented the light from automatically turning off.

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How to Verify an Internet Hoax

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 1, 2003

Ever wanted to pull off your own viral Internet hoax?

The Internet has made coming up with new and original ideas easy. Check out THE MUSEUM OF HOAXES for a list of stunts that have already been pulled off, and then think about putting your own unique spin on the event.

Still, trying to come up with a unique hoax idea or wacky news item that hasn’t been done before has been made more difficult by the proliferation of those forwarded emails that everyone must have received at some time or other. Just because your friend has sent you an email with a news item in it does not mean that the news item in question is true. As is often the case, the person forwarding the email may not have checked their facts before sending it. Remember – even though you were sent that forwarded email from a trusted friend or family member, they could have been duped somewhere along the way. You should always check your sources as well.

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