Ashley Bowers Blog http://ashleybowers.com/blog Web standards, programming, operating systems, browsers, and more! Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:34:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Speed reading is easy and fun http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/06/03/speed-reading-is-easy-and-fun/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/06/03/speed-reading-is-easy-and-fun/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:34:36 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/?p=182 Having a great time this Spring so far an dam happy to be alive in a time when so many things are possible. I have to admit for the past couple of months I have read more books and webpages than I have ever read in my life. My mind when it is happy is more inclined to do things like speed read as to when I am stressed out it only can focus on the stress.

I have found a couple really great blogs this month that have made my NetFlakes page and wanted to pass them along to everyone that reads my blog because I know you will liek theres as well. The first is Monkey Sars which is cleverly written by a woman who knows no bounds when it comes to literature.

The second is Cuiso which is a wonderfully written blog that has a very attractive looking theme on it and both I am sure you will enjoy keeping up with like me over the time to come. have any cool blogs you found lately please do share them in the comments section.

]]> http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/06/03/speed-reading-is-easy-and-fun/feed/ What an exciting month it has been http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/05/16/what-an-exciting-month-it-has-been/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/05/16/what-an-exciting-month-it-has-been/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 06:45:13 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/?p=181 A great group of guys and girls are getting together this weekend to start working on our next project for the web and I have been so excited about this new website we are about to launch that I almost want to blog about now but i can not so you will just have to wait for the official launch.

Lots going on around here and the world this month hard to keep up with it all sometimes but I try to. Recently my friends blog unsigned podcast had a make over and my friend Santi started a blog up last month but did not find it till this month. I am always excited to hear or find someone that has started a blog.

]]> http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/05/16/what-an-exciting-month-it-has-been/feed/ Blu-ray is the clear winner http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/04/23/blu-ray-is-the-clear-winner/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/04/23/blu-ray-is-the-clear-winner/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:12:01 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/04/23/blu-ray-is-the-clear-winner/ The war between the two formats blu-ray and HD is now over with all the major United States movies studious now backing the blu-ray disc as the format in which all there movies will be released on. With blu-ray being the better of the two when it came to data storage and looks i am glad that this day is here so we can all start buying one type of player and one type of disc instead of having to choose between two.

My friend would come over with new movies from Blockbuster but they were always blu-ray discs and all I had a was HD DVD player so it would not play them, so she would end up getting the DVD version of the movie instead so we could watch it on my HD DVD player but now that blu-ray is the winner I am going to trash my old player and by a new Play Station 3 because it has a blu-ray player inside.

]]> http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/04/23/blu-ray-is-the-clear-winner/feed/ Mr Terreiro has one to http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/04/12/mr-terreiro-has-one-to/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/04/12/mr-terreiro-has-one-to/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:52:35 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/04/12/mr-terreiro-has-one-to/ Thanks to Jon Terreiro I decided to go to college and make something of myself instead of just quitting high school early, at the time Jon just finished college and was at a job that was paying a si figure salary and living in a nice home, so after he told me that if kept learning for the next couple of years it would pay off in the end. Which it has and now Jon makes a 7 figure salary and own many homes and condos across the World.

If you get a chance swing by his blog sometime and check out some of his great writings on his blog, otherwise you just do not have any idea what you are missing out on!

]]> http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/04/12/mr-terreiro-has-one-to/feed/ Coworkers blogging to http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/04/04/coworkers-blogging-to/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/04/04/coworkers-blogging-to/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:04:29 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/04/04/coworkers-blogging-to/ Was wondering around my work place for awhile and while walking around peaking at other people computer screens as I walked by I found that a couple other people here have blogs, like me. I was kind of shocked to find out who had a blog and hwy they had one online but I managed to talk with some cool people in IT and found that both guys that run that department also have blogs and TJs blog along with Olivers blog is pretty cool when I was leaving work I walked by and found that our receptionist Pebbles also has a blog, was kind of weird seeing everyone blogging but was kinda of cool to. If you get a chance take a peak at there blogs like I did.

]]> http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/04/04/coworkers-blogging-to/feed/ Found Gino Lopez you should to http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/03/23/found-gino-lopez-you-should-to/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/03/23/found-gino-lopez-you-should-to/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:45:26 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/03/23/found-gino-lopez-you-should-to/ It is amazing when you find great things as a result of other great things, for instance thanks to My Gaudi I found this great blog written by Mr Gino Lopez that is pretty cleverly written. If you get a chance be sure to add Gino Lopezs blogs to your bookmarks and add his feed to which ever service you use as well.

I always like finding other great blogs like mine on the internet or even ones that have nothing to do with mine but cover there subject well and in this case that is what Gino Lopez does is cover his subjects.

]]> http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/03/23/found-gino-lopez-you-should-to/feed/ Reading Gaudi http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/03/19/reading-gaudi/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/03/19/reading-gaudi/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:02:23 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/03/19/reading-gaudi/ I ve been reading this awesome blog written by Leon Gaudi that has amazing stuff on it. Of course like most blogs the best stuff is buried in the blog and not always on the front page but there is good stuff there to. If you get a chance be sure to check our Leon Gaudis blog about everything in life and then some, because if you like reading my blog then I am sure you will love reading his blog.

]]> http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/03/19/reading-gaudi/feed/ Oh yea, it is up and running http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/03/02/oh-yea-it-is-up-and-running/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/03/02/oh-yea-it-is-up-and-running/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:37:34 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/03/02/oh-yea-it-is-up-and-running/ Have been working closely with friends on helping launch this awesome website called Flashtising while sells online ads thru different various advertising platforms like blog reviews and text link ads. The website also sells flash advertisements and mobile ads and will continue to add more and more ways to run ads on websites but for now it is up online with a network of dedicated bloggers and webmasters running ads from advertisers.

If you own a blog then you should check out this great website that can help you earn extra income in various ways by selling advertising space on it with Flashtising ads.

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]]> http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2008/02/14/the-urster/feed/ Google Experimental Search http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/11/29/google-experimental-search/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/11/29/google-experimental-search/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:23:04 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/11/29/google-experimental-search/ Came across Google Experimental Search in the Google Labs which allows for anyone with a Google account to try out new search features via the Google search engine. They have 4 experiments running at the moment but you can only join one at a time and whenever you join an experiment and you’ll see that feature when you do a Google search.

]]> http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/11/29/google-experimental-search/feed/ My new widgets and tags http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/11/10/my-new-widgets-and-tags/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/11/10/my-new-widgets-and-tags/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:00:42 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/11/10/my-new-widgets-and-tags/ Did an upgrade to my Wordpress and along with the upgrade came some cool things called Widgets and Tags. So now I can tag my posts instead of having to create new categories and with the Widgets I can add things like the most recent comments on to my blogs sidebar with ease. I am looking at all the plug ins right now and will probably add a couple more in the coming days. I have found this neat plug in that allows for visitors to add video and audio comments to my blog and I think I am going to give it a try and see just how pretty it is, and how well it works.

]]> http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/11/10/my-new-widgets-and-tags/feed/ Granny bloggers http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/25/granny-bloggers/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/25/granny-bloggers/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:54:10 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/25/granny-bloggers/ Seems that a lot of grand parents are starting to blog, and to me this makes a lot of sense, because who is better to give advice on certain things or should I saw most things in life but a grandparent. When I heard the Alice”s granny was blogging I knew I had to subscribe to the feed via my rss feeder reader which is Google reader by the way. Seems to me that everyone is getting there news via rss feeds now instead of going to the website address itself which may save websites a lot of bandwidth.

]]> http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/25/granny-bloggers/feed/ Getting better but not 100 percent http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/25/getting-better-but-not-100-percent/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/25/getting-better-but-not-100-percent/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:22:19 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/25/getting-better-but-not-100-percent/ Have had a couple of days to relax and eat chicken soup now its time to starting eating real food again. Thanks for all the get well emails and I hope to see everyone real soon when I am 100% better so I do not pass this nasty bug around. Will be able to get back to blogging again and look forward ot getting some real work done. Stay tuned as there is much more to come.

]]> http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/25/getting-better-but-not-100-percent/feed/ Pass the NyQuil http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/22/pass-the-nyquil/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/22/pass-the-nyquil/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:42:35 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/22/pass-the-nyquil/ Have been extremely sick for the past couple of days now and have not been able to sleep a wink. Called a girlfriend to come over and bring me some NyQuil so I could get some rest. Not sure what exactly I got but it has taken all the energy from me and left me in a world of pain. Anyways needless to say not much of anything will be getting done over the next week, I just hope I am fully recovered by Halloween so I can go out and party.

]]> http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/22/pass-the-nyquil/feed/ Back that thang up http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/19/back-that-thang-up/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/19/back-that-thang-up/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:23:06 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/19/back-that-thang-up/ Well I learned the hard way about not backing up my hard drive every once and awhile and before you suffer the same fate, make sure to put it on your to do list. Losing so much work almost makes me want to stop doing what I am doing and start a new career, yea it”s that bad. But I am managing to get on with life and work and redoing everything I have already done, again! Well this is my advice to everyone who owns a personal computer ” back that thang up “.

]]> http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/19/back-that-thang-up/feed/ Yahoos new search http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/15/yahoos-new-search/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/15/yahoos-new-search/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:48:51 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/15/yahoos-new-search/ Typed in a keyword in Yahoos search box and I noticed there was a new format, what I was searching for is not important but this new look is because like Google it has allowed for video thumbnails to be played inside the search results which is something I love about one of the new Google search features. In my opinion I think Yahoo needs to upgrade the games part of the website, the spades games could look so much better. I am surprised Google did not patent playing thumbnail videos in its results but anyways I give Yahoos new search a 2 out of 5 because spam still takes most of the top search results and Yahoo needs to spend more time on fixing it results and less time on looks.

]]> http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/10/15/yahoos-new-search/feed/ The Sydney Classifieds http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/09/27/the-sydney-classifieds/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/09/27/the-sydney-classifieds/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:14:29 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/09/27/the-sydney-classifieds/ Sydney Classifieds

I was visiting a friend on vacation in Sydney, Australia and during the visit, we were surfing the web and showing each other our favorite hot spots and she took me to a website that has Sydneys classifieds online, this one website is used by everyone down under my friend says. The website is called Gumtree, and Gumtree runs free classified ads for various things like Sydney Rental Properties to Sydney dating. I guess it is the Craigs List of Australia, which got me to thinking, “what are the other Gumtree websites for each country”. If you know of any websites that are like Gumtree in your country please post them in the comments section so I can check them out, thanks!

]]> http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/09/27/the-sydney-classifieds/feed/ Halloweens around the corner http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/09/09/halloweens-around-the-corner/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/09/09/halloweens-around-the-corner/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2007 09:00:17 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/09/09/halloweens-around-the-corner/ Everyone that knows me knows that Halloween is my favorite day of the entire year. My entire family gets decked out in halloween costumes and we fix up the house and yard to make it look scary and creepy every year for the tricker treaters that come knocking. Finding the perfect halloween custome can be tricky for someone my size but thanks to this great online costume store that sells adult halloween costumes among many other costumes, it has never been easier for me to find a great look outfit. They also have a great selection for kids halloween customes and infant halloween costumes at the best prices I have found anywhere off and online. Anyone looking for some great candy this halloween should stop by my house on October 31 and anyone looking for some great costumes should visit Anytime Costumes

]]> http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/09/09/halloweens-around-the-corner/feed/ Vacation Rentals http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/09/09/vacation-rentals/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/09/09/vacation-rentals/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:45:51 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/09/09/vacation-rentals/ Was looking around for a company to help with my vacation rental homes I own accross the country, and I found this great website that lists Hawaii vacation rentals and San Diego vacation rentals and also Florida vacation rentals  plus thousands of more locations all around the world. Since I have a place in all three cities, it was the perfect vacation rental website for me to put my homes up for rent for people looking to buy tiem shares. With all the money I hope to make using this service, I plan to go on a vacation of my own to the Caribbean.

]]> http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/09/09/vacation-rentals/feed/ Hawaii Real Estate http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/09/09/hawii-real-estate/ http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/09/09/hawii-real-estate/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:35:19 +0000 Ashley http://ashleybowers.com/blog/2007/09/09/hawii-real-estate/ Hawaii real estate

Was looking for a great retirement home in Hawaii and decided to look around the major Hawian islands for a great home on the beach, after looking at some Maui real estate and Kauai real estate I decided on getting a place right on the beach of Maui. Since I will not be there most of the time of the year I will probably sell time shares so I can make some money on the side while it just sits empty. Anyone interested in buying some island real easte should contact the great people above.

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