Month: September 2007
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ChannelAdvisor Acquisition of Marketworks Update
This is an update to the acquisition of Marketworks by ChannelAdvisor that I posted earlier. I have posted what I have found to be some bullet points of information on the Marketworks acquisition. These were various sources written about the acquisition that I have compiled and some other thoughts about the merger. ChannelAdvisor will cut…
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Colorado in September and It’s 23 Degrees
This image was taken just a few days ago. YES, these two photos were taken on September 25th, in Creede, Colorado. Not the most photographic images I know, but we went up to visit some family in Colorado and froze to death in just a few days. The fall weather in this part of Colorado…
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Colorado in September and It's 23 Degrees
This image was taken just a few days ago. YES, these two photos were taken on September 25th, in Creede, Colorado. Not the most photographic images I know, but we went up to visit some family in Colorado and froze to death in just a few days. The fall weather in this part of Colorado…
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Google Launches TheGoogle.com
Or did they? Well, not really, and it sounds a little stupid like theDonald, but a news type site (the Onion) reported yesterday that Google was launching a new site, called TheGoogle.com saying “Google Launches ‘The Google’ For Older Adults”. The article goes on to say how it is a more secure search engine and…
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Ever have one of those weeks?
This past week turned out to be one of those weeks for us. Throughout all the details that follow I was able to somehow keep my sanity and keep my schedule in regards to the Secret of the Stole KAL. A huge THANK YOU and a big CYBER HUG go out to my friend Reba…
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High Res NASA Photos of Space Shuttle Endeavour in Orbit by Texas Jim
No, I did not actually take these images this time, but I found them to be so spectacular that I had to go ahead and post them as the image of the day. I was forwarded the information on these photos taken by those on the ISS and the Space Shuttle on their last mission. The…
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Great Firefox Plugin
For those who use Firefox, you can get some great plugins that add functionality to the browser. One that is pretty neat is the SearchStatus plugin. If you are interested in SEO or traffic utilization at all, this handy plugin puts the most popular rankings of a website, PageRank and Alexa (along with Compete) on…
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Sumertime in Alabama Equals a Butterfly on Lantana
I thought I would post an image of the day post once in a while here so here is the first one. This was taken about a week ago in my back yard on some very overgrown Lantana (see description below). A good photographer and teacher once told me that you don’t have to go…
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Changing Your Blog Sometimes Means a New Theme
Well, as I usually do, I have moved on to another theme (called fallseason) that I think better fits my blog and content. Although a majority of my posts are related to ham radio I do have many other interests like photography and small business, and I wanted to move to a design that was…
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Aurora Watch: Solar Wind Due to Hit the Earth Tonight
There is so much to look at that effects the radio propagation and certainly a lot to learn if you are new at this, but I found this information interesting and wanted to post it. Thanks to Karen [KI4NGX] for the info. She always sends out a ton of really great stuff on space weather…
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ChannelAdvisor to Acquire Rival Marketworks
ChannelAdvisor announced today that they will acquire Marketworks for some undisclosed amount (right now), see the press release below. As this develops further we will discuss what the implications might be for those using both MW’s and CA’s integration systems. Just off the top of my head, I would say the Marketworks people should see…
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No Ham Radio 2 Meter DX Contacts Today
Well I didn’t make any DX 2 meter contacts working the meteor scatter today but I did learn quite a bit researching information on the meteor scatter, comets, propagation, and even more about a Yaesu FT-221. I was excited about the prospect of making a meteor scatter contact but didn’t really know much about it.…
Scott Fillmer 