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Turn your email newsletters into an RSS feed with GMail
Thursday, December 27th, 2007Several people I know subscribe to multiple email newsletters, but would prefer RSS because it’s more convenient and doesn’t clutter their inbox. Unfortunately, despite the Web 2.0 craze, a lot of good content still isn’t available via RSS. Such content providers should contact me right away to get started with RSS, but in case they […]
Who are you looking for?
Monday, September 24th, 2007I get about eight hits per day on this site from people Googling for James Tharpe, Jim Tharpe, Tharpe, or Jamie Tharpe. They spend an average of 2 seconds on my site, so I am obviously not the James Tharpe they are looking for.
If you found this page by searching for any part of […]
A Personal Productivity Scaffold
Monday, July 23rd, 2007 Recently I began reading the Steve Pavlina blog after a friend recommended it.
Today I came across an article on how to create a personal productivity scaffold. What a great idea! After reading the article, I have implemented one myself as a way of keeping up with my accounting books which are always lagging behind. […]
What I did when my data was stolen
Monday, June 11th, 2007Over the weekend, my laptop was stolen. Though I had security measures in place to prevent data theft, it’s best to assume that these safeguards have been compromised. Being a computer guy, I know how easy it can be to crack a password and defeat most forms of encryption.
Step 1: Freeze your Accounts
As I was […]
How People Are Finding Me
Saturday, February 17th, 2007I’ve been running Google Analytics on JamesTharpe.com for a while now and have learned a few interesting things from it, such as:
Most newcomers find the site through Google, by searching for some variant of my name. Variants include: James Tharpe, Jim Tharpe, and Jamie Tharpe. This accounts for just over five visits per week.
Others have […]
On the front page of Helium
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007A short while ago I thought I'd try out Helium, a website that encourages people to write for their site by sharing ad revenues with writers. I wrote an article on exercising at home to […]
Cool feature of Google Reader: Share
Saturday, January 20th, 2007Liz and I are thinking of taking a free online MIT Course together in the near future. To make it easier for us to pick one, today I explored the Share feature of Google Reader to share a list of classes I am interested in.
It is a pretty simple feature to use. Any time you […]