THMS is “The Hobbyist Machine Store”, an e-commerce website that I have operated for over six years. I offer replacement steel gears for a popular line of machine tools and also offer the complete line of Taig Tool micro-machine products. I have used several e-commerce store software products. The first one was much too difficult to maintain and had some serious limitations. The second product has been my mainstay (X-Cart) actually designed and maintained by...
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Going Green
My employer Schneider Electric has picked a new location for our Dallas, Texas area office. Actually we are now in Carrollton, TX but are slated to move to a new facility in Coppell, TX which is the next town west of our present location. The lease is up where we are and Schneider wants to “walk the talk” in a much “greener” building than we presently live. So they are starting from the ground up....
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Most US citizens probably haven’t noticed but there was a fairly insignificant change in the US Postage system. No change in normal rate, but the Feds revamped some of the classes of mail. Here is a paragraph I plagiarized from the Stamps.com website (where I do all my postal business). On July 28th, 2013, the USPS will implement minor structural changes to their existing services. Postage rates will not be increasing for any existing service. ...
Continue reading...Excel Panic
I saw a Microsoft Office 2007 update upload in one of my auto update sessions a couple of days ago. I have the full office suite on my business/home computer. I am also running Windows seven ultimate as my OS. Yesterday I was manipulating some old Excel worksheets (.xls) which I use for tracking material orders in my store. I immediately became alarmed after I opened the first spreadsheet. I could look at it but...
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