In my last post I explained how I updated my The Hobbyist’s Machine Store website using WordPress and a plug in store software call WP e Commerce. The plugin is published by some blokes in New Zeland. I was extremely pleased at how the new layout looked and spent considerable time in loading all the products into the web site. I spent some cash for the Gold update package. There were some quirks in getting...
Continue reading...A New Look for THMS
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...
Continue reading...A Mouse Tail (Lesson Learned)
A funny thing happened on the way to starting my computer. That paraphrase is so old (1960’s) most people don’t know it is one. Actually what happened to me wasn’t so funny until the end. Then I laughed at myself. I started my computer the day after I brought all my bookkeeping up to date on my computer. This was December 1st. The computer had been working flawlessly all of the previous day while I...
Continue reading...Interpretation
I have seen this over and over on social media. I can’t verify that it is a true document or a good fabrication. Snopes shows no UL results. It doesn’t really matter as it has made a statement. In fact many people have made their own statements about this document. What I have to say doesn’t fit into a small comment field. There is so much more (in my opinion) going on here, I need...
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