I retired one of my hobby blogs called ModelBoatBlog. That project has been in suspended animation and I have added nothing new to the blog for some time. It is victim to the “too many irons in the fire” syndrome to which I sometimes succumb. The old URL for those who have it marked will link back to here at Ramblin’ Dan.
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The Big Bang
I created a replacement for an online forum (TEDEX) which is now called POSTEX Forums. It has gathered no moss so to speak. At least the legitimate kind I was looking for. POSTEX is kind of an answer to a question that no one is asking. From the movie A Field of Dreams there is a quote, “Build it and they will come.” I built it and as what happened in the old TEDEX forum...
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This was a day to remember. I thought PayPal (PP) had thrown a monkey wrench into my ecommerce Ramblin’ Dan’s Store. PP actually did toss the wrench, but I was able to get it out of the gears before it did too much damage. Here’s what went down. I opened a new PP account last fall when I changed my ecommerce store name from The Hobbyist Machine Store (THMS) to Ramblin’ Dan’s Store (RDS). What...
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This blog uses a CMS (Content Management System) named WordPress. No secret, there is a link to where you can get a copy in the left column under Meta/WordPress.org. It works well and I run many blogs using this software. I also have another CMS I like to use called Joomla. The name has been hyperlinked to their website if you care to check them out. It too is a very good CMS with more...
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