Warmest Greetings,

:: Monday, September 22, 2003 ::

I WANT MY GOOGLE BACK!

The oddest thing happened when Hurricane Isabel came raging into town. Google.com disappeared! Seems as though many households in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area can't get to Google.com or pull up many sites that contain Google's Ad Sense ads. Comcast Cable says they're working on it, (it's a DNS issue) but ok, it's been since last Friday and an email from their helpdesk and a conversation with them around midnight last night brought no hope that resolution is anytime soon.

If you're proud to be a WYSIWYG webmaster, don't go here.

My puppy got rave reviews from his vet today. Seems as though he's "well trained, and I'm not just saying that." Dakota is doing great, although he's losing his baby teeth and bleeding all the time. I took the advice I read somewhere that you should take a Golden Retriever puppy everywhere and expose them to everything. It's apparently paying off. We take Dakota everywhere and are very firm with him around children and other dogs (all of whom he loves and wants to knock over when he sees them.) The socialization of our dog has made him adaptable, not-clingy and happy. Every day is another adventure as far as he's concerned. It's sorta fun looking at the world through the eyes of a puppy.

This is helpful. US States Select Option List

If you're a girl, you may like Girls top of the class worldwide. There's nothing like a battle of the sexes to brighten up one's day.

Last week I was released from a 2 year sub-contract (my choice), so that I can pursue new opportunities which I couldn't do while locked into that contract. This article is a nice reminder on why I work from home. The "Real" New Economy?

Findings of a 10-study show:

Work has become more demanding on employees.
Employer-employee relationships have become less hierarchical and more transactional.
Employers are moving away from long-term employment relationships.
Employees have less confidence in long-term rewards and greater expectations for short-term rewards.
Immediate supervisors are now the most important people in the workplace.
Supervising employees now requires more time and skill on the part of managers.

MSN and Google blab:

"While MSN may have the history of being the "next big thing", Yahoo has the stronger Internet brand." -- Search Engine Blog updated by Andy Beal

Microsoft goes after Google

:: posted by Kim Krause Berg on 9/22/2003 01:05:44 PM

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