Gavin’s thoughts – a few times per month
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Here are some great classic Windows wallpapers – great if you’re trying to become a Windows Hipster.
Windows 95
See this screenshot of a Windows 95 desktop for some memories.
Windows 98
Windows Bliss on Wikipedia
Windows 2000
It is located at:
C:\Users\[your username]\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\[some id]\3d0d7e5fb2ce288813306e4d4636395e047a3d28.mddata (Windows 7)
- or -
C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\[some ID]\3d0d7e5fb2ce288813306e4d4636395e047a3d28 (Windows XP)
Copy it to a safe location for your use.
This is open-source software. Download from Sourceforge.
First open the file. Then go to File > Export > Table as CSV. Save it as a CSV file, and now you can open this is Excel as a permanent backup.
Note that the date column is in UNIX POSIX time. You can do one-off coversions by copying the date number into UNIX Online Conversion or you can insert a column and put in a formula to convert the UNIX time into normal dates:
=CELL/(60*60*24)+"1/1/1970"
Be sure to “format cells” as “date” or “time.”
SEO is not hard. Create great content that others want to link to, and you’ll be home free. This does not happen overnight, and does not happen easy, but it is doable.
I recently read a blog entitled SEO for Non Dicks. I thought it was a great piece that echos my opinions on SEO. Some of his points inlude:
.. and more. All these guys offering “easy” ways to increase search engine rankings are just sleezy characters who may increase your rankings temporarily, but once the search engines find out about the schemes, your participation in them will be your ticket to Google’s black list.
Another way to employ ethical, quality methods to make sure your search engine ranking is as high as it should be is to follow Google’s SEO Starter Guide. That’s right – a guide published by Google telling you how to make sure Google will index your site properly. Make sure you read this and take the appropriate recommendations to heart.
Lastly, a there are two great tools created and offered for free by Google to help you analyze your SEO and site performance. These tools are Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools. You should have your site connected to both of these tools so you can analyze your site’s search engine ranking optimally.
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