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Random thoughts and information
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Homeless
Well my house is sold it took a whooping 14 days on the market with a FSBO sign in the front yard. Granted, we were very lucky and the timing helped a lot since neither I nor the buyer had a realtor. This also meant that the buyer got a great deal on the home, since I was willing to slash the price ...
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Tucson Complete passes 1 million rank
Check it out!!! Tucson Complete passes the 1 million mark in traffic rankings, which is actually pretty darn good!!! Technorati Tags: Tucson Complete, Tucson Wiki, Alexa Traffic Rankings
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Project AR-15
So I have a new sick and twisted project that I am currently investigating. Unlike the others, this one has pretty much nothing to do with technology at least not IT that is. I am currently investigating the possibility of building myself an AR-15. Yeah, I probably dont REALLY need one, but I want o ...
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January Traffic Report
I would say that December was a good month for all three websites that I host. Here is the breakdown for each of them. Lightning-Alley 458 Total Visits From 305 Visitors (42.58% Direct Traffic, 8.08% Referring Sites, 49.34% Search Engines) 38 Countries Visited 31 States Visited Analysis: Stats ar ...
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Tucson Complete Looking Up
Well, after undergoing drastic changes, Tucson Complete is almost back to the stage where it was a week or so ago. In the time that I have been thrashing about with the page a number of exciting things have happened involving the site. Just today I took a look at the Google Page Rank and Tucson Com ...
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Seeding A Wiki
I think there is a large misconception about Wikis in general. A lot of people have the idea that if you stick a Wiki out ther people will come and people will contribute not true, at all. The truth of the matter is, you have to have enough information at the wiki to keep people interested for quite ...
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Tucson Complete & Search Engines
Blah I have made a number of changes with Tucson Complete to clean up the URLs and things along these lines. However, Google still has the long and drawn out URLs thanks to the fact that I didnt setup my robots.txt file properly and let the site leak on to the web before I was ready. As a result, Tu ...
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December Traffic Report
I would say that December was a good month for all three websites that I host. Here is the breakdown for each of them. Lightning-Alley 463 Total Visits From 242 Visitors (46% Direct Traffic, 11.88%?? Referring Sites, 42.12% Search Engines) 36 Countries Visited 33 States Visited Analysis: For what ...
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Twilight Zone Marathon
Well, if you find yourself wondering what I am doing on New Years day other than working on Tucson Complete, there is a good chance that watching the Sci Fi channels Twilight Zone Marathon is the right answer. I just cant get enough of that show. On an off note, there is a good chance Tucson Complet ...
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Tucson Complete Search Results
In trying to establish Tucson Completes online identity I often times check key search phrases to see where the site turns up. Here are the results for some of the keywords that I typically try keep in mind that the site has not quite been out there and going for a month yet. All searches are via th ...
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Tucson Complete Growth
I am very satisfied with the rate at which Tucson Complete is currently growing. It is nearing the 200 page mark quite rapidly and we almost have 10 users now. Traffic has been great with visitors coming from 11 countries and 22 states. The really great thing is that the majority of people who arriv ...
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Merry Christmas!!!
Merry Christmas Everyone!!! I must say that this one is very special to me, given everything that has happened it is just nice to hang out with family and friends. Gwansho and JBCTech, youll be happy to know that my parents provided me with a new Halo 3 game for Christmas!!! That mean, soon Ill be b ...
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Cleaning Doku Wiki URLs
This turns out to be a bit more tricky than I thought it would be There are a number of settings in the Configuration Manager that would seem to do everything you need on the surface, but as it turns out most of them do not fully do what you want. I used the following settings in the configuration ...
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Tucson Legends
So apparently my new obsession at Tucson Complete has been legends, hauntings and such. I am compiling quite the list that I hope to have completed by Christmas. Then comes the fun part research and investigation, pictures reports etc. On that note, Tucson Complete is growing quite well and is actua ...
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The BreakĀ ahhh
Well, in all honesty Ive been on break all week, but it just dawned on me how nice it is to just do nothing. Funny, when your in college you think it is so hectic and what not then you realize, not so much. On a plus note, Ericas brother, Rob, just graduated (early) with his Criminal Justice degree ...
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Traffic Surge
Well, hopefully its not just a fad, but I have noticed a significant traffic increase over the last week which I would like to think is in direct relation to the fact that I have been posting regularly. The good thing is that with the new project I have a good excuse. Tonight Ill be headed to Buffal ...
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How To Take Lightning Photos
Over the Thanksgiving holidays Glenns, over at Roi Rat Journal, family was down and happened to make a pit stop by the house to see the puppies. In the midst of talking with them his daughters fiance mentioned that he was wanting to learn to take lightning photos but had no idea how. At that point i ...
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Legends Of Tucson
In my research for Tucson Complete, I have long been fascinated with legends and hauntings in Tucson. Well, my searches have come up with some results but not quite as many as Id like so, it seems fitting that Tucson Complete contain as many references to legends and hauntings as possible. I have be ...
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Aspen Loop From Marshall Gulch Hike
I was able to dig up some pictures from a Marshall Gulch hike that I took a little over a year ago with Erica. The hike was actually back before we had Cody, so it was just myself Erica, Turbo and Tranny. I have to say that it is my most memorable hike of all time and it is still the one that I use ...
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Sycamore Canyon Hike
A while back my buddy Glenn, over at Roi Rat Journal, went on an awesome hike through Sycamore Canyon in the Pajarito Wilderness of the Coronado National Forest. The hike was spectacular and Turbo thoroughly enjoyed himself, swimming in the stream and scaling the rocks as well as nosing through the ...
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