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Recent content by findtim
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New office chair... to end all office chairs
i'm thinking of moving to standing ! a friend of mine has done it , its now 6 weeks and i spoke to him about it, he says he's VERY happy. note: he has a FULL DESK that can go to any height he wants, from normal desk to standing and everywhere in between, its a $ 3K USD desk he said it solved... -
Wasting Money with subscriptions
i don't use godaddy for domains, but i did ONCE, actually it was a new client so i just wanted to move the domain to my system, ANYWAY, it was close to renewal and when i went to move it they offered me a 20% discount to stay ! well i wasn't staying BUT if you intend to , my hint is never renew... -
Self-employed people
17 years now fully self employed from the internet as a web developer. i think doing a "stock take" on yourself would have been the best thing, and i now having a saying " know what you are bad at and pay someone else to do it" i don't think we can be good at everything, but as self employs we... -
Anyone ever puchased a replacement laptop battery?
yep, using it right now ! ebay, from hong kong, free delivery, arrived on time, 25% of what i had to pay in oz, works PERFECT. other note: i've only ever had 1 hassle on ebay and it was all sorted and refunded BECAUSE i used paypal tim -
Book recommendations
"a whole new mind" by dan pink https://www.amazon.com/Whole-New-Mind-Right-Brainers-Future/dp/1594481717/ref=nosim?tag=acorn06-21 OMG, if you have kids in school, this is a book to read, even though it was written in 2006 ! it is sooooooooo true, imo, this book totally changed the way i... -
Wit and humour
some famous author said this, and i'll probably get it wrong! something like: " i love rugby, it has the ability to keep 30 bullies far away from town" tim -
Stuff you really should have learned as a kid, but actually only learned recently?
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How Much Time Do You Dedicate Each Day to Learning New Skills?
i count research as learning, maybe what you need to know today but someday. i'd have to say i spend @ 4 hours a day researching and learning, half that time is spent on youtube, a great resource i feel. as i work 12+ hours a day its affordable time. tim -
Modern, fast and flexible Wordpress themes?
we use to use studiopress and it worked very well, now we only use it for tiny sites. we now soley use divi3+ , loads of tutorials, freebies and the themes/skins that are not expensive, HOWEVER we haven't bought a theme yet as the base is so adaptable. tim -
Help with standard blurb to convince people of value of a domain
say something like " i have set my price at what i truly believe its worth because i can see the benefits of owning such a domain name. we seem to far apart on price but if you could come much closer to my price i may be able to consider your offer, if not I wish you well in your search...- findtim
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- Forum: Selling Domain Names
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What to do next.....
search ed dale and troy dean, just some aussies doing well also wordpress have some great online course plugins to use, all with guidelines and one off or recurring payment systems for your students. the secret seems to be, give give give , make an offer...... disclosure: i don't do it, my... -
What to do next.....
i threw my job away 17 years ago, but i spent the last year creating an online income first, it only made @ 20% of my job when i quit but went far above very quickly with fulltime effort. some really good advice in this thread, yes you end up working more then 40 hours but if your out of town... -
Any Star gazers on Acorn ?
the church is @ 200 meters behind the town on the lake , a sort of penisula all by itself, i'm in the wedding industry thus i noticed ! http://www.rltgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/lake.jpg -
Any Star gazers on Acorn ?
it was six feet of snow when i was there in 2006, could see 2 feet but a great pizza joint in town. australia lost to italy in the world cup in that horrible match and we found out we were preggy with our first, very special Te Anau. do you remember the church...
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