Blogging from iPhone

March 22, 2009

I am blogging this from my newly downloaded WordPress app for the iPhone. The HTML markup has to be done manually but it is a great little app. I will get the most use out of it from the comment management functionality. I suppose it will also be good for drafting new posts and then [...]

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TweetSuite Errors and Troubleshooting

March 10, 2009

I ran into more issues getting this to work properly so I switched to another TweetBack plugin. I like the TweetSuite implementation better so I will try to get it working on another one of my blogs (this one perhaps!). Thanks for reading! I was having a lot of trouble getting TweetSuite to work properly [...]

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URL Encode a Twitter Status Message

February 19, 2009

You may have seen Twitter contests where to enter you need to “Click Here to Retweet” a certain message. Here is how it is done! You can add a custom message to the Twitter URL as a link like so: http://twitter.com/home?status=Custom%20Message%20Here When you click it, you will be brought to your Twitter home page (if [...]

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Donate to a Good Cause this Holiday

December 12, 2008

I just made a donation to the Fisher House to support the great work they are doing. The Fisher House provides a home away from home for the families of America’s soldiers who often have to travel long distances to receive specialized medical care. This is a great cause and your help is needed this [...]

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Geoff Manning’s Top 5 Movies of All Time!!!1

December 11, 2008

To be considered in my top X “All Time” movies it has to pass one test. Will I stop what I am doing and watch it, whenever it is on, no matter what I am doing? With that as the criteria, here are my top 5 movies of all time: Shawshank Redemption Tombstone Cincinnati Kid [...]

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Announcing the Twitter Poker Tour

October 30, 2008

Complete Poker Rules has teamed up with Poker Plasm to host the Twitter Poker Tour (TPT). It’s an online home game open to all players. The events are held each Thursday PM. Since there are players with accounts on specific sites, we have created two circuits: TPT:Stars Hosted by Complete Poker Rules on PokerStars.com TPT:Tilt Hosted by [...]

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Generate 301 Redirects in Excel

October 27, 2008

If you are not using Google Webmaster Tools then stop reading now, sign up and come back, we’ll wait. OK now, say we are analyzing the Diagnostics > Web Crawl section in Google Webmaster Tools and notice that there are some Not Found errors. One way to fix these errors is to redirect them in .htaccess using a [...]

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Cure for the Cluttered Desktop

October 21, 2008

I used to have a chronically messy desktop. Fed up with all the clutter I asked myself what the point of the Desktop was. For me it was to hold files and application shortcuts. Well, if I can’t keep it clean, can’t I just hide it and have it still serve it’s purpose?  What I [...]

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WordPress Plugins for a Better Life

October 3, 2008

Well, at least they make *my* life better, and hopefully those of my readers! I use a lot of WordPress plug ins for SEO, Event Management, Web Analytics, Communications, etc so I wanted to just list them out for all to see. Here are all the plug ins in use over at Complete Poker Rules: [...]

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Complete Poker Rules – New Blog Launched

September 19, 2008

Over the last week I have been working to get a new poker blog launched. Complete Poker Rules is a blog that will have discussions (via blog posts and comments) about poker strategy, poker hand analysis, poker how-to’s,  book and product reviews, etc.  While the site is focused on discussion and community, the Poker Rules [...]

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