Buffalo Trace Bourbon

March 31st, 2010 | Posted by i.nconspicuo.us in Food & Drink - (0 Comments)


If you’re a fan of bourbon (or hot chicks) stop by the Buffalo Trace Saloon and signup today. If you’re not a fan of Bourbon, just stop by and check out all of the “Bourbunnies” – I guess that’s their little play on words to give them a reason to feature hot broads from around the US on their site. And if you think YOU are a “bourbunnie”, go ahead and signup and submit your own picture.

Dont’ forget to checkout the recipes they have under the Grillin’ section – there’s some pretty good stuff in there, all of which features bourbon in the ingredient list!

It just so happens that I’ve never tried Buffalo Trace Bourbon, so if you’ve had it before, let me know what you think. I’m not even sure that I can buy this in my area…

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Google Merchant Center – No performance data is available for your account.

March 25th, 2010 | Posted by i.nconspicuo.us in Tech/Web - (0 Comments)


I recently updated some of my clients from Google Base to use the new and “improved” Google Merchant Center. I’ve got the feeds working and uploading to Google Merchant Center now, but I’m having a problem. Under the Dashboard, it appears that I have no products uploaded. Everything is zero. Active Products, Search Clicks, API impressions, etc. However, when I go into the My Products tab, I can click on Active and see 94 products. If I click on Performance Report, I get the following message: No performance data is available for your account.

Has anyone else had this problem of data not showing up in the account? I’ve waited a couple days and my Google Merchant Account Dashboard still remains empty. Any suggestions?

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Error 807: The network connection between your computer and the VPN server was interrupted.

March 24th, 2010 | Posted by i.nconspicuo.us in Tech/Web - (0 Comments)


I have been trying to setup a VPN connection between my home and office computer to make for easier off-site backups (for both home and office) but I’ve been unlucky thus far. I’m using DD-WRT on my home router and I’m trying to connect to that as a VPN from my office. Each time I try to connect, I get the following error:

Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx using ‘WAN Miniport (PPTP)’…

Error 807: The network connection between your computer and the VPN server was interrupted. This can be caused by a problem in the VPN transmission and is commonly the result of internet latency or simply that your VPN server has reached capacity. Please try to reconnect to the VPN server. If this problem persists, contact the VPN administrator and analyze the quality of network connectivity.

I found a couple different guides on how to setup DD-WRT routers and configure them to allow VPN access, but so far, those guides have not worked for me.

If anyone has had any success setting up a VPN using DD-WRT, is there something that I could be missing? Any suggestions would be helpful. Here’s the error screen that I’m getting:

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Who Could Go for An Orage Soda?

March 22nd, 2010 | Posted by i.nconspicuo.us in Reviews - (0 Comments)


If you’re looking for internet marketing, you’ve found the place to go. Most of the time, searching for a product or company or product can be difficult, but now it is much easier because information and reviews are more readily available. Just look for orange soda and orangesoda reviews to see what it is you’re looking to get. If that doesn’t make sense to you, you might want to consider what orange soda can do for you, besides rot your teeth. This may sound a bit funny, but orange soda can help grow your business believe it or not.

So when it comes time to increase your web presence and your search rankings, try looking at some orange soda reviews and you will find some very good results. There are not too many bad things that can be said about more traffic, more customers, and more sales. Right? Whether you’re looking for Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Search Engine Optimization (SEO) or even Pay Per Click Advertising (PPC), you will be able to find what you’re looking to with orange soda, just read some of the orange soda reviews to see what they’re all about.

The internet is a big place, make sure you have someone on your side, or at least read about some of the people and companies who may be able to help you.

Marketing with Twitter – Does it Work?

March 22nd, 2010 | Posted by i.nconspicuo.us in Tech/Web - (2 Comments)


Recently, a few of my clients have been using twitter to market their products and services. There’s been a bit of a learning curve for all those involved, but after awhile we seemed to start getting some decent response. Lot’s of followers are coming along, but not as much interaction as I would have hoped for though. I’d say about 0.5% of all of our followers actually engage in meaningful dialogue and “retweets”. Where we’ve gotten most of our response is by holding free giveaways. However, it seems that all the followers and retweets that we gain from these giveaways are just looking to get a free product, they don’t care what the product is, they just want to get something for free.

Any experience with twitter? And is it all just spam/junk traffic?

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Create a Website for your Business with Webs.com

March 22nd, 2010 | Posted by i.nconspicuo.us in Reviews - (0 Comments)


Webs.com is a great place to create a website for your small business and the main reason that I say its great is because it’s free and easy to setup! With Webs.com, you don’t need any sort of experience in creating websites. Webs.com has many pre built templates that allow you to create a website for your small business that actually fits in with your target market.

One of the most beneficial features of using Webs.com to create your small business website is that you’ll get access to statistics about your visitors. Statistics and visitor data can be very beneficial when trying to learn about your target market and optimize your ROI.

Some other features of Webs.com that you’ll find very useful if you are a small business owner are:

  • E-commerce Sales
    Sell your products online and collect payment through either PayPal or Google Checkout. You add your products and set the prices.
  • Communicate with your Customers through Blogs and Forums
    Let your customers interact on forums and blog comments. See what they have to say!
  • Email News Updates
    Send out newsletters with updates on your latest happenings.

If you’re looking to get a small business website for free, then you should definitely check out Webs.com today.

A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond 74.125.45.25:587 – Connecting to Gmail with .NET

March 8th, 2010 | Posted by i.nconspicuo.us in Tech/Web - (0 Comments)


I’ve been trying to setup a web form to send mail using my google account, but I have repeatedly had no luck. I’ve found many posts about people who are having the same problems, but have yet to come across a viable solution. Here is the code, if you see something that is incorrect, please let me (and others) know how to fix it.

System.Net.Mail.MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
mail.From = new MailAddress("no-reply@mydomain.com", "Do Not Reply");
mail.To.Add(new MailAddress("email@mydomain.com", "My Email"));
mail.Subject = "Email Subject";
mail.Body = message;
mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
mail.Priority = MailPriority.High;
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.EnableSsl = true;
client.Port = 587;
client.Host = "smtp.google.com";
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
client.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("no-reply@mydomain.com", "password");
client.Send(mail);

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