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Links worth following.

Here are the links of interest to readers of my books for the week ending February 16:

• Time Machine and Airport Disks, redux
  Andy Piper provides text and screencast about Mac OS X 10.5.2’s ability to see AirPort disks — but not allow them to work with Time Machine. On The Lost Outpost.
  (tags: apple macos leopard TimeMachine AirPort)

This is yet another test of Viddler, this time for my series of articles about Video Blogging with Viddler and WordPress.

Links worth following.

Here are the links of interest to readers of my books for the week ending February 9:

• Two New Anti-Scraping WordPress Plugins
  Information about two WordPress Plugins that can help prevent or reduce the negative effects of feed scraping. On PlagiarismToday.
  (tags: wordpress plugins copyright feed plagiarism)
• 5 Steps: How Not to Look Like a Spam Blog
  Great article of tips for legitimate bloggers to build blogs that don’t look like they’re splogs. On PlagiarismToday.
  (tags: splog blogging copyright wordpress)
• How YOU Can Make the Web More Structured
  Tips for using Meta tags to help build an Internet database. On ReadWriteWeb.
  (tags: howto Internet tagging Web2.0 webdesign)

Buy the book at 50% off retail price.

Flying M Productions has a limited number of copies of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide for sale at $12.49 — that’s 50% off retail price. This offer is good for books shipped to U.S. address only. (Sorry, but they’re not willing to deal with overseas shipping because of the extensive customs paperwork involved.)

To order the book, click the Buy Now button below. All payment is via PayPal, which accepts payment via all major credit cards or bank account transfer. Books are shipped out within 48 hours of order receipt.

This is a great deal on a best-selling book. But when Flying M Productions runs out of copies, this offer will end, so don’t delay if you want to take advantage of it.

Links worth following.

Here are the links of interest to readers of my books for the week ending February 2:

• Time Wasting Blog Comments, Comments Policies, and Comment Etiquette
  Good article about creating a comment policy on your blog to prevent marketing and time-wasting comments. On The Blog Herald.
  (tags: blogging comment Web2.0 WordPress)
• Increase Page Rank By Revitalizing Your Old Posts
  Another great post for bloggers from the Blog Herald. This one explains why and how to update and revitalize older posts. A must-read for anyone with posts over 2 years old in their blog.
  (tags: blogging Google Web2.0 WordPress SEO)
• What Is Sucking Your Blogging Confidence Away?
  Yet another great post on the Blog Herald about blogging. This one tackles, among other things, handling mean-spirited comments by readers. Apparently, I’m not the only one who deletes them ruthlessly.
  (tags: blogging WordPress comments Web2.0)
• Magnetic websites
  A great post by Miraz Jordan with some easy-to-follow advice for bloggers and Webmasters. On Tikouka.
  (tags: webdesign web advice blogging)
• Introducing Prologue
  Automattic has introduced Prologue for WordPress, which enables WordPress.com users to create a Twitter-like microblogging environment on their blogs. On WordPress.com.
  (tags: wordpress twitter blogging socialnetworking)
• A color toolbox
  Article covers a number of tools you can use to work with colors. On The Unofficial Apple Weblog.
  (tags: design colors MacOS)

Buy my Excel 2007 books at 50% off retail price.

Flying M Productions has a limited number of copies of Microsoft Office Excel 2007 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide and Creating Spreadsheets and Charts with Microsoft Office Excel 2007 for WIndows: Visual QuickProject Guide for sale at $10.99 and $8.49 respectively — that’s 50% off retail price. This offer is good for books shipped to U.S. address only. (Sorry, but they’re not willing to deal with overseas shipping because of the extensive customs paperwork involved.)

To order a book, click the appropriate Buy Now button below. All payment is via PayPal, which accepts payment via all major credit cards or bank account transfer. Books are shipped out within 48 hours of order receipt.

When Flying M Productions runs out of copies, this offer will end, so don’t delay if you want to take advantage of it.