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Introducing TechzOnline

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SOB Hall of Famer: TechzOnline

TechZ Online

TechzOnline started out as just a personal space to put down a few thoughts and a central place to let people know more about me. It slowly became a very comfortable medium via the exellent CMS, WP, to put down my thoughts and interact with a wide spectrum of people, in terms of culture & thoughts. I’m a technology fan, and as such my Friday Link Day usually has a good bunch of tech links, not to mention I keep categories devoted solely to tech. I keep my blog ad-free so users need not worry about pop-ups and ugly boxes with ads in them.

Notes from Liz: In the olden days when I was a kid, TV had variety shows. Today you meet a tech blog with variety posts. Techzonline from Bahrain is that blog. It’s not only more informative and it’s way more entertaining than those old variety shows were. You just never know what the next post will bring you. The Microsoft Dead for the Live Challenged Review was one of my favorites. The blogger behind this tech blog is clever and worth paying attention to. Each post is packed with refreshing new slants, and facts and ideas that make fun tuning into this blog — like it used to be fun to tune into TV in the olden days.

You’ve probably seen Techz commenting on Sucessful Blog. He’s planning to visit the blogs in the Hall of Fame. He’s one Successful and Outstanding Blogger.

Thanks, Techz, for letting me introduce you to the readers of Successful Blog.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Net Neutrality 9-02-2006

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Net Neutrality Links

I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.

Comcast Provides Preview of Net Non-Neutrality

. . . I have to wonder if a recent gripe from a Comcast cable modem customer, plus a story I read in this morning’s newspaper about Comcast blacklisting The Well, might be providing a sneak preview of what one of the biggest players has in store for us all.

A reader who is a Comcast broadband customer had a disturbing experience recently. “I’m at a total loss about how to handle this situation,” the reader wrote. “An e-mail to me from a friend got bounced apparently by Comcast. He resent it to my G-Mail account so I could see it. It said that his message was “Blocked for abuse. Please send blacklist removal requests to blacklist_comcastnet@cable.comcast.com’ among other stuff. So apparently there exists a Comcast blacklist that I cannot control that stops e-mails and that requires my correspondents to ask to be permitted to send me messages.”

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Yes, there’s no question that all of this is far more easily explained by the remarkable incompetence Comcast has long displayed (see Comcast Seems Clueless About Blacklists) in the e-mail arena than some malevolent plot. This is a company that has never been able to properly support its own broadband customers, much less innocent third parties impacted by its random actions. But that’s just the point. Is there any reason to believe that non net-neutrality would make Comcast any better at handling such issues? . . .

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Happy Blogtipping September 1 All Ready? Go!

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Three Optimists

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Everyone has those people they know that are always up and making others feel positive about what’s going on. I know at least three that I count as special that I want to tip my blog to.

Here’s how it works.

  • Choose three or more bloggers you admire and link to them,
  • List three reasons why you admire each one.
  • Then add a tip at the end.

That’s all there is to it.

1. Starbucker I tip my blog to you because

  • You blog like you live — with verve and spirit, dancing through the ideas and over the keys. It makes visiting your blog a pleasure.
  • You posts are about real things and real ideas, but you don’t take yourself or them too seriously. There’s always that touch that says you know there are so many things that aren’t worth worrying too hard about.
  • You haven’t forgotten what fun is. You know how to play and how to be a friend.

    • My blog tip: Be careful driving in those mountains. Don’t be thinking of blog posts going around those hairpin turns.

    2. Mike Sansone I tip my blog to you because

  • Your blogging style is all about relationships. I always find myself staying longer and reading more than just a single post.
  • You’re such a warm, authentic presence. I feel better just listening to your point of view on business.
  • When you study an idea or subject, you never lose track of the human side of it. I feel proud to know you.

    • My blog tip: You seem to have so much going on. I can’t keep track of it all.

    3. Tom Vander WellI tip my blog to you because

  • You’re always celebrating someone else’s success.
  • You’re constantly curious about how you might make the world a better place.
  • It’s obvious that you listen actively to what your readers say. It shows in your comments.

    • My blog tip: Don’t forget to give one of those gold mugs to yourself.

    Thanks to all three of you for making my blogging life a nicer place to be.

    –Me “Liz” Strauss

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    Net Neutrality 8-31-2006

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    Net Neutrality Links

    I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.

    Net Neutrality Heads Toward Showdown In Senate; May Get Sidelined

    . . . Is Internet neutrality a solution without a problem? The hardware companies think so. They haven’t invoked the hoopla around the Y2K debacle, but that’s about the position that they’re taking. “We won’t direct traffic away from the content/service providers”

    On the other hand, Internet neutrality groups cite as a battle cry the words spoken last November by AT&T Chairman Edward Whitacre Jr., who said content providers were “nuts” if they thought they could use “my pipes” without paying extra, referring to AT&T’s broadband and telephone DSL services.

    The United States Supreme Court opened the battlefield for Congress to step in last year in its Brand X decision, which affirmed the FCC’s decision classifying cable broadband Internet access an information service and not telephone service. The consequence of the decision was not lost on Congress: According to the Supreme Court, cable is not a common-carrier and therefore does not require equal access to its “pipes.”

    So, Congress has stepped in with the Communications, Consumer’s Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act of 2006 to solve what some Senators see as the problem. The act seeks to allow phone companies to negotiate national cable franchise agreements instead of the way cable companies must do now: negotiating city-by-city franchise rights. . . . Wags predict it the bill may get sidelined until next year

    –ME “Liz” Strauss

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    Commercials Cause Link Leaks on Comments Night!

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    Branded with Link Leak Virus

    Choosy mothers may choose Jif and choosy kids may choose Skippy, but choosy commenter chose Open Comment Nights again Tuesday Night This week. We conquered our fear of “a word from our sponsor” and took on commercial interruptions of our own. But commerical are not only irritating, they also spread viruses — the evil/good link leak virus left us leaving links. The Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes. We didn’t seem to mind though.

    Chris seemed to have recovered from his visit from Basil and his pod experience.

    Welcome to all of the new folks who came. It was great fun having you!

    Cool links were shared.

    And Now a Word From Our

    A word from our attendees . . . we didn’t invite sponsors.
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    Net Neutrality 8-30-2006

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    Net Neutrality Links

    I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.

    Schumer On Net Neutrality

    . . . I’m no fan of Chuck Schumer’s political decision-making, as many of you know. As a legislator, though, he can be great sometimes. . . . he’s out on net neutrality.

    “. . . As the Internet continues to grow and evolve, we must make sure that average consumers can still use the web to learn, shop, and communicate. The Internet has the power to enhance one of the most fundamental values of our democracy: freedom of speech. . . . I will oppose the flawed and limiting provisions in Senator Stevens’ bill, S. 2686, which would allow Internet providers to discriminate against the websites of their competitors . . . If the Stevens bill is not changed to protect network neutrality, I will oppose it. Network neutrality has allowed the Internet to be an engine of economic innovation, democratic participation, and free speech. Eliminating it would be a serious mistake.”

    This is a very very good thing. A thank you call to his Washington office at 202-224-6542 would help Schumer understand that net neutrality is something voters care about.

    –ME “Liz” Strauss

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