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Thank You Mrs. Brown

Originally published October 27, 2010 It’s a grey somewhat rainy day, today.  There was nothing very magical in the paper, this morning and nothing really exciting on the internet either. It’s one of those days that you have to work at keeping “up”.  OK, time to start with the check list: 1. Not sick – this is good; […]

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Of Websites, Web-spiders and Other Creepy Crawlies

Originally published October 27, 2010 I always think that Fall (or Spring) are good times to clean out the cobwebs, re-structure, re-think, pull out the map – make sure that we are going in the right direction and so on……  I joined the visa entrepreneurial group on Facebook and came across some really interesting information.

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Feed Your Inner Bookie

Originally published October 27 2010 Paul, the octopus, has died. You remember Paul. He predicted the winner of 8 world cup matches in the last world cup series in South Africa. OK, he was based in Germany – or should I say “tanked” in Germany. Caretakers would put a flag from each of the opposing teams

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It Ain’t Over ‘Till It’s Over

Originally posted October 26, 2010 ….And it’s not over yet for Hazel McCallion. I just had to write this up today – the morning after a rather amazing election in Toronto & surrounding areas.  I am not from Mississauga and I don’t necessarily like Hazel McCallion’s politics – but I love her stamina.  The very idea

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Celebrity Knitting

Originally posted October 24, 2010 It bugged me that I had to leave a blank in my last post on upgrading your “About Us” page by adding someone famous who visits your store. No one came immediately to mind. So I went looking for famous knitters. There are a lot of articles out there on

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Small Changes Big Results

Originally posted October 21, 2010 I was testing the link to INC magazine on my Infiknit blog today – just had to check that Horoscope forecast – when I noticed in INC’s right hand side bar a link to some interesting articles – One in particular really stood out “How to Design A Great ‘About Us’ Page

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Customer Loyalty Programs

Originally published October 20, 2010 This is an interesting article published Oct 11, 2010 in the Globe and Mail. Here is the link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/grow/customer-experience/why-you-shouldnt-just-reward-your-best-customers/article1753081/ Be sure to click the 3 headings in the middle of the article to read the full article. If you have ever thought of putting in a customer loyalty program, read

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Back Again

Originally published October 20, 2010 I can’t believe that it’s been almost 3 years since I last posted. Well what can I say? I got caught up in knitting lace and have spent the last 3 years creating about 30 patterns under the nom de plume Queen Anne’s Lace. Here is the link for my

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Now Where is that Degree in Engineering?

Originally published Nov 18, 2007 I think I’ll need it; because I have to make this on the right, look something like this – below – with or without the sweater. Well actually I started to assemble my woolly board a.k.a sweater blocker a few weeks ago and found that I was missing 3 wooden

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Nuit Blanche Deux

Originally posted Sept 30, 2007 Last night was Toronto’s second Nuit Blanche – an all night “Art Happening” that started at 7:00pm and ended at 7:00am. There was some discussion throughtout last year as to whether Toronto would stage another Nuit Blanche after the first which attracted almost half a million people – double what

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