Progress Being Made

It has been about two weeks now on this project that will always be a work in progress.  I've successfully started a blog.  Updated to iLife 08 and iWeb 08 without the problems described on the Apple feedback site.  And have successful integrated a Google Adsense account into both the blog and my main page at www.rbw.net.  No, I doubt I get rich or begin a life of leisure with tons of passive income from Google ads or even pay for the website with the ads.  But then, sales from RBW Record Company continue to at least pay for the website.

Now it is on to podcasting.  And updating the rest of the rbw.net pages to get a more consistent and refined look and feel.

Can't wait for Spring.  Or at least warm weather so my vintage Airstream can get some work done on her and off to the campgrounds.  Laptop and WiFi here I come.

Russ

Life in the Dangerous Lane of software

If this blog or the website is down for a few days starting later today, it will be due to that ever dangerous software upgrade.  Yes, I bit and will attempt to update to iLife 08, against the Apple.com feedback and my gut instincts to the contrary.  But I mainly want the iWeb upgraded features but it may be with much pitfalls.  But I do have it all backed up on my local drive and have great web hosts to help me out.

Hopefully I will also get a friend to test out the comments area this week.

And through the wise input of his rentable brain, Phillip Hodgets at OpenTV Networks, I think we'll soon be able to upload podcasts and make them available.

Looking for Spring to arrive and actually wishing we had more of the suspect global warming symptoms happening rather than this cycle back to winters of our memory.  More snow than average, temps now staying colder in the KC region and our monopolized MGE gas company profiting more than ever on gas rates that are lower than two years ago.  Gas is now over $3 and will self prophecy to $4 for Memorial Day.  Just in time to shut down tourism and vacations.  Well, but it won't.  And for other reasons, we will likely not curtail our plans, but shift spending in other ways.

But that whole discussion if for yet another blog and an eventual new Blog category!

Oh well, we work, we save, we spend, and we drink.  Cheaper than therapy, doc's or drugs.

Until next time,

Russ

Blogging and Podcasting slowly march forward

Its now a few days after posting that first blog.  I have since "Burned" this blog with Feedburner, but frankly, don't know if that helps me or not.  I think the RSS subscription looks more complicated than not having Feedburner.  But, distribution of the Blog is aptly more viable and I get some cooler looking logos to put on.

I also am looking at those Google Adsense features to add in the next few days.

Now, to just find storage space or a CDN (Content Delivery Network) that is affordable to start my venture into Podcasting and then monetizing Podcasts.

All of these various blog sites that appear to lead one to believe they are each complimentary of each other, do something different to enhance your blog and website... but it is all about as clear as Mississippi mud.  And it gets worse if you look for an online vendor of storage space or content delivery.  They are also or are mainly webhosting sites.

Perhaps I should just sign on with .Mac for now.  Get my feet wet and then find and move to a more robust CDN.  I'll be trading my email fax number for that service.  Not a big tradeoff or loss.  Faxes are virtually a thing of the past now that we can scan and send PDF files through email.  And .Mac is cheaper than the $15/month my fax service now costs me.  And I get 10GB of space with 100GB of bandwidth.  Not bad.

Well, so much for now.  As the blog is titled.. enough ramblings.

Russ

First Blogger.com Post

We've finally dipped out toes in the rushing waters of blogging with this post.

Not new to writing, but new to this form of distribution and expression to the masses.  I hope to open up RBW, Inc., my company, to provide a series of educational podcasts and beginning with this blog, RBW, Inc. starts being educated on the ins and outs of blogging and podcasting.

We'll also hope to open up additional blogs as an outlet of our ideology regarding some of the grassroots problems that plague us today.  And not just to rant, but to provide solutions.  It is hoped our readers will also join us in discussion of solutions.

Well, here we go.  Wish us luck!