Our friends over at tacticalwebmarketing.com have created a really cool eBook called “Storage Unit Auction Riches.” As their development partner, we got to see this book first! I was really excited to read it because I am a fan of those television shows about storage unit auctions.

They give some really good tips and note things I never would have thought of like handling special items like guns or how to effectively place a bid. Like the book says, I’ve been a little apprehensive about attending one of these auctions because I’m just not sure how they work. After reading the book I realized that most everyone else there is in the same situation as me! They’ve got some great tips like visiting a couple auctions first just to observe. They even include a spreadsheet with two forms, one for estimating and tracking unit sales and one for tracking what you bought and it’s subsequent sale. I thought the worksheets were great. They encourage you to follow your test auctions, come up with your own ideas about worth, and then compare what you thought with what actually happened.

So, if your thinking of getting into the storage unit auction game, this book is great. Right now it’s priced at just $9.95 and you get a couple more eBooks thrown in for good measure. You can visit their sales page at: www.storageunitauctionriches.com.

I recently got a letter from Cox telling me my phone bill was going up again. It lit a fire under my rear-end to find a VoIP solution and tell the phone companies to bug off.

I went to get a Magic Jack, but saw that there were quite a few other solutions available on the shelf. One of them was Ooma. I hadn’t even considered Vonage as their monthly rates seem almost as outrageous as a regular phone company!

I researched it and found that they let you port your existing telephone number, offer 911 service, voicemail, email notification of missed calls / voicemails, and bluetooth. Oh, and it plugs directly in to your router, so you don't have to have a computer on in order to use it.

For 6 months you get their premier service for free, after that it's $9 / month and has a ton of cool features, most notably 2nd line, 3 way calling, Voicemail-to-Text, and blacklisting.

The setup was easy on their website and in no time had a working VoIP phone. The quality is superb and the voicemail system is awesome. The only downside... you have to shell out $190 for the advanced unit (Telo) and pay the $3 / month in federal taxes. But, compared to Vonage which charges almost as must per month as Cox, QWest, and other telco's, this seemed like a logical decision. I should break even after 5 months.

I think the final selling point of this product was that it plugs into the router and not the computer. Everyone has a router that’s on 24/7, but bot a lot of people have a computer that is.

In 3 weeks I should have the phone number ported and then no more $38 / month phone bills!

Twitter became the latest target for hackers today when a security hole in their “re-tweet” method was sending users who moused-over the links to everything from hardcore adult sites to online games and Google Adword clicks.

Thousands of users, potentially tens of thousands, were affected by the hack which automatically sends out a re-tweet when moused over. Twitter currently has over 145 million users.

"We expect the patch to be rolled out shortly and will update again when it is," the San Francisco-based service said a brief statement on its website.

The bug thankfully only affected people logged on to Twitter.com, and not any third party or link software. The infected links look like regular messages, or "tweets," but contain lines of random computer code or are completely blacked out like a message that has been redacted.

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Well, it took a little pushing for Al to give his blessing, but Dr. Torgo’s PC System Inventory tool was finally released today! This tool is great for PC Technicians and IT Departments that need quick access to detailed system information to assist in troubleshooting, software inventory, and software licensing.

Dr. Torgo's PC System Inventory offers a full range of system query options and powerful reporting tools. This software quickly generates reports on several dozen hives of system information including disks, CPU, memory, motherboard, users, ports, services, software, and MORE.

Dr. Torgo's PC System Inventory is a detailed query tool that allows users to get information about their systems like never before. The depth of the search option trees is amazing, and the detailed listing of installed software is perfect for tracking your software license compliance. This software is so detailed, it's nearly impossible to list all of the query trees and options. High level tabs include:

It also offers an export feature that allows you to save your inventory results to a variety of formats including HTML, CSV, Plain Text, or TAB delimited. Click HERE to see a sample report

Don't pay hundreds of dollars for those "one-click" PC troubleshooters that give vague information on only the simplest of problems. Let Dr. Torgo's PC System Inventory show you information so detailed that researching things like driver version, software revisions, and BIOS revisions are a snap! We now offer a 3 day trial version which lets you try before you buy!

NOTE: Torgo is a fictional character in the movie Manos: The Hands of Fate, played by John Reynolds. The quaver-voiced, maladroit satyr servant of "The Master", Torgo is charged with looking after the lodge while the Master is away. Torgo rose to pop culture notability following the Mystery Science Theater 3000 airing of Manos on January 30, 1993, following which he was featured on the television series as a recurring character. Now, the character is immortalized in eSource Development software.

For a lot of our customers and some of our staff, World of Warcraft (WoW) is the only MMORPG. It’s popularity launched Blizzard from a medium sized gaming company to an online powerhouse. One of our customers bought this WoW cheat code book and sent us an email regarding some of the best tips they found. In honor of our many customers who enjoy WoW, we present this small sampling of World of Warcraft Tips and Tricks.

World of Warcraft Terms & Acronyms

Add: Additional NPCs for the party to fight, usually unexpected or undesired.
AFK: Away From Keyboard
Aggro: To have aggro means that the enemy mobs are focused on the player.
AoE: Area of effect, a spell or item that deals damage to a given area.
BoE: Binds on Equip - An item that becomes soulbound when equipped.
BoU: Binds on Use - An item that becomes soulbound when used.
BoP: Binds on Pick-up - An item that becomes soulbound when picked up.
CC: Crowd Control - spell effects and abilities that limit enemies from performing actions, e.g. Mind Control, Shackle, Sap, Seduce.
DoT: Damage Over Time - spell or ability that deals damage every N seconds, e.g. Poison. 
DPS: Damage Per Second - how much damage a weapon can deal per second on average.
Kite: Kiting an enemy means to aggro the enemy and lead him away from the party, often this is done by hunters who can feign death and escape.
LFG: Looking for Group.
LFM: Looking for More.
MC: Mind Control - spell effect that takes control of an enemy
ML: Master Looter. the person that is designated to loot all items from any kills
MOB: A mob is an NPC.
MT: Main Tank. The main player responsible for keeping the aggro of the enemy away from other party members.
Mule: A player that is designated to carry BoE items until the end of a raid.
Ninja: A ninja is a player that loots an item they are not supposed to loot, many groups use ML to avoid ninjas.
OOM: Out Of Mana.
PST: Please Send Tell.
PvE: Player versus Environment.
PvP: Player versus Player.
WTB: Want to Buy.
WTS: Want to Sell.
WTT: Want to Trade.

Scholomance Hints & Tips

Killing Summoners:
Make sure you have someone in your party that can MC (Mind Control). Use MC on the summoner, and let the other enemies take it out, works extremely well when there are two enemies to attack it. For situations where there is only one other enemy, you may need to bring the summoner to the stairs to prevent it from aggro'ing the entire room.

Warlock Hints & Tips

How to Solo Elites: High level warlocks can use Curse of Doom and Fear to solo high level elites, such as the Demons in the Winterspring Gorge, or the Undead in the Eastern Plaguelands guarding the towers.

Cast Curse of Doom on the target
Cast Fear
Mana up with Dark Pact
Repeat until the target is dead. Note: to speed things up you may want to use your wand and cast Corruption and Siphon Life.

Hunter Hints & Tricks

Taming a New Pet: Use a trap to immobilize your target before you start to tame it. You can also use items such as sticky glue, nets, etc.

Miscellaneous Hints & Tips

Unlimited Storage Space
Ok, instead of buying extra space at the Vault (10 Silver), you can take advantage of the auction/mail system.

Put the item you want to store up for auction at a very high price (something no one will buy)
Set the time of the auction to 2 hours
Just wait, no one should bid on the item and it'll be stored in your mail box, accessible from anywhere.