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Friday, September 05, 2003

Well, the boat has been lifted, lifted, lifted. The plants are tucked away and the patio furniture stowed safely awaiting TS Henri's arrival. The rain started about 30 minutes ago - up until then we only had sprinkles. Henri is sitting 85 miles west of St. Petersburg and moving at approximately 8 miles per hour. They keep saying the storm will move north, northeast but so far it has dead headed due east, straight for us.

I tried to get doppler and satellite information from the local TV stations websites. What a poor performance that was. On one station I asked for rainfall prediction and got a scanty page with local tide information. Their other pages loaded in layers and never arrived at a decent viewing point. The other station doesn't have server capacity to manage the traffic evidently. I tried two loads and finally gave up. Such a loss of credibility they just earned. Too bad. Maybe its deliberate? Do they want us to turn off the computer and tune in the TV????

.: posted by Carol Gamel - Carol@GoldenStarFruit.com 10:10 AM


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Wednesday, September 03, 2003

Here's the definition for ASP! Application Service Provider - Webopedia.com

.: posted by Carol Gamel - Carol@GoldenStarFruit.com 4:36 PM


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Busy day today. I was on Ryze.com, a business networking website, and I saw someone's reference to Mind mapping. I didn't know what she was talking about so I did a Google or two and found this site that explains the concept quickly and easily. Any Europeans out there that can give me their testimonial about mind mapping? Love to hear about your experiences.

Mindmapping Explanation at Innovation Network

.: posted by Carol Gamel - Carol@GoldenStarFruit.com 4:34 PM


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Today I found an ASP (Application Service Provider) that provides Balanced Scorecard strategic planning software. I have always loved the concept of ASPs for small to medium-sized business because it's like having your own IT department at the tip of your keyboard. I think I'll delve further into this site and see how flexible it is and learn how data is added, etc. Visit their website if you're interested!

Balanced Scorecard Software and Corporate Performance Management Software

.: posted by Carol Gamel - Carol@GoldenStarFruit.com 2:34 PM


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