April Pastis

Creating a Blogger Template with Artisteer

I decided to test out the blog template creator using the great program called Artisteer. It took some trial and error, but I got it to work. First, I tried to re-create the PastisEnterprises.com look, keeping the same color scheme and header features. That wasn't too...

Note to self

Self,You keep complaining that you can't find the notes you made about such and such. So, I started this blog to send yourself notes. I've installed the Safari Extension and the Firefox Addon for Scribefire. Now, when you're surfin' and run across a cool feature or...

Introduction to Your CMS Website

This is the first in a series of Video Tutorials to Introduce you to your new website. If we have installed a Joomla CMS system to your site you'll want to watch this video.   This is a quick overview to familiarize you with the features of your new website. In...

We’ve Moved, again

You may have noticed that something's a bit different about Heycuz. We have moved to a new server. I had to do a little reshuffling of my finances and could no longer afford to keep 12 different servers but had to combine them to decrease the bills. The down side is...

Happy New Year!

It seems that about this time of year I'm stunned with the fact that another year has gone by. I take stock and wonder if I've done enough, or if there was something that I would have done differently, and attempt to set resolutions for the coming year.This year...

Merry Christmas Cousins!

They say that every seven seconds or so, the phrase 'Merry Christmas" is posted on the internet. Well let me join in on the Chorus and wish all of you a very, merry Christmas!Your cuz,April

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Greetings and glad tidings ~May this message find you well and thriving!This season, we celebrate a lot of changes at heycuz.net.Together, we have co-created a new wave of genealogy.  Thank you for joining us on this amazing journey, for sharing your family stories,...

Time to Go Ahead

My first editor taught me that there's a time to stop editing and go to press. I know there are still bugs in the system, but hopefully I can work them out and still have much of this site online. So far, known bugs include pages not loading correctly in Internet...

Website Update and Suggestions Requested

I'm so excited about the website update. I wish that you all could see it, but I have to keep it offline for now, because when I set it to run, the old website will be wiped clean for the new installation. Don't worry, I've backed up the old stuff so nothing will be...

Dreamware

Wishin' and Hopin', Thinkin' and Prayin'Plannin' and Schemin' Each Night from the StartThat Won't Get You into His HeartThe recent problems I have had with making our regularly scheduled updates to the Heycuz website has got me to thinking...Daydreaming really....

Self-Deprecating Advertising? Really?

Advertising sure has come a long way since I went to school. Recently, my husband and I were snickering ourselves silly when we saw a television ad in which the announcer actually said "Call 333-3333* and We'll Pick Up the Phone." In 2002, TrendSpotter reported an...

read more

Enhance your blog with Zemanta

Image via WikipediaI've been kind of busy lately, but an article by TechCrunch, a news feed I follow on Google Buzz, prompted me to write.In Find Photos For Your Blog In Three Easy Steps, TechCrunch reported a new startup to help bloggers find art for their columns....

read more

Guido the Geek Performs Hit on Twitter?

Image via WikipediaWhen White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs admitted his Twitter account had been compromised, a host of feelings popped up for me. Having had one of my websites hacked a while back, I thought well if a site as huge as Twitter could have left its...

read more

The Physics of Farm Town

Old hats of the Facebook/MySpace game called Farm Town are familiar with this but its new to me. The geek in me finds it fascinating enough to write about it.I think about all the years' physicists like Stephen Hawking have been working on this and its right there on...

read more

Logmein.com

This is a site I'd heard about before, but really had no need for it nor did I want others to have the ability to access my computer. Now that my parents-in-law have bit the bullet and gotten a computer, I have found out the need to be able to see their computer when...

read more

Note to self

Self,You keep complaining that you can't find the notes you made about such and such. So, I started this blog to send yourself notes. I've installed the Safari Extension and the Firefox Addon for Scribefire. Now, when you're surfin' and run across a cool feature or...

read more

Introduction to Your CMS Website

This is the first in a series of Video Tutorials to Introduce you to your new website. If we have installed a Joomla CMS system to your site you'll want to watch this video.   This is a quick overview to familiarize you with the features of your new website. In...

read more