I’ve been using beta versions of Microsoft’s Windows Live Writer almost exclusively since May of this year, and have just seen the product get better and better. Here's why I think you should consider using it to edit your blog.

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Terry raises the question of values and whether it is wise to stop paid reviews asap or keep moving on in fear of loosing PR. Many existing bloggers have already lost 2 or more ranks from doing reviews and it is a widely discussed topic right now.

Since paid reviews affect bloggers all over the world they seem to have lost their appeal as

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While watching TV today, something occurred to me: if companies are paying millions of dollars to expose their products in commercials, then that must mean they’re making lots of money in return. That’s when this simple idea popped up in my head...

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Here are about four very short reviews on four books I have recently read. They are also rated and a "winner" of the four is chosen at the end of the review post. I got this from Malin over at infektia.net and began doing my own. I believe we are the only ones who do this but I could be wrong. These are also four books that I recommend ever

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The United States fought a covert war in the 1980s, essentially helping Afghanistan to fight the invading Russians with modern weapons. The story is true, the historic implications of it have major ties in todays War in Iraq.

Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymore Hoffman give an astounding performance in this film, with Hanks playing

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Reviews have been the craze lately. Not only does a review give you exposure, it also provides you with valuable feedback. Of course it’s pretty expensive these days to get reviewed.

Most people who order a review don’t get the most bang for their buck. All they get is an average review. What most people don’t do is research. They just ord

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is the newest film from Tim Burton, starring the Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.

It's about a man named Benjamin Barker, put away wrongly for 15 years, who returns to London with a new name, Sweeney Todd.

His mission is to use his barbershop and silver barber razors to enact revenge

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It has been an impactful year, no doubt, for 2007 as it reaches the tailend. Depending on where you come from - and where you got slapped...in the butt or in the pocket - it has been a season of mixed fortunes for most bloggers. Some will take pride in their work and be thankful with their blogging harvest. Others will look back in anger or

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Aside from a couple of Fluffs, my brain was able to wrap itself around some pretty interesting and enlightening tomes last year.

I’ve placed the books into six categories, and then made a few comments on each. If the word sayonara appears after the author it means 1) I don’t recommend it and 2) it went straight to the Goodwill pile. I on

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It's almost the end of the year and that means it's another Top 10 list of things in 2007.

This time around, we go over the best shows from Cable this season, ignoring network TV. And it's almost easy to do that considering Cable is starting to outrank regular TV shows in terms of quality.

The list doesn't take into account a bunch

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After months of teasers, trailers and Internet hype, I went to see this movie on Sunday. We had snow in Quebec City on Friday and did not want to see the movie that bad in those conditions(icy roads). Now, the first wave of movie goers will give it a high rating because they were sold in the first place. But what about those on the sidelines

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I've heard it said that one of the best ways to promote a blog or other web site is to give away something of value. With that in mind, one of my objectives on OpTempo is to promote this blog by promoting other people’s blogs as well. All but one o

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Here are your DVD picks for Christmas Day, with most of the titles already having been available since last Sunday.

A few decent titles, like The Kingdom and Eastern Promises, but also you get some HD version of Pan's Labyrinth and also The Kingdom.

Check out the rest of the article for more picks this week!

Merry Christmas to all y

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Many bloggers wrote about BlogRush. I too did a review of the service and the traffic it brings. I received lot of comments for that post. Saedel from PlanetSaedel shared the view that BlogRush is blocking any reviews about their service.

I did a complete check of my archive and BlogRush reports and have a few interesting findings to shar

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Paid blog reviews for the majority of bloggers will not come to fruition in a big way.

That's a bold statement. Here's why I'm sticking my neck out: Many bloggers are keen to have their sites reviewed but they're not willing to pay for such r

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It's Tuesday and that means it's time for weekly DVD picks and with this week's edition comes my favorite movie so far this season.rnrnIt's called "Once" and stars Glen Harsard as a Dublin musician who meets a girl, and they take a moment to play some music together and you've never seen anything like it before.rnrnIt's a love

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Christopher McCandless left his dingy apartment in the summer of 1990, gave his entire savings account of $25,000 to charity, sold all his stuff, got rid of his cash and headed off on a singular adventure, never to be heard from again by his family.

What motivated him to do what he did? What impact did he have on the people he met on the r

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