widow.com http://www.widow.com Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:30:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Go Camping http://www.widow.com/go-camping/ http://www.widow.com/go-camping/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:10:57 +0000 http://www.widow.com/?p=224 I’m big on camping. It’s just so nice to go out to the middle of no where and not worry about emails or FaceBook or text messages or work calls. To stop in the middle of our crazy lives and enjoy nature is one of the most amazing things I’ve come to experience. My family owns property in Wyoming and I try to make it up there at least five times a summer. While there, I love to hike and four-wheel, not to mention finding petro glyphs and arrowhead, moose, elk, mountain goats, and even bears. My favorite place to go is Lake of the Woods because while my dad fishes for hours on end I get to circle the lake and wander the trails in the surrounding areas. If you have never been camping, I’m sorry for you. It is an amazing experience.

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]]> http://www.widow.com/go-camping/feed/ 1 The Intangible Costs of Ads http://www.widow.com/the-intangible-costs-of-ads/ http://www.widow.com/the-intangible-costs-of-ads/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:42:53 +0000 http://www.widow.com/?p=377 Choosing a web hosting company takes a lot of time. I recently decided to make a website, and I needed to choose a web hosting company online. I wanted something cheap, but more importantly I wanted a web hosting company that wouldn’t put ads on my website. My website was complicated enough, and it certainly didn’t need any extra content. Placing ads on your website can make running the website virtually free, but it has intangible costs. For instance, when someone’s website is just filled with ads, it is hard to find what the real point is, and the website can get confusing quickly. It is more expensive, but I think not having ads is worth it.

]]> http://www.widow.com/the-intangible-costs-of-ads/feed/ 1 The Efficiency of IT http://www.widow.com/the-efficiency-of-it/ http://www.widow.com/the-efficiency-of-it/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:29:46 +0000 http://www.widow.com/?p=374 Your IT department is hopefully making your company more efficient. That is the point of having an IT department at all. IT was invented and developed because it could save businesses hundreds of thousands of dollars, and it does, but sometimes it seems like the cost of having a great IT department is too much, especially if your business just uses IT to maintain data and track inventory or something. IT has come to new levels and it can make your company a winner or a loser, but it shouldn’t be your main focus. It may be time to reevaluate how much you rely on your IT department.

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]]> http://www.widow.com/the-efficiency-of-it/feed/ 0 More Adds Value http://www.widow.com/more-adds-value/ http://www.widow.com/more-adds-value/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:14:46 +0000 http://www.widow.com/?p=366 When you are programming an application or some sort of website, one of the most important ideas to remember is that the more people who use your application, the more valuable it is. Even if you don’t have the most efficient program, as long as everyone is using it, it doesn’t matter. And this value grows exponentially. For instance, take Microsoft’s Office Package. It is a good application pack, but there are probably better ones, but everyone uses it, and so by default everyone else has to use it or chooses to use it. It is the standard. This happens all the time, meaning a better program will be unsuccessful simply because it didn’t have the necessary mass of people using it.

]]> http://www.widow.com/more-adds-value/feed/ 0 Healthy Drinks http://www.widow.com/healthy-drinks/ http://www.widow.com/healthy-drinks/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:40:29 +0000 http://www.widow.com/?p=190 People always are looking to eat healthier, but one thing people forget is they also have to drink healthier. A soda pop has so much sugar and so many calories, and just because it isn’t as dense as food doesn’t mean it isn’t as bad for you. Soda and other sugary drinks are almost worse for your teeth as well. You should try to limit soda and other sugary drinks as much as possible for your health and dental hygiene. If you are going to drink a lot of soda, try to drink diet soda. It usually won’t make you skinnier, but it is definitely better for your teeth. You will have far fewer cavities. The ideal drink is water, but we all need a Diet coke or two here and there.

]]> http://www.widow.com/healthy-drinks/feed/ 0 A Good Resume http://www.widow.com/a-good-resume/ http://www.widow.com/a-good-resume/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:02:45 +0000 http://www.widow.com/?p=355 Originally, I thought that a resume consisted of personal information and work experience. But looking up ‘good resumes’ on Google and talking to professors and my father (who is the owner of a company) I found that employers are looking for so much more than just what work you have done in the past. They want to know everything! How have you helped you community? What did you accomplish in high school? In college? What sort activities are you interested in? What skills outside of academics have you picked up over the years? And the more outrageous or diverse your answers to these questions, the more likely you are to get hired for the job you are looking for.

]]> http://www.widow.com/a-good-resume/feed/ 0 Tackle Your Job Search http://www.widow.com/tackle-your-job-search/ http://www.widow.com/tackle-your-job-search/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:52:47 +0000 http://www.widow.com/?p=346 Getting a job can be one of the most difficult things you could tackle in today’s world. Getting a job you love, even harder. There are two possible ways to tackle your job search, as I see it, depending on your personal situation. First option: decide what you want to do. Do you want to work in retail, foods, manual labor, or something else? Then see what jobs are available in that specified area. Or, option two: apply for what is available. If you are flat broke, I’m sorry but you cannot afford (literally) to be picky. Take the first job that hires you. Then, after a while, you can add that job to your list of work experience and perhaps expand your background, bringing more knowledge than you had previously to your next job.

]]> http://www.widow.com/tackle-your-job-search/feed/ 0 The Right Supplements http://www.widow.com/the-right-supplements/ http://www.widow.com/the-right-supplements/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:05:45 +0000 http://www.widow.com/?p=220 The only things I know about supplements come from what we give our horses at the barn. But I think what I will tell you can apply to people as well. We order supplements based on the needs of each individual horse. This means that not all the horses get the same kind of supplements, or sometimes not even the same amounts if they are getting the same things. Some horses need supplements to make them look better: be it for their coats, manes and tails, or for weight control. Others need things for their health such as vitamins they, for some reason, have a hard time getting from what we feed them regularly. So take this into consideration, what may be right for one horse, will most likely be entirely wrong and possibly even unhealthy for the one the next stall over.

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You will likely find this new venture exciting as you learn how to promote your homegrown business and network to find potential buyers and sellers of whatever service your business provides. You will learn that invaluable skill of having enough of what you offer, but not overstocking your shelves or overstretching yourself. You are bound to meet new people and make good friends on this new journey as an entrepreneur.

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]]> http://www.widow.com/products-for-your-home-office/feed/ 0 Spa Day Retreat http://www.widow.com/spa-day-retreat/ http://www.widow.com/spa-day-retreat/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:25:21 +0000 http://www.widow.com/?p=247 Going to the spa is a lot of fun, but how much is too much? Some people go to the spa everyday for an early morning massage or yoga class, but that can get expensive, and it really isn’t the best use of your time. Some people also like to go a little bit every week, whereas other people just go all out and have a total spa day. I like the idea of a spa day a lot more than spreading it all out because then you can really get into the zone of being in at a spa and completely relaxing. I also think that if you go too much, it loses its appeal and it simply becomes a place you go from time to time, rather than a place you can go to get away. Going to the spa in moderation seems to be my favorite strategy.

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