We are still within the one year that Microsoft is allowing a free registration of the Express suite, including Visual C# Express and Visual Web Developer Express. These are pretty cool applications
and even though they compete with some of my other business models, I would be remiss if I didn’t at least share them.

For example you may not know but with Microsoft Web Developer Express it is a snap to set up a powerful membership site. I haven’t quite figured out how to do the payments yet, but user authorisation is just drag and drop and wizards. I haven’t even begun to explore it’s full features.

Be warned though, they are massive downloads and make sure you read the documentation before installing. My friends computer crapped itself after installing .NET framework. This may have had nothing to do with it, but the Indian guy in the computer shop put ideas into his head.

Not having read any documentation saying that you should do this and that first, I just installed it on XP professional. Can’t remember reading anything. But this Indian dude was saying that he had to take out the computer battery to fix the problem. Now what the hell is that all about.

If you have a clue please write something intelligent in the comments.

Otherwise share your thoughts on this subject.

I was doing some work on one of my other sites and I found this little tool.

1-Hit Search Engine Simulator See how search engines see your page!

Thought you may find it useful one day.

A new service in Australia has started for finding a hair salon, beauty salon or nail salon. It’s called salon directory. If you trying to find a hair salon in your local area it looks like a good bet. It’s already got some top salons on board. For salon owner’s it’s a great way to get new customers.

The owners have a lot of experience in marketing salon’s and web design, so it’s a sure bet that you’ll get new clients from it. I don’t normally mention sites, but this one is a cool idea I thought.

See if your salon is in the directory, if not why not suggest it to your salon owner - he or she will be glad you did. You can see the Australian Salon Directory here.