August 2010

Dallas Industrial Automation Group

by Nima on 31 August, 2010

As I said few posts earlier, I just moved to Dallas. After getting settled here I started looking for clubs and networking events to join. I always liked LinkedIn and their professional groups. I had been a member of such groups in other cities and had attended their events. They are usually a great place [...]

PHP Galleria Upgrade Completed

by Nima on 29 August, 2010

I bought PHP Galleria a while ago on Flippa for $1500. I redesigned it, added new features, did some SEO on it, and few usability upgrades. Hopefully it will result in conversion increase. Following is a complete list of all that was done to the site: Bought a new OsCommerce template for it and integrated [...]

I Live in Dallas Now

by Nima on 24 August, 2010

About two weeks ago (after one week of planning) Rockwell Automation moved me to Dallas, Texas area. I now live in Dallas itself and am starting to get to know the area. So far I love the city (far better than Cleveland or freaking Indiana). So far I’ve been mostly traveling here to customers in [...]

WordPress Posts Are Blank – How To Fix It

by Nima on 23 August, 2010

Few days ago all the posts on Automation News WordPress blog were showing up as blank posts. This happened completely out of nowhere. I hadn’t updated or upgraded any plugins nor did I have edited the template in any way. Here is a screen shot of what the site looked like: I looked at the [...]

BuyHookah.com Review

by Nima on 7 August, 2010

Hookah is a water pipe type smoking device. It’s used for smoking flavored tobacco and rather popular in Middle East. I smoke a hookah every now and then (much less often now that I’m not in school anymore). It is relaxing and great for social events. I bought my hookah from Buy Hookah website (a [...]

Dear Flippa …

by Nima on 6 August, 2010

Dear Flippa, Please don’t allow autoblog (with HUGE ADSENSE income – as the sellers like to use for the titles) auction listings. These are not good websites and are honestly filling a large part of Flippa auctions up. I constantly browse Flippa for new websites to buy and hope the quality of the listings stay [...]