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Columbus Day, Observed.

Just stopping by to let you folks know that nothing has gone wrong. Tee and I have decided to observe Columbus Day this year, so the review for this week will come out on Tuesday. I know a lot of folks don't do anything for Columbus Day, and a lot of workplaces don't even observe the holiday, but the discovery of the "new world" changed a lot of things in Europe and led to a lot of changes all over the world. Some of those have been good changes, and some bad, but on the whole I think that it has been beneficial in terms of lack of social strife and the creation of an environment where innovation in technology was necessary to survive.

Of course, the past is something we must live with and cannot be changed. So however you see the European invasion of the western hemisphere, take a few moments to count up the good and the bad, and resolve to learn from these lessons and make a better tomorrow. And that's when we'll see you. Tomorrow.

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And as always, you can contribute to The Nifty Tech Blog directly, by writing to NiftyTech@NiftyTechBlog.com to give us your opinion, recommend something to be included in the Blog, or to just say "Hi!".

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Changes coming

First off, I’d like to thank everyone who read last week’s review and has left comments and sent messages of support.  Your support means a lot to me.  I know my audience is small right now, but I’m glad to hear that you’re enjoying what you’ve read.  And I look forward to bringing you more reviews in the future.  Hopefully ones that you’ll want to share with your friends.

But first, there will be some changes.  As some of you have noticed, the current site is built using Apple’s iWeb.  While iWeb is great for someone maintaining a single site, I’m running two separate domains off of iWeb.  And some of the things I’ve had to do to make that work haven’t given me the best results.  And some of the features I really want to offer on this site are things iWeb just doesn’t offer.

So I will be moving the site to a new host.  When I have everything set up, the change over should be relatively smooth.  The URL will remain the same, although those who are subscribed through the RSS feed will have to switch to a new feed.  The new site will be hosted on Blogger, which will give me access to tag entries, and more robust archiving.

The appearance of the site will change, and there may be some additional ripples as I tweak it where I want it.  And I will also be setting up a Facebook page and a Twitter feed for the blog.

And by being able to tag articles, I should be able to add new articles with editorials, speculation, news, and other goodies in addition to the reviews.

So please bear with me as I go about improving the site.

Talk to you soon!

Coming Soon!

The Nifty Tech Blog is still in the construction phase, so please check back here in the next few weeks to see our first articles and to become a part of the Nifty Tech community.

In the meantime, if you’ve got a cool piece of tech that you think should be reviewed on The Nifty Tech Blog, feel free to write to niftytech@niftytechblog.com and give us your nominations for future articles.

See you soon!