Ask Owen

Twitter lets me send DMs to people, but I’d like to send the same message to a bunch of friends. Is there a way I can do this?

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I followed a link to a download a site called Sourceforge and saw a message about mirrors. The download seemed to arrive normally but what did the message mean?

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I’m a big fan of Twitter and love it when people start following me. Twitter sends me an email when this happens but I have no way of knowing when someone *stops* following me. How can I monitor this?

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I was looking at your profile on LinkedIn and noticed that you had your blog posts displayed there too. Can you tell me how you did that?

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I like learning new words, but picking a random one from a dictionary is so boring, can you suggest anything better?

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I know the Web is a great place for getting discounts and coupons. Do you know where I can get a coupon for Expedia?

As you say, the Web can be great for getting cheap deal and coupons. Some places are just impossible to find though, for the simple reason that they just don’t issue coupons. However, for the places that do, there are a number of website that let people announce, share and take advantage of coupons.

Seeing you’re looking specifically for coupons for Orbits, I did a Google search and one link that caught my eye said: Orbitz.com discount codes for hotels, flights, cruises and car rentals and came across Best Online Coupons a website that holds a whole collection of coupons for different websites. To name a few they have coupons for Expedia, Travelocity and Avis. Looking at the Orbitz page they have around 30-40 coupons, so I’m sure you can find whatever you need there.

One word of advice. You need to keep in mind that coupons usually have a lifetime and can expire after a certain date. Also, they usually carry some sort of terms and conditions with them. Make sure you read the small print and know exactly what you’re using. Otherwise you may be in for an unpleasant surprise when you come to make use of them.

I’d like to give my website that little extra oomph to make it stand out from other websites. I’ve been playing with video recently and was wondering if I can use this to help enhance my website?

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I’m thinking of taking a course in Web Site Design and I’ve been offered an option in Databases? Is this something I need? I really want to build great websites but I’m not sure whether learning about databases will help.

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