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My blog was loading very slowly this morning, so I popped open the Joomla! CMS administrators hood to investigate any tweeks I could make to the "engine".

Update 3-31-10: Now you can also watch Netflicks.com instant view videos using this same method. And there are now tons of them! Netflicks has finally made instant viewing available to us Mac users (Intel-based). You'll have to load up Microsoft’s Silverlight software to play videos, but a screen will pop up asking your permission.

So you love Hulu.com, and have watched a couple of your favorite TV shows, and maybe a movie or two on your MacBook or desktop iMac monitor.  Small but nice. But now you want more. You'd like to kick back on your sofa or easy chair to view that glorious High Definition video on your big screen HDTV.

Screen shot of my HDTV. Watching Battlestar Galactica on Hulu.com.

I'm developing a new training service for businesses and NFP orgs, which I'll probably price at a recession-friendly $1200.

I'm calling it "Zero to Web Publishing God in 1 Week." It's an intensive in-person and online training on web publishing (concept, creation, maintenance, marketing). I used to be an adjunct-professor at Columbia College Chicago, teaching Small Press Publishing, so it should be comprehensive, but also condensed and results focused. A large number of my students are now running their own print and web publications.