Mine were! It looked like some kind of serif font was being substituted for fonts that were sans-serif under Windows. We’ll the fix is very simple. I hope this helps someone.

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After upgrading to Hardy Heron, I found that my VMWare no longer worked. No good! So being the early adopter that I am, I decide its time to give VMWare Server 2 Beta a spin. Oops…. just a bit painful. Thankfully, I finally figured it out through the help of several websites. Here is the step-by-step that should save you a few hours.

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Note: Check out this thread at Digg.com to vote on features you would like to see implemented in Plurk.

I have not been sucked into a social networking service like this until I first discovered Digg.com. There is something about Plurk ( Yes, my links to Plurk are invites from me :p ) that has me coming back for more. Following is my review of Plurk along with practical information on how to use Plurk.

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This information comes from a panel I attended at Social Media School. For your benefit, I have captured the key points. Enjoy!

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When I saw this screen at LAX, I just had to click the community icon, thinking maybe I would find an airport based social network.

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Yesterday, at Digital Hollywood, I interviewed Brett Wilson, founder of TubeMogul.com. He explained what TubeMogul is all about and offered some examples of how TubeMobul has been used along with some tips on how to maximize its usage. If you are looking for a way to boost traffic and SEO for your website, then you must give TubeMogul a try.

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Once again, Starbucks proves to be a great place to meet interesting people. Today, I met Michael Kovatch, who is recently “Internet” famous for selling iPhone.com to Apple. Thanks for the introduction Kurt! Following is a brief video interview where Michael explains how he acquired iPhone.com. You can add this to your trivia files.

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At last weeks Mixergy event, the closing speaker panel was with BlueSEO (just Google Los Angeles SEO and they come up number one). Here are the notes I took from that talk. I’m sure you will find valuable information that you can apply right now. Enjoy!

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I had the fantastic opportunity to sit on a panel with a certified traffic generating machine (Micheal Dourasch) courtesy of Andrew Warner of Mixergy. Following are some tips from Micheal, from the notes I took, that will help you gain some quality traffic to your web sites.

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For those who want to get file sharing up and running as fast as possible, Ubuntu’s (I am using Hardy Heron) Nautilus file manager achieves that goal nicely. Here is a quick howto.
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