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I have this MacBook 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo which is a beautiful little product by Apple. And yesterday I spoilt myself with the Apple Mighty Mouse. Excited to start using it I started the process of pairing the mouse to the Macbook.However the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar greyed out with a zig-zag line through it. When I clicked on it, it stated:

"Bluetooth: Not Available"

So being the avid Mac fan, I ventured down the path of trying to figure out the problem:

1. Repaired Disk Permissions
2. Updated the Firmware
3. Reset the PRAM
4. Reset the System Management Controller (SMC)
5. Deleted the com.appleBluetooth preference from the Preferences folder
6. Unplugged all other USB devises
7. Started to MacBook without the battery
8. Even rewired the Bluetooth connection wire to go above the Optical Drive for the heat issue

All these solutions were provided from posts, forums and blogs relating to this "Bluetooth: Not Available" issue (And it was quite extensive!). 3 hours later and much frustration the Bluetooth was still NOT working.

Below is my Fullproof fix for this issue:

1. Go down to your local computer store and get a R199 ($25) Bluetooth Adaptor
2. Plug it into your computer
3. Voila

"Bluethooth: On"

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These pages are visible only to a search crawler and contain keywords hidden within the body of a web page, sometimes in a small font and in a colour that perfectly matches the websites background.

If you have a website and it contains hidden pages, it's just a matter of time before the crawler figures out that the content is part of a hidden SEO strategy, and once that's determined by the crawler, your site ranking will drop drastically.

Flash is a nightmare with it comes to SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Although Flash is very cool and visually pleasing, it can stop a web crawler in its tracks, and once it is stopped, the crawler won't resume indexing your site. Instead, it will simply move on to the next website on its list.

The easiest way to avoid Flash problems is to simply not use it. If, despite all this, your client needs to implement it in their website, then you can code the Flash in HTML and an option can be added to test for the ability to see Flash before it is executed.

There is some debate about whether this is acceptable SEO practice, so before you implement this strategy to improve SEO take some time to research the method.

Visit http://www.savantcreative.co.za and find out how to build an effective SEO website.

Copyright infringement can happen to you, too. If you are writing original content on your site it is very likely that someone will come along and copy your content without your permission.

It is important for you to spend a little time checking for copyright infringement on your original articles. One way to do this is to pull a unique phrase from your article and search for it on the web. If other people are using your copy, it is likely that your unique phrase will pop up in the search results.

This manual method is very time consuming if you have a large amount of content and articles. One web based service http://www.copyscape.com is a free service to search for content found on a specific URL. The results are usually accompanied by links to search other pages on your site.

Another service you can use to monitor or search for copyright infringement is CyberAlert http://www.cyberalert.com.

Think about it... how great a painter do you think you could become if you painted a still-life, even a simple one, six out of seven days per week for one year? How skilled an artist could you become if you spent that time drawing a self-portrait or creating abstract works of colour? How far could your skills evolve if you made it a firm goal design one logo per day. Dare you imagine?

What might happen if you committed yourself to a determined amount of time that was invested solely to improving your graphic design growth?

Could you? Should you? When? Now!

Keeping your designs fresh, interesting and original is an integral part of growing as a professional designer. Make time to view other designers works in the form of design magazines, publications, exhibitions or even workshops.

I find it extremely inspiring to go down to my local book store where I head straight to the art section and page through the many awsome publications in new media and contemporary design.

This interaction not only keeps me up to date with design trends and thoughts but the quality of work published inspires me to grown and be better as a professional designer.

Make note of the use of space, the use of typography, colour combinations, flow of direction, textures, photographic effects, moods, feelings and layout. You may find one or more elements in the works viewed, will inspire you when you tackle your next project.

Thanks to all the great designers out there that produce the quality work that inspires!