My blogs and indeed all my sites are getting a much needed makeover.
My beautiful wife has been a great help, designing some nice blog templates especially the current one on this blog. Decisions will be featuring several of these blog templates. The current template (as at 10th Sept 2009) features a header photo that I took some 4 years ago just outside the small country town of Guyra NSW,

Also as part of the refreshing new look to Decisions will be many more posts on various subjects. Always though on the central theme of decisions and their consequences.

I note with some amusement that Yahoo has given up the search engine market , Microsoft’s BING.com search is now being used . That is exactly why yahoo has lost credibility in the SEO field . Anyway who would use the words ” I BINGed it” when “I googled it” is so endemic in conversation already. I note however that in Australia
Yahoo7.com.au is still using the old search engine (decisions.net.au is currently 2nd Place for search term “Decisions”)

Issues like passports, visas, work permits, housing are easily handled by most people via official Government sites,the only issue that isn’t is the international removals process. The hassles start with decisions about what belongings should be left behind, sold off, or given away. After deciding the amount of belongings being taken to your new home in a different country, then comes the hassles associated with international removals. International removals involves more than just a couple dozen cardboard boxes, bubble wrap and some duct tape. There often is a need for a shipping container or several wooden crates for the big items like furniture and white goods. Then there is also the problem ensuring adequate padding and coverings for the various items. Another problem is sealing against vermin during the journey. Custom declarations and insurance valuations for some items often require several days to arrange.

The usage of companies specialising in international removals in a professional manner will make all these and any other problems disappear. The ease of shifting using these companies makes what would be a total hassle into a pleasant business transaction. Hopefully the information provided by me to my overseas friends will see several making the big jump to becoming an Australian resident. In the past International removals ensured enough hassles that would have seen me not recommending it to anyone. Now with the use of professional international removals companies, I would recommend it to anyone thinking of shifting from one country to another.

Apply for immigration to AUSTRALIA
It has multiple advantages

1. No STUPID State Sales TAXES (Australian Constitution Prohibits the Separate Aust. states from having state taxation)
2. Wonderful Climate, beaches and Outback.
3. We LOVE eCommerce, Gambling and Other types of Online Sites. We have the highest per capita rate of eBAY and Paypal usage in the world.
4. Great People that speak US English (50 years of watching USA TV has done that. Doh!).
5. NO IDIOT Governors , our Governors are appointed not ELECTED. They tend to be academics or respected professionals, not recycled snake-oil merchants or actors.
6. HIGH rate of internet usage and recognition.
7. High Standard of living. Universal Health Insurance and Social Welfare.
8. Lots of Koalas,Kangaroos and Crocodiles.
9. Environmentally Aware Government.
10. No Dead Politicians on our Currency. We have pictures of people that have made a real contribution to our country, not some loser politician.

It just reinforced my previous concerns about eCommerce sites, especially hosting companies and their usage of paypal. I get totally frustrated by supposed Hi-tech sites that don’t offer paypal or have only limited usage. Come on guys, Lift your game. Web-Users love paypal. We don’t want a online site that only expects Credit Cards. Or that un-named site I visited recently that only offers Direct Deposits for payments. That site sells (probably not many) pre-made eCommerce sites that feature Paypal payments, but they don’t accept Paypal.

Several deciding factors were responsible for this.
Firstly, after much deliberations, I have finally decided to shift all the remaining sites and clients from my old Hosting. The Costs and Hassles associated with the old Canadian Host was not worth it. For the same price per month I have over 5 times the space and 10 times the bandwidth.

Secondly, With the winter months and the prevalance of sniffles and coughs, I have not been doing as much website work as usual.

Thirdly, I have been trying to change the entire focus of BareFootTech. In the last five years it has changed from having only 1 Blogger blog (SpamCity, It was YUK ) and a site (Mega yuk) hosted on the 5mb Hosting provided by my old ISP neither listed by google and other search engines. It now has achieved a little success with several high traffic sites and several blogs. Over the next 5 years I hope to make some money as well as the recognition I so deserve.

Reading a recent news feed , there was an item about a Loser (literally) that has sued a Gambling Casino for allowing him to lose. I wonder, what part of the concept of gambling has escaped him. Life is a gamble at the best of times, but thinking that a casino would have an implicit duty of care to prevent a client losing is ludicrous.

Having a love of all things, my family and I have been feeding several young birds some tidbits. However recently some free-loaders have started to expect to be totally fed by us. Yesterday we had over several birds swoop in when food was placed outside for a little bird.