: About Me

My name is Michael DeGroat, and I am a seventeen-year-old living in rural Missouri. I am planning college, and I work almost full-time behind a customer service counter at a grocery store. I enjoy reading and sharing my ideas and opinions.

My passion is ...

aviation

I know too much about ...

money

My parents always told me ...

to be happy

My childhood ambition ...

was to grow up

My favorite memory ...

every sporting event with my grandpa

Why I write ...

to express my thoughts

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

always something funny

My first job ...

cashiering at a grocery store

My best moment ...

probably hasn't occured yet

My inspiration ...

is my future

Computers & Technology > Internet Tips What type of Internet portal is best for promoting your work: A traditional website or a blog?

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Using a blog to promote any kind of information online, both personal and professional, is the better choice of the two. Blogs are more popular than ever before, and there is one main reason, which can prove my point, and that is user friendliness. Let's start with a basic website. A person who wishes to set up a site will need to have a domain name, a good site design program (GoLive, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, etc.), and the patience and know-how to style the text and images desired. Even if the individual opts out of the expensive web authoring software, using a WYSIWYG editor or using pla...

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