Charly Leetham

Hi - I'm Charly Leetham

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On March 31, 2009 - I applied for Giant Squid status and was successful. For information on becoming a giant squid visit: The Giant Squids and How You Can Become One

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What Will Charly Share With Us?

Blessings From Squid Angels
I'm a Rocket Mom
Charly Leetham - A potted history
Arts & Literature
Animals & Nature
Entertainment
More Entertainment
How-To Lenses
More HowTo Lenses
SEO & Affiliate Marketing
More SEO And Affiliate Marketing
Food & Cooking
Health & Medicine
Travel
Custom Stuff
Parenting & Kids
Business
People
Flavour Of Australia
More Australian Flavour
Music
Australian Music
Christmas Lenses
Other Lenses
Just Fun Stuff
Alternate Energy Solutions
Where Else Do I 'Hang Out' Online
Charly's Border Collie Memorabilia
Charly Leethams Websites
I'm on Twitter - Are You?
My YouTube Videos
Some Of My Favorite Lenses And Lens Masters
I Want To Hear Your Views
The Way To Bliss Now
My Top 10 Lenses

Charly Leetham - A potted history

aka Was Charly Leetham always a 'geek'

I have over 20 years experience in the IT industry, I have a Masters of Business Administration (specializing in Internet Marketing) and I run my own businesses.

I guess you could call me a bit of a tomboy. I never really liked wearing dresses or skirts and preferred to wear jeans most of the time. That way,I could get out and 'play' games and such.

When I was 12, my Dad got me interested in electronics and I received my Amateur Radio licence. I was one of the youngest in Australia to ever do so....

As a teenager, I used to race motorbikes on flat track and motocross. I loved it and I fell off A LOT! I still bear scars today of some of the more spectacular prangs. We even have some on video somewhere! Racing motor bikes wasn't just about racing though - I learnt how to service my own bike, replace the piston and rings and basically rebuild a 2 stroke motor. This helped no end when I bought my first car - my Dad and I rebuilt the engine because of a problem.

I left school at 16 years old and went to work straight away in an Electronics Unit and studied an Associate Diploma in Electronic Engineering. I was the only woman working in my area and 1 of only 3 or 4 females at the technical college I attended. I always knew I wanted to work with Electronics and, back then (all those many many years ago), computers were just starting to make an appearance. I guess I was in the right place, at the right time to do something I really loved.

However, it wasn't quite enough! In 2000, after having my two children, I studied a Masters of Business Admin and that set me on the path to owning my own businesses.

Now 20+ years on, I work with computers and the internet and help others get their businesses online too.

Arts & Literature

My Lenses In Arts & Literature

These are my Arts & Literature Lenses. From Books to Dancing and anything in Between

The High Lord By Trudi Canavan

The third and final book in a compelling series written by Australian Author Trudi Canavan. The series follows the journey of a Sonea, a young girl found in the slums of Imardin, who is found to have exceptional magical power and accepted (reluctantl...

Sci-Fi Books, Movies and Stuff!

I love Science Fiction and Science Fantasy - I just love the way I can let my imagination soar when I read books or watch movies that are based on Science Fiction or Science Fantasy. I've been reading Science Fiction from the time I was about 13 but...

Modern Ballroom Dancing

I love Ballroom Dancing. The long flowing dresses, the crisp black tuxedos, the high heels...., it really captures my imagination. Both my kids learn Ballroom Dancing and just love it. Enjoy the videos of their dancing - I am always blown away by ho...

Worth More Than Rubies by Kathie Thomas

More Than Rubies is poignantly written by Kathie Thomas's as she describes her journey to becoming a Work At Home Mum, a Proverbs 31 Woman and build a profitable flourishing Home Business. Excellently written and based on her blog http://proverbs31-...

Everything Twilight

The Twilight Movie is an American romantic-fantasy film that was released in 2008. Twilight is the first book, in a series of 4, written by Stephenie Meyer. The Twilight novel was released in 2005. Although the movie has received rave reviews, it a...

Animals & Nature

I love dogs and own several myself. However, I love animals in general and enjoy writing about them too.

Border Collies

As a long term owner and breeder of Border Collies, I thought it high time that I share my knowledge and love for these wonderful, loyal dogs. For more information about Border Collies, please visit Learn About Border Collies or my own personal site...

Amazing Striped Icebergs

Icebergs in the Antarctic area sometimes have stripes, formed by layers of snow that react to different conditions. These amazing photographs show the different effects that occur. These photographs are not the result of someones creativity with Pho...

Border Collies Puppies: Caring For

Looking after your border collie puppies isn't that hard but it does take time and effort. Puppies require a lot of attention and care in their formative stages. I want to share some of my tips on raising Border Collies Puppies here with you. I will...

Bushfire: Australia, Canberra 2003

All proceeds earned through this lens will be donated to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal 2009 On Saturday, December 18 2003, my home town of Canberra was devastated by Bushfire. This was the first time in my memory that bushfire even got clo...

Entertainment

I am a real movie buff. I love watching movies as a way to relax and wind down. I don't have one particular genre, or one favorite movie - I like all sorts of things.

These are the lenses I have produced in the Entertainment category.

Victor Borge

Victor Borge was a Danish-American humorist, entertainer and pianist, affectionately known as the Clown Prince of Denmark and the Great Dane. His humor using the Piano and classical music was well known and loved. This lens pays tribute to Victor B...

Romance Books

This lens is dedicated to sharing my favourite Romance authors and books with the world. I would also love to hear about your favourite authors and books. I love a range of styles and books from Historical Romance through to Sci-Fi and Paranorna...

How to Unlock the Region Coding on your DVD Player

Ever bought a DVD on the internet only to find it won't play on your DVD player? Chances are that your DVD Player is Locked to your Region (or country). Unlocking your DVD player should fix this problem so you can buy your DVDs from anywhere in the wo...

Johnny Cash - Man In Black

Johnny Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 - September 12, 2003) was a Grammy Award-winning American country singer-songwriter. Cash is considered to be one of the most influential American musicians of the 20th century. Cash was known for his...

We love Firefly

Fyrefly was a TV Series written by the legendary Joss Whedon (of Buffy and Angel fame). A great TV show that met it's demise before the end of the first season! Why??? Well that's what many SciFi Fans want to know. It was incredibly good and a wee b...

More Entertainment

Free Full Version Game Downloads

Want to know a secret? I love computer games! I love playing adventure games and games that make me think. I just don't get enough time to.... One of the things that I don't like, is having to choose a game in a shop and not know what it is like. Th...

How-To Lenses

When You Just Want To Know How!

Teaching Your Kids Squidoo

Interested in helping your children build an online business? It really isn't that hard and with tools like Squidoo, it becomes even easier. It's a known fact that Squidoo ranks really well in Google and is a perfect tool for highlighting a website....

Great Wordpress Plugins

Wordpress is a great selfhosted Blogging platform. When you use Wordpress as a blogging platform, correctly - you will find that your site is indexed relatively quickly and that you can receive highly targetted, quality traffic. However, the Wordpress...

Potty Training

Potty training your toddler can be a very stressful time for many Moms and Dads. It can also be very stressful to the Toddler.... I certainly remember the challenge I had potty training one of my children - I was really ready to give up. However, it...

World Internet Summit 2008

I am a strong believer in attending Live Events to keep your business humming, particularly when you work online. I had the privilege to attend the World Internet Summit Australia 2008 in March and haven't looked back since. This lens is dedicated to...

Valentines Day - Traditions And Gifts

I've often wondered about St Valentines Day - why Red Roses are traditional (and chocolates - Yum!!!). I think that the commercialization of the day means that we've lost the meaning of Valentines Day... I want to bring our focus back to what the day...

More HowTo Lenses

Great Wordpress Themes

Wordpress Themes allow you to determine the look and feel of your Wordpress blog. A theme determines how the Header and Footer looks, where navigation elements appear, how wide the sidebars are, what bullet points look like and so much more. There...

Make Your Home Electrically Safer

Electricity... we all take it for granted and interact with it every day. But for the unfortunate few electricity can be a silent killer. There have been many changes made to electrical safety standards over the years but many homes have not had any...

Exit Splash!

If you are running a business website, you should be trying to capture your visitors email addresses so that you can encourage them to revisit your site. This is one of the basic fundamentals of marketing - whether online or offline - find a way to...

Squidoo CSS Tricks: Images and Bullets

The other day I was looking for some ideas to really make my lenses stand out and I came across several SquidPros (that's my term for them) Lenses that really helped. I have been using CSS for ages to layout my blogs and it never really occured to m...

Smoke Detectors: Save Lives

In Australia, there are over 10,000 house fires, causing more than 1,500 injuries and 70 deaths. [Australian Bureau of Statistics: Australian Social Trends 2000 - Housing - Housing Stock: Home fire safety]. In the U.S, statistics show that residenti...

SEO & Affiliate Marketing

Build Your Online Business

These lenses are designed to provide information on building your business online

Great Wordpress Plugins

Wordpress is a great selfhosted Blogging platform. When you use Wordpress as a blogging platform, correctly - you will find that your site is indexed relatively quickly and that you can receive highly targetted, quality traffic. However, the Wordpress...

Internet Marketing Giveaways Headquarters

Internet Marketing Giveaways Trying to develop an Online Business? Use a Giveaway Event to JV with like minded marketers and build your customer base. Giveaway events are an excellent way to build your list of targetted subscribers and develop cre...

World Internet Summit 2008

I am a strong believer in attending Live Events to keep your business humming, particularly when you work online. I had the privilege to attend the World Internet Summit Australia 2008 in March and haven't looked back since. This lens is dedicated to...

Free Entertainment Giveaway

In October 2007, I launched the first Internet Entertainment Giveaway. This Giveaway features free LEGAL products, all related to the Entertainment industry. From Ebooks, to audio books, games, IPod movies - you name, it's all there, for free This...

Affiliate Marketing - is it worth the trouble?

What is Affiliate Marketing? Does it work? How does it work? I had these questions and many more, when I first started looking into developing my online business. Having completed my MBA (Internet Marketing) in 2000, I thought I had a rea...

More SEO And Affiliate Marketing

Article Marketing - Increase Sales & Traffic In 10 Days Or Less

"One Ultra-Resourceful, Underutilized, Low Cost - Never Known To Fail - Stealth Marketing Tactic - Guaranteed To Increase Your Traffic And Sales In 10 Days Or Less!" Did you just have the same reaction I did when I first saw that headline? N...

Food & Cooking

So, I don't cook much but I do enjoy good food. Enjoy my culinary lenses

Aeroplane Jelly

I love Aeroplane Jelly...... Aeroplane Jelly For Me..... Another trip down the Australiana memory lane. Aeroplane Jelly was, essentially, a staple food in Australian households from 1927 onwards. Even today, we will seek out good old Aeroplane Jelly...

Vegemite - The Australian Favorite

Vegemite is an Australian icon. It is a food, we use it mostly as a spread for toast. I love cheese and vegemite sandwiches. To look at it, it resembles tar in a jar and it is incredibly salty. But... for some reason most Australians love it. Enj...

Wine Lovers Guide

When there's an occasion, a promotion, a wedding, a family dinner, a moment to celebrate, wine lovers accentuate the festivities with, what else, a lively spirit: wine. We toast to the moment, share the good will, achievement, and happiness with othe...

Health & Medicine

Managing Stress

Stress is a symptom of our modern and busy lifestyle and it can be incredibly damaging to your body, health and life if you don't take steps to manage it. It does not have to rule our lives. So sit back, kick off those shoes, and read a few tips on...

Stop Smoking in 28 days or less

Melvin G. Power is an ex-smoker living in smog city itself, Los Angeles. Melvins family and friends didn't think that he could quit smoking. He really liked his cigarettes and occasional cigars just too much. But... he did it! He created a plan to A...

Travel

I don't travel much yet, but I want to!

My City: Canberra, Australia

There is no doubt about it, I am a proud Canberran. This lens is a tribute to the city I love! Canberra is the capital city of Australia and has a population of approximately 350,000 and is loated approximately 300 km south of Sydney and 600km north...

Custom Stuff

Custom Stuff

With the advances in Technology - we are able to customize just about anything! I LOVE that! I love personalizing products for myself or my brand... No longer do you need minimum numbers to do a custom run - with some of the systems, you can order...

Parenting & Kids

Successful Parenting

I found a fantastic eBook about raising children. I read it, and put into practice some of the tips and skills it teachs. Now I am happy to report that my children are often complemented on their manners and excellent behavior. Click here for more in...

My Kids, My Friends

As February is International Friendship Month, I thought I would feature my two best friends... Morgan and Rhiannon. These two amazing young people are my children and I wonder what it is I did to deserve them. I am so seriously blessed by having th...

Potty Training

Potty training your toddler can be a very stressful time for many Moms and Dads. It can also be very stressful to the Toddler.... I certainly remember the challenge I had potty training one of my children - I was really ready to give up. However, it...

Business

Article Marketing - Increase Sales & Traffic In 10 Days Or Less

"One Ultra-Resourceful, Underutilized, Low Cost - Never Known To Fail - Stealth Marketing Tactic - Guaranteed To Increase Your Traffic And Sales In 10 Days Or Less!" Did you just have the same reaction I did when I first saw that headline? N...

Free and Inexpensive Business Cards and Stationery

This lens will discuss the various free offers I have found on the Net and considers the pro's and con's of buying "FREE" business cards, and other stationery, online. If you like this lens, find it useful or would like to send me feedback -...

Free or Inexpensive Stationery Headquarters

Free or Inexpensive Stationery This group is dedicated to discussing and promoting Free or Inexpensive Stationery offers. Submit your Lens on Free or Inexpensive Stationery to the group for Ratings. Please rate another lens in return. If you are a...

People

I Love My Hugh Jackman

Hugh Michael Jackson was born in Sydney, Australia on 12 October 1968. He is an Australian actor who is involved in film, musical theatre, and television. A singer, dancer and actor in stage musicals, Hugh has won international recognition for hi...

Flavour Of Australia

Australia Christmas Carols

With Christmas just around the corner, I thought I would share Christmas songs and carols that are from Australia, or have been adapted to an Australian Theme. Many of the carols shared on this lens are sung to familiar tunes like Deck The Halls and...

Vegemite - The Australian Favorite

Vegemite is an Australian icon. It is a food, we use it mostly as a spread for toast. I love cheese and vegemite sandwiches. To look at it, it resembles tar in a jar and it is incredibly salty. But... for some reason most Australians love it. Enj...

Bushfire: Australia, Canberra 2003

All proceeds earned through this lens will be donated to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal 2009 On Saturday, December 18 2003, my home town of Canberra was devastated by Bushfire. This was the first time in my memory that bushfire even got clo...

My City: Canberra, Australia

There is no doubt about it, I am a proud Canberran. This lens is a tribute to the city I love! Canberra is the capital city of Australia and has a population of approximately 350,000 and is loated approximately 300 km south of Sydney and 600km north...

Aeroplane Jelly

I love Aeroplane Jelly...... Aeroplane Jelly For Me..... Another trip down the Australiana memory lane. Aeroplane Jelly was, essentially, a staple food in Australian households from 1927 onwards. Even today, we will seek out good old Aeroplane Jelly...

More Australian Flavour

I Love My Hugh Jackman

Hugh Michael Jackson was born in Sydney, Australia on 12 October 1968. He is an Australian actor who is involved in film, musical theatre, and television. A singer, dancer and actor in stage musicals, Hugh has won international recognition for hi...

Music

You'll Never Walk Alone

My Mum always cries when she hears You'll Never Walk Alone sung. No, not because she's a supporter of the Liverpool Football Club, or because its such a dreadful song (which it isn't) - she cries because it was the song her Dad used to sing... I rec...

Australia Christmas Carols

With Christmas just around the corner, I thought I would share Christmas songs and carols that are from Australia, or have been adapted to an Australian Theme. Many of the carols shared on this lens are sung to familiar tunes like Deck The Halls and...

Australian Music

Aussie Rock Legends: Jimmy Barnes (Cold Chisel)

Welcome to my tribute to a great Aussie Rock Legend. Inspired by my You'll Never Walk Alone lens, I thought it would be cool to pay tribute to some of the great Aussie Rock Legends... This lens is a tribute to Jimmy Barnes, a solo performer and lead...

Aussie Rock Legend: John Farnham

John Farnham is probably my fave Aussie Rock Legend. There aren't many 'rockers' who appealed to your parents, to you and to your kids... but 'Farnesy' is certainly one. John Farnham is the only Australian artist to have a number one record in five...

Christmas Lenses

Christmas Cards You Can Make

Making Christmas Cards is fun and cost effective. By choosing to make your own Christmas Cards you can customize them for yourself and personalize your seasonal message. Making Christmas Cards doesn't have to be hand made, using paper and tinsel, th...

Australia Christmas Carols

With Christmas just around the corner, I thought I would share Christmas songs and carols that are from Australia, or have been adapted to an Australian Theme. Many of the carols shared on this lens are sung to familiar tunes like Deck The Halls and...

Great Christmas Movies

At Christmas Time, I love watching Christmas movies. I have a number of favorites that I watch leading up to Christmas and on Christmas morning. The Christmas Movies I like are the ones that remind us that miracles can still happen and what the seas...

Other Lenses

What Have You Done To 'Pay It Forward' Today?

I learnt about the 'art' of Paying It Forward from Carol Deckert (pictured left) from RunLancaster. Paying It Forward is based on the concept of the movie "Pay it Forward". It is based on the premise that acts or deeds of kindness are done without e...

Just Fun Stuff

Charly Leetham: 25 Things

I'm going to share 25 things about myself that you may or may not know about me! Normally, I would 'tag' 25 people and ask them to do the same -- but I'm changing that a little... You Can Tag Yourself! To tag yourself, all you need to do is to create a...

Grumpy Old Women

O.K - so don't click off just yet! I'm not 40 yet - seriously but I've been watching the Grumpy Old Women Series 1 DVD and all I can say is -- "This show is made for me!". This lens is a tribute to Women everywhere and a sample of what we all have t...

Alternate Energy Solutions

A Brighter Future with LED Lighting

The humble LED (light Emitting Diode) has been around for decades, however, until recently has had little application in domestic and commercial room lighting. With the advent of new high intensity LED technology this has now changed and we are on t...

Use Broken Solar Cells To Create Solar Panels

The Solar Powered Home is no longer a symbol of things to come, it is real there are people today that are shining examples in Eco-friendly living in which I feel we should emulate. These people are limiting if not eliminating their dependence on the...

Where Else Do I 'Hang Out' Online

Network With Me

I work across a number of different sites and social networks. I like to 'meet' people with similar interests and develop relationships that may, or may not, lead to business. It doesn't matter! I have met some of the best people online. You can connect with me at:

ECademy

LinkedIn

Facebook

Plurk

Twitter

MyBlogLog

Ryze

If you join me on these networks, be sure to drop me a line!