Posted in News on Sep 17th, 2009 2 Comments »
I am happy to see the US House of Representatives passed a bill that will increase Pell Grant funding and lower stafford loan borrowing costs for those of us that are continuing our education at the college level.
The bill will eliminate government subsidies to banks issuing Stafford Loans and will now make those loans funded [...]
Posted in Making Money, Uncategorized on Sep 16th, 2009 No Comments »
So I’ve decided that it is pure laziness that causes my lack of success online. While it works in college, the way I don’t study and yet still maintain my place on the Dean’s List, in the world of online income, laziness kills. I have achieved moderate success with my proxy server Unblock YouTube and [...]
Posted in Music on Sep 11th, 2009 No Comments »
Another bonus track from Eminem’s latest record, Relapse, is “Careful What You Wish For.” This song is an ode to overnight success and a common theme through many celebrity’s lives as they wished for success but once they have it, no longer want it.
“Careful What You Wish For” – Eminem
So this is it…
This is what [...]
Posted in Music, News on Sep 7th, 2009 No Comments »
In a purely selfless gesture, the rapper Ludacris has given away brand new cars to 20 people who wrote essays to his foundation explaining how having a car would help them in getting to work and keeping their jobs. Luda received thousands of essays and chose the 20 most touching examples of Americans dealing with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 7th, 2009 No Comments »
To those of you that hail from the USA, today marks the 115th annual Labor Day holiday. The holiday is a celebration of the worker, who was key to this country’s industrial revolution and rise to a world power.
The first Labor Day was held in New York City by the Central Labor Union and caught [...]
Posted in Fun on Sep 6th, 2009 12 Comments »
So I have to admit I have an addiction… to the Facebook game FarmVille. Now, of course, I am always curious about the business and money side of things and the money generated by the creators of Facebook applications is no exception. The most popular apps bring in millions of page impressions and create a [...]
Posted in Technology on Sep 6th, 2009 No Comments »
With the kids heading back to school comes the return of Proxy Season. I ventured into operating web proxies a couple of years ago and have had moderate success. Due to the arrangements I’ve made the operation is quite passive, requiring very little time on my part, the advertising revenue just gets deposited into the [...]
Posted in Blogging on Sep 5th, 2009 No Comments »
Entrecard is that 125×125 ad widget you see on the right sidebar of this site. Created by Graham Langdon as a way for bloggers to find each other and efficiently advertise their brand across a network of like minded individuals. Entrecard has taken the traditional banner exchange of yesterday to a new dimension.
Some troubling changes [...]
Posted in Dividends, Economy, Investing on Sep 5th, 2009 No Comments »
The recent upswing in the stock market averages will likely be short lived as all the economic data is digested and analyzed and everyone realizes that the recovery is anything but certain. Unemployment is still at a 26 year high and will likely keep increasing. Holiday sales will most assuredly disappoint later in the year. [...]
Posted in News on Sep 4th, 2009 No Comments »
I am not surprised by the hypocritical position of Defense Secretary Robert Gates forcefully asking that the AP not publish a photo of a fatally wounded Marine in Afghanistan. Why is it ok for the news media to take pictures of dead, maimed, and disfigured Afghanis and Iraqis and publish those photos without objection, but [...]
