Foximus - How to do everythingFoximus - How to do everythingA blog about everything from personal finance, investing, saving, budgeting to technology, blogging software and how to make money online. 
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The importance of your credit rating (part 1)
2007-06-20 05:54:00 You credit rating is what creditors use as an indicator of how likely you are to repay any loans that you have applied for. You score is generated using information from your credit profile. Many people have never checked their credit report, only 36 % of Canadians report that they have checked their credit report sometime ... More About: Personal Finance , Credit , Part , Import
Stat update: Foximus website grade
2007-06-20 05:28:00 I just thought I?d compliment Jason’s post on our recent successes with Foximus and reaching the 150 post benchmark by posting our current website grade. Our website grade has risen along with our Technorati ranking and backlinks. We are now the proud owners of a website with a 71% grade. That’s a B right? Not ... More About: Website , Blogging , Update , Stat
Alexa toolbar is adware
2007-06-20 01:24:00 At least according to Avast it is. I thought I would write a post on Alexa and their toolbar for everyone that has not tried it yet. As you may or may not be aware, a lot of companies use your alexa rating to decide how much advertising on your site or blog is worth. I ... More About: Adware , Toolbar , Alexa Toolbar
150 posts later?
2007-06-19 20:55:00 Well, it’s been a fun two months and I thought I would give an update to how things are going. Aimee and I just passed the 150 post mark and we are still going! Although not much yet, here is what we have done to promote the fox so far. MyBlogLog. You may have seen the ... More About: Make Money Online , Posts , Late
High gas prices aren?t all bad
2007-06-19 05:45:00 I know it’s way off topic but just wanted to take a moment to talk about rising gas prices. Yes it sucks to have to shell (no pun intended) out all of that money on a regular basis. Gas prices have had a big impact on our cost of living and it unfortunately effects people ... More About: Gas Prices , High , Prices
Gaming MyBlogLog for free advertising?
2007-06-18 17:58:00 NOTE: This is just an opinion of mine. It is in regards to this post here. if you haven’t seen it yet you may want to so that this post makes sense to you. The basic premise of the technique is to get your MyBlogLog avatar to always show up on a A-list blog for free ... More About: Gaming , Advertising , Make Money Online , Free , Ming
Inflatable Missile Balloon Prank
2007-06-18 06:11:00 Here’s an interesting image. If you want to freak people out, try filling balloons with helium and drive like your life depends on it. I found the image here. More About: Prank , Balloon , Inflatable , Loon , Ball
Prometeus - The Media Revolution
2007-06-17 06:12:00 This is a interesting video. It talks about how much the world has changed since the internet created it’s self, and what the possible future of the internet and of online businesses might be. I wasn’t sure which category to put it into since it fits 3 categories video, technology and online TV. I decided ... More About: Media , The Media , Revolution
Case study: Comment whoring, is it worth it?
2007-06-16 20:47:00 First, let me explain what this experiment was all about just so we are all clear. Basically, I was going to find a whole list of sites that have NoFollow turned off so that I could post a bunch of comments to get some links back here. Sounds like a very simple process. It is not ... More About: Study , Make Money Online , Case , Worth , Comment
Frustratingly fun flash game
2007-06-16 20:07:00 I do not normaly play games like this as my time is already spent, but this one was kinda fun. Just a little guy trying to swing his way along. If you have nothing to do, or like wasting time helping stick men reach the end of odd corridors then give this one a shot. Click ... More About: Video Games , Flash , Game , Lash , Rust
Investing in an income property - Have you thought about the expenses?
2007-06-16 07:14:00 Figuring out your expenses is easy, and doesn?t take a lot of time. It is very important that you know exactly what everything will cost on a monthly basis before you take the plunge. Whether your buying the house as an income property or to live in yourself, you need to know without a doubt ... More About: Personal Finance , Property , Investing , Income , Thought
Ebay Vs. Google? who won?
2007-06-15 15:52:00 In case you did not know, there has been a small feud between Ebay and Googl e . It went something like this. - Ebay has yearly party to promote and thanks users. - Google decides to have a protest the same day over Ebay’s refusal to use Google Checkout. - Ebay pulls all ads from Google in the US. - ...
Will AGLOCO make you tons of money?
2007-06-14 17:05:00 No. If it took them 6 months to create a viewbar for you, how long do you think it will take them to build a system to send out all that cash? They will be keeping it all for themselves, just look at the name! A Great Lie, Our Cash Only I think that says it all right there. More About: Money , Make Money Online , Make
New super happy fantastic ultra-powered blog directory!
2007-06-14 16:39:00 As some of you may know, I have created my own little blog directory. It is something I wanted to try doing for a long time and now it is our first complete project here at Foximus. When I say complete, it is ready for content, not so much for showing just yet. I will let ... More About: Make Money Online , Ultra , Blog , Super , Directory
Leverage - GOOD debt can make you money
2007-06-14 05:39:00 Leverage can be a powerful strategy if used properly. It means that you are using borrowed money to invest. One of the most exciting things about buying a home is that you can use leverage to make more of a return on your investment. This means that if you buy a house for $100,000 and you ... More About: Personal Finance , Money , Debt , Make , Good
Mr. Wizard passes away at 89
2007-06-13 21:45:00 I know this is completely off topic, but I really liked Mr. Wizard . I know most of you think I am awesome and cool but when I was a kid I was a bit of a science geek. Shock and Awe is your current expression I am sure. Mr. Wizard was great. Not only did he ... More About: Away
We?re going to be pinging like it?s 1999!
2007-06-13 21:39:00 In our never ending quest to drive more traffic to this site, or at least experiment with them we would like to bring your attention to Jon Lee’s post on updating your ping list. When I first installed wordpress I looked into updating the default list but like so many other things I did not write ... More About: Like , Ping , Going , Pinging , Goin
Sarah Silverman Blasts Paris Hilton At The MTV Awards
2007-06-13 05:40:00 This is funny! I kinda feel bad for her though…all those celebrities laughing at her… So sad… More About: Paris Hilton , Videos , Awards , Paris , Hilton
Bloggers insomnia?
2007-06-12 04:46:00 I’m not sure if I?m alone in this but I’ve notice that ever since Jason and I started this site i’ve been having trouble getting to sleep at night. I think it might have something to do with the fact that I write most of my posts right before I go to bed. By the ... More About: Blogging , Bloggers , Insomnia , Logger , Blogg
ViralTags Backlink Meme
2007-06-11 17:37:00 In another scheme to accumulate backlinks, I saw this on Jon Lee’s site. This one is unique from previous schemes because you can use anchor text to promote your site. The imporant thing with this one is to keep on updating your current list with new additions, that way there is no disadvantage of ... More About: Meme , Blogging , Alta
How the fox was born - Personal post reply
2007-06-11 07:07:00 I have pulled myself away from the stats momentarily to post a little reply to Jason’s latest ramblings about how the Fox was born. Firstly, it is true that I was late the first time we met. It was my first long car trip (I just got my license) and I had no idea where ... More About: Personal , Post , Person , Persona , Sona
Jason and Aimee, how a fox was born
2007-06-08 21:25:00 *This is a totally personal post* Good afternoon gentle readers. I was thinking today that most of you do not know anything really about Aimee or mayself so I thought I would write a little on the subject. Perhaps Aimee will add something to this if she can pull herself away from her ’stat research’. Aimee and ... More About: Jason
Our first baby is almost born!
2007-06-08 17:02:00 Thats right. Aimee and I have been hard at work making babies (no, not human babies, although that would probably be more fun, it’s not really the focus of this site). Our first little one to go out into the series of tubes we call the internet is almost here. The code running it works, ... More About: Baby , Make Money Online
I forgot how much fun shopping was
2007-06-08 05:47:00 Since I recently paid of all of my debt I have allowed myself to go on a couple shopping sprees over the last few days. My wardrobe is seriously out dated and I really did need some things…really! I have to admit that it was a LOT of fun. I can see myself becoming ... More About: Shopping , Personal Finance , Ping
MyBlogLog vs Bumpzee
2007-06-08 03:47:00 You may have noticed over the last few days that I added Bumpzee to the fox. I wanted to see if it would be as useful as MyBlogLog. Not only didI add the Bumpzee visitor plugin, and added the bump this button to each post. As far as traffic goes, nothing came from bumpzee and no ... More About: Blogging
How much money should I save?
2007-06-07 03:34:00 So I?ve been thinking a lot about what to do with my money when I have saved up all of the money that I need for my 2007 taxes. This will be the first time ever that I will be able to decide what I want to do with all of my extra money. Right now ... More About: Personal Finance , Money , Save
Comment Spam tastes weird
2007-06-06 14:43:00 Every couple of days, I check the akismet spam filter just to see if any real comments got thrown in there by mistake which happens from time to time. I have noticed aomething weird going on lately that maybe someone reading this can shed some light on. We are getting tons of spam comments on one ... More About: Weird , Spam , Blogging , Comment , Comm
Funny/Popular Video: White and Nerdy
2007-06-06 05:18:00 Finally, being nerdy is cool! Here’s a parody of a rap song by Weird Al. He’s actually not bad…I didn’t even know it was him at first. More About: Video , Videos , Funny , White , Popular
McDonalds Reaches Africa
2007-06-05 17:09:00 This picture just amused me this morning, so I thought I would share. I found it here. More About: Africa , Mcdonalds
I am the unofficial princess of Canada
More articles from this author:2007-06-05 17:04:00 OK, so maybe that title was more of an attempt to grab some attention but you can’t prove that I am wrong now can you? Just thought I would write a quick note about what I have been up to as I have been very busy and my post level has been down for the last ... More About: Princess , Canada , Official , The U 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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