eJabs...for knowledge!eJabs...for knowledge!Started by me, Matthew Jabs, in November of 2006, eJabs was created to gain more knowledge, enjoyment, and self improvement, and is my first attempt at a passive income stream. I hope you enjoy my posts and are enriched by their content. 
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Ever Tried SleepDriving?
2007-05-25 17:58:00 It was a dark & stormy night… Just kidding, but here’s the story of how I once fell asleep while driving and the consequences my car suffered because of it! It was a dark & stormy night…okay, just kidding again & I’ll stop now. ;-) I can’t remember the exact date, but about three years ago I ... More About: Humor , Travel , Friends , Automobiles , Tried
Darren Rowse gives 25 Tips for Battling Bloggers Block
2007-05-25 14:58:00 This is a must read (if you blog). My favorite tip is tip #2. I have mentioned this same thing many times & believe this tip alone can help you cure your dreaded blogger block! “I have a little Moleskine notebook that I carry everywhere with me. I use it for all kinds of purposes but ... More About: Education , Technology , How To , Tips , Bloggers
First BanPaul, now BobMeetsBan! Who?s next for the Google Adsense Ban?
2007-05-24 19:29:00 I just read a post by Bob at BobMeetsWorld about how he was recently banned from Adsense . He doesn’t really state the reason he was banned, but he was banned nonetheless. This reminds me of another recent Adsense banning. Paul at BlogPaul was also banned. However, Paul did give us the reason, well…kind of. He posted the ... More About: Google , Education , Technology , Money
Road Rage - Why are people so brave while in their cars?
2007-05-24 17:56:00 You know what never ceases to amaze me? When I’m driving down the road minding my own business, only to get “the finger” by some other driver who feels I negatively infringed upon his daily life in some way or another. Why are people so dang brave when they are in their cars? Even if you, ... More About: Cars , People , Automobiles , Rage , Road
eJabs Hooks Up - May 23rd, 2007
2007-05-23 19:46:00 For those of you who don?t know?Hook ing Up = Link Love (c?mon, getcher minds outta da gutter)! Perhaps something I neglect to practice as I should, is the art of ?hooking up?. I will try to hook up more in the future, I promise. Anyway?here are my hook ups for today: Vincent at VincentChow (better than ... More About: Wordpress , Politics , Humor , Technology
Why Isn?t Brian Lee on ?The Lot??
2007-05-23 16:21:00 Summary: Brian Lee is a fellow blogger, friend, and aspiring film director. “The Lot” is a new reality show on FOX that gives aspiring, virtually unknown, film directors a shot at the big time. Brian is not on “The Lot”, and I’m here to inquire why! Who is Brian Lee? Brian is the creator of ...
The Slanket makes it on Forbes!
2007-05-23 15:52:00 Some of you may remember the original post I wrote about The Slank et back in January. What is The Slanket? It’s a blanket with sleeves! How ingenious. How did it come to be? From the website: “One subzero night in 1998 during my first semester of college ... More About: Forbes
Who Washes Hands More After Restroom, Men or Women?
2007-05-23 14:58:00 We all know that not everybody washes their hands after using the restroom. Although I find this pretty disgusting, I must admit that I didn’t start washing my hands until a few years ago. It never bothered me to think about when I was younger, but now all I can think about is ... More About: Women , Health , Hands , Rest , After
What Weekdays Do Gas Prices Usually Rise?
2007-05-18 21:16:00 Ed A. and Patrick D. over at The Gas Game, have been writing and analyzing gas prices since 2001. What have they come up with since then? Well, as some of you may have noticed, gas prices tend to rise on certain days of the week, more so than other days. According to Ed & Patrick’s ... More About: Travel , Money , Finances , Automobiles , Gas Prices
How To Fillet Bluegill and other panfish
2007-05-18 14:59:00 It’s that time of year again folks. Grab your tackle, grab your rod, make sure your line is in good shape, and head out to your favorite fishin’ hole! I’ve never really been a devout fisherman, but I learn more & more as the years go by. A buddy & I actually headed out ... More About: Sports , Food , Friends , How To , Do-It-Yourself
The Latest Additions to the eJabs Blogroll - 5/17/2007
2007-05-17 21:35:00 Hello, hello, hello! I figured it was about time to, not only update my blogroll, but to give a shot out to all of the blogs recently added to my blogroll. First thing’s first: What is a blogroll? While some of you may laugh at a supposedly rudimentary question such as this, there are a lot of ... More About: Technology , Blogroll , Friends , Test , Late
Garry Conn?s Blog Knowledge IQ Test
2007-05-16 22:17:00 This is something that any serious blogger is going to want to participate in if they ever want to reach the heights of “problogger“! Although Garry just experienced a major crash on his blog…he has spend the last 24 hours or more, getting things up & running again. Why? Because Garry loves us! So what is the ... More About: Humor , Education , Blog , Knowledge , Know
The most I?ve ever paid for gas?
2007-05-16 21:16:00 Today I filled up my gas tank & was HORRIFIED to see that I was paying $3.49/US gallon (equivalent to $4.19/UK gallon and $0.77/liter). This is by far the most I’ve ever paid for gas, the previous high was $3.33/gallon sometime last summer. I’m not really sure why gas prices have been so high in the ... More About: Politics , Finances , Paid , Ever , Most
Top Ten Pro-Homosexual Sponsors on Television
2007-05-16 15:23:00 ***All this info is from the American Family Association*** Listed below are the Top Ten sponsors of prime-time network television shows featuring a homosexual lead or supporting character. Click Here to see the monitoring criteria and verification page, outlining each company’s sponsorship history. 1. Ford Motor Company Chairman William ... More About: Politics , Television , Money , Finances
Fight or Reduce your Points from Traffic Violation Tickets
2007-05-15 22:07:00 A good friend of mine, recently phoned to urge me to write this post on eJabs. Mike Petersen, the originator of the poop on the arm line of thinking, and the Free 411 calls has some more great advice about fighting your tickets/traffic violations. Mike (or Jimmy Honda as he is known in some circles) informed me ... More About: Politics , Education , Friends , Money , Finances
The blogpaul Meme
2007-05-15 20:16:00 Well folks, if you haven’t visited one of Paul ’s 456 blogs, then head on over to blogpaul or blogpaula to get a feel for his witty, yet family oriented writing style. I appreciate blogpaul, and that’s why I’m going to participate in his blogpaul meme. To participate, just create a post linking to Paul’s wonderul picture, then ... More About: Humor , Meme
eJabs Hooks Up - May 15th, 2007
2007-05-15 17:29:00 For those of you who don’t know…Hook ing Up = Link Love (c’mon, getcher minds outta da gutter)! Perhaps something I neglect to practice as I should, is the art of “hooking up”. I will try to hook up more in the future, I promise. Anyway…here are my hook ups for today: Thanks to Mark at MeAndMyDrum ... More About: Technology
How To Avoid Lip Balm Perdition
2007-05-15 15:57:00 FYI for everyone out there: Don’t leave any type of lip balm products in your vehicle when your windows are rolled up on a hot day! Just as you wouldn’t appreciate being treated this way, your lip balm doesn’t either! Why should you take my word for it? Well, read on my dear friends… I had always ... More About: Humor , Avoid
My Favorite Unpopular Posts - Meme
2007-05-14 16:34:00 The “My Favorite Unpopular Posts” meme is born! Background: A couple of nights ago, a friend & I were reading through the eJabs archives. It wasn’t too long before I started to notice that a lot of my favorite posts, never seemed to get the traffic I felt they deserved. Although some of my “popular” posts ... More About: Politics , Humor , Family , Education , Meme
I?m sick of my best posts not being popular?
2007-05-12 07:20:00 This post is going to be short & to the point. Here’s the point: I’m sick of how the best posts I’ve written are never popular in the “Blogosphere”. Again, I’m going to keep this post short & to the point. I am actually going to start a meme about it later, but the fact is that ... More About: Politics , Popular , Posts , Bein , Sick
Did you forget your Firefox master password?
2007-05-10 18:36:00 Well…if you did then you’re in luck. Should you forget your Firefox master password, you’ll need to reset it. My long-time friend and blogging cohort, Karthik, has written a great post on how to do just that. Karthik has a ton of other great information on his blog, ShanKri-la, so be sure to check it out & ... More About: Linux , Education , Technology , How To
Why I Brush My Teeth In The Shower
2007-05-10 14:37:00 Today we will be discussing a very important topic…brushing our teeth. Where do you brush your teeth? Where do you shave? Why do you have these habits? Up until a few years ago I was like any other red-blooded American white boy. I would get up in the morning, brush my teeth & shave at the sink, ... More About: General , Teeth , Brush , Rush , Howe
How To Disable the Windows XP Automatic Updates Restart Nag Screen
2007-05-09 22:40:00 Because Microsoft released several patches for their Windows XP operating system today, I know there will be a lot of people downloading & installing the updates, only to receive the infamous automatic updates restart nag screen every 10 minutes. This post will address how to delay this nagging prompt. I say delay because the only ... More About: Screen , Technology , How To , Updates
Dude?I Love ?The Office?
2007-05-08 07:21:00 Thanks to my friend Eric Rauch for getting these videos to me…enjoy: Dwight Schrute playing Jim Halpert: And now…Jim playing Dwight: dwight schrute, eJabs, Humor, jim halpert, the office More About: Office , The Office , Love , Dude , The O
Feedburner Adopts Popular Wordpress Plugin and Names it FeedSmith
2007-05-07 22:56:00 Are you using the Wordpress plugin to redirect your feeds to Feedburner? If so, read on… Today, while going through my installed Wordpress plugins to check for updates, I came to the Feedburner Feed Replacement Plugin only to find that Feedburner has officially adopted the young infant! The original plugin author, Steve Smith, has his post ... More About: Education , Technology , Popular
How To Automate Your cPanel Website & Database Backups
2007-05-07 16:43:00 If you have your website hosted on a Linux box, then you should be familiar with cPanel. I’m writing this post to help you easily automate the backup of your website & databases (including your entire “homedir” or home directory). Once you put this backup procedure into place, you will have daily backups ... More About: Wordpress , Education , Technology , Website , Do-It-Yourself
Pet Food Recall Lists
2007-05-07 14:51:00 Greetings all. By now I’m sure you’ve heard of all the recalls on pet food as of late. To help readers, I wanted to post a link to an article written by the beautiful Elaine, to help you find any recalls that may effect you & your beloved pet(s). Elaine lists the sites that have all ... More About: Family , Education , Health , Food , Pet Food
GTech Shooting - Attention Liberal Activists: If you ban guns, ban cars to
2007-05-04 19:43:00 Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away…people used to take responsibility for their own actions. Today, as a nation, we seem to be moving further & further away from this phenomenon. What’s worse, we don’t seem to expect anyone to take responsibility for their own actions. Case in point: The Georgia Tech shooting. Why, ... More About: Politics , Cars , Guns , Automobiles , Liberal
PCLinuxOS - ?The Distro Hopper Stopper? & ?Viable Windows Substitute?
2007-05-03 20:15:00 Okay…I have finally made the switch to PCLinuxOS (PCLOS) & have been VERY impressed so far. I’m running the latest release, PCLinuxOS 2007 TR4. TR4 stands for Test Release 4 and is the fourth & final test release of PCLinuxOS 2007. I have limited experience with Linux Gui distro’s (limited to SUSE, RedHat, and Ubuntu) ... More About: Windows , Education , Technology , Microsoft , Money
Reef Sandals - For Those Special Occasions in Life
More articles from this author:2007-05-01 20:56:00 This post sponsored by Reef Sandals Here is my Reef Sandals story: I was married about 2 years and 3 months ago. I had been dating my wife for a few years before I was “ready” to propose marriage. I proposed to her in the Frederick Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, MI on December 30th, 2004. After ... More About: Family , Life , Travel , Special 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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