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Do You Feel Safer Now That Granny?s On Probation?
2008-02-12 02:30:00 You may or may not remember my incredulous post back in July about the 70 year old woman who was attacked by the police for not watering her lawn. It was, after all, more than six months ago that Betty Perry was tackled by Officer James Flygare, a member of the Orem, Utah ’s Neighborhood ... More About: Police , Feel , Granny
Got Mortgage Questions? MoneyMagic Has Answers!
2008-02-07 05:37:00 As a result of the current credit crunch, people are having to relearn everything they’ve previously learned about Mortgage s. Fortunately, the internet comes to the rescue once again. Money Magic offers a dozen different mortgage guides online covering the various types of mortgages including tracker, let to buy, 125% and offset mortgages. But ... More About: Questions , Answers
Bombed Out At Bay Meadows Opener
2008-02-07 04:33:00 Today was opening day of the last(?) horse racing season at Bay Meadows in San Mateo. I thought I’d attended the last season at Bay meadows a couple years back, but they managed to get an extension.Unfortunately, I bombed out in the betting department and that wasn’t the worst part of the day. ... More About: Aahz
Latest News On NetAudioAds
2008-02-05 07:19:00 Last week I introduced y’all to Pay Per Play advertising from Net Audio Ads and told y’all that they would start playing ads on Friday, February 1st. Well, it’s now February 4th and my sites have yet to serve a single ad. Apparently they’re doing a “slow rollout” of the ads only serving them to ... More About: News
Another Day At The Races
2008-02-05 07:03:00 After getting absolutely soaked at Fisherman’s Wharf on Saturday, Z and I found a Motel 6 in Oakland that was only $70 with a friendly staff and a great room. They pointed us to a breakfast spot called Nikko’s that seriously rocked as well. Then it was off to the races… A couple of ... More About: Fatherhood , Races
The Only Genuine Protection Against Identity Theft
2008-02-05 05:05:00 Personally, I’ve never been very worried about identity theft. I’ve screwed up my credit so bad that a) only a fool would want my identity, and 2) being able to blame my record on an identity thief could actually make my life a bit easier But I’m pretty close to alone in ... More About: Identity Theft , Genuine , Theft , Identity
Rainy Evening At Fisherman?s Wharf
2008-02-05 04:48:00 Saturday afternoon Z had a memorial service to attend, so our weekend got a late start. Without any real plan, we headed north on 280 and cut over to PCH (Highway 1) via Highway 92. The section of PCH between Half Moon Bay and San Francisco has now been checked off Z’s list ... More About: Fisherman , Evening , Wharf
Alvin Gets Creamed In Super Bowl 2008 Ads
2008-02-05 00:08:00 Yesterday was the big day - Super Bowl Sunday. The day that all Americans set aside to gather their friends, order pizza, stock up on beer and circle the wide screen TV to partake in that all-American pastime - the new Super Bowl television commercials! I’ve never been a football fan (or a ... More About: Movies , Play
A Warning To Webmasters
2008-02-05 00:01:00 Reuters’ Oddly Enough headline RSS is probably one of the most subscribed to feeds on the web. So getting your website plugged in one of their articles can generate thousands, if not tens of thousands, of visitors to your site. Well, today I clicked over to check out the latest world oddities only ... More About: Webmasters , Warning
ElectionQlips Lets Bloggers Take The Debate With Them
2008-02-01 20:09:00 I just heard about this killer new webapp this morning. It’s from QlipMedia and is called Election Qlips. Unlike traditional video sharing sites (how odd is it to say “traditional” about a website ) you can not only leave comments on these election related video clips with text, but also with audio, free ... More About: Blogging , Debate , Bloggers
Ron Paul Goes To The Zoo
2008-01-31 22:19:00 I’m not much for posting videos on my blogs (I visit blogs to read, not watch), but this one was just too catchy and too clever for me to let slide by without sharing. The songwriter actually came up with the music and lyrics, then posted them to YouTube with a call for an animator. ... More About: Ron Paul , Paul
Should We Be Happy For No Reason?
2008-01-31 22:09:00 The Sedona Method seems to be everywhere I look these days. Marci Shimoff, founding member of The Transformational Leadership Council, has followed up her massive best seller The Secret with a new book called “Happy For No Reason ”. Apparently Mariel Hemingway, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, followed these methods to overcome the depression that ...
Applied Anarchy - Voting As Self-Defense
2008-01-31 07:04:00 There’s a good portion of anarchists, agorists, libertarians, rebels, and general freedom lovers who believe that voting is not only pointless, but also immoral, unethical, or even anti-thetical to a belief in freedom. The argument generally goes something along the lines of voting “participating in” or “supporting” the corrupt government system. Well, I’ve been an ... More About: Freedom , Defense , Voting , Anarchy , Applied
Are Audio Ads The Way To Monetize Your Website?
2008-01-31 05:33:00 I first heard about Net Audio Ads a few weeks back when they began seeking bloggers to advertise their Pay Per Play ads via the other PPP: PayPerPost. This created quite a bit of controversy due to the nature of the ads. Don’t get me wrong, the ads themselves aren’t objectionable in any ... More About: Website , Monetize
One Short Term Goal Achieved
2008-01-31 04:09:00 When Izea first rolled out their new IzeaRank s.com I set myself a goal of moving Philaahzophy into the position of top ranked political blog. While climbing through any ranking system is seldom easy, the fact that they’re regularly underreporting my stats by as much as 50%, and not reporting the stats of the ... More About: Blogging , Goal , Real , Short-term
Small Souvenirs - Big Obsession
2008-01-31 00:16:00 When I got married some 13 years ago we were beyond broke. The wedding had to be in Las Vegas because the bride’s family was unwilling to travel to the Bay Area, but at least they got us our hotel stay for free. Still, we were unable to afford much in the way ... More About: Travel , Obsession , Small
The Ticket Scalping ? er ? Reselling Experiment
2008-01-30 23:42:00 One of the money making opportunities I’ve been intending to explore for sometime is the controversial world of scalping reselling concert and event tickets. When I was homeless in the 90s one of the ways I’d earn money was to sit on line for ticket resellers in order to help them get around the ... More About: Las Vegas , Experiment , Ticket , The Ticket
Stock Research Even I Can Understand
2008-01-30 21:41:00 I’ve written a few times about my ignorance of the stock market. It’s not that I don’t understand how it actually works, but rather I’m always stuck with a single question: Which stocks to buy? I’ve read and heard plenty of stories of people making money in the stock market. But those ... More About: Personal Finance , Research , Stock Research , Stock , List
I HATE Being Sick!
2008-01-29 21:19:00 Considering how little care I take of myself I’m actually sick pretty rarely. But when I am, it’s usually a doozy. Last Tuesday I started to feel sick, so decided to head things off at the pass and stay in bed on Wednesday. Well, that didn’t work and I ended up getting ... More About: Hate , Sick , Aahz
Actual Proof We?re Still Passing PageRank
2008-01-25 12:13:00 It was almost exactly one month ago that I discovered I was still passing Page Rank despite being Googlesmacked for writing paid posts. A Google employee was quick to jump into the comments and inform me that I was completely wrong. I had neither the knowledge nor the resources to run a genuine experiment, ... More About: Pagerank , Proof , Passing
The Ultimate Valentine?s Day Present
2008-01-24 22:54:00 Overstock.com’s “Game O Love” is offering the ultimate in Valentine ’s Day prizes - your choice of perfect gift from their huge selection! Yes, in honor of that rascally little Cupid Overtsock.com is waging war on love. There are no more excuses for not getting the absolute perfect gift for your valentine when you ... More About: Contests , Present , Ultimate , Overstock
Man, Those Sploggers Are FAST!
2008-01-21 19:42:00 Last night we converted Z’s website into a Wordpress-powered blog named Butterfly Diaries. This happened roughly around 8pm. At 9:02pm she published her first real post directly to the blog: And They’re Off… At 9:44pm she received her very first comment. Actually it was a pingback, but she didn’t even know ... More About: Blogger , Blogging , Fast
40 Years Later and We?re All Still Slaves
2008-01-21 06:20:00 If Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King , Jr hadn’t been shot on April 4th, 1968 while standing in front of his Memphis motel room he’d have celebrated his 79th birthday last week. Hmmm… actually he probably would have been dead from something else by age 79, but that’s not really the point. The ... More About: Freedom , Years , Slaves
Irritated With Apple, Again
2008-01-20 23:12:00 Remember my $20 iPod ? Well, it started giving me transfer issues, so I finally just gave into the addiction and bought a working used 5.5G. Unfortunately, the transfer cord didn’t last very long as y’all can see in the picture to the right. I don’t understand why Apple can’t just ...
No More Driving In D.C. For Me
2008-01-20 07:14:00 Have you ever tried to drive in Washington, D.C.? The first road trip I took after getting my driver’s license was cross country with my older sister. Nominally we were returning my father’s car t ohim as he had lent it to her here in California then moved back to Virginia to work ... More About: Driving
A Call To Arms For Anarchist Bloggers
2008-01-19 09:31:00 Since it was created by Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, if you don’t have kids you’ve probably never heard of No Name-Call ing Week. In fact, I didn’t even hear of it in my role as a parent, but rather thanks to StumbleUpon. From their FAQ- What is No Name-Calling Week?No Name-Calling Week is an ... More About: Education , Bloggers , Arms
IM Smileys I Can Actually Use
2008-01-19 06:49:00 You know that popup/banner ad with the really annoying smileys that start yapping when you accidentally roll over the ad? Well, a couple of them are pretty cute, but I’d feel sleazy using them because of their annoying ads. Not to mention I don’t trust the company to not drop a trojan or ... More About: Sweet , Smileys , Smiley
Be A Rebel - Hang A Clothesline
2008-01-18 19:53:00 Here in Northern California I’m constantly inundated with ads from our local power company, PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric), about how they’re working hard to provide cleaner energy through solar and wind technology. At the same time, my daughter is flooded with information about greenhouse gases and global warming. Meanwhile, cities and municipalities ... More About: Rebel , Hang
How Izea and PayPerPost Are Working To Help Their Bloggers
2008-01-18 18:45:00 I just spent 38 solid minutes trying to reserve an opp at PayPerPost, only to lose out ion the end. What was taking so long? I kept getting Error 500 pages while trying to get the opp reserved. Meanwhile the PPP forums and blogs were working fine, so I read them ... More About: Blogging , Payperpost , Bloggers , Ranks , Working
Flowers? Check. Chocolate? Check. Teddy Bear? Check.
More articles from this author:2008-01-18 18:17:00 Attention men! (Women are fully aware I’m sure) Valenitne’s day is less than one month away! It’s time to get moving on that list of things to do for your significant other. If you’re constantly stymied by what to give for V-day, then 1-800-Flowers can hook you up. They not only have ... More About: Shopping , Valentine , Chocolate , Check 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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