I’ve officially launched another blog. It’s called “Bye Bye Ink!” and it’s designed to blog the demise of the ink based newspaper, as we know it. It’s inevitable. The daily newspapers will be going bye, bye, sooner than you think. I’m goi…
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I was minding my own business, driving home this afternoon from the post office and I noticed a huge pick-up truck next to me. It was obvious he was an artist from the text on the side of his truck and the big website URL emblazoned on the tailgate. But what was really remarkable…
I don’t have any new news about this project but I talked to my contact the other day and so I wanted to revisit this post from back in July of last year for those that might not be familiar with what I wrote. If Amazon is indeed planning to use tunnels to ship goods [&hell…
With China growing at breakneck speed, oil is going to become an even hotter commodity. I think it’s just a foregone conclusion that you should invest in solid companies having to do with the oil business. But that’s not the reason for my post. This is just guess work…
If you aren’t using a personal video recorder (PVR), you’re either too poor to buy one (which is fine, just keep reading my blog and perhaps we can get your income up) or you are purposely living in the stone age, for whatever reason. As you may or may not know, TiVo …
Well… maybe. 🙂 I’ve been taking a look at this Iraqi dinar investment talk that’s being discussed here and there. Most people (investment advisers) are down on the prospects that it’ll actually pay off. Essentially, because the Iraqi economy is most likel…
If you haven’t heard of podcasting yet, you’re going to very shortly. It’s at the same stage in popularity blogs were about 2 years ago. It’s essentially a mini-broadcast, but not live. Anyone with something to say can make a recording of themselves saying…
I love what Salesprocessdiva had to say about specializing or as she says it, “being first in your category.” Be the first in your category. If you can’t be first, create a new subcategory in which you can be first. For example, who was the first person to fly a…
I just got this via email. One of those things that sweep around the globe. But I thought it was so funny, I’m going to post it here for posterity. It’s a take off from the “Who’s on First” bit by Abbott and Costello. If you haven’t heard that …
One of the most amazing men in American history would have been 94 today. Ronald Reagan was the single most influential and inspiring person to me in my 41 years on this plant. Bar none. I’ve missed him dearly. If it’s possible to love someone you’ve never met, …
In case you haven’t heard, ebay has upped their commissions to their affiliates. You earn commissions for signing people up as ebay members and generating bids on items up for auction. The low figure used to be $15 per sign up. Now it’s $20. The per bid commission has…
I knew this would start to happen eventually. But I honestly thought it would take much longer than this. Wow. I’ve said this before, but when major events occur like freeing a people to choose their own destiny, you really need to take a long hard look at the historical as…
I try to use some humor in my FAQs. For instance, the last question on one of my FAQ lists is: “Why is AOL evil and what can I do to fight the evil that lurks among us?” Now, mind you, this is a site having NOTHING to do with internet access or email or […]
I’ll bet there aint a wacko liberal alive right now that aint looking for a window to leap out of after reading this from the new Baghdad mayor… (I define “wacko” liberals as those that automatically hate the letter “B” because it’s the f…
I’ve officially launched blogTshirts.com. It’s one of the 274 businesses I’m constantly in the middle of developing. This one has finally bubbled to the surface. I’ve got in place the proper equipment to facilitate its success and now all we need are blogg…
Pay: The knowledge gained in participating. 🙂 Reason to do it: Because you are a remarkable entrepreneur and you’re as curious as hell. Seriously. I’m looking to recruit a few of my readers to conduct an experiment. The actual work will take 16 hours to complete. It&…
When I sold beds for a living (nice pay but awful hours), we were trained in the skill of dropping the price to close the sale. They always stressed to NEVER drop the price without a reason. If you just drop it, for no apparent reason other than to get the sale, the customer catc…
I know President Bush’s inaugural address will be documented and thanks to the internet, will be accessible to anyone with internet access from here to eternity. But there is one part of his speech that I want my blog to be attached to. I want it to live through time, resti…
I just read an article about this filmmaker that convinced the city officials in charge of the Golden Gate bridge to set up a camera on public ground to film the bridge 24 hours a day to ostensibly chronicle the "day in the life of the bridge." Turns out he is doing a f…
If you’re here regarding my earthquake prediction, click here for more info. On to my normal subject matter… business ideas! As everyone knows, printer companies get their revenue off the back end and not so much the front end. Meaning they charge an arm and a freakin…
It appears my prognosticating post has begun to be noticed. Traffic yesterday was about 500 visitors. Today it was over 5100 visitors. The vast majority of it was from an Italian website that is comparing me to Nostrodamus. Yikes! So, benvenuti to all my Italiano visitors. (Inter…
If you have been a regular reader of my blog, I need you to do me a favor. If you remember reading my post back in September about my earthquake prediction, and the followup post a few days later, please post it in the comments. It seems my prediction is getting a bit of attentio…
I hate those ads that quote you can make $X amount per day… etc. However, I fully believe the title of this post to be doable by the average person. First, I’ve already written a related idea (they both have to do with cat poop) so if you want to read that one first, …
NEWS FLASH! Walter Cronkite has been photographed in what authorities are calling a "slave labor basement" located 25 feet under a WalMart in Wilsonville OR. Authorities are calling it Abu Wal Ghraib. A shaken and disheveled Cronkite was led out of the basement b…
You’ve probably seen the video blooper shows and sometimes they show a montage of cars sliding into one another during ice storms. If you have a particularly bad intersection in your area that gets a little dicey during snow or ice storms, next time you have one, take your …