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3G IPhone Launch Coming Soon? 2008-03-30 15:52:03 Crap! Less than a month after I picked up my iPhone, and now rumors are swirling that a new iPhone with 3G and GPS is slated to ship in May or June! In addition, there’s a rumor that the new phone will have two cameras - One for video chat, and one for [...] Read more:Launch
, Coming Soon
Cool Business Card Designs 2008-04-08 15:56:47 A good business card is absolutely essential.. If you go to a conference, you’re likely to collect a hundred or more cards over the course of the event! The key is to have a hard that sticks out from the crowd and gets noticed. I have a great looking card for my e-commerce [...] Read more:Business
, Designs
Building Your Readership With Contests 2008-04-05 15:29:51 Winning The Web held one of the craziest blog contests I have ever seen, and gave out $14,575 in cash and prizes! Kudos to Gyutae Park for thinking outside of the box, and bringing in so many big-name sponsors to pony up prizes for this contest. Talk about link bait, I saw mention [...] Read more:Building
, Contests
Upgrading to Wordpress 2.5 2008-04-10 15:42:33 Now that Fantastico has added Wordpress
2.5 to the mix, you’ll see more and more bloggers upgrading to the latest version. This is a pretty major upgrade, and there are a few things to be aware of before making the move.
1) BACKUP YOUR FILES!!
Sure, Fantastico makes life easy, but I ran into [...]
Google - Free Swag Sunday 2008-04-13 14:01:24 Got some Google
freebies, and I figured I’d give it away to one of our lucky readers! The winner will receive 2 Google stickers, a crazy magnetic LED Google pin thingy, and a $50 AdWords voucher.
To enter the contest, just do any of the following:
- Subscribe to RSS feed via Email = 2 entries
- [...] Read more:Sunday
Has the Borgata lost it’s luster? 2008-04-12 22:25:36 I’m sure most people on the East Coast are familiar with the Borgata.. It’s a high-end casino in Atlantic City that brought that Las Vegas vibe to the beach. A beautiful casino, absolutely flawless in it’s execution, it quickly became the hot-spot for the young and wealthy. The Tropicana fired back with their [...]
How To Create HTML Signatures In Outlook 2008-04-17 11:38:16 Years ago, I had a slick HTML signature that was automatically added to all of my outgoing e-mails. Since then, I’ve gone through a few PCs and a number of Outlook
updates, and in the process I lost my old sig. It may seem trivial, but it’s another easy way to promote your [...] Read more:Signatures
Was Wordpress 2.5 Released Prematurely? 2008-04-15 10:25:49 Another day, and another issue with the new image uploading system in Wordpress
2.5.
This is the second problem I’ve had with the new image uploading system, and I’m definitely not alone.. Thankfully, there’s a quick fix for this particular error.
FTP into your web hosting account, and edit your .htaccess file. Insert the [...]
6 Days Without A Post! 2008-04-23 15:21:56 What a week it’s been! My wife comes home from work early on Thursday, says she’s been throwing up all morning. This continues for the next 36 hours - I basically stopped what I was doing, and took care of her for the greater part of Thursday and Friday. Saturday rolls around, [...]
Wordpress 2.5.1 Available for Download! 2008-04-25 16:16:08 As I mentioned last week, Wordpress
2.5 was riddled with bugs.. Now today we get word that 2.5.1 has been released, and includes a “very important security update”.
Version 2.5.1 of WordPress is now available. It includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix. We recommend everyone update immediately, particularly [...] Read more:Download
Look What’s For Lunch! 2008-04-25 10:50:36 In case you don’t know, these are lunch boxes from Japan. Crazy, eh? Read more:Lunch
FREE Roundtrip Plane Ticket From American Express 2008-04-28 08:42:49 American Express
Business Gold Rewards Credit Card is offering a FREE domestic round-trip airplane ticket for signing up for their card! This is by far, the most lucrative credit card sign-up offer I have EVER seen! Sign up for their credit card, make a purchase, and they will credit your account with 5,000 points. [...] Read more:American
, Ticket
, Plane
Gas Could Rise To $10 A Gallon! 2008-04-29 18:57:28 Think gas prices are bad right now? A couple of analytical enery industry trackers predict that prices will rise to $10 a gallon in the next 2-3 years! The news broke yesterday in the New York Sun. It seems impossible, but you can’t dispute the facts.
In early 2007, oil was trading at [...]
More Info On AMEX Free Plane Ticket Deal 2008-04-30 14:16:14 I received a number of e-mails about my free airline ticket post the other day, and I just wanted to answer a few questions.
For whatever reason, AMEX hasn’t publicized this deal very well on their website But if you’d like to see all the fine print before signing up, click here to view their [...] Read more:Plane
, Ticket
Windows XP Service Pack 3 delayed 2008-04-30 13:58:08 Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it was delaying the release of Windows
XP Service
Pack 3 because of a newly uncovered glitch. The software maker said there is a “compatibility issue” between the service pack and Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System, a retail chain management program for small and midsize businesses. Microsoft finalized the code [...] Read more:delayed
, Service Pack
Frozen in Grand Central Station 2008-05-01 13:51:07 Check out this prank - Over 200 people gathered at GrandCentralStation
in New York to pull off a ‘frozen in place’ act. The onlooking travelers who weren’t part of the act were mystified as to what was going on.
And then a bunch of students at the University of Minnesota decided to copy [...] Read more:Frozen
Leaving On My Honeymoon 2008-05-03 15:37:57 So we’re finally leaving on our honeymoon tomorrow, only 6 weeks after getting married!
Don’t expect any blog updates for the next week.. Frankly, I NEED this vacation, and I’m not even going to THINK about work while I’m gone. Sure, uber-bloggers like John Chow would be posting daily updates from his [...] Read more:Leaving
, Honeymoon
Rested and Recharged 2008-05-12 14:36:52 I’m back from my honeymoon, and just got through the 864 e-mails that were waiting for me! Talk about a nightmare, I spent the better of 6-hours going through everything, and I still have about 100 e-mails that I need to address in some manner.
That’s the thing about being your own boss - It’s [...]
Passenger sues JetBlue over flight spent on toilet! 2008-05-13 16:12:01 Air travel is just awful these days.. At my old “corporate job”, I was traveling 52 weeks a year, as our big client wanted us working on-site.. I flew so much, I quickly made Platinum Preferred with US Air, and had well over 150K frequent flyer miles! But back in those days (1999-2001), air [...] Read more:Passenger
, JetBlue
Google’s -60 Penalty and How To Avoid It! 2008-05-16 09:48:41 During the last weeks, people in many SEO forums noticed some strange Google
result changes. Rumor has it that there is a new -60 penalty that Google applies to websites in which it has lost trust.
What has happened?
Some webmasters found websites that were listed on position 61 in Google’s search results that had Google Sitelinks [...] Read more:Penalty
, Avoid
How To Weather The Soft Economy 2008-05-20 08:36:39 Sometimes a simple story from the past can help to change our future. Consider this wonderful story about a man who sold hot dogs, and then apply the lesson to what’s taking place today.
The Hot Dog Story
A man lived by the side of the road and sold hot dogs.
He was hard of hearing, so [...]
Attending Trade Shows On A Budget 2008-05-17 09:49:01 Have you attended a show this year? I’ve attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Search Engine Strategies, and ad:Tech this year. (I was too busy to attend SMX, but maybe next year)
Next month, I hope to make it out to Chicago for the Internet Retailers Conference & Exhibition conference (IRCE). And in [...] Read more:Trade
Are You A Victim Of Identity Theft? 2008-05-22 08:52:14 Identity theft is more prevalent than most people think. Over 200 million personal data records were lost or exposed in the United States in the last two years. Chances are your identity is already compromised.
You’d think that if you’re careful with your personal information, you shouldn’t be at risk. Unfortunately, that’s not the [...]
Apple Store Affiliate Program 2008-05-21 15:45:35 I got an e-mail today inviting me to the AppleStore
affiliate program. It would probably convert fairly well, considering how many people are buying iPods, iPhones, and the ultra-thin MacBook Air!
Note I said probably.. Unfortunately, I have no intention of finding out. Why? “Apple Store pays 1% commission on all Apple [...] Read more:Affiliate
, Program
, Affiliate Program
Ordered The Wii Fit 2008-05-24 14:10:30 My buddy’s been RAVING like a lunatic ever since he picked up his Wii
Fit.. After 3 days of hearing how great it is, I finally gave in and ordered one myself. With my hectic schedule, I never have time to go to the gym - But if this little sucker’s in my living [...]
Happy Memorial Day 2008-05-26 08:09:06 Zander Chance wishes to thank the brave men and women of the Armed Forces! In between the BBQ and beer, take a moment to remember those who have lost their lives defending liberty.
Have a safe and happy Memorial
Day!! Read more:Happy
Steak On A Stone 2008-05-27 14:18:33 We visited some friends in Cleveland for Memorial Day weekend.. While there, we ate at a placed called “Steak
On A Stone
”. They’ve been raving about this place for months, so we had to check it out.
“It’s not just a meal. It’s an experience” Their motto is dead-on. This is the most [...]
Popular Magazines Available For Free On Your iPhone! 2008-05-28 09:38:30 Zinio has released an optimized iPhone
magazine reader, which allows you to view full popular magazines for free!
On their regular website, Zinio.com charges $4.99 an issue to access major magazines like Car and Driver, Popular Mechanics, U.S. News & World Report, and PC Magazine. They also sport racier titles such as Playboy and Penthouse.
The [...] Read more:Magazines
Frustrations With UPS 2008-05-29 11:12:21 We’re a FedEx shop. We ship thousands of packages with FedEx each month, and there’s never a problem.. They might cost a bit more than the competition, but it’s worth it for the piece of mind. Unfortunately, it seems like whenever I buy something and have it shipped via UPS, inevitably there’s an [...]
Wii Fit = Zero Productivity 2008-06-02 08:38:40 My Wii
Fit finally arrived on Thursday, and it’s absolutely KILLED my productivity! Who knew that a little plastic board would be so addictive and fun? Kudos to Nintendo for completely changing the video game landscape - First with the Wii itself, and now with the Wii Fit.
The Wii Fit is supposed to [...] Read more:Productivity
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