Archive for October, 2008

  • October 25, 2008

    Vicinity marketing: Computers, Technology, and Erotica

    I just got back from being at a bookstore in Clearwater, Florida called Borders. This bookstore is just like any other large bookstore, like Barnes and Noble or Books a Million and the like. I glanced through a few computer techy books, and as I was leaving, I noticed a real gem of vicinity marketing [...]

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  • October 20, 2008

    Exploring the nature of fascination; are we all insane?

    I find that I truly enjoy being fascinated with a particular topic or subject. It doesn’t necessarily matter what the subject is, and moreover, I find I can become fascinated with almost any topic. I don’t feel the need to master the subject; rather, maintaining an intrinsic fascination with something appeals more to me than [...]

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  • October 19, 2008

    One guy, two Stellas

    I’m a lucky guy!

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  • October 17, 2008

    Don’t put batteries next to CDs or DVDs

    I didn’t really think about this until it was too late! I have a guitar case, and in it I kept a few extra 9-volt batteries for the acoustic guitar pickup. Well, at a recording session the other night, I threw some CDRs in the case. They weren’t touching the batteries; there were probably a [...]

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  • October 16, 2008

    Google Adsense dashbaord widget for Apple/Mac

    Here’s a nice one for ya. It’s an apple/mac dashboard widget that will check your Google Adsense earnings. Simply install the widget, enter your login criteria, and slam. You’re golden! I’ve been using this guy for a few months, and it works great! It actually pulls the data from Google’s API directly or from another [...]

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  • October 16, 2008

    Next time you’re near a guitar and a television, try this!

    If you hold the guitar up toward the tv, to where your line of sight sees the guitar string first and the tv in the background, you should pluck a string. You can actually see the wavelength of the vibrating string at whatever note you’re playing. Try changing the note (ie finger the first fret, [...]

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  • October 16, 2008

    Finally, a Google Adsense iPhone application: iEarn

    I’ve been keeping my eye out for this one for a while. Since Google’s mobile version of their site is loaded when I view google.com on the iPhone, it’s not easy to check Google Adsense earnings on the iPhone.

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  • October 15, 2008
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    An Asheville girl changed her name to CutoutDissection.com

    Only in my town would something like this happen. An Asheville girl changed her name from Jennifer to CutoutDissection.com, in hopes to dissuade animal dissections in public schools. Does this have anything to do with PETA? Yup, it certainly does.

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