That’s right. You can put your ugly mug on anything, even an ugly mug! Or a t-shirt, or a mouse pad [Note: despite popular opinion, mouse pads are not feminine protection for mice], or a calendar, or just about anything else that can be printed on. What’s even better is you don’t have to sacrifice…
With a Rebel Yell: More, More, More
Guys, I gotta tell ya, it’s been a crazy life recently. For those of you recently subscribed to my RSS feeds or who have only recently started following my writing, I’d like to apologize for the sporadic nature of my posting. I promise you, a month ago I was writing six posts a day like…
Sparring for Fun and Stress Relief
When you’re frustrated, as I imagine many people are at the end of a long work week – you’re probably looking for some way to work out some stress and then unwind so you can enjoy your weekend. While some people like to do this by hitting the night life, getting drunk, or doing recreational…
Entrepreneurs: Custom Plastic Shopping Bags
Is your new business some sort of retail store? Do you interact with customers directly and in person? Or maybe you do online or mail-order sales and you need plastic bags for wrapping up goods to mail to customers? Any dime-store marketing, small business, or entrepreneurship book will tell you that brand awareness is the…
Marketing on MySpace
Lots of people have their own opinion on using social networking sites like MySpace or Facebook for marketing their own business or online affiliate marketing, but I’m not here to tell you what I think about it. If you’re reading this, you’ve probably already made up your mind to use it or not. What I…
Frustrated? Pop Off a Few Rounds
There was a time in my life when I could spend patience on anything and that would be enough to get me through. That time is approximately every night from around 1am until 6:42am, when I’m asleep. For the rest of the day – give me a good round of Halo or Unreal Tournament and…
Find Financial Aid and Go Back to School
Whether you’re fresh out of undergrad and find the current job market too daunting in your field, or you’re a seasoned professional looking for more on-paper credibility with a master’s or doctorate degree, it’s not easy to turn back to conventional education. It’s an especially difficult endeavor for the wallet, in most of our cases.…
Call Your Mother Before I Do
I think people don’t call home to their parents enough. I’m not a parent, but I think once I have kids and they move out, I’m darn well going to want to hear from them. I think my generation is fairly bad for this kind of thing. We are so caught up in our own…
Nouveau Riche University: Real Estate School
Real estate can be a lucrative and prolific source of income. Especially if you’ve honed your skills at buying and flipping houses. But there’s so much more than just buying, fixing up, and selling a house! There’s a reason being a certified Realtor means you have to pass an exam and know your stuff. You…
Network Admins: Take Advantage of NetFlow
Most modern Cisco networking equipment has what’s called NetFlow technology built right in. A company called NetQoS has a software program called ReportAnalyzer which it claims is the only NetFlow monitoring software that has the ability to scale data from the world’s largest networks, and give network admins and engineers insight into the amount of…