This Friday is pay day, and that’s always exciting. I’m paying bills, going on a date on Saturday, but then I want to (cost-effectively) throw some sort of a small party for people who are still around this summer. (When you live near a college campus and a lot of your friends are college students,…
Best Blog Ad Solution?
With the announcement I made earlier about having ditched Entrecard (incidentally, since clearing my Ad queue, I suddenly have over 30+ ad requests per day. Entrecard users, give up. I’m not putting my badge back up, and you should actually look at a site before you advertise with them.), it occurs to me I’d still…
Shark Week on Tech Jaws
Tech Jaws, the technology news site that I co-operate with a fellow blogger, Frank J, is having Shark Week. What does that mean to you, readers and bloggers? It’s your chance to be featured on a high-profile, high-traffic technology news site for free! The requirements are pretty simple, just go check out Tech Jaws’ Shark…
You Can Sell Almost Anything on eBay
Did someone you know recently die? Funerals are expensive, and so are coffins. But in today’s buy-everything-on-the-internet tradition, you can absolutely find it on eBay. I first got this idea when my uncle died a few years ago. I was trying to bring some levity to give people a chance to laugh. We all missed…
Top 10 Signs You’re a Douchebag
Do you ever just wake up and go, “I’m not sure if I’m a douchebag… if only some amateur blogger would come up with a list of top 10 signs, so that I could self-diagnose my condition, and then go see a medical professional who would prescribe me some anti-douchebagulent pills. If only…” and then…
Build SEO with .EDU Backlinks
If you looked at that headline and went “Huh?” – you’re probably brand new to the world of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). There is an entire business industry setup around helping web site owners, blog authors, and online publications optimize every page – make that every word of every page of content – highly optimized…
May Flowers Bring Sneezing Showers? Go Silk!
My mom loves to decorate her yard with plants and every so often has a professional landscaper come in and plant flowers and shape up the yard. When I was a kid, I had no allergies. The pollen didn’t bother me a bit. I didn’t wheeze, or cough, or feel nauseated when springtime rolled around.…
Reach Out and Touch Someone [Insert Sexual Harassment Claim Here]
Is it just me, or is the majority of America starting to become more and more disconnected from a place they might consider “home?” Busy business people often pick up and move from one city to another across the continent for a better life, without much regard for the town they live in. Is this…
Got Talent?: Make It Big by Finding Gigs
Are you a YouTube star? Do you sing incredibly well? Are you a graphic design or print artist? Do you roll with the thespian crowd? If you live in New York City and have been trying to “make the big time” in the arts and entertainment industry, you need someone to help you find the…
Make Headers Stay Across Pages on Tables in Word
A quick Microsoft Word tip: if you’re working with a table you’ve created in Word, and your table spans multiple pages, it can be annoying to flip back and forth to remember what each column represents. Ideally, you’d like to be able to keep the column headers on the table in Word across each page,…