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Paying Down the Debt
Wow, it’s been a while since my last post; looks like that one was just as I was getting seriously into the training at my new job. Will have to do a personal post soon, but today, I want to … Continue reading
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Internet Marketing Experiment: the Six Month Mark
Early last summer, I was making a serious effort to find a way to pay the bills with my writing. I sent out a number of query letters (which were mostly ignored), started writing for a couple of websites, and … Continue reading
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Interviewing with Microsoft and Epic
For a while now, I’ve been meaning to write about my interview experience with Microsoft last year; since I interviewed with Epic recently as well, I figured I’d talk about both of them. I will not be disclosing the interview … Continue reading
Dealing with Spammers: A Modest Proposal
In 2009, it was estimated that spam would cost the world about $130 billion, $42 billion of that in the United States. While technological measures are getting better (for example, Askimet for blog spam), it will always be an arms … Continue reading
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Megamind
Now I remember the other reason that I never go to the movies. 2 tickets, one popcorn, nachos, and a drink: $37! The first reason, of course, is that in the past it’s been almost impossible to find a captioned … Continue reading
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Thoughts on the Election
While it wasn’t a great night for the country, it wasn’t all bad either. Here are a few things that come to mind. The republican takeover of the House most likely kills any chances of another stimulus bill. We now … Continue reading
Adding line breaks in WordPress, and stuff like that
Found a nice little plug-in today that gets rid of an annoyance in WordPress. Normally, if you try to add extra vertical space, either by hitting enter in the visual editor or by adding <br /> tags in the HTML … Continue reading
Obamacare Trial Proceeds
For not, it seems, the lawsuit against the federal government over health care reform will move forward, after a ruling by a federal judge in Florida. The judge did not rule on the merits of the case, but decided that … Continue reading
Stopping Illegal Immigration
I’ve always said that if the government actually wanted to stop illegal immigration, the solution is obvious: simply impose hefty fines on any company that hires an illegal immigrant. We all know they come here for work: if we make … Continue reading
Internet Marketing Experiment, Part II: September
It’s been a slow month for internet marketing, but it’s still time for my monthly report about how things are going! With just a few hours left in September, my adsense earnings for the month stand at $1.92. Slightly depressing, … Continue reading