Lately, I've been taking a look at blogging as an opportunity to make money. It started with my brother's interest in all things financial. He stumbled across John Chow, a self-styled Internet entrepreneur,a savvy dot com mogul by his own measure. I downloaded his eBook so that I could "Learn How I Went From Zero…
Veering from the screenwriting path
Take a look at my posts. Many of them are rather long winded. I take five hundred words to say what can be said in less than half that. That's just the way I am. I prefer lengthy writing that is intricateand nuanced. I enjoy telling a story and framing my message a certain way.…
Get Firefox 3.5 for snazzy visuals
I've been using the Firefox 3.5 beta for a while now, and there are a couple of things I'm excited about. Firstly, with the official release of Firefox 3.5, now everybody can finally see the CSS textshadows I'm using on this blog! Secondly, this video explains it all. I'm awfully excited to see that sort…
Who can resist mysterious widescreen wallpapers?
I was getting tired of the same old wallpaper I've been using fora couple of weeks and thought that I'd just whip one up for myself. I like the mysterious feeling it evokes, though others might get something else out of the image. The resolution is 1920x1200 (16:10 ratio), which is my Dell 2408WPF's native…
No more cookies for you – a creepy invasion of privacy
I just learned about Quantcast. Basically, it's a dream for advertisers. Quantcast tracks web traffic. It can figure out what kind of person you are: your age, ethnicity, income range, whether or notyou have kids, and your level of education. I haven't done too much reading or investigation about just how Quantcast can figure all…
