John Chow Kick Ass Game
I managed to kick my butt 37,151 meters! You think you can beat that? You’re welcome to try! Make sure you switch your speaker on to hear me screaming. Thanks to Vincent Chow (no relation) for making the game.
Read MoreCashing Out – When Is The Right Time
I was talking to my friend Matt Coddington and he told me he has listed his blog, Net Business Blog, for sale at the Sitepoint Marketplace. The current bid is $5,100 and there is a $20,000 BIN in case you want to take it right now. All this got me thinking about the exit strategy. At what point do you […]
Read MoreBuilding a New Computer
It’s been a while since I upgraded my personal work computer. My last few personal systems were from Shuttle – they make those cute toaster comps – and it has served me very well. However, I’ve decided it was time for something new and went looking in my garage for leftover computer parts. In the end, I managed to assemble […]
Read MoreDuplicate Content Cure Plugin for WordPress
David Pitlyuk sent words about a WordPress plugin that will help get you out of Google’s Supplemental index. The Duplicate Content Cure Plugin for WordPress is a very simple, yet effective SEO plugin that prevents search engines from indexing WordPress pages that contain duplicate content, like archives and category pages. It does this by adding the meta tag on the […]
Read MoreThanks For The Beer
I want to take this time to say thanks to the people who were kind enough to buy me a beer. Justin from Linux Notes, Cameron Wilmot from Tweak Town, Shawn Knight from Shawn-Knight.net and OCIA.net (Shawn got me a pitcher), Ryan Shamus and Bob Buskirk. You five were the only ones evil enough to figure out that if you […]
Read MoreBuy Me a Beer WordPress Plugin
Ankesh Kothari just released new WordPress plugin that allows my blog readers to buy me a beer via PayPal. The plugin adds a “Buy Me a Beer” button to your sidebar and at the bottom of every post. When your readers click on the button, they are taken to the secure PayPal page so they can donate money for your […]
Read MorePayPerPost Direct Challenges ReviewMe And Fails
I was checking the blogs in my Google reader and noticed that Kumiko made a post about PayPerPost launching a new service call PayPerPost Direct that allows advertisers to order reviews directly from a blog. To get started simply drop the appropriate HTML snippet into your blog template. Advertisers that come across your blog and love what you do can […]
Read MoreGetting Out Of The Google Supplemental Index
Nathan Metzger of Not So Boring Life sent me an email saying I have over 1,700 pages in Google’s Supplemental Index and I really should try to get out of it. The Google Supplemental Index is where the unworthy pages end up. According to the above SEO for Firefox plugin, I have 1,790 pages in the supplemental index. This doesn’t […]
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