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Two Monitors Are Better Than One

Since writing about my photo session with BC Business Magazine, I’ve received a bunch of comments and emails asking how I run two monitors at the same time and what monitors I was using. Coming from a tech background, I was quite taken back by this. I figured everyone knows that Windows can support more than one monitor. Most video […]

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List of Blogger Salaries

Paula Mooney has compile a list of blogger and webmaster salaries. There are 60 bloggers and webmasters on the list. I’m ranked number 12 with a yearly income of $140,431.92. It’s pretty easy to figure out that Paula took my April blog income and multiply it by 12. I assumed no growth rate for the annualized salaries, even though some […]

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That Was A Long Five Minutes

The operation was supposed to last five minutes. After looking at the server load, BlueFur recommended increasing the RAM to two Gig. I gave the go ahead and the procedure began. Adding RAM is normally a very easy thing to do – power down server, add new RAM, power server back on, back in business. Somewhere during the reboot process, […]

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The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Bloggers

1 – They Blog On A Consistent Basis Successful bloggers are not on again off again bloggers. They pick a posting frequency and they stick to it no matter what. If you’re going to do a new blog post everyday, then make sure you do a new blog post everyday. If you don’t think you can handle that level of […]

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Kumiko, Your Taxi Is Here

The latest cab to roll off the production line of Coventry firm LTI Vehicles isn’t so much back in black as pretty in pink. The staff at the Holyhead Road manufacturer received an order for one of their new TX4 cabs but the London-based customer had one condition – it had to be in candyfloss pink. Steve Everton the Cell […]

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Three Hour Photo Session For BC Business

The photographer for BC Business Magazine was over this morning to take my picture for an upcoming issue. They wanted to project an image that blogging can be done anywhere and at anytime, even when you’re in your bathrobe. Luckily, I just happen to have a nice Versante bathrobe laying around. The photo session lasted over three hours as photographer […]

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The Real Real John Chow

Bob Buskirk may have shown you the real John Chow but I’m going to show you the real real John Chow. This video, taken at the library, shows a side of me that very few people will see. Yes, I am the only dad in a sea of mothers (and some grand moms). I guess all the other dads have […]

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The Real John Chow

Bob Buskirk has made a post showing the real John Chow (I guess there is a unreal John Chow out there). The post is a trip down memory lane. From the time he first paged me on IM to our first live meeting at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show. After helping me signup for Adsense and helping me place ads […]

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