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A Time To Give Back

The More You Give, The More You Get I am a firm believer in you get what you give. Giving doesn’t have to be about money. It can be your time and experience. One of the reasons I created this blog was to give my knowledge and experience so I can help others be successful online. One of the ways […]

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SOHO HO & TLA

SOHO! HO! If you live in Vancouver, or will be in the Vancouver area on December 19th, then join me and Stephen Fung at the SOHO 2006 Year End Wrap-up Reception. This is the most fun event you can have while making business contacts. Last year’s party was attended by over 250 people. Date: Tuesday, Dec. 19th Time: 5pm – […]

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Pixelotto Has Arrived, But Is It Legal?

Thanks to Leonard of 9tin20.com for the email head ups on this. Alex Tew, the 21-year-old student from a small town in England who created the Million Dollar Homepage, has launched Pixelotto. The site started on Tuesday, December 5th and has already sold $124,300 of pixel advertising. The big selling point about Pixelotto is you get a chance to win […]

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Videos

Solving Rubik’s Cube

This is a video I just made of me solving Rubik’s Cube. The first time I got a Rubik’s Cube it took me a full week to solve it. I was addicted to the thing and spent countless hours trying to figure it out. Solving the cube requires you to do it in steps. The chances of solving it by […]

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Blog Web Hosting Recommendation

I get emails everyday asking for advice and one of the most asked question is, “Where is your blog hosted?” or “Who should I host with?” These two questions come up so often I’ve decided it was time to make a blog post about it. John Chow dot Com is hosted on its own servers. The servers are collocated inside […]

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Spike The Vote Gets Spiked

Spike Vote Spike was supposed to be a system to game Digg.com. The object was to get 1000 Diggers together to vote in groups to promote stories to the front page. Spike the Vote works on a point system. Each day I give you a mission with several stories to Digg. 20% of your mission involves digging stories submitted by […]

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