Increased Web Site Traffic

I’m going to explain to you how NOT to get scammed when buying a website. It’s a trick used by those lacking morals and often escapes the eye of IT professionals.

How to make $20,000 per month with Youtube Videos

Check out this post in the NYTimes about people around the county making a ton of money just from home videos.

Martini Buster from webmasterworld points out that this guy is making $20,000 per month with his videos; his site is called SMP films. Here is his most popular youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo

Good times bad times give me some of that.

Remember the Windows 95 installation CD and that cool video included on the disk?

The music video was by Edie Brickell performing Good Times: With Ambient Sound and Alain Duplantier, Brian Cresto, Robin Burchill (C) 1994 Geffen Records.  Life would not be fun without the bad times – it may sound strange at first, but it’s so true! Enjoy!

BetaMaxas

Every now and then I run accross a tool or website that breaks the box that so many of us confine ourselves to and Betamaxmas is just such a site! Take a moment and step back in time with this impressive display of creativity and programming.

Michigan Lowers Cigarette tax to 75 Cents?

NPR discussed Michigan’s Cigarette Excise Tax today and the new law which allows stiffer penalties on smuggling; did you know that smuggling cigarettes is big business? It is estimated that almost 35 percent of all cigarettes consumed in Michigan have been brought in illegally.

401k Planning

If you’re not engaged in 401k planning, then you are missing out. Now, more than ever, is the time to really consider how and when you want to retire.

Christmas Tree Tip

I have a Christmas Tree Tip to share but it’s not what you think.

Yesterday, during a heavy snowstrom, we decided to get out of the house and visit our favorite Christmas Tree Farm. We found the perfect tree, brought it home, placed it in the stand and let it warm for the night.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes – and Banking

There are a number of websites that claim Thomas Jefferson, in 1802,  was quoted saying: “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”