Barely has the smoke cleared from my last blogging for money post and there’s already another new blog network launching: Instablogs (tagline: “A News Organization based on Blogging”). Apparently this one is based in India, and their aim is to launch 50(!) blogs on October 5th. Seems like a lofty goal. Of the first seven… Continue reading Instablogs
Month: September 2005
Intuit Master Builder
Being a construction company, we use Intuit Master Builder pretty extensively at work. It’s basically an all-in-one accounting/construction management package and while it does the job reasonably well—for the average user—I thought I’d relay some of the problems with it from an IT/computer programming standpoint. (Kind of an anti-review.) Which is sure to be amusing… Continue reading Intuit Master Builder
Trackback is now off
Yep, finally did it: I turned off trackback on this blog and The Brew Site. 99.9% of all traffic I received via trackback was spam, so in the end I decided it’s just not worth it. So, just over one year since I turned trackback on, it’s gone. It was an interesting experiment, though.
Blogging for money redux
Well, the “Blogging for Money” meme is rearing its head again. Wired just ran this story which is kind of an overview: Whether you are Calacanis, Denton or Hauslaib, to create a profitable blog requires much more than a keyboard, an internet connection and too much caffeine. You need a talented writer entertaining enough to… Continue reading Blogging for money redux
Fast-growing Bend (again)
Bend is yet again on another top ten list: we’re the sixth fastest-growing metropolitan area in the country (via the Bulletin). This list is according to the U.S. Census, though, so probably has a bit more weight than whichever flavor-of-the-month magazine’s top “whatever” list of cities… although, they’re considering all of Deschutes County to be… Continue reading Fast-growing Bend (again)
Corno’s Market
According to Metroblogging Portland, Corno’s Food Market is going to be torn down. Wow. I say “wow” because there’s a more personal connection for me: my grandfather is one of the Cornos that used to run the place. Granted, it’s been closed for something like 10 or more years, and my grandfather hadn’t worked there… Continue reading Corno’s Market
Black metal humor
I ran across this last night, and it’s the funniest thing, hands down, than I’ve read in awhile: Top 10 Most Ridiculous Black Metal Pics of All Time. Picked it up via Boing Boing, and it’s totally, utterly random. Vulgar as hell, too, but that’s part of what makes it so funny. Disclaimer: I don’t… Continue reading Black metal humor
Quantum Link
This is indescribably cool if you’re an old-time geek who cut his/her teeth on the Commodore 64: Quantum Link Reloaded. Basically, someone has reverse-engineered the original Quantum Link online system that was for the Commodore 64, and made it available online (for free), and you can actually connect to it via a Commodore 64 computer—or… Continue reading Quantum Link
What I did over the weekend
With summer nearly gone and school started, it seemed appropriate to have one of those “what I did” posts, but I’m not ambitious enough to talk about much beyond the weekend. 🙂 And even then, Saturday was the only day really worth writing about, Sunday was a lazy day. So let’s see, on Saturday we… Continue reading What I did over the weekend
Link odds-n-ends
Scanning through my Bloglines Clippings list, found a few items that I’d probably been meaning to point to but hadn’t gotten to yet. Builder has plans for trap club site – from the Bulletin. Yep, that’s the company I work for, promoting one of their next projects. I expect the homes to be very expensive,… Continue reading Link odds-n-ends