Technology

$200,000 To Attend Nine Meetings

< ?php digg_this_button(); ?> Today I received the Microsoft 2006 shareholders’ report. As a MS shareholder, I always enjoy reading how the company did. However, what I really enjoy reading is the proxy statement for the annual meeting of shareholders. The statement lays out where the meeting will be held, what will be voted on and tries to solicit my […]

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Technology

Yahoo! MSN, Who The Hell Are They?

I was checking my search engine referral stats tonight and I just can’t help staring at the above pie chart, with its sea of Google blue. Nielsen/NetRatings says Google owns 50% of all searches but judging from my search engine traffic stats, the 50% who don’t use Google obviously don’t visit my blog! This Google dominance extends to my other […]

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The Net

Making Money With Domain Names

< ?php digg_this_button(); ?> If you are a regular reader of this blog then you will know the name Markus Frind. He is the owner of Plenty Of Fish, the biggest free dating site on the Internet. Markus likes to point out the fact that he is a one-man operation and the biggest individual Google AdSense earner. However, there is […]

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The Net

Digg In Acquisition Talks

Well, well, well. The day after Google purchased YouTube for $1.65 billion I made a post asking is Digg next? The story made it to the front page of Digg but then got buried because some diggers thought I was just making things up. Looks like I’ll be getting the last laugh. Tech Crunch is reporting that Digg is in […]

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Ramblings

Weaver Creek Road Trip

There was nothing to do today so I took the family on a two-hour drive into the boonies to a place call Weaver Creek so we can see some spawning salmons. Sarah’s parents have never seen anything like this before so it’ll be one more thing they can add to their list of things they’ve done in Canada. The Weaver […]

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The Net

9Rules Round 5 Submission Open

Round 5 of submissions for 9rules.com is now open and will stay open for exactly 24 hours. After that they won’t accept any more submissions until Round 6, whenever that is. 9rules is a community of the best weblogs in the world on a variety of topics. 9rules was started to give passionate writers more exposure and to help readers […]

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The Net

The Art Of Link Baiting

By now everyone should know that getting linked from other sites and blogs is the key to getting indexed by Google and other search engines. People get links in many ways, from simple link exchanges to comment spamming. What I want to talk about is something call link baiting. Link baiting looks at linking as a fishing expedition. In order […]

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Fine Dining

Dinner At The Keg

Tonight I took Sarah to dinner at one of my favorite steak houses – The Keg Steakhouse & Bar. The Keg is Canada’s biggest and most successful steak chain, with over 90 locations and over $250 million of sales. Going to the Keg is normally a Sunday thing but since we did not go yesterday, I figure we’ll make it […]

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