The Net

Slashdot Still Rules

I’ve made a quite a few posts about Digg and its effect on site revenue. Much has been written about Digg’s amazing rise to the top of the Web 2.0 world. In less than two years, Digg has done what seemed impossible at the time – they’ve dethroned Slashdot as the biggest tech news site on the net. Be that […]

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Technology Videos

Just How Small Are We?

Have you ever wonder where we stand in the universe? Earth seems like a big place but how does it compare to other stuffs floating around the galaxy? A little search turned up this cool video showing the relative size of our universe. Towards the end, the video does take the ranking out of context. It ranks Betelgeuse and Antares […]

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Ramblings The Net

It’s Damn Cold!

At 2AM this morning I went downtown to help Wayne and Stephen install a new Dell 1850 server to the cage. We like to install servers at 2AM in the morning because it has the least effect on traffic – most people on this side of the world are asleep. It’s also a bonus that I can park right in […]

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Investing

Making Your Mortgage Interest Tax Deductible

The following only applies to Canada. US resident can already deduct their mortgage interest off their income tax. This is something Canada doesn’t allow. However, there are few moves Canadians can do to close this interest deductibility gap with our US neighbors. Please see a qualified financial planner before trying any of the following. Have a Business at Home If […]

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Investing

Owning A Home In The US Vs Canada

One thing the US has over Canada when it comes to home ownership is they can deduct the interest cost on their mortgage off their income tax. Canada doesn’t allow this. However, Canada has one advantage to home ownership the US doesn’t have – there is no capital gains tax on the sale of a principal resident. When you sell […]

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The Net

When a Unique Isn’t a Unique

In my post below, I stated that Grouper gets 542,000 unique visitors per month, according ComScore. This doesn’t sound like much to many webmasters because many have sites that gets more traffic than that, or so they think. Once you understand how ComScore values a unique you’ll begin to understand just how big a site Grouper really is. ComScore, and […]

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The Net

Dot Com Bubble 2.0

The news this week about Sony paying $65 million for video sharing site Grouper brings back many memories from the crazy Dot Com boom days. It seems some of us haven’t learned anything! Grouper has less than 1% of the online video sharing market, is not profitable, and doesn’t know when they will become profitable. As a matter of fact, […]

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