Technology The Net

A Plug Came Loose

Last night my server admin was over at Net Nation to install two new servers into the server cage. The new servers are to handle TTZ Media network’s new ad engine and The TechZone’s new Apache. Somewhere during the install, a power cord came loose on one of old servers. However, nobody noticed – the plug came loose on the […]

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Cars

World’s Most Expensive Car Wash

So you want to give your car the royal “spare no expense” treatment? Well, an entrepreneur in Surrey, England, boasts that he has a nine-month waiting list for what he says is “the best car wash in the world.” The price for the 61-step treatment? $11,500 per car. Paul Dalton, who was interviewed by the U.K.’s Daily Record newspaper, says […]

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Technology

2006 AMD Tech Tour

It’s time once again for the AMD Tech Tour. I look forward to going to the AMD Tech Tour every year. However, I won’t be able to make it this year because the tour is coming to Vancouver on June 6 – I’ll be in Taipei for Computex at that time. For those who don’t know, the AMD Tech Tour […]

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Business The Net

My Blog Is Worth $6,209.94

According to the Business Opportunities Weblog, my blog is worth $6,209.94! How did the Business Opportunities Weblog came up with that figure? It was inspired by Tristan Louis’s research into the value of each link to Weblogs Inc. Business Opportunities Weblog created this little applet using Technorati’s API which computes and displays your blog’s worth using the same link to […]

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The Net

The Biggest Killer Of My Online Income

In all the years that I’ve been doing business on the World Wide Web, nothing has affected my income as much as this killer. And the worst thing is there is nothing I can do about it because it is completely beyond my control. I am really helpless against it. What am I talking about? The Canada US currency exchange […]

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The Net

Content Based eCommerce Sites

Most websites fall into one of two categories; eCommerce or content based. The eCommerce site is pretty straight forward and the easier to understand for the general public. In a nutshell, an eCommerce site sells something. Examples of eCommerce sites include the big players like Dell, Amazon.com and Woot! These sites make money by selling a product. A content based […]

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The Net

April Internet Results

Well, so much for the April goal of $2,000 for the new sites. April was disappointing month for Laptop Gamers and Digital Grabber. This was party because I haven’t been focusing as much time as I should on them, and because April is known as a slow month for internet advertising. Here are the result breakdowns. Laptop Gamers Google AdSense: […]

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