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At least, that wasn’t my earlier problem. A couple weeks ago, I noticed that this site and Life of Brian were serving up nothing but Big Brother and Big Sister ads. This happened more or less at the same time that I experimented with putting some Adfly links around the site. It turns out the problem wasn’t some kind of AdSense / AdFly rivalry at all. It was me, making a few changes to other advertising. I had been using ContextWeb (previously AdsDaq) to serve up some ads on these two... Read Full Story

The idea of penny auction sites – like QuiBid – is enticing. I’m sure you’ve seen the ads… he bought an iPad for $5! What a savings! Well, there’s another company on the scene – Bigger Bidder – with a similar business model. Bigger Bidder hosts penny auctions, just like QuiBid. People “bid” on stuff, just like they would on eBay, and each bid increases the price one penny. At the end, you pay for the final bid, you pay for the shipping, and you get the item. So… How Does That Work... Read Full Story

I’ve been spending some time this week looking at new ways to monetize traffic – other advertising methods, new affiliate programs, etc. One thing I came across was Adfly. I’d seen it as a user before, but I’d never thought about using it… Seemed simple enough. Shorten a URL, send people to it, make some cash on impressions. This site and my other old blog both have a little bit of residual traffic that comes to them, despite the fact that I don’t really update them in any meaningful way... Read Full Story

So it’s summer, and in my spare time I’ve cooked up another idea for a new project: Digital Photography How To . I like writing tutorials/educational stuff (which is the way this site began), and this falls into that niche. Photography is an increasingly important hobby of mine, and this new site will give me a chance to organize my thoughts about photography and also help out others. As an exercise for myself, I’m also maintaining a Picture of the Day section of the site. The goal is to... Read Full Story

I recently completed (in a manner of speaking) a new project: olinda-gibbons.com . It’s a portfolio/proof ordering site for an up and coming photographer. Although it’s kind of a work in progress, it’s up, live, and fully functional. I wrote a little bit about how I designed the site elsewhere, and I plan on writing up some more information in the future. That info will likely appear in a new blog portion of olinda-gibbons.com . In the meantime, one highlight to check out is the portraits... Read Full Story

Over the past year, I’ve been spending a lot of time learning and experimenting with digital cameras. I got a Nikon Coolpix P80 last spring (you can read review of the Coolpix P80 on Associated Content), and I recently upgraded to the Canon t1i and purchased a variety of lenses to go along with it. I wrote up a series of short articles on Associated Content explaining the basics of exposure. If you’re starting out with photography and feel that you’re ready to break out of the “auto” mode... Read Full Story

Over the past year, I’ve been spending a lot of time learning and experimenting with digital cameras. I got a Nikon Coolpix P80 last spring (you can read review of the Coolpix P80 on Associated Content), and I recently upgraded to the Canon t1i and purchased a variety of lenses to go along with it. I wrote up a series of short articles on Associated Content explaining the basics of exposure. If you’re starting out with photography and feel that you’re ready to break out of the “auto” mode... Read Full Story

Recently, I had a couple Dell Inspiron laptops donated to me to refurbish and use in my classroom. One of the machines gave me no trouble, and within a couple hours I had a fresh install of Xubuntu on the machine and it was ready to go to school. The Dell Inspiron 2600, on the other hand, was troublesome. I finally have it working now, and I’ve written a couple articles on my other blog about the process. These aren’t in depth tutorials, but they’re meant to help point people in the right... Read Full Story

Recently, I had a couple Dell Inspiron laptops donated to me to refurbish and use in my classroom. One of the machines gave me no trouble, and within a couple hours I had a fresh install of Xubuntu on the machine and it was ready to go to school. The Dell Inspiron 2600, on the other hand, was troublesome. I finally have it working now, and I’ve written a couple articles on my other blog about the process. These aren’t in depth tutorials, but they’re meant to help point people in the right... Read Full Story

Recently, I haven’t been doing a lot of work online. Real life is plenty of work. I have been updating my other blog a bit, but its mostly inconsequential posts about my training as a runner. I have, however, been doing some writing for Associated Content. I’ve amassed a decent amount of pageviews there (170k), and I’m close to hitting the second highest ranking on the site – Clout 9. If I keep writing articles, I’ll hit that benchmark in a month or two. The next goal would be to hit... Read Full Story