This was a fun thing to do, in a sad sort of way. I'm embarrassed that I've missed out on the entire middle half of our country.
visited 28 states (56%)
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Fresh Air. We all need it.
Earlier this week, fellow affiliate marketer Geno Prussakov, wrote a post about not getting enough fresh air.
Of course he's talking about literal fresh air. He needs to get outside more, and he vowed to get outside for at least one hour a day, more on weekends. It's a problem that affects us work-at-home types
...Last week, I trashed on the Superbowl because I don't have any stakes in the game. In fact, I really couldn't have cared less about who won.
I was reminded last night that having no stakes is actually a really great way to watch a big game like the Superbowl. You're just rooting for great plays, no matter which side they come from. And we
...Yesterday I tested myself.
All my life, I've never done this, though it's always been on my list of things that I want to do. Just one of those things.
It may not seem like a big deal, but after 41 years (to the day, thank you), I've become pretty attached to my hair. Nothing crazy, I'm no Sam "Mayday" Malone, but this is the hair I've
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READ THIS POST: There's $100 up for grabs.
The NHL All-star weekend has got me pumped up for Hockey and what better time because I cannot remember caring less about a NFL Superbowl game.
I hate the Steelers (though the Pats pwn the Steelers) and the Cards? meh. The one redeeming thing about this game is Kurt Warner. What a hard-working,
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Just a few weeks ago, I passed the 4 year anniversary of working for myself. Prior to that, I'd spent nearly 15 years working for someone else, always at small startup software or Internet companies, but always for someone else. I don't regret a day of any of those experiences. I've worked with hundreds of people on dozens of projects in
...Sage advice from Madeline Albright. It is intended for Barack Obama as he heads toward Presidency, but applies to YOU:
"When asked what advice she'd give Obama, she said two things. First - 'listen'. Second - 'be confident, but not certain.' She described Bush as a president who has been too 'certain' - he's 'certain that he is correct on...
A favorite pastime of mine is stalking my UPS shipments. I love how you can monitor the progress of your package as it makes it way from Amazon, through Kentucky, and eventually to its final destination.
That is until things go wrong.
I ordered a 30" Apple Cinema display from Amazon on Monday with next day delivery. It "shipped" on Monday
...My vanity google search on "jangro" turned up a really strange result this morning.
My last name is unique. There aren't that many of us because the name mutated from the name Gingras only about 5 generations ago right here in Massachusetts. I've studied the genealogy of my name back to the late 17th century when they came from France to
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So I just turned in my leased 2007 BMW 325xi. I thought I'd be more disappointed to let it go.
I've been driving my new car for a few weeks now, a 2008 Nissan Altima hybrid.
Yes. I've gone from a 6 cylinder 6-speed manual transmission sports sedan to a 4 cylinder gas sipper and you know what? I love it.
Part of it is the benefit of buying
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You know, I'm thinking it's time for Sherwin Williams Paints to get a new slogan.
Not a terribly "green" concept methinks.
The Affiliate Summit gang has invited me to participate in their first Super Affiliate Auction.
Eight affiliates will be up for auction to benefit the Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation.
The bidders will be vying for an opportunity to meet and dine with one of the following affiliates during Affiliate Summit West 2008 in Las
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I'm not a New Year Resolution kind of guy.
I haven't made one in years. I just think it's strange to mark one day of the year as a time to make a change. I prefer to make such changes all the time, when the need arises. I'm not judging. Any time someone makes a change for the better is a good one, even if it's once a year.
I think the
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This is one of those posts that "don't belong" on an industry blog. But I warned you a few weeks ago that these were coming.
Once every year or two one of those things happens that makes me want to get back into shape. Of course by then I've fallen out of shape as I'm apparently not one of those individuals who has it wired as a priority to
...Twitter, the strange but oddly addictive amalgamation of a message board, AIM, and text messaging has been making inroads into the affiliate marketing community thanks to the efforts of Sam Harrelson and Brian Littleton's Twitter experiment at Affiliate Summit.
The basic concept is nothing new. Post 'shout outs' and other people can see them, ...I was checking out the Loren Feldman "vlog" interview posted by Jim Kook-ral today. I'd never heard of this guy but was entertained enough to check out some of his other stuff. He's got an angry old man thing going that's pretty funny.
Anyway, there was one video that was in direct response to Wayne Porter's reaction to the Blog Tag Game (I
...Just got blog-tagged, not once but twice in a 30 minute span. I think one of them got tagged by the other first, so I don't think it's legit, but I'm not telling.
I was wondering earlier today if this would make it over to me. I figure it's inevitable, if I started seeing it on the blogs I read, it's coming my way. I was hoping it would be ...You cannot drive through a suburban neighborhood these days without spotting one of these inflatable swimming pools.
They're popping up everywhere (pun intended.)
Last summer, being the great dad that I am, I joined the crowd. These pools come in many shapes and sizes, I got the 42" high, 16' diameter round pool for only a few hundred
...As opposed to my previous post, here's more worthy cause of spending a few minutes to post a link.
Erik Pott is a friend of a friend who has been presented with an wonderful opportunity to participate in the People to People program as a Student Ambassador to England and France this summer. He needs a few thousand bucks to pay for the
To all of my "friends" who enjoy IM'ing me your local warm-weather temperature updates while we're in the middle of a snowstorm, save it.
I actually enjoy winter.
No, not that revenue, I'm talking about the magazine. I just realized today that I haven't read the latest edition, and I've been tearing the house apart looking for it. I can't find it anywhere. I never thought I'd actually miss it. Imagine that.
If you were at all like me a year and a half or so ago when they launched the magazine, you
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I love a great example of viral marketing -- something that is clearly a marketing ploy, but you just cannot help but pass it on to your friends.
The most recent item that caught my attention is the video clip of four guys tossing a small young woman up in the air and seemingly through a basketball net, feet first, after a flip. The guys
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