Archive for October 9th, 2006

  • Teen Makes 6 Figures Playing Video Games

    Though his mom’s a school teacher, this teen dropped out of high school with his mother’s permission to pursue full time video gaming. Within a few months he signed a $250,000 contract.
    He tutors aspiring gamers for $65 per hour!
    Read the entire story at  the Palm Beach Post 
    I’ve put some more info here…

  • Independent Book Sellers Fight Back Against Chains, Internet

    Independent Book Sellers are fighting back against big chains and the Internet
    Adam Brent knew his 11-year-run selling best sellers and new releases was over when mail carriers started walking into his building to deliver books from Amazon.com to the tenants upstairs.
    “Literally, they didn’t walk downstairs or take the time to make a phone call,” Brent […]

  • Institute For Justice Fights Barriers To Entrepreneurship

    Laws to license various occupations are always created in the name of “protecting the public”. That doesn’t stop bad doctors from malpractice, bad lawyers from shoddy work, or bad accountants from missing tax deductions you’re eligible for.
    But it does insure that the bad ones can still make good money as long as their failures remain concealed from popular knowledge.
    Seeing […]

  • 20 Foot Machine Produces 600 Gallons Of Water Daily From Air

    We take water for granted, but water shortages may be more of a problem in the future than oil “shortages”.
    Big companies are buying up water purification, desalinization, and other water production plants at top speed hoping to cash in on shortages that will make $3 per gallon for gasoline look cheap by comparison.
    (Remember during the […]

  • Check An Online Database of Busted “Meth Houses” Before Investing or Buying

    Stateline.org says “Buyers Beware” when purchasing homes. They could be contaminated meth houses as I’ve reported here before.
    But the problem is getting worse and the owners of such contaminated properties may make you an “offer you can’t refuse” - until you know the truth about the property and what it will cost to “fix” the […]