Archive for September, 2007

The Angel Food Ministries Lens is still at #44… we’ll see what the next week holds.
I added a “links plexo” so that local Angel Food Ministries sites could add a link to their site without me having to do anything other than approve it after I make sure it’s an Angel Food Ministries site… not [...]

It’s Day 11 or 12 or something like that and the Angel Food Ministries lens climbed to #44 today.
Right now I’m still tweaking the lens. At first I was adding more content and now I’m trying to pretty it up a bit. Below you can see how I’m adding some colored text and highlighting to [...]

Though all the so-called news today is about the “sub prime” mortgage “bailout”, it may be a good time for some people to check out their options with regard to Home Equity Loans. This page has a variety of options to help people check out their options in that regard and I liked the honest [...]

The Dot.Name domains are becoming a haven for Cyber Crooks because the people behind the registry are charging for whois access, unlike other domains which can be searched through public whois directories.
From Wired
The company that controls the .name registry is charging for access to domain registration information, a step that security researchers say frustrates their [...]

I think it’s Day 10. How time flies. It could be day 11… It’s the 28th and Squidoo didn’t start tracking the rankings of my lens on Angel Food Ministries till the 18th.
It’s number 56 today. As of yesterday there were over 250,000 lenses on Squidoo.
I’ve been spending alot of time at Squidoo lately [...]

Did it take Seth Godin to tell you that? (You must be slower than I am if it did!)
Seth Godin via Plug Your Book
There are more than 100,000 published authors in the US. Most of them have publishing houses (and at least a tenuous connection to a publicist). What a great marketing problem. The long [...]

Cybertary has sold it’s first franchise
Actually the creator of the company sold her virtual assitant’s practice to focus on expanding the business and selling other franchises.
Cybertary provides “virtual assistants” to support independent and small-business owners.
They are now marketing franchises nationwide.
Image courtesy Cybertary.com

V4Vans is a UK home based transportation franchise.
It exists because of a common problem:
V4Vans is unique in providing a one-stop-shop solution to the small businessman’s dilemma. It offers a personalised service and a choice of vehicles from almost any manufacturer – all at competitive prices or on attractive finance packages.
But for smaller buyers needing maybe [...]

The Associated Press is all agoggle about a formerly “Official Use Only” Homeland Security video showing how hackers could trash the Power Grid and send America into a national crisis.
One viewer reportedly said:“It’s so graphic,” Yoran said. “Talking about bits and bytes doesn’t have the same impact as seeing something catch fire.”
Of course the real [...]

The IRS says there’s a tax gap… between what taxpayers paid and should have paid. At least according to the IRS.
The IRS admits that the tax code is complicated. As readers of MONEY magazine always noted, no two full time tax accountants seemed to be able to agree what their annual “test cases” should owe.
But [...]