Archive for October 8th, 2007

To me, the traffic from social networks is interesting but not extremely valuable.
I still like getting the pageviews. Who knows… maybe one of the lookers will become a buyer one day. Maybe. Visitor number 9 bazillion from one the social networks perhaps.
But here’s a page that I “stumbled” last week that keeps picking up hits [...]

It’s nothing new, but I liked the way he phrased the part about Leave it to Beaver. By the way, Jeff, don’t people who have offices often find themselves unable to divorce themselves from their work too?
From Jeff Corwall writing in the Tennessean
If you have children, teach them what I call the “Beaver Cleaver’s Dad [...]

Global trends are influencing the cost of raw materials, shipping, and packing. Together, they’re conspiring to raise food costs at the grocery store according to today’s news reports.
I had that in mind as I was surfing over to Coupon Kathy to check out her smart bargains coupons. There you can find a wide variety of [...]

In Zimbabwe, farmers are on trial for growing crops on their own land as millions starve.
It’s because the government is seizing their property and for itself, even though so far that policy has plunged the nation into starvation and economic collapse.

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Congress hears from eBay sellers on proposed sales tax
Why?
Because November 1st, the moratorium on Internet Access Taxation expires.
Also, that’s when states want you to collect their sales tax for them, even customers don’t reside in your state.
If that happens, it’s only going to work if ebay assesses the respective taxes just like they do auction [...]

Sounds like getting broadband everywhere is now a national security planning issue.
In an article that’s a bit eerie, companies are discussing having security guards keep sick people from coming to work!
Telecommuting again is - in theory - part of the contingency planning.
I think it’s mostly talk at this point. I hadn’t heard about an actual [...]

The number of consumers who are facing crunch time right about now as their interest rates are going up due to Bad Credit are turning to online resources that aggregate a variety of offers designed for folks with low credit scores.  For instance, they offer a variety of credit cards through a number of different [...]