Archive for 2007

An informant who worked for a name brand, huge computer discounter told me some of their systems for messing the customers around royally. So beware of this when you’re buying a computer. Is the tech support and warranty really worth a thing?
As a tech support worker this person was required to go through a special [...]

You’ve heard how you can get a network of vending machines set up and just get rich cashing in the quarters?
Don’t try that with THIS vending machine, ok?
By reading past this line you are officially given your “Sick Humor Warning”! The following online antics may not be suitable for those with queasy stomachs but is [...]

The BBC reports that Canadian researchers have recreated the “Spanish Flu” virus of 1918… It killed an estimated 50 million people in the days when passenger airliners didn’t exist to spread the disease even faster.
They hoped to identify what made it so deadly so that a future pandemic might be avoided.
One of the widely talked [...]

Ask any job growth prognositcator and they’ll tell you that becoming a barber is losing proposition. No growth in the field…no demand… unless you’re making up to $300 per day being a barber that is. Some - though more likely it’s the lady hairdressers - work out of their home.
I think that struck Anthony Bradley [...]

That’s right, if you live in these states (count ‘em! - 19)! You won’t be able to get a new iPhone. Sorry.
From the Silicon Valley Business Journal
The iPhone service won’t be available in all or large portions of Alaska, Colorado, the Dakotas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, [...]

I knew a couple who found a wonderful niche advertising publication that targetted their area perfectly and brought them in alot of business for insurance, mortgages, etc. What was it? A newspaper that served descendants of a particular Native American group.
I thought of them when I heard about this opportunity. But if I were 1) [...]

If you love to write and build web pages, especially free ones, Squidoo.com can help you get leads for anything while earning some money for you along the way.
But here’s how one UK MLM fan is using Squidoo.com to get MLM leads and make affiliate sales, etc.
This distributor actually wrote a page on a [...]

The Coca Cola company has a web page that lists various rumors flying around the internet using the Coca Cola name to get people to divulge personal data or void their participation in the Do Not Call Registry. Some of these fly around the internet as job offers, as “paid for a survey” offers, etc.
Here’s [...]

I was listening to talk radio this morning as I was trying to find a parking space and P.J. O’Rourke was on the air because he’s got a new book basically explaining Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations to folks who aren’t likely to read it. Certainly O’Rourke’s way with words will enliven any subject. [...]

The Heartland Institute discussed a Utah plan that would give employees (but not seemingly their employers) an incentive to telecommute. The rationale is that they need a way to financially compensate for the extra traffic and congestion in Salt Lake City during peak traffic hours. And if you’re just a visitor who wanders in by accident, don’t [...]