Archive for March 24th, 2008

  • House Ransacked After Craigslist Ad Hoax

    The kind, loving people who make Craigslist such a friendly place to visit online (NOT!) have now ransacked a man’s house in Oregon.
    Oregon man’s property ransacked after Craigslist hoax
    The ads popped up Saturday afternoon, saying the owner of a Jacksonville home was forced to leave the area suddenly and his belongings, including a horse, […]

  • FBI: New Internet Threat Growing

    From Ronald Kessler
    If you’ve been on the internet for long… it should be old hat.
    “Don’t open email from strangers and don’t download the attachments!”
    That’s in addition to “have a firewall”, updated antivirus and antispyware programs,etc.
    The FBI is concerned because these “zombie networks” could be used in denial of service attacks on businesses and government agencies… […]

  • Air Force To Wall Street: Invest In Coal Conversion

    Since gas prices seem to remain high, even when ordinary consumers are using less defying free market theory (which only holds if the market is free by the way, that increasingly leaves ours out) consumers are at the end of their rope. Using less hasn’t worked.
    The price of gas has been spread through the entire […]

  • Use A Count Down Timer To Keep You On Track

    Do you have a deadline and you definitely want to track the number of days you have left?
    Here’s a free version of a countdown timer (images below) called Time Left.
    The problem is… you can really only use this with ONE major goal at a time. Otherwise, it won’t help you focus on that ONE THING […]

  • Pizza Buyers Order More When Ordering Online

    Pizzerias Get $6 to $9 more on web orders according to the San Jose Business Journal. Evidently it’s a global phenomenon. By using the web, buyers can spend more time and don’t feel as rushed. So they spend more money.
    This means that local, independently owned pizzerias can get a huge bang for their buck by […]

  • Looking For A Great Web Cam?

    Looking for a great Web Cam? I never really thought I’d be interested in having one… but then again I never thought I’d play around with mp3 editing either. So now I’m in the market for a Web Cam.
    Here’s the buzz I’ve been getting about a GREAT web cam… It’s the Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 […]

  • Non Profits & Foreclosures

    The articles headline read: Non-Profit Trying Stem Foreclosure Flow.
    It sounded as if they were trying to help people KEEP their homes.  But that’s not entirely true. Some of them seem to be playing the market themselves.
    The banks donate the properties to non-profits, take the difference between the market value and sale price as a “donation” […]

  • Clickbank Expands International Direct Deposit Options

    Adrian Ling brought this to my attention, which is a good thing because the flu still has me seeing stars. But the world of online marketing is getting “flatter”.
    In case you haven’t seen it, ClickBank now provides International Direct Deposit (XACH) straight into your bank account.
    This means, you no longer have to wait 2 weeks […]