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Project Wonderful? HA!

Sure. It sounded like a great system. You create ad boxes and put them on your sites, people bid on the spaces and you make money. The only problem is, you have to have each site approved. Then you have to choose how many ad spaces you want on your site. Then you have to determine what the minimum bid is, all with Project Wonderful giving you helpful suggestions (such as leaving your minimum bid at $0.00 because advertisers will pay after they realize how good your space is).

The problem here is, it allows advertisers to bid $0.00 or $0.01. It allows their ads to run on YOUR precious ad space for NOTHING. NOT FAIR. Those people are there to BUY ads. They should be PAYING for that space. Those ads should NEVER run on ANY site without the site being compensated for it. I didn’t sign up to advertise sites for free. That is what Entrecard is for. Project Wonderful is to advertise sites for PAY. So why were all of my boxes saying that the advertisers bid $0.01 and paying me $0.00? Good question.

To me, that wasn’t so wonderful and frankly, I’m finished with them. There’s no point in having something that won’t pay me a dime.

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Blogging Issues

One of the biggest problems I’ve noticed bloggers going through is a lack of inspiration and a lack of something to blog about. Blogging has, in a large way, become about getting paid for doing so. A lot of blogs have become so filled with advertising in posts that their readership has disappeared. I know this one from experience as I have two blogs that are exactly like that. On both of those blogs, I have decided that I must have at least 2 non-sponsored posts before I can post another sponsored post, in an effort to take back my blogs and make them mine again, instead of an advertising gold mine. Those blogs were meant to be personal blogs and they need to be taken back to become personal blogs again.

I’ve even removed the shopping ads and adsense ads from Gothic Peach so as to try and take back the blog from the ads. Although I have an assigned paid post for that site to do, I’ve blogged twice without a sponsored link, and I will probably try to blog at least once more without a paid link in the post before doing that. But I am trying to take those blogs back.

At one time, I’d had a blog that was dedicated to the Blog365 project. Unfortunately, that went by the wayside and I finally deleted the blog because it was pointless. I’d actually been following a blog that was giving out “ideas” of what to blog about for each day, but I couldn’t follow along because I could never seem to blog about what the day’s subject was.

I have been thinking of doing something like that on this blog - giving out some ideas for people to use, or not, for blogging aids if they can’t think of anything. I’ll probably post two or three for the day, just so people who happen to come here and take the ideas will have more than one thing to try and blog about. Because sometimes, it just doesn’t work to blog about one thing. ;)

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Giving It A Try

On my main blog, Gothic Peach, I just installed a plugin for Disqus. Disqus is a blog commenting system. Previously I had been using the built in comment system for WordPress along with a plugin that allowed me to respond both on my site and via e-mail to a comment. Now I’m going to try Disqus.

One of my online blogging friends, Jenn, uses it and as far as I can tell, she must be happy with it. After all, it’s still on her site! LOL But in all fairness, I decided that while I like posting comments via Disqus, I don’t know anything about the way Disqus runs from the admin side of comments.

I’ll post back here when I’ve formed an opinion of how Disqus is working for me.

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Smorty Not Worth It!

I just found out that I was docked $6 worth of money owed to me for a “missing/forfeited” post. Ok. I sent them a message asking what was up. They said to just resubmit the post that was missing/forfeited and it would be fine. I informed them, with a copy and paste, that I did not have any information as to what the post in question was.

Their response?

As there was 8 months between your latest and your previous post it’s likely the warning was there for some time to resubmit that post that couldn’t be found.

The problem here? I’ve been logging in off and on for those 8 months. So I would have seen it if I had a warning. I didn’t have any warnings on their site. I didn’t have any emails saying “we can’t find this post.” I have NEVER deleted any post with the exception of one - a post I was declined for. Frankly, I am NOT obligated to keep a post on my site if they declined it. So I took it down. I never heard anything about having to put it back up. So now, 8 months later, you dock me for a post that’s missing and can’t even tell me which one it is?

I call BULLSHIT. You docked me and you can’t tell me what post I was docked for? That’s because it doesn’t exist. It wasn’t a legit docking and you know it. So I deleted my blogs and sent one last message. I won’t be blogging for Smorty anymore.

I have had it. I was punished with a declined post because Smorty’s system allowed me to take a post that I’d supposedly already taken on that blog. Maybe I had. I don’t know. But I shouldn’t have been punished for THEIR system screw up. Check here for that rant. Now they pull this. I’m done. I’m kissing Smorty good-bye!

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Domain Registration

Just a quick question - who is your favorite domain registrar? Mine is GoDaddy.com hands down. I have never had any problems with them. I’ve used them for a few years now and I love them. I have a couple of domain names that are going on their 4th year of registration and have always been registered through them.

I remember purchasing domain names through the Network Solutions website. It was literally the only way to do it, AND it was $75 to register a domain for 2 years. I registered 3 domain names and charged $225 to my debit card within a span of about 3 months. (For those curious - liontamers.com, hartchick.net, and uwfna.com.) Yeah it was expensive as hell to do it, but it was also $10 years ago.

My next domain name, RainbowsNVelvet.com I got from NameSecure. I bought it through Tripod hosting, so there you have that. Then I got into the whole “domain that goes with the hosting account” deal. Finally, I started using GoDaddy.com to register the domains and started buying my hosting seperately.

Right now I have about 9 domain names registered through GoDaddy. I used to have 10 but let 1 go due to non-use of the domain. In any case, I love GoDaddy. Who’s your favorite?

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The Latest in Everything

You know, sometimes, I just like to surf the web and see what I can come up with. You know, just search for whatever takes my fancy. I’ll search for everything from anti-virus software to commercial pool furniture. It doesn’t matter. I’ll search for it. It’s just a fun thing to do. Well, I was checking out some websites relating to furniture and I came across Contract Furniture Company. I looked around their site and I saw some pretty neat things. From kickin’ outdoor furniture suitable for any restaurant or bar that has a pond or pool, to awesome tables and chairs that would suit any decorating scheme your restaurant has, I swear they’ve got it. They have wooden items, wrought iron items, you name it, they’ve probably got it! Makes me wish they weren’t just for restaurants and the like! I saw some styles I’d love to have in my home!

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Importance of Good Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware

I can not stress enough the importance of a good Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware software and watching just what the hell you are downloading. My best friend is right now learning a very valuable lesson in this as I am trying to fix her computer and so far, all efforts have been in vain.

She has a good Anti-Virus and a good Anti-Spyware on her computer. But when she was trying to remember where she got them so she could install them on her mom’s computer, she downloaded one that was named similarly but was, in fact, a virus itself. It won’t let her uninstall it, and now I’m trying to see if any of the removal tools that the internet suggests (Spyware Doctor) will get rid of it. I’m hoping for her sake it does, since she has a lot of files and whatnot on her computer that I’d hate to see her lose if I have to do a system restore on it. :(

For the record, my favorite free Anti-Virus program by far is AVG Free Edition. You can get it on CNet.com and Download.com. It provides good protection and updates itself daily. Also, check with your ISP. Many of them provide free security software. Road Runner offers Computer Associates Internet Security Suite and AOL provides McAfee free to their customers. If you have an AOL screen name you can get McAfee from AOL. And it’s FREE. Both of them also update regularly. The version of McAfee AOL provides does not, however, contain Anti-Spyware. The free version of CA ISS that Road Runner provides does contain Anti-Spyware.

A good free Anti-Spyware is Adaware from LavaSoft, also available at Cnet.com and Download.com. Please, if you are doing a lot of downloading or are surfing the internet unprotected, go to CNet.com and Download.com and get protected!

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WordPress 2.6

Hey all you WordPress users (like myself) don’t forget to upgrade to 2.6! It offers some interesting new features, such as the ability to track changes to every post and page, and to easily post to your blog from wherever you happen to be on the web. There are also updates and improvements on several of the features introduced in 2.5. WordPress 2.6 has been released almost a month ahead of schedule.

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Not Much to Say

Lately I haven’t had too much to say. Frankly, not having internet at home has made it harder for me to keep everything up to date on this blog. Sorry about that. Most of my posts have been rants and raves lately as well. Sorry about that as well.

Right now, I’m just kind of hanging around, hoping I can get a new tech related job instead of what I’m doing now. I’m also trying to get myself set up to take classes at the local college. I’m going to go for Computer Technology so I might just have more to write on here soon. Again, I apologize for the lack of posts and will strive to post more often.

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Health Technology

One of the things that has been kind of close to my heart is all the research going on with stem cells. Frankly, I think it’s great what they’re doing with stem cells. These cells could very well be the key to figuring diseases from cancer to alzheimer’s. I’ve even heard that research is being done to help accident victims who have been paralyzed - although I have to admit I’m not sure about that. A couple of my friends have kids and have told me more than once that they would have stored cord blood from their kids had they been given the option. Unfortunately, they weren’t.

However, there is an answer now. Technological advances in stem cell research are showing that women’s menstrual blood is also a rich source of stem cells. This means that the blood that any woman of child bearing age expells each month can be utilized for stem cell usage later in life. These stem cells are a perfect match for the woman and often are a match for parents, siblings, children, and other blood relations. The implications of this are great. Now mothers who didn’t store cord blood have an opportunity to have those precious stem cells stored, and women who don’t yet have children or don’t plan on it, can have the opportunity to have stem cells stored for themselves, their parents, and siblings.

All of this is made possible by C’Elle. Check out the press release regarding this awesome new health technology.

Taking Control: Future Therapies for a Host of Serious Diseases May Be Found in Women’s Menstrual Blood

July 07, 2008: 01:28 PM EST

OLDSMAR, Fla., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — With today’s hectic lifestyle, where most women are juggling careers, family, relationships, and a host of activities, the idea of possibly facing a serious illness in the future is not something that readily comes to mind — especially when a woman is in the prime of her life. But what most women don’t know, is that the key to treating a number of possibly life-threatening diseases that she, a parent, a sibling or even her children may face in later years, such as osteoporosis, heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, may be found within her own body — in vital stem cells, which can now be harvested from her own menstrual blood.

Now, thanks to the revolutionary research and technology of C’elle, a service dedicated to providing women with a safe and easy method of collecting and preserving stem cells found in her menstrual fluid each month, even the busiest woman can take control of her future, right in the privacy of her own home. With C’elle’s non-invasive collection process, menstrual cells are processed and cryo-preserved (stored at a very low temperature) for potential cellular therapies that may be used in the future. These self-renewing cells one day may even be used for sports medicine or cosmeceutical treatments, such as anti-aging therapies.

“C’elle enables and empowers a woman to take control of her future health, and possibly of those genetically closest to her, in a fast, painless and stress free way,” said Michelle Kay, Marketing and Sales Manager for C’elle. “We live in exciting times, as science and technology are discovering how extremely valuable menstrual blood stem cells really are, and the enormous treatment potential they represent for future therapies. C’elle’s ongoing research is supporting these promising findings.”

For more information about C’elle, please call 1-877-892-3553 or visit www.celle.com.

If you still aren’t convinced this is a good thing, you can always go check out a Celle Client Testimonial. After all, who would be in a better position to tell you what a great innovation and wonderful thing this is, other than someone who has used it? This truly is a wonderful opportunity to help ourselves and our families in the future. I don’t know about you, but I’d much rather save the stem cells now and not need them than need them later in life and not have them.

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