When this game started I was kind of worried. Ottawa came out hard in the first period. They were hitting everyone and trying to set a tone early in the game. After a few penalties I guess they ditched that strategy. After about the 10 minute mark in the first period the Ducks dominated the…
The Man Behind FirstShowing.net
Now I know most of you have probably never heard of Alex Billington. He isn’t a blogger like John Chow or Jon Waraas, but he is a good friend of mine that is doing great things. Alex runs FirstShowing.net, which is a movie news website. You will find everything from reviews to event coverage. Lately…
Finally Someone Shut-up the Senators
If anyone does not know the Stanley Cup Finals are going on. If you get to a chance to watch any of the games I would. You will see some of the best hockey! The 2 teams that made it to the final are the Anaheim Duck and the Ottawa Senators. After the Senators beat…
Connecting With People
In my business (ThinkComputers) I am constantly dealing with people. Every time you see a new review I’ve had to talk to someone at that company in order for them to send it to me. Well sometimes things just show up, but not that often. Most of my contact is done through e-mail, but I…
VOSS Water in Pittsburgh!?!
Well last night I was doing some work and I was a bit hungry, but didn’t want to make anything. Luckily there is a Sheetz 2 minutes from my place. So I decided to go over there and get a MTO. MTO’s are great, I usually get a 12-inch steak hoagie with double meat, double…
$3 For a Link on JohnChow.com
Well this was a great deal! A ReviewMe review on JohnChow.com is $400! A Text Link is $240! So how did I manage to get a link in his latest post? I bought him a beer! John just installed the Buy Me a Beer WordPress plugin. You can see it at the far bottom of…
Increase RSS Subscribers with Facebook
When I first heard of this I was a bit wary, but I guess it seems to be working for me, although I’m not really sure. I know most of you have heard of Facebook. If you haven’t it is the less spam version of Myspace that allows you to connect with old classmates from…
Ashley’s New Puppy
Well Ashley has talked about getting a dog for a while. I just said ok thinking she would never get one. Yesterday she came home with a puppy! It is an 10 week old Yorkshire Terrier. Ashley named it Teddy. I can’t believe how small it is, it’s smaller than both of our cats. So…
A Keyboard for iPod Lovers!
Finally someone took a hint and put an iPod dock into a keyboard! The Razer Pro|Type is the first keyboard with an integrated iPod dock. Razer was nice enough to send me one to review on ThinkComputers. You can check my review out here. Besides the iPod dock Apple fans will love the all white…
Don’t Do It for the Money
This weekend on my Personal Day I was watching a lot of TV, and actually there was something interesting on. The Science Channel has their Geek Weekend, which focused on the history of personal computers etc. On the one show they talked to a lot of the people who revolutionized personal computers. The interesting thing…
A Personal Day
It used to be a common thing for me to miss a day of blogging. But as most of you have noticed I have been updating this blog quite frequently. The main reason for this is because I consider blogging “work” now. This week has been hell for me, mainly because some how I got…
Halo 3!
For the past few days I have been playing the Halo 3 beta. I’m sure some of you have been too! In order to get into the beta you had to either signup and be selected or buy a copy of Crackdown. The beta is only a multiplayer beta so you just get to play…
Relying 100% On Online Income
All of my income comes from the internet. To some people this could be a good thing, or a bad thing. It all depends on how you look at it. Before we go into talking about the pros and cons of online income you need to decide when it is a good time to rely…
Jon Waraas Another Young Entrepreneur
Some of you might know Jon Waraas, others may not. He is not a high profile blogger like John Chow, but he is another young entrepreneur like me. Actually he is younger than me! He is 20 years old, but I met him when he was 19. I actually found his blog through John’s. It…
Some People Just Don’t Get It
Man I always tell people doing internet work is not as simple as it seems. Yeah I make my own hours and yeah I work from home, but I DO have to put in a lot of hours of work to make the money that I do. I hate the people that think they can…