While doing my daily web browsing the other day I cam upon a really cool pixel object poster called “Web 2.0”, which basically highlights all of the big “Web 2.0” companies.
As some of you may have known Ashley and I broke up about a month ago. It has been a hard month for both of us, but we put all our differences behind us and decided to get back together. We went out for our 2 year anniversary (even though we were broken up for a month). I really do not need to explain the details, but we are happily back together. So we decided to go to Sapporo Japanese Steakhouse. I talked about it before, but never really went into detail about it.
Sapporo is one of those Japanese restaurants where they cook in front of you. This is really cool because it gives you some entertainment while you are eating and you can actually see your food being made. Each table sits 8 and has a grill in the center for a chef to cook on. We were lucky enough to be the only 2 at this table the entire time we were there.
Ashley and I both ordered entrees, which come with soup and salad. The soup that is served is a type a mushroom soup and is very tasty. They also use some really cool spoons. The salad is your basic salad with some type of sweet sauce on top. From what the chef said the sauce helps clear your sinus’s, which would be great for me since I have been fighting a cold. Next you are made fried rice right in front of you. The chef does some really cool tricks like throwing the egg up in the air and cutting it perfectly in half, he really puts on a show.
I ordered the Special, which is a filet mignon, lobster tail, and shrimp. Ashley ordered shrimp and broccoli. Each entree is with vegetables as well. You also get a shrimp sauce and a ginger sauce to dip things in. I really did not use them, but Ashley loved the shrimp sauce. It was a great dinner and more than enough food for both of us. Our total with my generous tip was around $85, which is a lot less than other moguls spend on a dinner, but hey I’m just getting started in the internet business! It was a great dinner for both Ashley and I and we plan on going there again.
This has really been bothering me lately! Why is it that people who don’t have to work because "mommy & daddy" pay for everything think they are better than you? If there is one thing that pisses me off it is people who think they are the shit because their parents have money. Yeah it would be nice if my parents bought me everything and I didn’t have to worry about money, but of course I was raised right and was taught to earn a living not be given it. It just makes me mad when all they have been taught is how to be lazy, and think they are better because thats what they have been told by their parents. And it even makes me more mad when these people try to show off something liker their car and think it makes them "cool". The sad thing is they didn’t earn that car, they were given it. These people are the same people that hate people like John Chow and leave him bad comments. Excuse me, but he earned his money so he deserves it and is allowed to tell you about it. If you want to tell me how cool your new car that your parents bought you is, or about that awesome apartment that your parents pay for then don’t even bother, because people like you make me sick!
/end rant
Well today I was surprised to see that I received a package from Google. After opening it up it was a Holiday gift from them. As you know I use Google Adsense on many of my sites, and it is a major source of income for me. This gift is something they give to their publishers each year. Last year I did not receive a gift, probably because my volume was not as big as it is now. I’m not sure how much you have to make to receive a gift, but it’s nice for Google to send something out their their publishers. This years gift is a digital photo frame! I would say it’s better than last years gift. I already have a digital photo frame, which I reviewed a while back. I have that one in my bedroom, so this one will probably sit at my desk, especially since it is smaller. Thanks Google!!
Well it’s been another 4 days since I have updated my blog….geez! Well I have been getting a lot of things done with my sites. First off I want to say Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Hope everyone enjoyed all of the Turkey! Ok like I said I have been doing a lot of work the past few days. I am trying not to stretch myself out so that I don’t end up accomplishing what I REALLY need to get done. So let’s see what I have been up to…
ThinkCE
Yes ThinkCE is back. I will be concentrating more on just news not as much on content. I have added the site’s RSS feed to feedburner and only after a day I have 6 readers. This number could go up and down depending on what is posted etc. I am still using the Joomla CMS and I am having not problems at the moment. I will also be looking into changing some of the advertising setup as well as updating the shopping.com ads.
ThinkGaming
I have been keeping up with this site more. It has hard to get content, but I have been posting news as well as writing a few articles here and there. I’m trying to squeeze a few buyers guides in before the holiday season, because they do very well with traffic and bring in some good revenue. I am also thinking about buying a Wii to review and just to have, any thoughts on this? Let me know.
ThinkComputers
Just the regular here, keeping up with reviews and everything. I am also looking a writing more buyer’s guides here too. My first one of the holiday season was a big hit and generated a good bit of traffic as well as some nice extra revenue. If you haven’t noticed I have added a small 125X125 banner advertising TWERQ. TWERQ is a really cool search engine that you must check out. If you go to their page, check out the videos of all what you can do with it, it is very powerful. The ad gave me some extra revenue, which was nice, hopefully they will renew.
MyProfileResource
Ok nothing big here, but I did make some simple Happy ThanksGiving graphics. There was a small traffic spike from these graphics. I will be making holiday graphics soon. Also my experiment on indirect Myspace advertising has worked very well. I will be explaining this later this week after I do some final tests.
New Site!
Ok I have not announced this new site, but I have been doing some work on it. I got a really cool layout from Rocket Theme and have been tweaking it. I have also come up with ad placements. I just have to fill it with content and hopefully watch it take off. We will see how it turns out.
On another note, Starbucks has the Peppermint mocha’s out now and they are awesome! Make sure you go down to your local Starbucks and check them out.
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