I have heard a lot of bloggers complain about people coming to their blog and using various Ad-Block software to avoid being served advertising. I used to be in that camp myself, until I figured out that they are actually a benefit!In web advertising there are several types of advertising models:1) Affiliate SalesThis category covers…
A Solution To Digg’s Blog Spam Problem?
‘A lot of blogs, good and bad, often get buried as spam just because they are a blog. I have a potential solution that may help.We already know that, according to Digg’s TOS, you are able to submit blog entries and you can submit your own blog entries. This is often frowned upon by other…
A Week with RockBox
RockBox is an alternate firmware package for your iPod. Unlike the traditional iPod+iTunes, RockBox works with any computer that can connect to the iPod as a hard drive.Now, you might be wondering why anyone would even want to replace the firmware on an iPod. After all the iPod “just works” and it has a very…
I’m In The Digg Top 500!
I was just checking my profile on Digg and I was surprised to see that I have jumped into the Top 500 users on Digg!It’s been a long haul getting this far but what really surprised me is the fact that you only need to get 12 stories pegged to the home page to be…
Game Review: Venus Needs Men
Venus Needs Men! (Synelix Games, 2006 – John L. Velonis) sounds like the name of a really bad “B” movie, and the artwork on the box cover does nothing to dissuade one from that. But I’m always on the lookout for games in the space genre; and therefore, it wasn’t hard to tempt me into…
Session Report: Arkham Horror
Every other Monday I get together with my friends for game night. This week it was only Dan and I so we took the opportunity to play Arkham Horror with the Curse of the Dark Pharaoh expansion.One of the chief problems with Arkham Horror is that it can take a large block of time to…
Game Review: Margin for Error
On the onset, Margin for Error (Sagely Games, 2006 – Dean Seiji) looked rather unassuming. It’s a trick taking game with rather plain looking cards in a plain looking box. Reading the rules didn’t really do much more for me, as it looked like an unimaginative, typical trick-taking game. But I’ve seen games that didn’t…
A quick way to increase your AdSense CTR
The higher your CTR the better the ads Google AdSense serves you.Want to know how to increase your CTR in one easy step?It’s very simple:Remove AdSense code from any page which does not generate clicks.Yup, it’s that simple!Many people put AdSense code in their navigation area or at the bottom of every page. This may…
How the Democrats can win in 2008
In the 2006 elections the Democrats rode a wave of “we’re not them” to take the House and, with the help of two independents, gain control of the Senate. They have the control and Rep Pelosi herself has proclaimed that they are the anti-corruption party. There’s just one problem with that statement, some of their…
More Notes on the Zune
This weekend I happened to encounter a Zune display at an OfficeMax store. Curious I tried it out…Let me say this first, the Zune is no iPod. OK, I just wanted to get that out of the way.The Screen:The larger screen on the Zune is nice. The colors look good and there is some eye…
Game Review: BattleLore
BattleLore (Days of Wonder, 2006 – Richard Borg) is the fourth installment in his Command Colors system, following BattleCry (the Civil War), Memoir ’44 (World War II), and Commands and Colors: Ancients (Punic Wars). BattleLore takes the tried and true light war game and adds a fantasy setting, complete with magic and monsters. But it’s…