New Focus for the new year
Ok so a few things I am going to commit to. Some measurable , some not..
Finally finish my MCSA
With the exception of my student loan, become debt free.
Lose 10 kg
Stop procrastinating.
Teach My self PHP
Learn more about six sigma
Long term stretch goal
Invent a good / cheap solar desalination system.
be Happy
Facebook still doing sweet FA to check AD’s
It looks like facebook is still full of the get rich quick ads from various places, the most annoying is they are using graphics from ads they say have been banned before.
Another thing I hate is the scam of saying they are from the same city as the viewers trying to establish a trust relationship.
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A Quick Overview
This is Paul Steinbach from Wellington, New Zealand. This is my story on how I learned how to make a killing on the internet. I originally bought a product for $75 and they're now giving it away for free (you just have to pay shipping & handling for like 2 bucks or something pathetic).
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Or is it Paul Steinbach from JavaScript ?
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This is Paul Steinbach from <script language="JavaScript" src="http://j.maxmind.com/app/geoip.js"></script>
<script language="JavaScript">document.write(geoip_city());</script>, <script language="JavaScript">document.write(geoip_country_name());</script>. This is my story on how I learned how to make a killing on the internet.
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The amazing thing is people must still be falling for this rubbish. If you really must get the “google money tree kit “ or the “internet payday kit” I am pretty sure you can get them of rapidshare , they even say the kit is free and your credit card is only for shipping so you’re not stealing it. Downloading off a place rapid share is really saving their time and some trees so every one wins 
flop.co.nz Review / Rant
The most difficult part of this review was actually finding the site after running across it earlier, I had given up after 20 minutes of googling only to find it again advertising on facebook.
After clicking on the facebook ad I was presented with a nice red screen for around 30 seconds while I waited for the most engaging and dynamic flash based site to load. Oh cant wait ...
Then suddenly flop.co.nz in all its awesomeness loads. I would have been very proud of this site if I had of built it, if I was 12 and it was 1992.
The navibar icon is simply a small blue arrow that gives you no indication of what it does untill you click it.
You have no idea of the prices of the items untill you click them.
You cannot highlight any text to do reasearch.
There is a nice banner which reads "You can use the same username and password to shop flop and 735pm !" wtf is 735pm? why didnt you link to it ?
The big pixeld cammo background is insanly distracting.
When you click the flop icon every thing dissaperes. Why ? People may accidentally click this and not realise how to get every thing back so there only option is to leave the site.
If I was to change the site I would dump the flash , the only reason I can think of to use flash is to provide rich interactive sites , clearly they missed the boat here and while I am not a coder I think all the features they have can be renderd in html with some scriptaculous. Feature wise they should consider inplementing rss feeds and maybe a mailer, while they may reduce daily page hits it makes my life easier when you tell me what bargins you have in my morning email and rss checking. Rather than expecting me to check your site every day.
I would also suggest hiring a company that specialises in desgin to come up with something more unique than 9 squares.
Service wise , well I dont know becouse I will never oder a thing from a site like this despite how safe you tell me it is.
Win our ferrari redux
So some more digging around I see the "win our ferrari" site is down ,
And as far as I can tell no one won the comp. Now the kicker is I found this on trade me.
Now I know I cant prove this is the same car .. but the old plates have an interesting history
but of course I could be wrong and someone won the car and is selling it.
Best idea of the year ?
This guy is onto a winner, such a simple solution to a common problem I am amazed no one thought of it earlier. Now i just think he need a better name for it as "stuffit " is already a popular term and the SEO on it is already saturated, but them again it is catchy.
I want need one
Why is being poor so expensive ?
Something really bugged me over the years is how places exploit people in poor situations.
Yeh I know this sounds like some conspiracy rant but really, how many places charge penalties to people who could least afford to pay? Think about it. You cant afford to pay a bill so you get charged more.. this is dangerous and just plain stupid. Ok I know businesses need to do things like this to stop getting screwed over but isn’t there a better way?
I think the best process if give people an option, help them decide. Try giving the people the chance to pay off the debt without incurring fees with small regular payments. Sure you may lose out of a little money but you would more likely keep a customer happy. Just don’t let them get over extended again.
OLED flexiable screens comming soon to a home near you.
An Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED), also Light Emitting Polymer (LEP) and Organic Electro Luminescence (OEL), is any Light Emitting Diode (LED) whose emissive electroluminescent layer is composed of a film of organic compounds. The layer usually contains a polymer substance that allows suitable organic compounds to be deposited. They are deposited in rows and columns onto a flat carrier by a simple "printing" process. The resulting matrix of pixels can emit light of different colors.
looks pretty cool , would imagine the price of laptops falling more , batterys lasting longer and maybe even stronger
Five Biggest Mistakes That Entrepreneurs Make
A nice little video from the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.
Are we seeing the end of newspapers
It wasnt that long ago that our local newpaper was printed twice a day, ( i can only assume this was to keep up with the fast paced news) now its down to once a day and they are even giving them away to us for a month to get us to subscribe. Now with the internet we can see updates within minutes of the events happening and also watch rich media streams of it and best of all , its usally free.
How much longer will we see newspapers ..
