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Want to Earn Some Money!
Posted on August 16, 2007 by Ching under Life, News, Sponsored Post, Web.
I am always searching for new ways to earn a little extra cash. Nothing that I can retire on or anything like that but you know a place where I can earn a little fun money. Well I finally found one. You all know that I love to write about my experiences and events that happen in my every day life and I know that you all like reading about it. So what makes this site so perfect you ask? well let me tell you! First I don’t have to change anything about the way I write. If I am going to write about credit cards or the fact that I just paid them all off then I can write about that. I simply go to the site and find a relevant advertiser that wants to put what they call a blog ad on my site. this is an unobtrusive link that a guest will see and click on. nothing more nothing less. It will take you to the advertisers site and if you find it interesting then you stay and look around, if not then you come back to my site and read some more. If you are a blogger like I am then this is a great way to earn a little extra cash. they pay you to simply write. Already, I have found several very interesting sites that I never knew existed and have visited them repeatedly. This is something that you must look into if you are interested in improving your web traffic, building your site popularity or just want some extra green. I am and avid movie watcher and plan on using the extra money to build my movie collection. You will also meet some excellent people here, they have a whole community built around this site and new poeple are joining every day. Check it out, I think you will like it.
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Ching Recommends
Posted on April 27, 2007 by Ching under Reviews, Toys, Web.
I thought I would share some cool stuff with everyone. I’m sure you’ve probably tried some of these programs while you may not have heard of others before. These programs, web sites, and tools are all really cool and come with our seal of approval.
OpenOffice
OpenOffice consists of the following components: Writer (wordprocessing application) , Calc (spreadsheet application), Impress (for presentations), Draw (graphics package), Base (database application), and Math (to insert math equations into documents and presentations). It is the poor man’s MS Office. With Mr. Gates cracking down on pirated versions of his software, this OpenOffice is your best alternative. I don’t use it myself, but it is what they use at APL and it works quite well.
WordPress
Of course, I gotta plug WordPress. It’s what powers this blog, as well as mom and dad’s blog, as well as the MKMVPA web site. It rocks!
Flickr
The best photo storage, photo sharing, photo community, photo anything ever!
Google Notebook
The best way to take notes while surfing the web. It is a great research tool. It is my brain.
Foxit Reader
The best PDF viewer and printer there is. It is better than Acrobat Reader because it loads faster. Ask Brian. He will swear by this program.
RoboForm
This is yet another tool that Brian swears by. He loves RoboForm. Without RoboForm, Brian wouldn’t be able to login to anything. You know how you can’t live without your cellphones because all of your phone numbers are in it? Well, RoboForm is to Brian’s passwords as cellphones are to your phone numbers.
Google Calendar
Yet another Google tool I can’t live without. I keep multiple calendars on Google Calendar — my school calendar, work calendar, and personal calendar which I share with Brian so he knows what my schedule is like at any given moment. Brian also shares his calendar with me so I can see what he is up to. In addition, I participate in the MKMVPA calendar. Google Calendar rocks!
DVD Shrink
Brian swears by this program also. He’s been using it for at least five years. He loves it.
GIMP
The next best thing to Adobe Photoshop if you don’t have any money to invest in software. Great tool. Used this for a while, but I have Photoshop now. =P
Google SketchUp
A good 3D modelling tool. Another winner from Google.
ZSNES
An open-source Super Nintendo emulator. Great for video game old school fans.
Addicting Games
Speaking of games.. You can find some cool games here.
Alright. That’s it for now. Don’t say you never got anything out of reading this blog. Until next time.
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Mid-Kansas MVPA Web Site
Posted on April 10, 2007 by Ching under Family, Flickr, School, Toys, Web.
Sorry I have been out of commission lately. My free time has been spent working on the new MKMVPA club web site. It now looks cleaner and simpler. It is much easier to navigate also. I moved it to WordPress instead of Blogger and the layout is just a standard WordPress template so it is pretty low maintenance. I like the look overall. Brian is not too fond of it because the old web site was his design creation. So naturally he liked the old one better. I liked it as well but I think the members found it to confusing in terms of navigation. The color scheme was a little too dark for my taste also.
Of course, this is the most stressful time of the semester as well. We have several projects due and final exams are just around the corner. Work has been pretty hectic, too. Most days leave me completely exhausted. I’m actually supposed to be working on one of my many class projects right now but I thought I would check in since it has been a while.
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Blogging for Dollars
Posted on March 8, 2007 by Ching under Web.
So I’m still waiting for my first check from AdBrite.. How exciting! For the first time in years (and I must say years because I have been doing this online thing for over a decade now) my web site is actually generating some revenue. Cool, huh?
There are actually several ways to make money using your web site. You can sell goods or services. Basically you just follow the web catalog revenue model. Almost every web site that you buy merchandise from online falls under this category.
Then there’s the digital content revenue model. Examples of firms using this model are Lexis.com and ProQuest.
Then there are the web sites riddled with ads (like this one; heh heh). This is what you call the advertising-supported revenue model.
Then there are web portals like AOL and Yahoo! and there’s the subscription model or sometimes also implemented as an advertising-subscription mixed revenue model.
Then there’s the fee-for-transaction and fee-for-service revenue models. There are many other revenue models and firms often transition from one model to another if revenues aren’t sustained or sometimes the transitions are driven by their growth strategies.
For blogs the prevalent revenue model is the advertising-supported. There are people who do the pay-per-post thing which I have never really succeeded at—I tried it a couple of times but my blog entries never could make the cut. So I just gave up.
I pretty much have stuck to advertising. So I put ads all over the page hoping that some kind, generous soul will click on them and help me make some money.
I use several. Among them, LinkShare is the best. They usually only send me a couple of bucks now and then. However, the last check they sent was for $37. It came as a pleasant surprise to both Brian and I. It is the biggest one I have received so far.
AdBrite isn’t too bad. But I’m still waiting to get paid. =P
Google’s AdSense is great because it is the most customizable—but it is taking me a while to earn my first check. 🙁 Hopefully, I’ll reach the $100 mark soon so they can finally send me my very first payment.
Amazon Associates is okay, but it doesn’t seem like I’ll ever get a check from them. I’m hardly earning anything. You guys need to click on my Amazon ads and maybe buy some stuff from my store. =P
I can’t complain overall. I never thought of this web site as a means for generating revenue. I dreamt that someday it would, but I didn’t really think it would happen. I’m really pleased that I’m making a little bit of money out of it. So far the site is well on its way to paying for itself, which is very, very nice. Hopefully, I won’t jinx myself by blogging this. 😉 Remember to click on these ads!
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Where to Find Wi-Fi
Posted on February 18, 2007 by Ching under Flickr, Web.
This just goes to show that you can find wi-fi at the most unexpected places. I had to check email before poker a couple of weeks ago but I wasn’t anywhere close to home. I had only a brief period to eat and check email before poker and I wasn’t anywhere near a good internet connection. I was at Ah-So II, this hole in the wall resto on the South side of town.
I was desperate so I took a chance. Lo and behold, there was unsecure wireless broadcasting from somewhere. It worked perfect. I got a bite to eat and was able to catch up on email. So now I’m on mission to find other places with free internet access.
Here’s what I have so far:
Ah-So II
The Bean Scene
Fox and Hound
Holiday Inn locations (Express, Select, and Wichita Airport)
Java Villa Cafe
Orient Espresso
The Vagabond
IHOP
Watermark Books and Cafe
La Quinta at the Wichita airport
Wichita State University*
*NOTE: The wireless connection at the WSU campus is free but it requires that your MAC address be registered. Instructions are available here. Please feel free to add your own list of free wireless internet locations. Let’s grow this list together! 🙂
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