Archive for May, 2006

$1, Make You Holla

May 18th, 2006
My First Buck

After getting rejected by AdSense, Google’s revenue ad program, in my previous project I decided to apply for the same with my personal site. Has it paid off or has it paid off? I made my first buck from a Firefox install. I gotta tell you, Firefox has bigger balls than Internet Explorer.

Aside from being more secure it has tabbed browsing and a much smaller footprint meaning less work and room for your computer. On top of all that it is FREE as an open-source browser for Windows, Mac, AND Linux. For god’s sake, it’s called FIREfox!

I use it, that means you should too. Where the hell have you been?

Um, your shoes untied

May 12th, 2006

Secure Shoelace KnotNo matter the state of mind, buzzed, drunk, or trashed, anyone can tie their own shoe. Keeping it tied is another problem. Why were my rabbit ears on this one particular pair of shoes always coming undone? Fat, slippery, shoelaces were the culprit.

In my quest to find a better knot I came across Ian’s Shoelace Site and in it the answer to my problem: Ian’s Secure Shoelace Knot.

Try it, you’ll love me for it, even more than you already do.

Photo from http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/secureknot.htm

On Blogging

May 8th, 2006

I was listening to the radio many weeks ago, I think it was Tom Leykis, and they were on the topic of blogs. He argued that bloggers are pretentious people since vain bloggers really only talk about themselves and think everyone reading should care. Well you do care! You care because you’re reading this right now. You care because I tell you to care and I tell you what to think.

Dance monkey dance! I have you in the palm of my hand!

Who Doesn’t Love Food?

May 3rd, 2006

A friend of mine turned me onto Yelp, an online community of reviewers pushing their opinions on everything from dance clubs to restaurants. Yelp is very similar to Citysearch but in my opinion tis much better. It’s seriously awesome! Forget the dance clubs and botique shop reviews; I use this for the restaurant reviews! I mean, who doesn’t love food?

Years back I did contract work in Glendale often working until 2 in the morning. On some evenings I’d find myself somewhere in Eagle Rock at 11pm trotting up to a catering truck painted the name Rambo’s. Rambo’s was one of many (Leo’s was another favorite) cult-taco trucks. Unfortunately I never rembered where they were…until I asked my fellow Yelpers. Not only did I find where the Rambo truck parks in Eagle Rock, but I found God’s gift to post-belligerent childeren of the night: The Great Taco Hunt website. Ahh yes, the unofficial guide to the Los Angeles taco scene.