Virtual Private Servers Plus Google Adsense = Lots of revenue for your ISP

I have a website that has 3000 unique users visit per day.  In order to support that traffic I pay for enough guaranteed server horsepower from DreamHost so the user does not have to wait.  The problem with that is that totals up to about 80 US dollars per month.  Uh but google adsense revenue is about 45 US Dollar per month leaving a deficit of about 35 dollars per month. If you think you are going to make money using a 10 dollar per month cheapy plan I think you better think again.  Your server will not be available at Read more…

Electric MicroPower as a democratic antidote

As explained in a previous article energy can be used by governments as a taxation choke point.  The short explaination is that there are limited numbers of energy producing companies and energy is needed and used by everyone.  Thus if you tax no where else in an economy its possible to tax everyone.  Well that is a socialists dream! There is a counter trend at work in microenergy. Microenergy investment has been growing rapidly.  50% of all electrical energy produced is lost in transmission over long distances. Producing energy on a small scale is a democratizing force if it can be Read more…

Global Warming Challenge Part 3: Eat Insects

Part 3: It has been reported that eating bugs is a much more efficient and environmentally friendly way to get your protein.  Now I know that you feel global warming is a serious issue and thus I am willing to have a cockroach round up and deliver.  I want to see you fry them up and eat them in front of me.     Are you a good planet enviro-citizen?  If so then you are already eating bugs.  You ARE a true believer correct?  No excuses.  Start now!  Or we will have to revoke your green card. Part 2: I challenge Read more…

Deal JuJitsu Carlos Coquet Computer Maverick and the Sale of the Osborn Like XT

In 1992 I bought out a computer school.  For the total of 1500 dollars I got -1- a bunch of computer desks, chairs -2- television projection units ( an ancient version of DLP ) -3- washer / dryer -4- a couple of computers -5- god knows what else This was one of the computers This was my first deal where I was trying to make a buck on my own.  So I ended up with all this stuff piled up in the garage and now needed to sell it!  One of the more memorable encounters selling this stuff was with Carlos Read more…

Small Brazilian Summers Name is Veronique

The portuguese word for summer is Verao. Its late May here and we just had a very warm spell after having been cold for a month.  This is typical for May as is Indian Summer in the USA midwest.  They call it veraonique.  And thus you know where another common name came from.  Veronica must have been derived from this latin word a long time ago.  So many names are like this.  Linda is portuguese for "pretty".  I can not remember all the names that have been derived this way as I sit here and write but there is a long Read more…

Eat Hot Chili Peppers like Jalopena or Habaneros to increase athletic performance and feel better

If I want to run a long distance or go up Squaw Peak I try to remember to thin my blood before going. This allows more rapid flow of the blood with the same cardio effort. Thus you find you do not lose your breath as easily. Red wine is good for this as well as hot peppers. The hot peppers have the added benefit that they stimulate endorphins and make starting that much easier because you do not feel the pains of starting intensely. Even if you are not going to exercise the hot peppers are a great way to Read more…

A Night in Shining Armor

I have a friend Mark who dated a depressive girl for a while. She grabbed a photo off of the net and did the artwork and emailed it to him with the caption written beneath the photo. He forwarded the email to me as it was quite freudian and funny. Signs of failure abound in this artwork.  First of all this knight is up to his knees in water. Not a good thing when you are wearing iron. The worst part is you sink and drown if you fall. Secondly and more germaine is you rust. I knew her so it Read more…