the city of Sao Paulo was under siege for these past few days by gang members. The problem is related to prisons, over crowding and the fact that the crime bosses are in jail and continue to manage the crime syndicates with cell-phones from behind bars. The governor promised to correct this problem, so developed […]
Happy Pandas
Have you ever met anyone that didn’t think Panda Bears were cute? Is it possible that just the image, our thought, of a baby panda bear could change our mood. If you’re curious about the effects of Panda Bears on the human mind keep reading. (more…)
Life of a Rock Star
A friend sent me a very cool website today, designed in part by the Canadian Government. The reason this particular website appealed to me so much, was because I’ve travelled through the “Great White North” of Canada and worked as a prospector near the borders of Alaska and Yukon in my home province of British […]
Tips for a happy life
On my birthday back in February I decided to improve my health, stop drinking alcohol and attempt to get into better physical shape. I’ve been running consistently for years so I’m not unfit, just not totally happy with my upper body strength as well as a small recurring, nagging strain in the calf muscle, so […]
Text Link Ads
On my very first day of joining Text Link Ads I made money, not a jackpot at $7 for the balance of the first month but ‘what the heck!’ it’s a good start considering I can sell up to 9 more links, on a 50/50 revenue share. Potentially I could earn $100 per month (on […]
Content is King
The more hours I pour into publishing web pages and programming the more it becomes evident to me that content is King. You can create the best looking website in the world, load it with the coolest utilities to make it look like a division of Netscape but without interesting content that people are interested […]
What Me Worry?
Ever wonder Where Alfred E. Newman Went?
Open Source Business
Today I came across an article that my Google/Yahoo News filters delivered to my inbox, about how the online installment loans direct lenders for Open-Source becoming more than just a method of software development. I’m publishing this article from the Economist in it’s entirety because I’m a proponent of open-source and have for several years […]
Worrier or Warrior?
“Once a man worries, he clings to anything out of desperation; and once he clings he is bound to get exhausted or to exhaust whomever or whatever he is clinging to. A warrior-hunter, on the other hand, knows he will lure game into his traps over and over again, so he doesn’t worry.” ~ Carlos […]
Sao Paulo summer
Carnival has ended and the city is back to full pace. The weather is hot and humid, just how I like it. My wife Paula and I spend as much time as possible at the Club, get up earlier in the morning when the temperature is very agreeable, to get some programming work done. After […]