John Hasson

API's, Host n Post, White Labels And So On

2008-03-18T12:20:00.003-06:00

White board Episode:I think affiliate marketing should be moving more towards full sites about a particular product/service. Instead of just linking to a site you can use API's and direct server posts. This will let you make a real website about a product (not just a redirect page). You can then even help people reach their goals (if they couldn't qualify for the initial offer)...Video is

Pay Per Click Is Not The Endgame

2008-03-13T15:37:00.002-06:00

I am sitting in the Denver airport at the delta crown room watching N'West and Minn play, but I was thinking about PPC and my plans for the future. Really PPC is not the end game. It is the beginning. There are lots of different ways to gain traffic, PPC is just one of many. So what is the endgame? In my mind it is a site sustainable by its users. Users come back to your site over and over

High Adwords Score and Good Website Design

2008-03-12T11:48:00.002-06:00

A high adwords quality score and good website design go hand in hand. While clearing out all my emails I ran across a few gems that I had saved.10 Principles Of Effective Web Designand10 Ways To Increase Your Adwords Quality Scoreas with anything, always verify what people say. Either by testing things yourself or checking to see if others agree or disagree with them.

Resume Advice To My Little Brother

2008-03-10T12:28:00.002-06:00

One of my brothers recently is out of college and on the job market. (Anybody need a Mechanical Engineer?) I have some friends at places like Raytheon and Lockheed I am going to try and put him in touch with but first I had a look at his resume....I won't post it here, but I will post my suggestions:--Begin:Couple of things:1) Put Your name and Address and phone number (all the contact info) at

Don't Take Yourself Too Seriously

2008-03-06T20:29:00.001-07:00

Mark says people are being too serious. Especially in their blogs. I don't really think I fit in that.. but just in case. This video clip will seal the deal.

Ahh My Car!!

2008-03-05T21:58:00.002-07:00

Ok, well it isn't that bad. I left my car in Denver while I was at Affiliate Summit since I commute to Denver for one of my clients. It was in covered parking and all that.. but look at the dirt and grime!It is fine, but sooo dirty. This is what it looks like clean. (Picture taken right before I bought it)

Which PPC Engine Do You Start With?

2008-03-04T16:36:00.003-07:00

In reference to my list of working PPC engines, Neil asked, do you test them from the get go or do you only use them if you get a successful campaign in yahoo/google/msn?You know, I should start with all of them. But really it depends on the niche or my mood, sometimes a combination of both. For example the most recent campaign I created seemed pretty saturated in the big three. I just wanted to

Commission Junction's EPC Revisited

2008-03-03T13:23:00.004-07:00

Vlad seems to think that CJ's EPC is pretty much a joke. I do see where he is coming from. Affiliate Managers using CJ seem to lean on a high EPC too much. So if an affiliate with a high volume of traffic but low conversions comes along, it can skew their averages and lower their EPC. They think that this will cause them to lose out on new affiliates because no one wants to work with a

Excellent PPC Blog

2008-03-03T13:17:00.002-07:00

I found this one from Mark's 45n5 site. He listed the PPC people he liked in a recent post. Man I wish I had met Chad. He has some really good information on his blog. I will agree with his stance on 7Search in the past, but lately they have really been performing much better (consistently) vs Miva--for my campaigns.

PPC Engines that work -- Update

2008-03-01T23:49:00.002-07:00

I thought I would update my list of PPC engines that we talked about at the Ask an Expert ASW08 session(This updates my previous list)1st Tier:MSN AdCenterYahoo Sponsored SearchAdWords2nd Tier:SuperPages7SearchAdSonar3rd Tier:LookSmartEnhanceSearchFeedgoClick MivaPPC Engines that I have consistently lost money using:AskKanoodleIndustryBrainsChaChaAdBriteContextWebAnything in the 3rd Tier I will

Affiliate Summit 2008 West Wrap Up

2008-02-29T11:23:00.000-07:00

My thoughts on Jason's thing, all the other things and the PPC Ask an Expert session I hosted.

Commission Junctions EPC Demystified?

2008-02-28T12:07:00.007-07:00

I've been doing this about a year, and never did quite get CJ's EPC. Earning Per Click?? NO F---in way it is generating $230 per click! (I would think to my self)Well turns out that is earnings per 100 clicks (or so I was told at Affiliate Summit).It kinda makes sense in the sick twisted way CPM makes sense.CPM (Cost Per 1000 Hits -- 1000 = Roman Numberal M)EPC (Earnings per 100 -- 100 = Roman

Man Is My Wife Awesome

2008-02-27T18:52:00.003-07:00

We are eating dinner (which she made for me while I was laying in bed - watching tv). And she says "You know what? My Ideal Night Right Now Is To Play Rock Band With You And Then Watch Stargate SG-1 Till We Pass Out."I suppose I should attach a picture or something... hold on, let me get one.Here, we were in France and she thought this thing was cool.

Crazy Things Affiliate Managers Do

2008-02-27T18:23:00.000-07:00

Seriously. I get the weirdest emails. But sometimes I get absolutely great emails from Affiliate Managers.

Clickfraud class action lawsuit and yahoo lowering min ppc

2008-02-27T00:15:00.002-07:00

Well guess what I got in my email.Yup, anyone who advertised on Miva, Lycos or searchfeed may be entitled to credits (or a refund, I'll have to read harder when I am awake)Some lawyers made over a million dollars to make Miva and company refund traffic that people can claim was fraudulent. No word on how to prove your fraud traffic. They just have a form for you to submit how much traffic you

Affiliate Summit Day 3 - Video (cuz I am tired)

2008-02-26T22:41:00.002-07:00

After fighting quicktime and much searching I finally found a solution. The camera records in big quality MPEG1 Muxed.. quicktime pro can't shrink/convert them down without loosing the audio, thus.. no sound.Solution Free Software From Apple: MpegStreamClip Ok, now that I have won that battle, time to post a few videos. A Bunch of Affiliate Summit Pics and Descriptions can be seen on flickr

Affiliate Summit Day 2 - Notes From SEO Session

2008-02-25T16:13:00.000-07:00

Build my own DMOZ?SEOMOZ blog is goodSpeak at Colleges about your expertise for free (they will link to your site)Meta Descriptions Tag ( Put offers in it.. like Free testdriver or whatever) dont waste time on keyword meta tagmeta tags are low in importancemeta keyword will/may apply for adsense/contextual adsYahoo Search Assist is better then google'sMSN AdCenter Excel Plugin coolDo Keyword

Affiliate Summit Day 2 - Notes From Domain Session

2008-02-25T16:12:00.000-07:00

GeoTarget Domains..CityNameAuto.com (for example)Check the latin market

Affiliate Summit Day 2 - Notes From Keynote

2008-02-25T16:07:00.004-07:00

Notes From Keynote:-KeyNote (unimpressive speaker, but I found one good ides from it)How to do well1) Find Spammy Site2) Make a non-spammy versionWhen asked about what kind of affiliate marketing he doesn't think is spam. He said:I like ads to be labeled ads, and said in the same breath "I don't know alot about your industry." (when talking about affiliate summit) If he doesn't know much about

Affiliate Summit Day 1 - Meet Market, Parties

2008-02-25T00:35:00.003-07:00

Wow, quite a day. Spent several hours at the Meet Market (where you stop by everyone's desk to say hi and get to know people)--this is different from the booths and so on that all the exhibitors will have tomorrow. I met a ton of people there, traded cards with everyone. I had a few meetings already scheduled through contacts I made with the affiliate summit confab networking thingy. The

Affiliate Summit Day 0 + Hotel Room Tour - Rio

2008-02-23T21:00:00.002-07:00

Well other then a bunch of twitter activity not really involving me (not that I didn't try), not much happened. I did meet Alan Weissman of MyNursingUniforms.com by accident. Ended up meeting Durk Price of eAccountable.com as well. We talked for about 5-10 minutes. Nice people. (They said they liked my "handwritten" cards better -- Alan thought it matched my personality... I hope he meant

The Business Card Looks Better

2008-02-21T15:43:00.002-07:00

Ok, the new cards are here. I now have two different cards for Affiliate summit. The other cards are described here. The new cards look kinda plain, but they are less embarrassing :)

Hillary Is Not To Be Out Done...

2008-02-18T13:55:00.002-07:00

These videos are a riot.First, the Obama one (this one isn't really funny, but it gives a reference for the others):And.. The McCain ParadoyHillary (as usual) is in a class of her own with 2 videos...This is by far my favorite, it is so corny you can feed yourself with it.Not to be outdone, somone wants to win the corny award. (They come in a close second)

Dumb Idea For Business Cards

2008-02-15T12:14:00.002-07:00

Ok, so I am going to Affiliate Summit 2008 in Vegas in a week. I thought I'd try and be creative and make some unique business cards for handing out to people.I researched all sorts of creative ideas. I looked at the plastic cards (more then I want to spend), the see through cards.. same. and so on.I settled down on what I thought would be a neat idea.See how it looks like I just grabbed a card

Affiliate Summit Public Calendar

2008-02-08T09:30:00.000-07:00

I am testing a public Calendar with Google. The link to the right has all my planned Affiliate Summit activities. In theory it will make planning on meeting with people a lot easier. Click on the big Google calendar button to the right and check the weekend of Feb 23-27th.

To All Those Mac Noobs I Have Mocked Over The Past 15 Years..

2008-01-28T05:41:00.000-07:00

..I'm Sorry. :) I don't know what exactly it is about this Macbook, but it is an actual joy to use. I am more productive and it just gives me a good feeling using it. I sorta understand the whole crazy mac cult. Somebody help me!!! :)Seriously, right now, I really love my mac. (Even though I use it to code in c# and SQL server--cuz I can and do)

So I Finally Switched...

2008-01-23T12:01:00.000-07:00

My Sony 280 stopped thinking a battery was plugged into it. I checked into warranty/repair. It was $99 just to look at the thing and then anywhere from $249 to $749 to repair it. It looks like my middle child just got her first computer :) (It works fine plugged into the wall)Vista disappointed me quite a bit. Windows XP works great, I like it. Now I could have just bought another laptop

Speaking At Affiliate Summit

2008-01-16T10:27:00.000-07:00

Well I am not sure what they are thinking, but I am going to be a speaker at Affiliate Summit West 2008 :). I am pretty excited.I sent in a simple proposal to talk about PPC marketing since that is what I do. My proposed session title was "Which PPC Engines Work And How." It was going to be a nice presentation probably with power point slides ;)They contacted me and asked if I would "be

Keyword Research Tools...

2008-01-15T09:57:00.000-07:00

In NO particular order at all. This list is for my reference just as much as anybody'shttp://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternalhttp://www.wordze.com Also.. those xml feeds from dogpile and metasearch and so on.. look very intersting.And a good link to some tips for page optimization for search engines it

New Hampshire 2008 Predictions

2008-01-08T13:36:00.000-07:00

Well I got the Democrat predictions right for Iowa. That 15% rule for the Democratic Caucuses really helped Obama. He picked up a lot of Richardson's, Biden's and other's supporers when their group didn't have the require 15%.On the Iowa Republican predictions... no so right :)NH 2008 Primary Predictions in Order:NH Democrats:ObamaClintonEdwardsRichardsonNH Republicans:McCainRomneyPaul --Go

How To Make Money Online 6 of 11 (PPC Traffic)

2008-01-04T15:28:00.000-07:00

I am going to finish this series if it kills me :)Ok.. PPC Traffic. I like PPC (Pay Per Click) traffic because it is easy to measure and quantify results. You can find an old list I made of PPC Engines that work.You can also find a list of bottom feeder PPC sources to avoid.Here is an excellent primer on AdCenter (MSN's PPC). I didn't write this but it is so well done I totally recommend it.For

Iowa 2008 Caucus Predictions

2008-01-03T12:01:00.000-07:00

1) Romney2) Huckabee3) Paul4) McCain1) Obama2) Edwards3) Hillary4) Richardson

Awesome Things I Used To Be Able To Do

2008-01-02T16:19:00.000-07:00

This is all about me :) If you don't want to read about me, skip this one. I am getting older (over 30 now). I noticed that I and the people I hang with sometimes talk about all the awesome stuff we used to be able to do. So here are my "war stories" of when school was an uphill walk both ways and it snowed year round, even in Florida.Here is my list:I used to be able to easily do a 360 Two

Christmas Present From Google

2007-12-07T18:14:00.000-07:00

Google gives their Adsense and Adwords advertisers gifts each year.In 2006 I qualified for two of their digital photo frames. (Warning, don't try and fill it up with too many pictures. I was copying a large number of pics over to it and it started smoking. There was the smell of burning plastic and a tiny wisp of white smoke. Needless to say I now only have one digital photo frame from Google

Directory Sites

2007-12-06T15:39:00.000-07:00

I was talking with a friend about an idea they had for a site. It was essentially a directory site. You know.. kinda like a yellow pages site for their particular niche. There are a two ways to do this.By Hand. Create a page for each city and add listings by hand.This is only for people who don't want to learn anything new and have time and patience to do it this way.Build it with a database

Carpenters Rock (Music Group)

2007-11-24T19:38:00.000-07:00

I've been coding up some code. My play list ended up on the carpenters, I haven't listened to them for a while. Awesome tunes.

Office Rearranged

2007-11-24T17:58:00.001-07:00

I've finally got all my hardware organized. I bought a used full rack and some extra hardware. I had to take the door frame apart to get it in. It looks good and keeps things amazingly quiet.

Making Money Online -- Update!

2007-11-21T08:52:00.000-07:00

I've left them alone for a few days. You can see an updated chart here.Program 1 finally panned out. Not bad for spending a few dollars and leaving it alone. Program 3 seems to be struggling a bit so I'm tweaking the keywords. (Turning some off and so on).For Program 3 it really seems to be more profitable when people are at home (not 9-5). Too bad my PPC program doesn't support turning

Making Money Online -- Done!

2007-11-17T17:49:00.000-07:00

In this experiment I broke just about all of my rules hoping to put something together quick. And you will find that some rules are more important then others.First rule I broke:I used a direct to vendor landing page. I fixed that with a cursory website and saw success.Second rule I broke:I didn't build a full on site (or mini site) around the offers, I just threw them up on some existing

Where Ron Paul Stands On... just about everything

2007-11-15T16:37:00.000-07:00

There has been a lot of buzz about Ron Paul going on especially with his 4.2 million dollars raised in one day from over 30,000 individual donars. Some of you are wondering where he stands on your key issue. You have heard that he wants to eliminate many various government entities and many other things. I'll summarize a few key points from his statements but you can watch the video in its

How To Make Money Online - Stop Talking And Start Doing

2007-11-13T10:57:00.000-07:00

Instead of talking about how to make money online, I'll just do another site. I've already found an offer with ABC Leads. I'm going to put together a quick web page and start promoting it with PPC. I'll let you know how I do :)I'm off to make some cash.

How To Make Money Online 5 of 11 (Search Traffic)

2007-11-12T08:34:00.000-07:00

Search TrafficSearch traffic is #1. It is the best. Period. It does not come over night. Search traffic is reserved for quality sites with good information that has steadily been built up over time (hint, hint). Spammers and so called Black Hats can also get plenty of Search Traffic but it is only temporary-- I'm in the quality content and site will be better long term camp.You can search

How To Make Money Online 4 of 11 (Combining Offers)

2007-11-12T08:25:00.000-07:00

Combining OffersThis one is pretty straightforward. You are essentially hedging your bets.AdSense + Affiliate OffersLets say you are promoting hair care, but you are worried that you will have someone on your site that is not ready to buy or is not interested in the particular item you picked. There is where a combination of AdSense + Affiliate Offers comes in to play.Put them both on the same

How To Make Money Online 3 of 11 (Finding Stuff To Sell)

2007-11-05T19:35:00.000-07:00

I received a few complaints that I didn't finish. I took a few days off. Lets move on to part 3.Finding Stuff To SellThis one can be a little overwhelming, I'll narrow it down to four basic things you can sell. These are usually called CPA (Click/Cost Per Action) campaigns. You will get paid when you refer someone and they do a specific thing. Fill out a form requesting a mortgage, buy some

Placing Ads On Your Website 2 of 11

2007-10-31T09:37:00.000-06:00

There are 4 basic types of ads you can put on your website.Pay Per ClickYou get paid when someone clicks on the ad on your page, I'll focus on these right now.Pay Per ImpressionsYou get paid when someone goes to your web page. These are usually sold in lots of 1000 impressions. So for every 1000 hits you get paidPop UpsThese are annoying and stupid so I won't tell you much about them other then

How To Make Money Online 1 of 11

2007-10-30T09:24:00.000-06:00

To make money online (or anywhere) you need to do one thing. Just one thing.Acquire something and sell it for more then it cost you.That is really it. The trick is finding something you can profit on. Now I'll break it down.Find something to sellYou can sell ads on a website (such as AdSense, YPN, and tons of others)You can promote affiliate offers (such as Amazon's products or one of many,

How To Get Over Yourself

2007-10-29T12:13:00.000-06:00

You're at a social event. You say/do something really stupid. You catch yourself and think boy, that was dumb; but it is too late. You are still thinking about it the next day and how you could have done better/differently. Right here is where you need to stop. You can't change it99% of the people that heard/saw it have forgotten about it because they are fretting over the stupid thing they

Important College Tip

2007-10-27T12:22:00.000-06:00

I'm coding up an app right now and realized I was hungry. Not wanting to waste a bunch of time I went for a pair of hot pockets. We have a full size refrigerator/microwave upstairs, but all the dishes are downstairs. No way I'm going all the way downstairs for plate to microwave a pair of hot pockets. Here is where the important college tip comes in:I grab my oldest daughter (she is

Encrypted Messenger is now free.

2007-10-25T11:10:00.000-06:00

I wrote this thing over 7 years ago. Here are a few vids explainaing.Short Version: It still works but is free and you can get the source code too if you want to play around with it. Download it here http://johnyTech.comAND... here is the source codeCode Review (sort of) videoPart 1/2Part 2/2You can download the main program hereSource Code is here

Best Wife....Ever

2007-10-24T14:03:00.000-06:00

I've been married for just over 9 years now. I've got a friend who likes to joke about how I am stuck with my wife for eternity since I'm Mormon; and he found out that we are married forever and not just "till death do we part." He is sooo looking forward to the parting at death (he jokes). But it got me to thinking about my wife.I've only had to go into Surgery a twice since we have been

Bottom Feeder PPC Engines to Avoid

2007-10-22T08:53:00.000-06:00

Here I am minding my own business an my firewall/network watcher goes off like crazy. Apparently one of the many computers on my network has some spyware on it. And it thinks that 8:44am MST is the time to go off. There is something very interesting (to me) about what it was trying to do.It was calling a bunch of PPC feeds from various partners. Why would they do this? Simple: $Money$ They

I <3 InsureMe -- in a mostly platonic way :)

2007-10-21T12:03:00.000-06:00

I've worked with several companies in my Affiliate Marketing... .blah.. you know.. let me just tell you my InsureMe story.Long ago I was building informational websites about a TON of different topics. At one point reviewing my PPC bids, I noticed I was outbid on a keyword for insurance. I though, "How dare someone outbid me!" (I was new at this :)) They were sending traffic directly to

Ad Blindness is a Myth

2007-04-04T09:53:00.000-06:00

This will be short and to the point. People do generally try and ignore advertisements. They don't like them, but they put up with them.However, as soon as there is an ad for something they want people immediately get excited.When reading a web page, watching TV, driving in a car you are inundated with advertisements. We all ignore them. But our brain is taking everything in... everything.

A Good Link Exchange Email

2007-03-04T18:43:00.000-07:00

Earlier this week I got one of those link exchange emails, but this one was actually good-- It got me to read it.From: webmaster@REMOVED.comDear Webmaster,I visited your web site earlier today and I just wanted to congratulate you on a well presented, and informative web site. It is not often that I come across a web site that offers a wealth of quality and hard to find information.I have spent a

How I pick an affiliate program

2007-02-26T13:46:00.000-07:00

Know them.I like dealing directly with the company when pimping an affiliate product. You get to know the people better and it is amazing how flexible good companies can be.I have a handful of individual companies that I do affiliate marketing for and it is a whole lot more fun going direct then having a blank face.I still have a few campaigns I run from some of the big boys (linkshare, cj, etc.)

Crud, you really do have to rotate your ads.

2007-02-25T19:21:00.000-07:00

I have some ads (video and text) on various PPC engines that just don't convert like they used too. My video ad still gets plenty of plays, but the clickthroughs have dropped to zero.This is easy enough to fix: Make new ads and videos.

Snow Sculpture I Made This Winter

2007-02-23T07:52:00.000-07:00

This is a bit off topic, but I am so proud of it I am posting it.I made this on December 21st. When I was using my elite MSPaint skills for the last blog post, I saw this picture and remembered how proud I was of my VERY FIRST EVER snow sculpture.It took me about 6 hours to make. Most of that time was packing snow in blocks and stacking them so I could actually make the sculpture. The

What does Lingerie, Junk Car Removal and Paintball have in common?

2007-02-22T07:34:00.000-07:00

(Answer to the question is below)I tried TextLinkAds (affiliate, non affiliate) in the past, and sure enough you can get your one way link on a page.However. Look at the links you are next too. I was doing some research last night on link backs. Using SEO Elite (affiliate, non affiliate) for one of my niches. There was a site I found which was paying quite a bit for TextLinkAds (and other

Affiliate/Internet Marketing is WoW with real money.

2007-02-20T08:10:00.000-07:00

Before I got into Affiliate/Internet Marketing I was big into MMO's (Probably too much... )World of Warcraft, The Matrix Online, Starwars Galaxies, Guild Wars, PlanetSide, Seed, EVE, etc.I played them all at one point or another.A few months ago it hit me. The way I played MMO's was the same way I should approach Internet Marketing. In the MMO's you try and get your character experience and

PPC Engines that work

2007-02-18T18:00:00.001-07:00

** This has been updatedI have been dabbling in PPC (Pay Per Click) Affiliate Marketing.I have gone through a ton of different places for traffic, and found some that work and some that don't.Some of these are going to be obvious, but some might not be.PPC Engines I have been able to make a profit using:1st Tier:AdWordsYahoo Sponsored SearchMSN AdCenter2nd Tier:LookSmartAdSonarSuperPages3rd Tier:

Finally I have settled on blogging sofware.

2007-02-17T17:55:00.000-07:00

At first I was really proud of myself because I got .text to workHowever, it didn't have anything to deal with blog spam, I started writing an add in to it, but why do that when .text was moved to Community Server?I didn't need all the extras with community server, plus I wanted something light and fast.I started writing my own, but frankly I didn't have the time. One thing led to another and I

Christmas Shopping Tips [Save 5% on everything]

2006-12-01T17:51:00.000-07:00

Before you buy anything, sign up with the affiliate program (in this case Amazon) and then buy through the affiliate link. Here is mine.. Cick Here to Buy Stuff on Amazon (Amazon won't pay you commission on thing you buy yourself) Shop for special offers at SonyStyle.com – the Official Sony Online Store! <-- For buying my UX280P7 (cuz it comes in a nice package deal) Here is the direct

I have become boring!

2006-10-17T17:51:00.000-06:00

Something terrible has happened to me. I read through some older things I had written. They were so full of life and pizazz (if that is even a word).But now, when I write it feels like a technical manual is coming out of me. I'll try and keep this less boring. :)

FOLLOW UP: Can Linux Really Replace Windows?

2006-10-17T17:50:00.000-06:00

5 Years ago I said this"Can Linux Really Replace Windows?Server: ProbablyWorkstation: Perhaps.Average home PC: No way! "Today I'll say thisCan Linux Really Replace Windows?Server: YesWorkstation: YesAverage home PC: Yes (as long as you dont play popular games)The whole OSS and Linux movement (if you care to call it that) has come a long way.My latest Linux excusrion has been with Ubuntu (not a

I'm in WIRED! :)

2006-08-03T17:46:00.000-06:00

http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.08/howtosecurity.html (Near the middle of the page – color and bold added)“»IM on the DLWith an admin password, you can download an encrypted service like PSST (psst.sourceforge.net) or a program like Encrypted Messenger (www.johnytech.com), which encodes most IM clients. The quick and dirty way: open an AOL IM account and use the Web-based chat service (

Congressman's Excuse for killing Net Neutrality

2006-07-06T17:45:00.000-06:00

Original LetterPage 1Page 2 Most of us know about the whole Net Neutrality issues. I like many others wrote to my congressman asking them to support Net Neutrality. He wrote back. It wasn't a truly personalized letter (and there are some obvious grammatical errors worthy of a B- in high school English), but the signature looks pretty real.Here are the key reasons he gives for killing Net

C# Cookbook 2nd Edition Review

2006-06-26T17:44:00.000-06:00

The book starts out by purporting not to be a reference book. I suppose that is accurate, thus the title "Cookbook" and not C# Reference book. However the more you see of the book, the more you can't help but see it as anything but a reference book. It is a different sort of reference book. If you need to look something up quickly, the index will be a better resource then the table of

Sony Online / Lithum / Matrix Online Forums Privacy Exploit -- Fixed on SOE's end

2006-06-14T17:44:00.000-06:00

The Forum Exploit has been fixed. They still pass the session in the URL but they redirect you to a different page before they link to external images so they have essentially solved the problem. Great job (there was one person at SOE who took care of this and grats to you :) )Lithium hasn't responded.

Sony Online / Lithum / Matrix Online Forums Privacy Exploit

2006-05-18T17:43:00.000-06:00

Few have much nice to say about Sony Online Entertainment. I will say that they try to give a decent product to their clients. Sometimes they succeed. Sometimes the excel (and then ruin it by changing it). However this is about Sony Online Entertainment not protecting user privacy. You need to know how to protect yourself since they have chosen not to.I sent a detailed email to SOE

Adam Herscher @ Microsoft Responds

2006-05-16T17:42:00.000-06:00

His post can be found here: On Blogging and Bug BashesTo summarize: They are paying Non-Coders (the "everyone else" group @ Microsoft) for bugs they find that are fixed.So.. if Joe Marketing finds a bug and reports it. When that bug gets fixed Joe Marketing gets $100. (at least I think it is when it gets fixed, it would be crazy to pay them for each bug they find regardless of if it gets fixed

Microsoft has Pointy Haired Boss named "Brian V"

2006-05-12T17:42:00.000-06:00

Here is the link: http://blogs.msdn.com/mpoulson/archive/2006/05/12/596319.aspxAparently they are being paid for each bug they find and fix.Snippet incase it gets taken down: “MSFT employees get paid extra $$ to find bugs in Vista Beta 2Today Brian V sent mail out that told msft employees on the Vista teams they will get paid $100.00 for each bug we file and get fixed in Beta 2.The person with

American Inventor Scam

2006-05-12T17:41:00.000-06:00

I've been watching American Inventor for the past few weeks.I fast-forward through everything but the actual inventions. To me it is not about their background or who had the worst childhood.It is about who has the best invention.Best inventions in the show: (Both rejected by the “judges“)Portable Air Conditioning Unit (Inveneted by a 14 year old kid)Granted, the kid wanted to use it to leave

Zango Cash Experiments

2006-05-09T17:39:00.000-06:00

I created Encrypted Messenger... wait let me back up and give a little history.My friends and I had been dreaming of how nice it would be to encrypt our Instant Messages. Around October 2001 or so, I ventured into the contract programmer realm. On New Years Day a few months later I got a programmer's itch. A programmer's itch is when you are super focused and skip food, sex, sleep, etc. to

15 Ways to Live Longer - Source Forbes Magazine

2006-05-05T17:38:00.000-06:00

Get Forbes Magazine - Save $64 + Free Gift1) Don't OversleepHere's a reason not to hit the snooze button anymore: Sleeping too much can reduce life expectancy, according to a February 2002 study in the Archives of General Psychiatry. The study found that people who sleep more than eight hours per night had a significantly higher death rate than normal. But late-night-party-goers shouldn't rejoice

I got .text Blogging Software Working. Here's how.

2006-05-04T17:36:00.000-06:00

Well, I finally got .Text to work. I had to make some changes to the code to get it to let me do a few things on the backend. I also relieve heavily on internet archive. Web Archive of Scott Water's Dottext InstallationWalkThrough11I'll cache the steps here so others can figure out how to set it up: (incase it dissappears from the web)Before you get going, you have to make one choice. Will you

IRC Overlay and Radio Player for Full Screen DirectX Games

2006-05-04T17:13:00.000-06:00

Why is this cool? It overlays IRC and an Internet Radio on top of your full screen DirectX Game. This mean people that don't have 4 monitors and 8 computers can still participate in online radio events and chat game/server wide in IRC channels without having to run in window mode or keep an eye on a seperate window.No DJ logged into your current game? No problem..send the request via IRC :) Want

Old Links for Matrix Report from the MatrixOnline Game

2006-05-03T13:26:00.000-06:00

If you were redirected from matrixreport.com.You can get to the old content hereThe Final Event for TasteeWheat re-entering the matrix: http://matrixreport.com/event.aspxAll the old stuff on matrixreport.com:http://matrixreport.com/oldhome.aspxSeyella's Blog after re-entry:http://seyella.blogspot.com

CLASSIC POST: Can Linux Really Replace Windows? (9/28/2001)

2001-09-28T17:48:00.000-06:00

This was originally written for angryCoder which seems to have pretty much died so I though I'd at least give some of my old articles new life. Can Linux Really Replace Windows?Server: ProbablyWorkstation: Perhaps.Average home PC: No way!What! That's it?Where are the statistics, the numbers--the proof! Show me proof!Ok, proof--Proof Summary:My Wife's Computer: Definitely Not.My Computer: NopeMy