Steve Jobs is dead

When Steve Jobs resigned from Apple last August, there were rumors that his decision was because of his failing health condition. And the rumors proved to be true today. Steve Jobs is dead. 

Steve Jobs resigned from Apple

Steve Jobs, the innovator  of Apple who brought geeks and non-geeks alike to a tech euphoria by introducing the ipod, iphone and ipad, resigned from his position as CEO. His long-time business partner and COO of Apple, Tim Cook, will replace him but he would still be the chairman. Reports said that the decision is because of his undisclosed illness.

That brings Michael Zuckerberg as the worst dressed CEO of the year.

My Anthropologie Christmas Wishlist

I heart Anthropologie!  Here are some of the cutest items in Anthropologie that I included in my Christmas Wishlist.  These are great gift ideas, too.  Click on the photos to go directly to the product.

When was the last time... you looked for a number in yellow pages?

Photo from here.

When was the last time you referred to a directory such as Bell's or Yellow Pages?  I could not remember either.  Printing old school directories is a dying business now that every one refers to the internet to search for people, addresses, numbers and all other things.  Printing humongous directories such as these that end up in either the attic or garbage is a waste of resources.  

Save the trees people.

Farmville

Aside from keeping updated of my friends' lives, my time internet time is usually consumed by plowing, seeding and harvesting crops in my very own farm in Farmville.  I am not yet a dedicated farmer.  I am the lamest and laziest farm neighbor that you could ever have because I seldom (almost never) send gifts or share my crops.

Software Load Balancer

This has been a stressful day.  I have encountered too many system errors today that I swear, I wanted to just uninstall everything and look for a different and more effective info management system.  My programmer suggested we try BalanceNG - The Software Load Balancer.  At this point, I am all for it.   I viewed Inlab's website--the makers of BalanceNG--to see what information I can get from them and their product.  I am pretty impressed with the package.  What really impressed me is their Session table that is capable of holding 10 million sessions per 512MByte of main memory.  That is exactly what I need.

Blog To Earn

I know that blog exists but it was only last year when I considered signing up for a blog because of my friend who makes blogging as her means to share her thoughts and feelings and at the same time earn extra by sponsored posts and advertisements.  I tried it last November with my maiden blog entitled Random Thoughts.  I really had no idea how things go about with blogging, I just write whatever I like--from the latest news to my personal advocacy.  It's fun.  I did not primarily sign up for a blog to earn, in fact I do not have an Adsense account to begin with.  I got curious when I heard that one of my friend's friend's career is blogging.  I asked her the basics to this earning while blogging thing and I got hooked to discovering more about it.  Aside from paying bloggers for every click on the advertisements in their blog, they also earn by blogging about products.  If you will ask bloggers where the majority of their income comes from, they will say it is by product reviews.  I searched on the internet the best sites where bloggers will be hired by advertisers to write about their product or their own website. Here are three of those blog paying sites that I have tried:

1. Pay Per Post - I still have not received an opportunity for this but this is where most of my friends are getting write-up requests.  You can check out if you have opportunity leads and reserve for an opportunity.  Payment is through PayPal.

2. Social Spark - You can see lots of opportunities in this site--from CPC, Affiliate to Posts.  Of course you have to be qualified to write something about the advertiser.  If you are still waiting for your site to have the desired number of visitors and PR, you can suffice in becoming an affiliate.  Payment is directed to your PayPal account.

3. Blog Advertising Store - New sites with insufficient Alexa rank can still have an opportunity to blog and get paid because of their flexible advertisers.  You can sign up to ten blogs to your account and reserve for an opportunity for up to three times per blog.  If your blog does not qualify to any of their opportunities, you can still have a shot at earning by putting your badge to your website to let advertisers hire you directly. Payment is also through PayPal.

If you will make blogging your career, here are some of the things that you should consider.

1. Be sincere and truthful with everything that you will write.  Blogging has become one of the best and cost efficient means to advertise, in fact, businesses have come to advertise on blogs to reach their target market in just a click.  Even if it is a sponsored post, be sincere and allow your readers to make their own judgment about the product.

2. Do not rush into accepting sponsored posts if you have little knowledge about the product or it simply doesn't interest you.

3. Read.  Just because you write doesn't mean you need not read.  I don't know any writer who is not also an avid reader.  Expand your horizon and share it with your loyal readers. 

4. Consider submitting your articles to article directories so that more and more people will learn about your blogging prowess. 

No Internet

No internet for five days... hell!

No internet for five days would be okay if:

1. I don't have a farm to tend... I don't want my plants to wither!

2. I don't have a restaurant to manage... thank goodness Restaurant City has improved their settings.  I opened my restaurant for 24 hours.

3. I don't have fishes to feed... I am now forced to harvest them all.

4. I don't have a pet to look after... Jimmy would be hungry... and his pet Swiper too!

5. I don't have a blog... err blogs to update... I have five for Pete's sake!

6. I don't have an online boss... I am a Virtual Assistant by night.

I still have a lot to enumerate but these six things are more important.  Generally, my life evolves into facing the computer and click until my hands get tired... numbers 5 and 6 helps me earn moolah.  I guess I have given enough good reasons to panic a bit.

Good luck to me on those five days!

All I Want for Christmas

Wow!  Less than three weeks left before we bid goodbye to 2009 and welcome 2010.  Everyone has done their wish list.  Who doesn't want to receive something that  you really like?!  When I was a child, my mom and dad used to ask me what I want for Christmas and although I have the most absurd wish, they give me the closest thing to it.

Technology fascinates me--from cellphones to computer and to just about anything that technology has to offer.  Although I do not have the latest gadgets, I always try to update my knowledge of the latest innovations from time to time.  I also love to read.  My fascination for technology and reading brought me to Kindle Wireless Reading Device.


This device is sleek (just over 1/3 of an inch), weighs just about a typical paper back (10.2 ounces).  This lean but mean device can hold up to 1,500 books--that's a lot for a bookworm to handle.  You may order books on-line and you don't even need a computer to do this because it operates via wireless 3G technology and even if you couldn't finish reading the book in one day, this device can operate for up to four days.  This buddy is not just for books, you may also browse for the latest headlines, your favorite blog, or magazine.  What's more interesting about this device is that it has a Text-to-Speech technology--all you have to do is listen. This buddy costs $259 at amazon.com and $1.99 for every book download.  To read the full specification of this device, click here.