How to monetize your blog with Chitika

So you have a blog and you’ve heard rumors about people making money from blogs and you want a piece of the action. But how do you start? Do you sign up to be an affiliate and hope people make purchases through your links? Do you try and sell advertising? Do you put up AdSense? Do you apply to an [...]

Let’s try this again…(overcoming my Eeyore complex)

Sooooo…after all of my ranting about cheating in online contests, I am a finalist for one. I am imploring you to vote for me because I have faith in the ladies running this one that they will stand up for the integrity of their contest. Our Finalists In The Elefun & Friends Silly Kids Photo Contest I would [...]

Wordless Wedneday – hug a pumpkin

Cheating, lack of accountability & lack of enforcement in online contests

Recently I have been involved (directly or indirectly) in a number of online contests that require obtaining the most votes, or obtaining the most comments on a post to win something.  And I’ve learned a few things.  First, people cheat.  Second, there doesn’t seem to be much interest in holding cheaters accountable.  I guess when [...]

How to take a screen capture of an entire web page

I had often wondered how people took full screen captures of their entire web page, not just the area visible on the screen, like this: So today I decided to search the web for an answer, and for Firefox users, the answer is quite simple and best of all, it is FREE. Pearl Crescent Page Saver is [...]

Wordless Wednesday – Mrs. Potato Head