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Stupid $#@! Hands Free CA Law

Whatever, I get it. People are bad drivers on their cell phones. I just hate the fact that the government has to protect us from ourselves, I mean come on. But I have been driving for 10 years with a cell phone, and haven’t had an accident from it (knock knock). I get that some [...]

Why In-Text Advertising Has a Bad Name

I cruise the web a lot using services like StumbleUpon. I recently stumbled on this site that apparently does some kind of web-mobile sms stuff. Like just texting from your phone, but with ads attached to your messages. Ok sorry thats a topic for another post entitled “Dumb as a rock business models and why [...]

Who Does Google Think They Are?

I love Google, but sometimes I want to tell her right where to stick it. Ok, breathe and preface: I am a internet marketer / programmer / nerd guy. By default Google is a big part of my life. For the most part, she is like most women: pay attention to her, make sure she [...]

eBay Geo-targeting in PHP

So in my post about eBay’s affiliates day I made a big deal about the crappiness of geo-targeting in javascript. I decided to be a little proactive and post some code for any eBay affiliates using PHP. This is an easy and free method to ensure your traffic is going to its highest-possible-converting destination.
Why do [...]

eBay Affiliate’s Day

Wow I haven’t been hungover like this in a while. Yesterday was eBay’s “Affiliates Day” at their annual developer’s conference in Chicago. Had a really full day starting at 8:30am, which if you know me you know is way before my workday usually starts, especially with the time change. But it was definitely worth it. [...]

Anything for Anything

I just finished up a shopping site called forUnder, meaning find ____ for under $____. For example, I have been thinking about getting a Macbook Air, but I don’t want to spend a lot. Here’s a search for a Macbook Air for $1,000. Or if you are more into clothes, maybe a Ralph Lauren Polo [...]

knofun the blog that almost was

I own a company called knofun LLC, and for a while I was going to start a make money on the internet blog called knofun.com. I am not going to do the blog anymore because the space is just so saturated. Well that and I decided I really don’t want to go running my mouth [...]

Yahoo! to Launch New Ad Management System: AMP!

AMP! from Yahoo! is more than just a product with a lot of exclamation points. This looks really cool and I can’t wait until they let me give it a try.

Cool “Fear in the NFL” Video Featuring Merriman, LT Wins Emmy

Pretty sweet video, how come I have never seen this before?

ZinText Featured on eBay’s Developer Blog

Big thanks to Laurel and the folks at eBay’s developer program. This morning they featured ZinText on their developer’s blog.
BTW, I am headed to eBay’s Developers Conference in Chicago June 17-19. Hit me up if you are going to be out there.