Problogger The Book Absolutely Amazing!

Problogger, we've all heard of it. We have seen the blog but now there's a book! PROBLOGGER: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income by Darren Rowse and Chris Garret. I bought this book just thinking it would be the problogger.net blog in book form. This book is blogging information at its best! I was so intrigued by it; that I finished it in two days. And that's without even really sitting down to read it (only in between loadings of pages on the internet). So anyways, this book is spectacular and is an absolute must buy! You can get it at amazon for 20 dollars including shipping and handling. 5 stars out of 5!

Those Little 20$ eBay MP4 Players?

Last year I decided to get one of those no name eBay MP4 players that cost like $20.00. Not quite as cool as I thought they would be. First of all they look exactly like Ipods. This wouldn't be a problem if they were like Ipods. The programming on these little buggers is nothing like the programming on an Ipod. And also some songs can destroy the entire software that runs the songs and movies on the MP4 itself. Mine keeps restarting itself when I scroll over a certain song. Maybe 5 years ago these would have been the greatest thing on the market (and the most expensive to) but with all the new technology in the rise, its almost more worth it to just pay full price for the real thing. Now I'm going to write a pros and cons list just to help you make up your mind.

Pros:
1. They do have decent resolution to watch movies on.
2. They have a movie file compressed format so that 2 gigs goes a long way.
3. They look great. You could really fool someone into thinking you have an ipod.
4. They are cheap.
5. Some come with a built in speaker so you can listen without headphones.

cons:
1. Can be glitchy.
2. Hard to navigate.
3. Screens shatter on very small impact.
4. Lithium battery gets screwed up.
5. Just flat out cheap!

Gmail Puts The "E" Back In Email

Gmail, the new center of the emailing universe. Hordes of people rushing to get a piece of it email rescue action. This new email platform will later be known as 'the' emailing platform in future generations. Quickly coming up on Microsoft's 'hotmail', Gmail forced them to switch their system to MSN live Hotmail. But in an Internet based world, everything is first come first serve. Sure hotmail was the first of the two email web-platforms, Gmail beat it to the punch in giving everybody what they want. Although hotmail may be in the lead right now, Gmail will catch up in the very near future. The first thing that gmail revolutionized is the amount of space that you get, it also made it so that amount is slowly but surely moving up. Gmail in my opinion, is the best of the online world. There are some 'downloadable' email platforms that surely surpass Gmail in space and convenience, but Gmail is by far the best; until all the other email platforms 'change' their ways.

Nigerian Letter Scam

The 'Nigerian Letter Scam' is a scam that people from Nigeria have been pulling for some time now. They send you a letter claiming to be a government official from Nigeria. They then tell you that they are planning to 'Illegally Smuggle' the money out of Nigeria and ask you for information; Bank account numbers, Credit card numbers, social security, etc. Then they ask you to send them money in different amounts or payments and usually promise that you will get bigger returns once the money is spirited. The truth is that once you send that money away, it doesn't exist. To add to all this, they sometimes lure people to Nigeria and imprison them. If the Nigerian government finds out about the victims of these scams, they do not take it very lightly. I guess they don't like the fact that you were even conspiring to 'Illegally' smuggle money out of their country. What do you think our government should do to these people if they catch any of them? Who do you think should be held responsible? Please answer these questions and more in the comments section.

Video Game Emulation Unlawful?

Video Game Emulation
Definition: Converting console games to a computer to be run in 'emulators' (programs that act like a specific game console for your computer).
Overview Of The Subject
There are arguments between hardcore gamers, uptight dumb people, and the government about whether or not video game emulation should be legal or illegal. Technically video game emulation is legal if you own a copy of the game already, some exceptions are made if the game is no longer made or if publisher no longer exists. The people that know (and care) what video game emulation is treat you like your a fricken Nigerian Scammer. When the people that care about other piracy crimes are too worried about illegal songs. Pretty much you are taking a video game (let's say The Legend Of Zelda for the N64), downloading an emulation software (such as project 64, an emulator that acts as an N64), and playing the game in the emulation software.
Whats Your view?
So now that I've gotten down to the overview of what video game emulation is, comment your views on the topic. We are all interested to here what you think!

SiteMeter - Online Stat Keeping At It's Best!

Omniture claims itself to be the leader in website optimization. I totally agree with this, but I'm here today to tell you about the free stat keeping service Site Meter. Although this evergrowing website (clients include perezhilton.com and autoblog.com) is growing quick, it is going to have to stay strong to keep up with the hype. Their primary version of the product may be free but the free version is a million dollars in a basket for what your getting. Their products can be used for any website but as far as I'm concerned they are most effective for blogs and bloggers. Bloggers can take information given to them by Site Meter and then decide on topics to write. There is a short video post on problogger.net (if you can find it) that is generally very helpful in figuring out how to apply this technique to yourself. Site Meter gives you your total number of visits the average length of time per visit, and can even go down to how many visits you have had in the nearest hour. You can choose the span of time you want to see the stats for to, anywhere from one day to twelve months. I havn't use the product for long but so far I am genuinly impressed. I would definetly recomend you try out sitemeter.com for your website.

Recession 101

I like to think myself an entrepreneur. Why? Because I sell on eBay. I also like to think of myself as a stock market guru of some sort (although I've never actually done the real stock market). I study the stock market and the economy a decent amount of my free time. When you watch those business news channels and all you here is this debate about whether or not our country (the USA) is, or is not in a recession. Dictionary.com defines recession as a period of economic contraction. Here is my question to all those "wise men" as The Motley Fool Investment Guide would call them, how do you even debate on that. With that definition we've been in a recession for quite a while now. Now if you are worried when people say we may enter a recession, there is nothing to be worried about. Now some people may argue that recessions can lead to worse things. The stock market for instance can crash or at least get really low. Now if your like me and have never invested in the real stock market before, then you are in luck. Because if you have been paying attention, a low stock market usually means that it will rise again. It's the basic principle of the stock market, no I'm not talking about the three step principle of 'Research, Research, Research'. I'm talking about the principle that most investors overlook (given the exception of Warren Buffet and a few other multi-billionaires). Buy low sell high! So if you had a million dollars invested in let's say... Etrade finacial. Then your pretty much screwed, because last time I checked Etrade was roughly 2.70 per share and it just keeps dropping. If your like me and have never invested in the stock market before, then I would expect a pretty nice cash flow. Now this isn't to say that you should just go out and buy whatever stock comes your way. The three research rule still applies. Just do as follows. Find a company you are pretty interested in, look it up and see if it has any 'deals' that could go bad, and if not then invest and hope your stock go's up. This is not your one chance to being rich. You still have to use your common sense. If you are taking all this to heart, DON'T. Though I do sound intriguing, you have to learn the basics before you just jump in. Maybe take some classes. I am just giving you my view on the subject. As I said before, I've never invested in the real stock market before.