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I find Dooce's blog wildly entertaining. >Your Name on Toast is a fun way to either promote your site or just check out interesting sites that look good, well, on toast. Woot! has an awesome deal that changes every day. I'm fairly confident every breathing person in the whole wide world has been to YouTube but have you seen Skinny which just goes to show that big can be beautiful.

White and Nerdy

The more I watch this YouTube video, the funnier I think it is. And it even features Donny Osmond in the background.

Word of Mouth marketing - how viral is it?

The Bzz Agent controversy has raised some interesting questions. Is it unethical for people to "buzz" (speak positively) about a product which they've received for free for the very purpose of spreading said buzz? Is full disclosure necessary? The public seems to think so, and BzzAgent seems to agree. They've repeatedly instructed Bzz Agents to disclose up front who they are and why they are buzzing. I see nothing wrong with this, but I think consumers are trying to shift the blame. As long as the feedback is truthful (and Bzz Agents are supposed to buzz how they really feel, even if that's negative) I don't think we can blame society for making us purchasing anything. I mean, really, people.

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For the mathemathicians

Blind Date

I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand.

Chinese Proverb

We saw The Pursuit of Happyness today. It was really good, heart rending at times, and it made me rethink my life and my expectations. I have a tendency to “give up” when things get really rough, and yet this guy had horrible, awful things happen to him and he just kept on going. Each time I thought his life couldn’t get much worse, it did. In the movie he talks about how the pursuit of happiness is not synonymous with always being happy.

An easy, free way to promote your website

If you have a website, you probably know how important backlinking is to your site. Backlinking is when another website publishes a link to your site. Imagine each link to your site as a "vote" for your site. The more votes your site has, the more important Google thinks it is. (This is a simplistic version, but for our purposes it will do.) If your backlinks come from sites that Google views as important or authoritative, that's even better.

One resource for backlinks is the website WriteAboutUs. In exchange for writing about their website, they will post your link on their homepage. There are limited spots available. (This is a good thing.) More traffic to their site = potentially more traffic to your site.

Once you've written to them, fill out the form located at http://www.writeabout.us/submission-form.php. That's all their is to it!

Got a complaint or a compliment? Use Planet Feedback.

One website that is truly unique is Planet Feedback. Here you can write a letter of complaint, suggestion, or compliment to the business of your choice and Planet Feedback will help make sure that your letter gets in front of a real person that will (hopefully) address your issues.

Part of Planet Feedback's mission statement reads:

* We will connect individuals to each other to increase their influence.
* We will raise the stakes for companies to respond to their customers.
* We will innovate relentlessly to use the Internet as it expands.

I used Planet Feedback a couple of years ago when Paypal placed a hold on my account. Each time I tried to contact them, I got an email that my account was under review. When I wrote a letter through planet feedback, I received a personalized response to my problem in less than 3 days!

Most of the letters written are available for public viewing, which means that you can read everything from Suzanne Somers cheating consumers to Applebees going above and beyond your average customer service.

Photoshop CS2 - here I come!

One reason I love my laptop is that the relative I got it from has Photoshop CS installed on it. I'm pretty adept at Photoshop 7 but there's a lot I don't know how to do in Photoshop CS. I just got Scott Kelby's book Adobe Photoshop CS2 for digital photographers (going from memory here) and I'm very excited to get into it.

Wait, you're saying, you bought the wrong book. Well, no. At some point I'm going to buy Photoshop CS2 for my new free MacBook Pro and in the meantime I think I'll still get a lot from the book, even if there are some things I can't do right now in CS.

Woot!

I got my free ipod shuffle today, from ipodsweepstakes! This site is hands down the easiest way I know of to earn a free ipod shuffle or free ipod nano. I received one of the older style ipod shuffles for free several months ago, but they are sending out the new ipods for free now. It's so cute and tiny; I love it! I'm going to keep it in the car for my 4 and 6 year old to listen to on trips.

Thank you free ipod sweepstakes!

If only I could blog like this

I always enjoy reading the Cashduck Blog. Kira has such a neat, conversational style of writing and even if I wasn't involved with her site I'd read the blog just because I like it.

Of the several GPT sites I'm working with, I think I like Cashduck the best. My offers approve quickly there, I have hard working referrals, and the site is very user friendly. I highly recommend Cashduck and of course, I recommend you sign up using my link. ;) http://www.cashduck.com/members/register.php?ref=adiduck

Make money online

Today I stumbled across a post that has lots of info about making money online. I thought it was pretty informative.

Venture the blogosphere

I'm going to let you in on a really cool secret. There's this awesome product in the works called Tag Jungle. Basically it does for the blogosphere what Google has done for the internet.

Have you ever noticed that blogs are often where the best, most up to date information is and yet they rarely come up in Google? That's where Tag Jungle comes in. It collects posts *in real time* from blogs all over the internet. When you do a search at Tag Jungle, it returns results based on how recent they are, and it lets you sort by relevancy.

If you check it out you'll see what I mean. This is some pretty cool stuff. Real stuff. ;-) http://www.tagjungle.com/

Don't know what perfume she'll like?

Sephora has come up with a fabulous idea for a prefume gift set. The fragrance gift certificate comes with 10 trial size bottls of popular women's fragrances. (There is a men's collection as well.) Once the recipient chooses her favorite scent, the enclosed coupon can be mailed to Sephora for a full size bottle of the perfume chosen. This is a fabulous gift for someone who's hard to buy for. The only way it could be better is if they would let you choose which fragrances to sample

A treat to die for

The one food item I'd most like to see in my stocking this year is Harry and David's Moose Munch. I cannot get over how addicting this stuff is. Dark chocolate...nuts...carmel...popcorn... What more could a girl ask for?

Well, I must admit that even though I love my Nike+ setup, I haven't got to use it much. I would really like to run every day, just got to figure out how to make that happen.

If you have any suggestions for great workout music, please leave a comment.

Man, I wish I lived near Ikea.

I just know I would be organized if I lived by an Ikea store. (Is there anyone who shops at Ikea and isn't?) I spend hour after hour pouring over their catalog and wiping the drool away. All those baskets...those mix and match storage systems...those shelves. At least I have an excuse for not being organized, I guess.

Are you Photoshop impaired?

I know I am. It does me little good to have the expensive version of Photoshop when I hardly know how to use it. Thank goodness there's the Photoshop Help blog.

This is great.

Red Stamp Cards has come up witha really neat idea. You can sign up for free and you add all of your important dates (occasions for which you would a card) to their calendar. As the occasion approached you are prompted to choose a card from their large selection of reasonably priced cards. You can either have the card sent to you, or you can specify the message you would like to send, and the company will handwrite your note, and mail it for you. There's no excuse to forget another birthday or anniversary! How awesome is this?!

I keep meaning to blog about this great fitness blog. Laura has inspired me to order the Nike + iPod kit and this nifty little pouch to adapt it to my non-Nike shoes. I've downloaded a bunch of upbeat songs to my Nano and I'm ready to rock & run. I have no doubt I'll look like the girl on the Nike page in no time. ;) This blog is an interesting read about exercise, diet, food addiction, and anything fitness related.

I haven't seen the movie Borat, and don't intend to since it's rated R. But someone sent me this link today and I found it pretty amusing.

I won!

I won the daily drawing for a free iPod shuffle. This will be the second one I've received from this company. It's so easy, and it's free!

Sparkpeople

One of my favorite sites lately is Sparkpeople. A friend told me about it and frankly, it took me way too long to check it out. It's similar to Fitday, but it's got many things that Fitday does not.

The coolest thing about Sparkpeople is that after you enter all your profile information - what you weigh, how much weight you want to lose and by what date, your activity level, etc - it tells you just how many calories you need to burn each day to reach your goal weight. Of course it also lets you track your food, exercise, etc. And it's chock full of informational articles and inspiring message boards. Check it out!