Archive for June, 2008

vacation calls

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Cyberland, I will be offline for the most part over the next two weeks attending a friend's wedding in Austria (that's the country without kangaroos).  I will not be posting anything here until I get back.  I will also not be on email, twitter, IM, facebook, etc...well maybe a little update ...

death of a platform

Friday, June 20th, 2008

This month the affiliate marketing industry had a death in the family.  On June 15, 2008 the beFree platform known as BFAST was permanently turned off.  Officially, the platform ceased tracking on May 15th but you could still log in and access reporting through June 15th. beFree was, along with LinkShare, ...

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Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Here's another favorite watch of mine.  It is called a Sinn EZM1 and it is a self winding automatic chronograph.  Sinn is a German watch company known for producing military type watches.  This watch looks rather unassuming but has a lot of unique features that make is a must-have for ...

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Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Another interesting political podcast where we discuss the pros and cons of lifting the offshore oil drilling ban, what we should do with the detainees resulting from our war on terror and whether Michelle or Cindy is the hottest first-lady candidate.  Definitely worth a listen.

affiliate marketing growing to 3.3B in 2012

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

I was excited to see that JupiterResearch published a report today that shows that the online affiliate marketing industry is continuing to grow and provide advertisers with a way to "reach and acquire customers".  The most interesting part of the press release about the report was that advertising spending in ...

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Friday, June 13th, 2008

If you know me, then you know I like to talk about watches.  I also like to collect them and currently own nine different watches.  One of the more unusual ones I own is a Swiss made digital watch from Ventura called the v-tec delta.  Ventura went out of business ...

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Friday, June 13th, 2008

Black Sabbath

new redhatbluehat podcast (4)

Friday, June 13th, 2008

I was out last Thurdsay for some minor surgery but was back in the saddle for this week's podcast.  Most of the discussion revolved around Obama and McCain, the war on terror, taxes and the budget this week.  I also mentioned that I was rethinking my choice for president and ...

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Monday, June 9th, 2008

Megadeth

cuts like a knife but it feels so right…

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Last Thursday, I went under the knife to have my left submandibular saliva gland removed (the one under my left jaw bone).  It had a huge stone in it and had stopped working years ago.  Needless to say, that wasn't the best way to spend a Thursday.  On Friday I ...