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Turn links into cash? Ucash.in Review

I just signed up for Ucash.in, created by the folks behind Flixya. The idea is that you can turn links into cash, because they show ads– either with frames or intermissions– and split the revenue with you. I’d often wondered if services like TinyURL could do something like this. Take a look at Ucash.in, and…Continue Reading…

Life is nothing without goals: 2008

Yesterday, I talked with my friend Steven. We’ve been friends for many, many years. However, he has selected a much different path than mine, and we haven’t talked much recently. The main thing that struck me from our conversation is that he doesn’t know what to do with his life. What to spend his time on, what kind…Continue Reading…

Adventures in Parenting Updates

I made a number of updates to my mom’s parenting website, including: Fixed padding around images, Adding the MySpace image to the featured post’s excerpt, Removing dates from posts, Fixing the archive excerpts, Fixing the titles of the Archive pages, And fixing the Podcast Archive.

20 Days Until Christmas: A Reflection

Can you believe it? It feels like just yesterday I was working at my summer internship with Google. It was truly an amazing experience, and very humbling to work with such bright people. Recently, I’ve been catching myself wishing that other people were smarter. Well, it’s usually me who’s the dumb one. At the same…Continue Reading…

Thor Schrock from the Next Internet Millionaire

Look below for an exclusive audio interview… There’s a product being launched tomorrow called the Secret Classroom, which will contain DVD videos of all the presentations given at the Next Internet Millionaire. In case you haven’t heard of it yet, the Next Internet Millionaire is the world’s first Internet reality show. That means it’s a…Continue Reading…

AdSense Wide Skyscraper Test Results

Which do you think is better: a wide skyscraper with blue links and no border, or one with red links and a gray border? My testing shows that the blue links and no border outperform the other by 73%. Did you get it right? Here’s another one to test your optimization abilities. Which performs better…Continue Reading…