A Blog about Nothing » Potpourri

Take time for yourself

ABaN — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:33:04 +0000

It’s good to stop and smell (eat) the flowers (weeds) along the way.

Life isn’t as hard as you think…

ABaN — Tue, 11 May 2010 06:13:35 +0000

I was going to write a post about how hard getting traffic to a site is. But I watched some youtube videos instead. And then I realized that I need to stop whining about how hard I have it. Seriously.

Making a warrior out of a boy

Becoming men

The ladies get a turn too

Bad ideas are the ones you don’t try

ABaN — Mon, 03 May 2010 06:41:46 +0000

Seems simple enough, but fact is very few people truly understand that the only bad idea is the idea you aren’t willing to give a shot. It’s kind of like the saying the only stupid question is the one you don’t ask. Take a chance on your ideas, whatever they might be. If something doesn’t work no big deal. Learn, move on, and apply what you’ve learned from the failure. It really is that easy.

My list of ideas that have failed is exhaustive. You can’t begin to imagine how many there really are. But a funny thing has started to happen. I’ve begun to apply what I’ve learned from them and the failures are fewer and further between. And the take away lesson in all of this? A loser doesn’t even try.

Shall we begin? Again…

ABaN — Mon, 03 May 2010 04:51:39 +0000

I’ll be honest I’m not sure where I want to start this post. After all I’ve been on hiatus for 9 months now. Not altogether, but from this particular piece of internet real estate. But I realized I’ve missed blogging on this site. I get to be more creative, test ideas on readers, have fun, cut loose, and all that good stuff. This is the blog where I get to talk about my experience with, well blogging. And making money online. And reading what other bloggers have to say. And making fun of the news. All kinds of fun stuff. I’ve missed it. So I decided to start posting here again. Don’t worry, I’m not abandoning my other projects. I’m just fitting this one in among them.

Having said all that I just want to know:

Things online I’m starting to hate

ABaN — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:04:44 +0000

I’d just like to give a hearty and heart-felt FU to a few things online. Things that once seemed like Good Ideas ™ but have quickly worn out their welcome. At least for me.

Twitter: Who couldn’t love Twitter? I mean text messaging 24/7 from the comfort of your own computer. What a brilliant idea! Oh wait, that’s right. Twitter was made for people who were too stupid to install chat programs. And yes I have a twitter page (2 actually), but yeah it’s still lame. And spam, can you say “spam”? I get less spam in a 4 year old hotmail account.
Wikipedia: Is there anything that isn’t on Wikipedia? Why don’t we just take down the rest of the internet with the exception of Google (gotta keep wikipedia indexed and searchable somehow, not to mention email) and let wikipedia run the show? If it exists it’s on wikipedia. If it isn’t on wikipedia it’s not worth knowing about
Facebook: I suppose it has some redeeming qualities, but I’m hard pressed to find them. Especially now that I often confuse it with myspace….
Myspace: Was this ever a good idea? Who thought it made sense to let old men stalk little girls in the first place?

Oh and if you need to get a hold of me you can find me on Twitter (link to the right).