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Getting the Nexus S for Zero Dollars Through Best Buy
I have been attempting to purchase the Nexus S through Best Buy since it came out. It has been a ridiculous experience. The first step to getting this phone for free is enduring this bullshit. After you manage to place … Continue reading
Beginners Guide to Monetizing Your WordPress Blog
I am going to cover the very basics to get you started with a WordPress blog and how to monetize it. First off, blogs are easy to setup, but require months of dedication and loneliness to monetize. If you already … Continue reading
Getting Passionate About Google Calendar: Breaking Down Barriers
I frequently joke about leaving Google Calendar open on a computer and it’s magical ability of demonstrating how “busy” I am. So many colors, so much confusion. While this is somewhat true [leaving Google Calendar open constantly], it is a … Continue reading
Best Buy Is Ruining My Life: Nexus S Promo [UPDATED]
UPDATE: Within minutes of this blog post, I was contacted by Best Buy corporate. They said they would still honor the promo. I called the store to make sure, went there, Nicole helped me and I got the phone shipped … Continue reading
Late to The Ruby on Rails Party
I am not a programmer. I know a little PHP, HTML, CSS, MySQL, Javascript and jQuery. I have managed to make a few bucks here and there with building websites from scratch and using content management systems. The main benefits … Continue reading
Wine to Water | Payment via Thank You
My good friend Jessup Marion is an operations manager for Wine to Water. He works with Doc Hendley, a philanthropist who turns wine into water. Doc has been featured on CNN’s Heroes, also here, here and here for his charity … Continue reading
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Restoring Windows XP in 8 Minutes with CloneZilla
Problems: Factory installs of Windows come with excessive bloatware and unnecessary bullshit. Formatting and reinstallations can take hours if you don’t have recovery disks. Solution: CloneZilla The first thing I do is obtain a lightweight version of Windows XP. nLite … Continue reading
Greater Cleveland Digital Marketing Meetup – October 2010
The Greater Cleveland Digital Marketing Meetup (GCDM) is gaining traction and has built a solid core of founding members. So far we’ve had a couple of casual social events and one presentation by Tony Paternite of Amplified Marketing, an SEO … Continue reading
CyanogenMod on HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1)
With the G2 right around the corner and being stuck in Android upgrade limbo, it is time to root and install a beautiful version of Android 2.2: CyanogenMod 6. I am not going to tell you how to do it, … Continue reading
Rockin on The River Cuyahoga Falls with ZOSO
The next best thing to Led Zeppelin