Most marketers I’ve come across over the years have a certain swagger to them. I don’t want to say that they think they’re better than other people, but there’s definitely a sort of “All income flows from me” kind of …
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I’m Learning Ruby On Rails Because I’m Weak-Willed And Stupid
Well, I’ve done it…I’ve finally folded to peer pressure and decided to learn the Ruby programming language and…Rails too…I suppose. I’ve railed (no pun intended) against it for a few years now simply because I’m absolutely positive that it’s just …
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What Was Your First Coding Book?
I was digging through a box of old stuff the other day and I came across my very first programming book. I couldn’t believe that I still had the thing. It instantly sent me tumbling down memory lane… Back when …
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I’m (re)Learning The C Programming Language
For the last few days it’s been like 110 degrees outside here in Chicago. Since it’s entirely too hot to do anything outside, I thought I’d learn something new. After several very intense minutes of soul searching 😛 I decided …
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That’s John – We Don’t Know What He Does Here…
When I was in high school our library got a new computer lab. By “computer lab” I mean like 10 old computers networked together (but not connected to the Internet because there wasn’t really one yet) stuck in a tiny …
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Here at Flatplanet Media, I run a network of a couple thousand affiliate websites. These sites are monetized two ways: Adsense Ads Amazon Affiliate Commissions I use a program called phpZon to handle the amazon affiliate listings on each site. …
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