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HHO Redux - The Internet Has Arrived

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

I have been getting a huge spike in traffic for my blog lately and 90% of it has been for an article I wrote back in March about HHO Boost systems for your car. If you haven’t read the article, it’s basically a mini fuel cell that purportedly turns tap water into “brown’s gas” which, [...]

How To Entertain Your Neighbours with Fake Lawyer Letters

Monday, July 14th, 2008

I apologize for being a bit lax on my blogging schedule these past few weeks. I will get back to some serious writing this week. I took a quasi-vacation last week in which I didn’t do a heck of a lot of work and played with my kids lots, drank beer, got a tan, hung [...]

Tired of Being Crammed Between Gen X and Gen Y?

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

This is something that I swore I would never advertise because I feel it is a liability to my business - I am 30 years old. Now that I’ve put that out there, it’s a much more interesting conversation to explore why my age has been a liability in my business these past five years.
Let [...]

The Hatemail Bag

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

When I go out to do research for clients, sometimes I have to send bulk mailers to a large number of people. Earlier this week, I had to send invitations for comments on a new post-secondary education program to several thousand people. Here are some of the better responses I got and how I responded [...]

Marketing You Can’t Buy - Verizon

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

As I was trolling around my Google Reader feed this morning, thinking about what I was going to write today, I came across this gem:

Ah yes! Sponsored by Verizon - the company that makes people fake their own deaths to avoid doing business with them anymore. You can’t buy marketing like that, people!
I’m going to [...]

The Stealth Incursion of Zombie-Killing Robots Into Our Lives

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

This Father’s Day, one of my children gave me a copy of How To Build a Robot Army: Tips On Defendiing Planet Earth Against Alien Invaders, Ninjas, and Zombies. It’s a great book and full of new insight not already covered by Engadget and blogs of that nature. This book reads like Popular Mechanics on [...]

The Eightfold Path to Consulting Bliss

Friday, May 9th, 2008

This article might ring a little false after my antics earlier this week:

“Wah wah wah! I’m a consultant, not a wage slave! I can drop the F-bomb on my blog if I want! Wah wah wah!”
I want to take a step back though because all of these shenanigans have caused me to reflect on my [...]

Ten Reasons Why Having A Salaried Job Rocks!

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Every now and again, it’s important for us self-employed folks to take a look back at our former lives as wage slaves and remind ourselves of the good times that drove us into our current situation. Here’s my ten reasons why having a salaried job rocks:
10. Colds/Flus
When you work from the comfort of your own [...]

The Day Telus Cut Me A Cheque

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

I checked my mail this morning and much to my surprize, something that looked like a cheque from Telus flashed before my eyes. My heart quickened. My pulse raced. Visions of rounding errors and villas in Mexico ran through my head. As I tore the envelop asunder, I found this:

$1.23??? Seriously?
Here’s the back-story: I ditched [...]

Twitter - I Feel Like I Just Discovered Pogs Now

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you might have noticed that I recently added a Twitter feed to my Wordpress sidebar. I have always been a huge nerd but Twitter (along with World of Warcraft) are things that I’ve managed to aschew. I’m still not playing WoW but I felt like I was [...]

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