I came across this faux motivational poster tonight that states: Birth Control – Because if you arn’t careful, one of these could be yours. And yes, that typo is on the original image. People…I can’t say it enough. When you’re insulting others, it’s SO important to spell check. If you don’t, we laugh less at the silly inbred children in the photo, and more at YOU for flaunting your so-called superiority online.

I ordered business cards from Visit Print for the blog conference I’ll be at next week, and they came out fabulous. I didn’t think about it at the time, but I could have done more than just a business card. How about custom pens featuring my URL? or, your URL, if you’re footing the bill. I do love a free pen, and it makes it handy for remembering a website. Vista Print has great prices, as I found when I ordered my business cards, but I did come across a few deals you may be interested in for offline blog and website promotion: Use...

Leave it to a bunch of geeks to put a new twist on a protest sign by writing </war> on it. Leave it to ANOTHER bunch of geeks to debate the meaning of said sign in the comments of the blogger who originally shared the sign. I’m of the school of thought that someone already opened war with the <war> tag somewhere, and this guy wants to end war with his closing tag. How do you interpret the sign?

As you all know, I’ve been running a few contests here and there on my blogs. I’ve been buying prizes at the local big box chain in town, but I’m sure I’ve been over spending on things by not planning ahead. Buying at the last minute usually equals paying more money! I found a source online for discount MP3 players, as well as cell phone accessories and other discount electronics. I think you’ll definitely be seeing prizes in the future from this site. The more money I can save on prizes, the more prizes I can offer, and...

Have you ever heard of Salary.com? I came across the site a few months ago and when it’s review time again at work, I’ll definitely be using it. I think I’m guilty of selling myself short when it comes to salary, and after a few things came to light this week, I’m not going to think of myself as greedy when I ask for what I’m worth. That’s where Salary.com comes in – you can put in a job title, and a zip code, and actually see what people in your position are making in your town. It’s not a completely accurate...

I’m doing a second charity walk this weekend, and I received an email from one of the walk leaders with information and directions. Instead of using the BCC feature, she had included all of the emails in the “to” field, which means once again, 100+ people who didn’t need access to my email account now have it. Since this group is likely to be not so computer savvy, I’m not that worried about it, but I normally get steamed about this sort of thing. I get enough spam without my email being added to random address books all over...

When I returned from the walk this Sunday night, I had over 250 emails in my Yahoo account needing attention. I JUST got through the last of the emails, which required sending a few prospective advertisers pricing for links here. If you build it, they will come. That’s my new mantra. Despite PR dropping all over the internet, my content is still the same, and my worth is still the same. I’m not adjusting my prices for the PR drop. Lots of people who aren’t selling sponsored links dropped, and I’m in good company. Forbes.com...

I hadn’t heard of US NationalTelecom (YIWA) until today, but I’ll bet we’ll be hearing about this new player in the VoIP market a lot more. They’ve got a long term goal / strategy of buying successful companies already generating revenue. They’ve decided not to go the start up route and fight for recognition and funding in an ever changing market. Why bother when you can simply snap up companies who would otherwise be your competition? They’ve already purchased Vitelity, and will absorb the founders into their business. DENVER,...

I set up a blog on a friends new domain today (she’s at LifeWithFrenchie.com if you’re nosy!) and I got to thinking about how far blogging, and blog software has come in just a few years. The fact that it’s a standard option in your CPanel to set up via Fantastico says a lot. I remember someone setting me up with Grey Matter when I first started blogging, and at the time, I was only one of a handful of blogger I knew of. There were no themes for Grey Matter, or plugins on the web. Not only is Wordpress free, but it sets up in a matter...

The Hispanic population is exploding, and I’ve already seen the effects of it in the workplace. I’ve come across job boards and job seeker communities specifically for Hispanic employees, and I’ve received resumes with a copy in English and a copy in Spanish. My college even recommended taking a year or two of Spanish simply because a lot of employers will pay a premium for bilingual employees. Questamente is a new website that is hoping to bring Hispanic professionals together for networking online, by providing bulletin boards, live...