9040 - Mon

Oct. 29th, 2007 10:41 pm
scottobear: (keep cool)
Hard to beat that last weekend - brief entry.

I'm still feeling a little squeamish about pay per post. I don't know how long I'll do it, if at all. We'll see if I feel different after my first payment.

XKCD Cuddle mattress is brilliant.

I keep feeling the area on my finger where my ring should be... I have a phantom sensation of it being there.

Dinner with Chirs, as Larry was out at a school function - BHK made some tasty broccoli/cheese quiches... we had sliced apples to go with - plus apple pie with ice cream for dessert! (BHK also made halloween choco-chip cookies... yum yum sugar rush yum.)

After supper, we watched Deja Vu... not too bad, all told. I think it could've been better, but it did the job it needed to do. Denzel smiled a bit too much.. he seems to have a slight overbite. Odd to see Val Kilmer in such a minor role. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 - just average.


1 year ago - off to St Augustine, FL!, sissies in fear of mirages, pic of us at UNO
  • day's photos , and more photos - minigolf in SC, haunted ripley's tour, fireworks hut and christmas bear


2 years ago - walkabout pics, pagan god meme, business about back to usual with danny


3 years ago - robotman punkin?, guild wars, tron rock opera, z-a meme, critter psa

4 years ago - back from the hospital, goodies, recovery... I get to shower in about a week and a half

5 years ago - dirndl thoughts, Newt looking like a puppet

6 years ago - MIS issues at imt, Great pumpkin on tv

7 years ago - Dracula joke, punkin carving, lj bumps, sniffy cold song, voting public, pope likes pizza Geotarget
scottobear: (These people are rich)
If you have been browsing a bit here and there in the blogosphere / lj-land recently, you’ve probably already seen an image something like this:

Hire Me Direct

PayPerPost introduces people looking to get paid for reviewing services with services looking to pay to be reviewed by people. It appears to be a solid method - people get paid to review goods and services and the sellers get feedback on their product.

Some folks write what appears to be *pure* cut and paste from the advertising section of the place that they're reviewing, but there are others out there that are willing to break things down into the nitty gritty of a real review- both good and bad. That's what I'm planning on doing - Keep things honest, and well-rounded. (The official disclosure and ethics policy advises this, which also gives me reassurance.)


As I mentioned above, the business model looks to be a good one, and it seems that they will be able to keep link farmers out by filtering each journal and blog out by hand. It took them a little over three weeks from the time I applied to the time I got my approval letter. Since I got no negative response about doing paid posts every here and again, I figured that I'd give it a shot. I am a little nervous about losing visitors, but I hope that I'll get some feedback one way or another before everyone leaves town.


It looks like you get better opportunities according to page rank - the more visible you are on the 'net, the more lucrative opportunities become. It seems that most pay between $5 - $10, which doesn't seem too unreasonable, given that most of the services reviewed are websites. Of course, if someone comes directly to you via the button above... you can set your own price. I set my rate at $5 to start, which may or may not go up, depending on the demand for such stuff. If anyone like me to review something, now's the time while the price is right.


As a starting incentive, they also offer $20 to review the payperpost service itself, which is what I'm doing now. I'm still brand new to the service, and will likely return with an updated review whether they decide to pay me for the follow-up or not. I think that once I have a couple of reviews under my belt, I'll be able to give more lucid thoughts about how things work as a whole.


An added bonus is that Payperpost can either pay you via paypal, or donate to a number of charities (Current list - American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, and Alzheimer's Walk) directly. This may be my newest ay of continuing to do good works, or just a way to pick up a new video game, depending on how well the finances flow.


The website is very easy to maneuver, and the help files/FAQ pretty much covered any questions I had. I'm looking forward to kicking the tires, seeing some new things and getting an opportunity to dust off my writing skills.


Links - get paid to blog

9011 - tues

Oct. 2nd, 2007 09:41 pm
scottobear: (Man with a gun lives here)
I want a pumpkin and chocolate doughnut.

Attention Christmas Decorations... BACK OFF! It's just barely October! Let me have pumpkins and harvest stuff for a while, why don't ya? Sakes. Lots of neighbors have purple and orange fairy lights out... pretty keen to be in a region with folks in the seasonal spirit.... a "haunted house" is being rigged up at two blocks over, and another at the local fire station... looking forward to that, too.

Speaking of which: I just remembered and trotted out the Halloween background for the website. I really need to work on that some more.

Got another set of fillings today. Front teeth look a lot better now, though the doc couldn't seem to numb one of them... I had a distinct Dustin Hoffman / Marathon Man vibe going for a about 15 minutes.

Is it safe?

Ow.

That said, he did a great job aside from the pain, and I'm very happy now that there are no open nerves with easy air access in my head.

On the way home, we visited "the man" at ATW - see prior entry for photo. He's Oktoberfesting!

Hire Me Direct

Trying something out - not sure if it'll be a regular thing or not. Depending on what the subject is, I may get paid to do a post or two. Any items written about in this way will be clearly marked as such.
via dcist -
Ahh, rise and shine, Washington! It's another beautiful fall day, so stretch and breathe in deep ... but not too deep, unless you enjoy inhaling some of the worst air in the nation. Scientists are putting numbers on information our lungs already knew: the D.C. area "produces more carbon dioxide than several medium-size European countries," the Post reports. This is due primarily to Maryland's coal-burning power plants and our stand-still traffic, though the study notes that this doesn't include other greenhouse gases, like methane. Still, seems like investing in asthma inhalers isn't a bad bet.

1 year ago - several pictures from MD, ponytail damage in shipping


2 years ago - bloody foot, gp quiet, video mem shot, silly youtube video, flow-er, rainbow raider, Alternate supernatural, animal cams, fortune cookie, cowboy dog joke, lost

3 years ago - weekend working, sketch-a-move toy, brain transport, y'all, VS and I debate hooters girls training, Andy-coma, skin-theft dream

4 years ago - prop2 losing cred, I'm going to be in Popular Science, Deep thought, hand shadows, lj-drama, lj-gender

5 years ago - MH maint, flatworm sex, missv engaged, Pacifists to head for Baghdad, work drama, palm doodles, coworkers in the box

6 years ago - dishabille, Kipling, writing freeflow, SA poll, lj-bounce, moving out poll, love

7 years ago - cpap, bumper sticker, cybersitter filtration, people think I'm DT Geotarget

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