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A piece of the Google puzzle?

As I’ve been watching my analytics, waiting for them to go back up, I noticed another big dip this weekend. Down to the lowest numbers I’ve seen ever for my site. 🙁 Now, I’ve only done two things recently: Updated my iTunes affiliate links to remove the link network links and add direct links to […]

Saving Money and Manning My Own Server. It’s Easier Than You Think.

I now manage a web server and I still don’t have a clue what’s going on. Who wants cheap hosting? Most everyone does. That’s why we look at Dreamhost, Bluehost, or one of the thousands others that offer dirt cheap plans. The problem with these types of setups is that you’re on a shared server. […]

I got dumped by Google. Now what?

I can still remember when Google and I were BFFs. I spent my time creating content and feeding Google. In return, Google sent me traffic. We were both happy and things were good. Then, without notice, Google dumped me. Now I didn’t cheat on Google and I wasn’t doing spammy things behind their back. I […]

I’m now a parent of a 4 year old!

Happy Birthday to my little girl Lily. You’re growing up too fast, but it’s so much fun. To celebrate, we’ve been having a lot of fun. Over the weekend went to the beach, had a picnic, flew a kite, and even borrowed a bounce house from a friend. Today Lily is going fishing and eating birthday […]

Get rid of creeping charlie with a metal rake.

Do you have creeping charlie in your yard? It sucks. Not only does it take over everything but it also is a big pain in the butt to kill off. We’ve found some weed killers that did some damage, but nothing that has killed it off. However, I did just find a way to rip […]

The sugar free challenge has come to and end.

Last week I posted that I was going to try to go sugar-free for a week. About a week later and I’m done! I passed the challenge and it wasn’t as hard as I was expecting. Granted, I don’t think I could do it forever. I like my sweets too much. The hardest part was […]

Quick & simple fix to stop the sun from confusing your garage door sensor.

Recently our garage door started being really finicky. It’d start to close, then go right backup as if something tripped the sensor. Turns out something was; the sun. To fix it, I simply took a paint stir stick that I found in my garage and placed it on top of the sensor making sure the sensor lens was […]

2013 Overnight Website Challenge Winner – Urban Boatbuilders

Congratulations to Urban Boatbuilders for winning 3 out of 5 Overnight Website Challenge awards including Best in Show! I was lucky enough to be on the team Go Ahead, Caller which built the Urban Boatbuilders website. We had a great group of people and a well prepared, flexible non-profit. We all worked very well together and are very […]

Who’s ready to stay up all night and make websites?!

It’s that time of year again; time for the Overnight Website Challenge. That’s where we stay up all night to build an awesome website for a non-profit. This will be my second year participating. After last year’s website challenge, I told myself that it was fun, but I was not doing that again. Then someone […]