It seems that made-for-Adsense (MFA) blacklisting is affecting the rest of us earning from Adsense. Digital Inspiration reports of a seemingly across-the-board drop in Adsense earnings by publishers. Coincidentally this is happening during the time when Google cracks down on MFA sites. Adsense publishers report that earnings per click (EPCs) are down. Clickthrough rates (CTRs) [...]

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One thing I’ve been experiencing with Vista so far is it’s unfriendliness to a power user like me. I mean, I love to tweak my system (and Windows XP just let me do just that) and I’m really annoyed by the all the confirmation dialogs that pop up just about every time. It seems like [...]

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What can I say, just a bit more of “girl thing” tips. When was the last time you had your friends sleep over in your room? It’s a well-known fact that one of the funnest things about being a girl is having a sleep-over. (But not so much on the sleep, right?) But how do [...]

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Let’s all thank Avenue Q for re-emphasizing that the Internet is for porn. What can we do? Sex sells. However, porn is just so easy to access over the Net that it really poses a grave threat to our kids. While there are a lot of parental control software out there, not one has been [...]

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Mangos are sweet and juicy tropical fruits that pack a lot of vitamins. As trees, they grow tall and leafy providing your backyard with some good shade. It even gives off a sweet aroma when it’s flowering or if the fruits are beginning to ripen. In any case, if you want to grow your own [...]

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Web Worker Daily compiled this list of 10 franchise establishments where web workers can do their thing. The list involves cafes (Starbucks, Cosi, Panera Bread) and bookstores (Barnes and Noble, Borders Books). These are practically cozy enough establishments where you can hang out, bring out your laptop, and work. It’s quite interesting that for web [...]

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Okay, so I’m not a girl and I’m in no position to write something about dating tips for women. This one’s courtesy of my friend Anj who graciously provided you ladies with a few tips on going out on your first date. There is never going to be an easy way for anyone to be [...]

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This one confused me at first. I mean, who would want to see your history as thumbnails on a filmstrip? I think that’s just an overkill for a tab tweak. At least, that was my first impression of ThumbStrips. But hey, some people might just find it useful. If you’re some forgetful surfer who loses [...]

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It’s a marketing war, I tell you. So probably I’m part of the reason why Microsoft and Windows Vista gained some points in the OS market share with my purchase of a laptop with a bundled Vista Home Basic (sucks!). In any case, my purchase made a stat point in Vista’s gain of 3/4 of [...]

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Babysitting is one of the easiest ways to earn extra cash. No? Even though it sounds easy, babysitting is one tough job. It entails a lot of responsibilities and multiplies with every child. But if ever you had to do it, you just have to remember that basically it’s just making sure those kids are [...]

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I come from a family with a history of diabetes. It’s been tough for diabetics to deal with blood letting daily, even if it’s just a drop from a tiny prick. While technology has offered almost painless technologies, many commercially available blood sugar analyzers still need a drop of blood to function. This can already [...]

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You’re the boss. So you practically have no excuse knowing the ins and outs of you business. You attend conferences. You join associations and guilds. You read every darn magazine and newsletter on topics involving your trade. Sure, you’re up-to-date on so many things that you could probably predict how business will fare 9:57 AM [...]

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The boons and banes of social networking. Seven sex offenders were arrested for violating their parole by going online and posting profiles on social network MySpace. Data was provided to Texas police by MySpace. This is part of the preventive measures done by the State to curb the victim-finding activities of these sex offenders. Many [...]

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The Firefox cache is its version of Internet Explorer’s Temporary Internet Files. It’s a local storage of files so that Firefox loads some things locally speeding up the loading process and saving both you and the site some bandwidth. Firefox offers access to it by going to a “hidden page” called about:cache. Last time, I [...]

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So now you’ve decided to take your dating status to the next step. A serious relationship probably is the next great milestone next to the engagement (which is supposedly just a formality). So there’s an emphasis on the word serious here. It involves a lot of things from exploration to getting to know more about [...]

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