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PayPerPost Isn’t Evil

ppp.jpgIt sounds like I am one of the few people out there that doesn’t think PayPerPost is evil.

I think the main problem some “big names” have with PayPerPost is that it sends the perks over to somebody else. Big blogs are used to having everybody and their grandmother fawn over them, so this change might be difficult. The super successful blog will be as relevant as the blog that is getting paid an extra dollar or two for the same post.

Want to toss ethics in there? I read through the PayPerPost Web site, and not once did I see that they are holding a gun to your head and making you post about something you don’t like. For some folks, I could see PayPerPost being more of an inspiration engine. Run out of good ideas to write about? Pick something interesting from the list that you like (or would like to try) and make a little extra on the side.

I think it is about time the nobodies stood up and said they don’t want chances being taken away by massive egos in the blogging world. If anybody doesn’t like seeing posts, they can always decide not to look at them. That is the beauty of the Internet! You can read who you want to read, support who you want to support and you don’t have to listen to anybody trying to play the role of the Internet’s conscience.

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50 Cures for Writer’s Block

Don’t you hate it when you sit down and your ready to write, but you can’t think of anything to say? I have had those moments myself. So what is the cure to this writer’s disease? I have worked long and hard at coming up with a list of 50 writing prompts. Now you will not have to suffer from writer’s block ever again… or at least till you have made it through all 50 I have given you.

1. Write about something off the wall as if you were Adolph Hitler.

2. Give us a list of your favorite video games.

3. Write about the last crime you committed.

4. Give us all the reasons why you either love or hate professional wrestling.

5. Why did you or did you not play sports in school?

6. Who is your favorite A-List Blogger?

7. Tell your thoughts about the social ladder in the blogosphere.

8. Who is your favorite super hero?

9. Do you think people of an older age are still hot?

10. Who do you think is the hottest female anchor in cable news?

11. Name your most read RSS feeds in your feed reader.

12. Write about the last time you didn’t have anything to write about.

13. What are your favorite computer programs?

14. Write about the last car accident you were in.

15. Write about the first time you can remember being lost.

16. What was your first video game system?

17. What are your favorite movies?

18. Who do you look up to the most?

19. Do you think you are inspirational to anybody else?

20. When was the last time you missed a deadline?

21. Do you think that war is good or bad?

22. Who do you like more? John Edwards the psychic or John Edwards the politician?

23. What was the last television show you really got into?

24. Which one of the Golden Girls is the hottest?

25. What is your favorite search engine?

26. When did you decide to quit your last bad habit?

27. Is it more fun to play poker or watch it on TV?

28. Describe the first time you met somebody famous.

29. Where was the largest crowd you have ever been in?

30. When was the last time you had to stand in line?

31. What do you think your first love is doing right now?

32. Why do you think Google is so damn popular?

33. Name a Web site you visit and give me a reason why more people should visit.

34. When was the last time you lied?

35. Are you ready for Web 3.0 to come?

36. Describe your first encounter with a real Web hosting company.

37. What is your favorite podcast to listen to?

38. What would the world be like if Charles Manson sang show tunes?

39. What type of underwear do you like the most?

40. Open a drawer somewhere in your house and tell me what is in it.

41. What type of music is your favorite?

42. Tell me your best memories of the last concert you went to.

43. Is Morgan Webb hot or just too much woman for you?

44. In the online blogosphere, who seems to be the biggest jerk of them all?

45. Robert Scoble – Technology genius or just some guy who used to work for Microsoft?

46. If God was a gay man, what do you think life would be like?

47. Give me a review of the last technology related book you have read.

48. Do you have any tattoos?

49. Why do think podcasts are so great or so horrible?

50. Think of one I missed? Want to give a few ideas of your own? Leave it as a comment so others (including myself!) can gain from your ideas.

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Blogging Limbo

Well, right now the whole Mitchelaneous Web page (http://mitch.lockergnome.net) is sort of in limbo. I wanted to be able to move the blogging from Blogware over to my own server space running WordPress, but I’ve hit a rock and a hard place. Right now I am waiting to get the thumbs up or thumbs down on if I can do it.

If I can’t do it, then I am stuck with either staying on Blogware and keeping all my search result ranking in place or moving to a better system and having to change my domain name. I do own Mitchelaneous.com, so if all else fails I could use that.

In other Blogware waiting news, I am also still waiting for them to cancel the account I had for the Web Hosting Show there. I sent in the request last Thursday to have it cancelled and still haven’t heard anything yet.

Update: Well, I just got my most recent reply to Blogware’s support system bounced back to me. Seems like they really don’t want me to cancel my old Web Hosting Show account.

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