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Amazon's Kindle a cash cow?

  I just found out about the new Amazon Kindle.  You know I love hi-tech toys.  I will not be buying one for a number of reasons.  One reason is I don't read books or magazines.  Well I do but they are computer books.  When I read a computer book say on Linux I want to hi-lite and mark on the margin notes and corrections as I try things out.
  I think they have a good idea with the Kindle for those that read.  You can get for $10.00 books from the best seller list and magazines cheap.  Good deal for those of you that read.  The prices are not bad and you can even read blogs.  They are 99 cents a month.
  Of course I wish ShowMeBlog was one of them. But they offer about 300 of the popular blogs.
  The only cost is the $400.00 for the Amazon Kindle and then whatever you read. 
  I see a number of problems.  How well is the Kindle going to hold when it hits the floor a few times and how well is it going to hold up to getting wet?
  The other problem I see is the monthly cost of what you read.  If you read 2 best sellers a month that will be $20.00 and say you read 3 magazines a month that will be $30.00 a month.  Say you read 10 blogs a month that will be $10.00 a month.  Just with that limited reading your talking at least $60.00 a month.
  Book prices and magazine prices are cheaper so I guess if your reading them anyway it would save you money.
  I guess it is going to come down to how many people are willing to spent the money for the Kindle ($400.00) and how many are willing to pay to read the stuff on the Kindle.
  The device how easy it is to read and use and how well it holds up ...that maybe the deciding factor.

Amazon Kindle's Blog

Here is ZD Net says:

• The good: Excellent high-contrast screen does a great job of simulating a printed page; large library of tens of thousands of e-books, newspapers, magazines, and blogs via Amazon's familiar online store; built-in free wireless "Whispernet" data network--no PC needed; built-in keyboard for notes; SD card expansion slot; compatible with Windows and Mac machines. 
• The bad: Design is ergonomic, but not very elegant; pricing for nearly all the content seems too high, especially considering the periodicals and blogs are available for free online; black-and-white screen is fine for books, but less impressive for periodicals and Web content; lacks a true Web browser; included cover is clumsy and poorly designed; additional file formats need to be e-mailed to Amazon for conversion; yet another dedicated device you'll need to lug around with you. 
• The bottom line: With its free built-in wireless capabilities and PC-free operation, Amazon's Kindle holds a distinct advantage over Sony's Reader and is a promising evolution of the electronic book--but Amazon needs to bring down the pricing for both the device and the content to attract a wider audience.

Coreg CR

  I ran out of money and ran out of my Coreg CR medication.  I had to get a $100.00 from Russell, my grandson, and I will pay him back when I get my SS money.
  Coreg CR is a heart medication and when you start taking it you do not want to stop taking it all of a sudden. It would not have been good for me to miss taking it for five days.

  I had to walk up to get my Rx from CVS.  I went the back way for the first time and I did not have to cross all the very busy streets.  The way I have been going you have to cross some major streets and the traffic turning is a danger.  This other way is very nice.  Plus the entire back way there is a bike trail.  I need to get a bike.  There are no hills and I could get to the CVS, Publix and lots of place very fast and easy.  I also think it would be very safe.  Problem might be how to keep someone from taking the bike at the shopping center.  They do have some bike racks.
  I could also save some money with the bike.  I walk over to a little store at a little strip mall and get stuff because they are so close but the items are a lot more in price.  They charge for 2 liter bottle of Coke $1.59 and you can get it for $1.19 at Publix and right now the CVS has them on sale for 77 cents.
  You can see I am talking myself into buying a bike.  Smile

CashParking

  All of us end up at a "CashParking" site.  I am not sure if that is the correct name for them or just a name that GoDaddy made up for their service.
  Here is how it works...you have a domain name and your not using it or you buy one or more to make money from the domain names.  Well you park it with say GoDaddy and for $4.00 a month they host it and put advertising on it.  If people click and end up at the site you earn some money. 
  Now the idea is that if you own the domain and are not using it you might as well earn some money from it.  I wonder if you can earn money that way. I guess it will depend on how many times someone types in your domain by error.
  Now the hosting sites like GoDaddy they are going to make money for sure.
  Well I am going to give it a little test.
  I just setup HNBBBS.COM as a CashParking site.  I will let you know how much traffic that site gets and how much money I make.  It should be interesting.
  Of course how many times is someone going to miss type HNBBBS.COM? I need a domain name that is close to a popular site name.  But we will see how it works.

 



Update:  I changed it to display adult advertisments.  I think there is money in sex and porn.  When I get time I will set up another one with out the porn and see if it makes any difference.

$21.83 from Publix

  I walked up to Publix and this is $21.83 worth of food.
The bathroom tissue (2.59), white bread (1.09), cheese (4.89), turkey (3.39), turkey breast (5.89) and potato salad (3.79) and the prices are in U.S. dollars ($).
  I still have to get out and get some Coke.  There is a place a bit closer that I can get Coke but I will pay more for it.

Comcast wants money!

  I am rich today.  (Smile)  I just got notice that the commission money for the adult banners that I run here went into my account.  I made $54.20 from those banners.  All of that was from people viewing adult videos.  I did not make any money from Spam Arrest or anything else.

  So if you have a blog or web site and are willing to post some banners  click on the banner above.  I hope you sell a million dollars worth of stuff (I get 7% of any sales you generate.) 
  I been signed up with these people since December of 2002.  They are a good company do business with..
  I have had four people sign up under me but none of them put any banners up or if they did they did not sell anything.  Three of them were in 2006 and one in March of 2007.  I sure wish they had followed through and set up sites and made some sales.

  I been working on the sites I have and let me point out some things about them.

  Your reading ShowMeBlog so I am going to guess you  sort of know what to expect here. 
  CQ CQ de NØUWY is my Amateur (Ham) radio blog.  I know very few of you are interested in Amateur radio so I do not expect you will be visiting it or that very many people will be checking it out.  Right now I do not have a ham radio.  I sold my last one.  I am going to try and save for a Yaesu FT60.  It will cost me about $180.00 not counting shipping and any taxes.  When I get the radio I will be posting more to the blog.  I also plan to try and get my General ticket.  I will have to study for it.  Then I have to find some way to get to the testing.
  Denizens of the PornFolio is my new adult site.  When people find out about the site it will get some traffic.  Sex makes the world go around.  Truth is with the medication I am taking..I am not much interested in the subject of sex.  But I get sent links and I come across sites all the time and I will post them and other information on DotPF site.
  Howard's Notebook I am not sure what I am going to do with that site.  I enjoy playing with the software (Joomla!) but it is sort of hard to understand or get all set up.  I been messing with it for months and months.  I am no closer today that I was last year with it. 

  Today in the mail I got a "Final Notice" before suspension and termination of service from YES from Comcast.  The date of the letter is November 19th. They say I have six days from the date of the letter to pay them (that would be tomorrow).  They say past due is $73.86 and total balance is $148.03 on the bill. 
  If you been reading this blog you know that I signed up with Comcast and they came out and for two weeks they tried to fix a broken cable here to give me service and it turned out they do not service this area and have no cables or boxes here.  I called them and explained it all to them and they said OK tear up the bill.  Now I did just send back there modem and they may not have received it yet.  I just hope a year or two from now I don't find that they have turned this over to a collection agency or have it show up on my credit file.

  I am going to make sure that Ken wakes up and gets off to work.  Russell is already at work.  Then I am going to walk up to the store and get some TP, soap, Coke and some food.  I only have one Coreg CR left so I need to order more of it. A one month supply cost me $60.00 and I don't have it.  I am going to get a loan from Russell of $100.00 and I can pay him back in six days.  I can get the medication and I will have money for my doctor's office visit 5 days from now. 
  Today is November 23, 2007 and it is "Black Friday" so many stories and shopping centers will be packed.  I am sure there are a lot of great sales going on but I can't afford any of them right now.

  Today is a great day in Miami FL.  It is very hot here during the summer.  The winter time is when you should come and take a vacation here.  So today the weather is great.

UF Protesters Released from Jail

By DEVIN CULCLASURE, Alligator Writer

    "Two UF students arrested at an appearance by former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday night were released from the Alachua County Jail on Tuesday afternoon.

University of Florida Protest

By DEVIN CULCLASURE, Alligator Writer

   

"In his first appearance at a university since resigning in August, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was met at UF on Monday with a mixture of cheers, boos and scattered interruptions by protesters, two of whom were arrested.

Gonzales, who resigned from his position after a controversial tenure, spoke to more than 800 people at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.


 

Tasered for not following instructions

  A Utah Highway Patrol Officer pulled a guy over for speeding and the guy refused to sign the ticket so the officer tasered him.

 

Palindromes (2004)

  I just watched "Palindromes" (2004) and it got a 6.9 (out of 10) rating on IMDB.  I would give it a 4. 
  "A fable of innocence: thirteen-year-old Aviva Victor wants to be a 'mom'. She does all she can to make this happen, and comes very close to succeeding, but in the end her plan is thwarted by her sensible parents. So she runs away, still determined to get pregnant one way or another, but instead finds herself lost in another world, a less sensible one, perhaps, but one pregnant itself with all sorts of strange possibility. She takes a road trip from the suburbs of New Jersey, through Ohio to the plains of Kansas and back. Like so many trips, this one is round-trip, and it's hard to say in the end if she can ever be quite the same again, or if she can ever be anything but the same again." Written by Sujit R. Varma
  It was an odd and interesting movie.  I think this is another one of those movies that is over my head.  I think it has some deep meaning and I do not get it.
  Was the idea of this movie that you will always be the same and have no free will or that we are just pre-programmed robots?  I have no idea.
  If you see the movie and your born again and pro-life I would like to know what you think about the movie. 

Happy Thanksgiving 2007

  I want to wish all a very Happy Thanksgiving 2007.
It is 0600 and I just woke up to use the bathroom.  I will go back to bed here soon.  Russell is sleeping.  He does have to go into work but not until 2200 hours today and he thinks he will only be at work for 2 hours.  Tomorrow is Black Friday here in the United States.  There will be lots of big sales for Black Friday.  I see some things I would like to get but I am broke.  I should save money just for Black Friday each year.
  Ken has to work today.  He will work from 1400 to 2200 hours.
  Russell has been working for the last few days from 0800 to 2000 hours and keep in mind he has to ride the bus to and from work.  It seems he is working all the time.
 
  Today is November 22, 2007.  Today is the day of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.  It took place on Novemer 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.