Brandon
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Ups And Downs Of An Online Business

Making a living online (and working from home) has its obvious benefits, but this market has become so full of spammers, scammers, and hackers (oh my) that it really has gone downhill.
Deadbeat companies and all of the aforementioned undesirables make it impossible for the average “joe” to make money online. Even astute people have [...]

Brandon
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ShrinkTheWeb Innovates Again

Since it looks like two web design jobs I will finish this week will finally pay most of the bills this month, I took a little extra time today (10 hours) to add yet more features to my pet project, ShrinkTheWeb.
I had planned to add full-length, web page thumbnails and custom-sized thumbnails for awhile but [...]

Brandon
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All This Radiation Can’t Be Good

Well, Progressive has forced me to be exposed to yet more radiation (as if the CT Scan w/ contrast, MRI, and x-rays from before weren’t enough). Now, to fight my case, I had to spend most of the day preparing for and taking new x-rays of my neck for comparison. The x-ray technician had to [...]

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It Is What It Is

Good news first: I just heard back from my potential European client and they said that they have gone from “probably will buy” to “definitely will buy” but they won’t be able to say which pieces of my proposal or how much until next week. So, that’s good news but I still have to wait [...]

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Another All-nighter

I pulled another all-nighter to finish up the presentation for my potential European client. This is supposed to be my final presentation before I get a ‘yes’ or ‘no’, so that’s a relief.
I’ve been up all night getting this ready and I get to take a quick 1-hour nap before I get ready and head [...]

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Had A Great St. Patty’s Night Out

Leah and I had a great night out last night with Ben and Valerie –and their roommate and friends. As always, it was great company and great conversation. It was a much needed, relaxing evening.
Although there is a lot of pressure on me from many directions right now, I realize that sometimes I just have [...]

Brandon
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Short Vacation

Today and tomorrow with Leah. I don’t really have time to take a vacation but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

Brandon
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Downward Spiral

So much for posting regularly but I’ve had my hands full with creditors, hackers, and slackers, oh my!
Anyway, it looks like the crooked cops have won yet another round. Making me look like a criminal on paper seems to be the ultimate challenge. I cannot easily find a place to live. I cannot make money. [...]

Brandon
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Finally… ShrinkTheWeb Is #1

I pulled another all-nighter this past night and I cannot believe I am staying up long enough to even post this short update. But, I am so excited because despite everything that is against me right now, I have managed to position ShrinkTheWeb as THE hands-down, most powerful, feature-rich free website thumbnail generator in the [...]

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A Relaxing Night And ShrinkTheWeb Progress

I missed posting yesterday but it was another rather uneventful day for those of you that don’t know me. As for me, I had to focus more on personal issues like helping Jojo plan for her birthday party. I suggested Taurus Restaurant but several people complained it was too far away and too expensive. I [...]