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If you’re looking to get more traffic from search engines (organic traffic), link advertising, or link building, then you should try Ask2link.

They currently have a network of 100+ niche blogs that have integrated their ad code (including this website).

You could buy and sell text links easily in their Marketplace. Advertisers can pay with credit cards, PayPal, or Google Checkout - you select the websites where you would like your link to appear, and specify the link URL, anchor text, and optional title field.

If you have a website with minimum Page Rank 1, or Alexa rank under one million then you could start making extra income from your website using Ask2link.com

Webmasters/Bloggers, you can monetize your blog beyond Google Adsense, by signing up for selling Text Links Ads and banner ads with Ask2link.com . Text links are useful for SEO, i.e search engine optimization, and search engine marketing, in driving natural search traffic to your website. Text links ads advertisers know the value of text link ads traffic in driving organic traffic to their website.  Many webmasters also do business link exchanges and promote their websites in social networking websites in order to market their website.

They provide, easy-to-use interface for you to get started selling text links and banners ads on your website. Also they send their paychecks using PayPal, so you don’t have to worry about waiting for checks in the email. Ask2link accept international publishers. You need a PayPal account though to receive your paychecks.

Ask2link is a great alternative to Text-Link-Ads.com, Text-links-brokers.com, or LinkWorth.

I read this article in BusinessWeek on world’s happiest countries.

A recent study from Britain’s University of Leicester examined a range
of statistical data to devise a ranking of the world’s happiest
nations. Heading up the list: Denmark, which rose to the top thanks to its
wealth, natural beauty, small size, quality education, and good health
care.

Here’s a surprise: The small Asian nation of Bhutan ranks eighth in the
world, despite relatively low life expectancy, a literacy rate of just
47%, and a very low GDP per capita. Why? Researchers credit an
unusually strong sense of national identity. Plus, the country has
beautiful scenery and a largely unspoiled culture, thanks to strict
governmental limits on tourism, development, and immigration. Pretty
counterintuitive, but Bhutan seems to have found a recipe for
happiness.

On Finland, #6 in the list of happiest countries:
High quality medical care — at little to no cost — contributes to the
country’s high average life expectancy. The country’s free educational
system is one of the best, resulting in a 100% literacy rate. Poverty
is rare; so too, is extreme wealth. “Our beloved government makes sure
that taxes are high enough to prevent easy ways to riches,” says Jaakko
Lehtonen, director-general of the Finnish Tourism Board. “Finns think a
good salary is two cents higher than your neighbor’s; it’s enough to
make you feel wealthy and subsequently, happy,”

It is interesting to note that many of the countries in the top 10 actually have universal health care for their citizens. Moreover, it seems that high tax rate does not prevent many of these citizens from becoming happy, as long as the government takes care of its people well…

Rank of world’s happiest countries:

1. Denmark
2. Switzerland
3. Austria
4. Iceland
5. Bahamas
6. Finland
7. Sweden
8. Bhutan ( One of two Asian countries in top 10 list)
9. Brunei ( One of two Asian countries in top 10 list)
10. Canada
11. Ireland
12. Luxembourg

USA is #23.

Link

San Francisco police departments say that there is 1000+ auto burglary incidents per month in San Francisco.

In this real video recording where a real auto burglar was eventually caught, the San Francisco Police Department used a bait car to demonstrate how quickly an auto burglary can occur. They want to warn people to keep valuables out of sight. The suspect in this video was followed by an unmarked police car and quickly arrested.

Ways to reduce the chances of becoming the victim of a car burglary.

– Don’t leave valuables such as laptops, cameras, cell phones, I-Pods or GPS devices in plain view.

– Don’t leave power cords or chargers for electronic devices in plain view.

– Lock all items, including loose clothing or bags containing personal items, in the trunk before parking.

– Lock the doors and roll up the windows. Use an alarm system and/or anti-theft device.

Source: San Francisco Police Department

Link: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/24/BAT011EBEP.DTL

Broken heels? Without heels? Need to get ‘em fix?

Hmm,… I recommend the ‘Brodway Cobbler’ at 403 Broadway, Milbrae for fixing broken heels, especially if you love your shoes, and it’s a good one.
They did a pretty good job there for a reasonably priced service. Reach them at (650) 692-5155. Another good one to try will be ‘Boat Feet Shoe Repair‘ at 1212 W Hillsdale Blvd, San Mateo, CA 94403. (650) 349-0883.

here’s the cobbler review from YELP.

To EPSON CEO and Management Team: A lot of people hate Epson printer.

I have had my Epson Stylus R200 printer for three years now.

Apparently if one of the color cartridges ran out of ink, you could not print any more page, even in “Black and White”. I have a full Black ink cartridge and now can’t print black and white.

From Epson support website:

Q: Can the printer still print if an ink cartridge is expended or not installed?
A: No. The printer will not operate if any cartridge is expended or removed. It’s best to always have extra cartridges on hand.

After some research on this topic, I found that there are many users around the world having the same problem.

Epson messes up My Day, http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2006/10/21/epson-messes-up-my-day/

Don’t buy Epson inkjet printer, http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-31587.html

Epson sucks, http://ask.metafilter.com/42680/EPSON-R300-why-doth-thee-sucketh-so-bad

Apparently there was a awsuit to Epson about Epson Ink Cartridge Cases, http://www.epsonsettlement.com/index.htm where they award $45 for each individual affected by this.

EPSON puts all these restrictions, so we buy more inks from them which are very costly. Quite contrary, from reading on other forums, Canon and Lexmark printers do not enforce the same draconian measures on their printer. That is, you could still print “Black and White” even when one of the color cartridges runs out.

TIPS:

Software hack to reset internal counters of the ink levels, http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml . This was developed by some very clever Russian software engineers and they give it out free. Kudos to them.

(This software will only work before your ink has ran out, so I highly recommend you do it when your ink levels are low). In my case, it doesn’t work before the ink has ran out and the printer says “Communication problem”

You know that you can visit USPS online at www.usps.com and print your own Priority Mail label. It is all good, except the fact that you can only print Priority Mail and Express Mail labels online. The only other way to directly print First Class labels are to use subscription based services such as www.stamps.com and www.endicia.com, in which you must pay monthly fees.

If you have a PayPal account, here’s how you could easily print your own First Class Mail stamp and Media Mail stamp at home. You could access it here.

Note that PayPal does not actually advertise this service, as this service is primarily for the convenience of eBay sellers to print the pre-paid shipping label. But you could access PayPal Shipping to print labels, by going to this link.

For your Information
In terms of price and the delivery time, here are the order (from the cheapest to the most expensive):

1) USPS First Class Mail

2) USPS Priority Mail

3) USPS Express Mail

There is also Media Mail ( www.usps.com/prices/media-mail-prices.htm) which is cheaper than First Class Mail, but it is limited to sending books and media.

Hope this information helps.

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I just switched from AT&T Yahoo! DSL to Comcast and have to spend couple hours trying to figure out how to install D-Link DR-655 Extreme N Wireless Router to work with Comcast Cable Internet.

After a little bit of research on the Internet, I found that a lot of people had the same problems with Comcast. Now, the idea is that you need to clone your PC’s MAC address to your router, so the Comcast router doesn’t hang up when you connect your router to the modem.

Here’s an outline of how you could get your router to work with Comcast:

Part I - Connect your PC to the Cable modem

1) Turn off both your PC and cable modem

2) Turn on your PC and cable modem, and let the connection be established.

3) Ensure that the internet connection is active and running

Part II - Connect your Router to the Cable modem

1) Turn off cable modem and PC

2) Unplug your computer from the cable modem

3) Plug your computer into the router, leaving the router unplugged from the cable modem.

4) Enter the router’s configuration with your web browser, normally the way to access is this: http://192.168.0.1

5) Tell the router to Clone your Mac Address. wait a few seconds.

6) Plug the router into the cable modem.

By now, I hope that it should work. Let me know if it does or doesn’t work.

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A friend of mine recently told me about Zabasearch, an online service (completely free) that allows you to look up people’s name.

I was quite shocked when I see the results of my Zabasearch. Anyway, Zabasearch gathers all the public records (real estate transactions, listed phone numbers, etc) and aggregate them so you can search it by name.

Try searching your own name in Zabasearch and I think you will be surprised at the results. Far more surprising that googling your name.

A little reading in their About Us page points that the company was founded by the founders of US Search. If you don’t know US Search, they are an internet company that allows you to pay to research someone’s background (read: stalking).

Proper Applications
I guess this has its place when landlords researching the prospective tenants’ backgrounds, or for meeting someone over online dating. But aside from these cases, the idea sounds spooky. I heard though that the company is making a lot of money (millions) from selling the data online. Another company in this space is Intelius.

Please comment out if you’re also shocked like I am with your Zabasearch!

Ever feel bother by those telemarketers? or perhaps other unimportant people or businesses trying to reach you and keep ringging your home phone(s) over and over again?

When I’m really busy I feel sorry to those telemarketers but I just feel like throwing out those phone as far as I could, anyhow I found out about the National do not call registry on the web, it really help me get through with these. Just go to donotcall it’s easy you can register your phone online and they said after 31 days you shouldn’t receive any more of telemarketers’ calls.

What you should know about the national do not call registry

The National Do Not Call Registry gives you a choice about whether to receive telemarketing calls at home. Most telemarketers should not call your number once it has been on the registry for 31 days. If they do, you can file a complaint at this Website. You can register your home or mobile phone for free.

Hope this help
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