My day job is keeping me kind of busy lately, so I haven't been blogging as much as I'd like to. I was looking at my stats to see how this was affecting them, when I noticed something interesting. Of the top 20 search terms leading people to Windypundit, six of them—including the top four—were about O.J.'s now-cancelled book, If I Did It. That's a pretty clear … [Read more...] about Celebrity Gossip
Operations
Camera Buying Guide / Begging
People who know I'm into photography sometimes ask me for advice about buying a camera, so I've been planning to put together a holiday buying guide. Amazon, however, showed me a better way. They have a feature called aStore that allowed me to build my own online store—called WindyShopping of course—through which I can sell products from Amazon's Camera and Photo … [Read more...] about Camera Buying Guide / Begging
Thanks, Anonymous Purchaser
I just checked my Adorama affiliate account and found out someone purchased something for $100 through this site. Thanks, whoever you are. My commission off of that will cover a few days worth of my hosting fees. I buy most of my photographic equipment from Adorama Camera. Their site is well-organized and easy to search, and they have a good checkout process that provides … [Read more...] about Thanks, Anonymous Purchaser
Instalaunched Again
Glenn Reynolds gave me an InstaLaunch for my post on Shooting Your Fans In the Foot. Like the last time, it was on a Saturday night, but unlike the last time, this one rocked: I've had 8000 visits to that page. Even better, I checked my AdSense account, and I made $17. Of course, being from Chicago, I wonder if I'm supposed to kick some of that back to Glenn... … [Read more...] about Instalaunched Again
Captchas
I'm getting more comment spam than ever before, so I've added Captcha codes to comments, meaning you have to look at a picture and type the characters you see in order to leave a comment. Try it out on this post. Let me know if you have trouble. … [Read more...] about Captchas