Shaking Hands In Business – It Is Not A Choice
There was a story in the news recently about a high school graduate who refused to shake hands with her principal when receiving her diploma. The principal was taken completely off guard by this unexpected behavior. As a result, he has so far refused to give the young woman the actual paper document.
Leading the Blind
To a lot of people, there are only two ways to make money. One, agree to sell your soul to the 9 to 5 prison of a “real” job in exchange for a paycheck. Two, break the law in some way and receive your money illegally.
Cherish Fear
Many argue it’s best to overcome fears, to put them in their place, so to speak. For me, that place is right out front where I can meet them head on. Embrace them even.
Multiplexing filehandles with select() in perl
The problem
I/O requests such as read() and write() are blocking requests. Suppose you have a line in a program thad get STDIN from a terminal like the following:
Damashi Peer Review – Better Use of Links
The Damashi logo is such a nice piece of art that the quality of the image maps surprises me. And when they are simply text, why put them in an image map in the first place? It would seem to me that rather than have the funny boxes at the top (that you could put into a table and make them text links, and thus more prone to higher search engine placement), he could use art.
Work-At-Home Schemes: How to Identify the Warning Signs
Home based work scams prey on people’s willingness to believe, a desperate hope that an opportunity will help them to achieve their goal of working from home. When the scammer runs off with their money, that’s not all they steal — they also steal their dreams.
Conventional Formats Work
Books have a lot in common, regardless of the writer, content, or publisher. The covers are of sturdier weight than the inner pages. There’s a title page. Some credits on the reverse side, or on the next page. Maybe a dedication by the author. If appropriate, there’s a table of contents next. If there’s an introduction, it follows. And if there’s an index, it’s at the back of the book.
Can A Single Product Site Make It?
The short answer is no. The difficulty in making this model work is that the cost of generating a sale must be subtracted directly from the net from the single sale. Given multiple products, this cost is distributed over a number of sales, and thus is less per sale. More important, an existing customer is your best prospect for a subsequent sale.
Can You Risk Supporting An Affiliate Program?
There is an over-abundance of affiliate programs available. All eagerly invite you to participate. If you like, visit AssociatePrograms.Com. Allan Gardyne has the most comprehensive list of programs I have seen. Almost 3000 of them at the last count I noted. And he reports thoroughly on each, as information becomes available. (Allan does a super top job in this.)
Put An End To Ebay “Mystery Payments”
If you are a regular seller on Ebay, no doubt you have received a “mystery payment” or two along the way. A mystery payment is where you receive a payment for an auction with nothing on it to give so much as a clue as to what the person is paying for (or who she is for that matter). I once received an envelope with a $20 bill in it along with a note that said “Thanks!”. Nothing else, just the cash and the note. I just about drove myself crazy figuring that one out.