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Re: My HDTV is already an antique

Steve McGrath — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:51:02 -0000

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Re: Pre-order “Day Break” on DVD from Amazon

Steve McGrath — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:02:02 -0000

How to make a new TV show survive the whole season

Is it my last year that I watch a new show on TV

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Re: 200th BloggingZoom Article Posted

Steve McGrath — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:46:36 -0000

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Re: “Lost” Is Found Again Tonight

Steve McGrath — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:29:17 -0000

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Re: Possible “The Incredible Hulk” Teaser Poster

Steve McGrath — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:42:03 -0000

I don't see fingers but the end of 3 pipes. It's green because of the effect.

But that's me :p

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Re: Indiana Jones Official Teaser Trailer Is Here!

Steve McGrath — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:54:13 -0000

Wow!

I can't wait. At least it's not 2009 ;)

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Re: “Star Trek” Pushed Back To 2009

Steve McGrath — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:01:21 -0000

Too many projects and it'S maybe because of the upcoming negotiation with the Actor's Guild.

But yesterday, Star Trek (TOS) Season 2 HD-DVD was also delayed to this summer . Maybe they want to jump back into Blu-Ray.

If the actors goes on strike, they start to release more movies in BD to at least make some money back during it. ;)

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Re: “Semi-Pro” Misses Basket - What Went Wrong?

Steve McGrath — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:21:08 -0000

The advantage of being older is that I don't look for the rating.;) So, it was news to me that it was R. I do think it's the R rating that did it for this movies. Like many, I did not see it and was planning it maybe next week by seeing 10,000BC at the same time.

I agree with others that Will should branch out more like Jim Carrey did (Number 23).But it may take some time for us to get used to that from any comedian.

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Re: “Semi-Pro” Misses Basket - What Went Wrong?

Steve McGrath — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:49:40 -0000

When I saw Number 23, I was expecting Jim to make a face or something very funny. That's my main problem when an actor is too type cast and tries a very different type of roles.

Baby steps "Will" be needed. ;)

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Re: “Rosemary’s Baby” To Get Remake Treatment

Steve McGrath — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:42:31 -0000

I agree with you that it's getting ridiculous with all those remakes. I wrote a post on my movie blog last year that Hollywood was lacking imagination. Guest what? Nothing has change.

Direct to DVD or Blu-Ray, that I would not mind much. It's the lack of original movies I can see at the theater.

Of course, we are part of the problem when do see them. ;) I'm lucky in a sense because English movies are rare in Quebec City since last year.

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Re: “Rosemary’s Baby” To Get Remake Treatment

Steve McGrath — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:02:05 -0000

I always said: "I don't read books. But if a book is that good, I will see the movie :) "

Lord of the ring is a great example. Yes, it had sequels but they were worth it. The same goes with Narnia even if it's more for children than Lord.

Video games don't worked well. Someday, they may find a good formula. Btw, I never played Hitman but did like the movie(action) and I left my brain at the door ;)

Was it Micheal Bay that said the theater release was to sell the DVD? He should try a direct to DVD(unrated) to see how much money he would sell/rent. I would rent it but I won't pay $8-12 to see it at the theater.

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Re: Samsung kills my combo-player hopes

Steve McGrath — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:43:34 -0000

At least, you have a good upconvert player for your DVDs ;)

I would expect that Toshiba could make those hybrid seeing they don't pay for license. But you will still pay more than a Blu-Ray play if they do that.

Btw, I saw a LG(model 200) for $500 on the Canadian shopping channel last weekend.

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Re: PopCritics update and happenings

Steve McGrath — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:58:34 -0000

It's great that PopCritics can start earning using Peerflix . Do they have an affiliate program? I did not see it on their sites. Where is their little icon? I don't want you to get kick out ;)

I was thinking of using it on my movie blog too. $100 is a start :D

Looking forward to the other change too.

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Re: PopCritics update and happenings

Steve McGrath — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:24:23 -0000

Mike: Never mind. I wanted to join but it's only for US sites(I'm Canadian). I email them about it and asked for the affiliate too. If I'm lucky, they may accept it or I may have to use another form.

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Re: I’ll never own a Blu-Ray player at this rate

Steve McGrath — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:46:14 -0000

Those will be obsolete for the "new" features only. They can still play a Blu-Ray movies with no problem and that's what most people do: only watch the movie. When was the last time you heard someone say: "Did you see to the live commentary, it was funny". Btw, that's already in profile 1.1. Only die hard fans watch them.

Anyway, I expected them to stay the same price. Are they keeping the price high so that people don't say: "I would had waited if I had known about profile 2.0". For now, the PS3 is still the best choice to get a future profile 2.0 player. And it can play games ;)

There is difference between downloading subquality HD movie versus a better quality Blu-Ray movie(higher bit rate). Sure, downloading is the future but very far down the road. It will only play catch up with the physical media.

You can read this:
Blu-Ray Won! WhatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Next? What About Your DVD, Downloads, Porn, Price?
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B: LOTR in Blu-Ray . That would be the big thing if they announced it :D

Re: I’ll never own a Blu-Ray player at this rate

Steve McGrath — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:03:22 -0000

$400 for 2 in 1 machine. So, $200 for the blu-ray player ;)

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Re: Fox Renews “Prison Break” for Season 4

Steve McGrath — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:48:24 -0000

I like Prison Break but also loved Jericho(Nuts 2 anyone? ;) ).

Di you read the network TV rant on the Digitalbits.

The funny thing is that I posted:
Is it my last year that I watch a new show on TV

Now, the strike did not help anyone.

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Re: Jericho season finale starts a war

Steve McGrath — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:22:11 -0000

I did like the ending and the fact that it open new possible doors if it is picked up by a another station.

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Re: Band of Brothers coming to Blu-Ray

Steve McGrath — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:21:19 -0000

Yes, it was good. Now, you have a reason to buy a blu-ray player. If lucky, LOTR(Extended) will be available before that one. ;)

I bet The Pacific will be available in 2009. It's been a while since I heard of it.

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Re: Fox Renews “Prison Break” for Season 4

Steve McGrath — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:26:20 -0000

Jason, you have the right not to like Prison Break. I'm like Mike and I still like the show. One's person crap is another person's favorite show.

Now, I agree with you that many show are crap because they don't offer much like a drama/sci-fi. Think of all the reality shows available or game shows now available. I only watch 1 reality show because it last about 8-9 episodes. Deal or no deal, I can watch 5 minutes/month but for most of them, I don't watch them. I could do without Survivor.

For regular shows, I like NCIS but don't watch the 8 versions of CSI.

I also agree that many are canceled way too fast or put in the wrong time slot or night. Why can't they just use Saturday like they used to do? "The Commish" had 5 seasons(?) there. I would watch if new scripted show were there. For now, I don't watch nothing from the major networks because nothing for me to watch.

But bring back Journeyman! ;)

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Re: Fox Renews “Prison Break” for Season 4

Steve McGrath — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:31:32 -0000

Jason:
"I just wish more people would watch the Ã¢â‚¬Å“goodÃ¢â‚¬Â? shows before they get canceled."
Yes to that!

Mike:
lol

One season may suck but could come back stronger the next season. For example, in Enterprise, the Xindi story arch was too long for most fans. The writers learned from that and decided to make shorter story arch in Season 4.The same thing with Veronica Mars. My point is that they adapted to fans. The last few Enterprise episodes were great(darker side angle).

I'm not ready to throw the towel yet. Let's see how they do.

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Re: Fox Renews “Prison Break” for Season 4

Steve McGrath — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:33:41 -0000

Yes!

2001 to 2004

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Re: “Friday Night Lights” Season 3 Deal Confirmed By NBC

Steve McGrath — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:14:04 -0000

Yes, some part are boring and I don't like the camera work but I like the overall theme of the show. I'm not even a football follower. That's saying a lot. :)

I'm Canadian so I will have to wait for 2009 on NBC to watch it.

Jason: That's the kind of quality show that should get a better time slot/day. When they start in January on NBC, it may help them because the high school season will be over.

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Re: Blu-Ray lovers rejoice! Buy 2, get 1 free at Amazon.com

Steve McGrath — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:32:14 -0000

lol Mike you forgot Chocolat ;)

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Re: 80’s miniseries “V” Could Become Movie Franchise

Steve McGrath — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:59:34 -0000

I general, I'm against remakes. But in this case(Sci-Fi), I don't mind at all because the technology is now better than the cheesy special effects of the show. And with BG being a successful remake, V can also be good if they make it darker like BG.

I remember when Diana(alien scientist) would swallow a live rat. That got a lot of publicity for the mini-series back then. And yes, human were on the menu too. ;)

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Re: Help me choose a Blu-Ray player

Steve McGrath — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:22:18 -0000

Cap'n Schwartz is right.

Get the 40GB version of the PS3 like I did. It's silent too. You will save $50. But you will need the remote($25 at Walmart for the true PS3 remote not the fake at $20) unless you don't mind using the controller.

A part from the game, it starting to be a good multimedia machine(DivX, Xvid, WMV, MP3...). Sony talk about a 10 year life cycle for it. Yes, a PS4-5 will exist by then. But jr will be able to play games and they will be cheaper too.
Half-Life 2 in the $5 bin ;)

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Re: “Speed Racer” first summer flopbuster?

Steve McGrath — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:29:42 -0000

I was tempted to see it but it's not even available in English here. It's only in French and I don't like translated versions. Then again, Transformer was not available in English last year. That one was weird. We get more English movies now.

Anyway, it means that the distributor don't think it will make money in English here. I wonder if I can track movie performance this way now ;)

Re: Our Sponsors Rock!

Steve McGrath — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:30:58 -0000

When I saw that you were accpected by TLA, I could not stopped myself to be the first. :D

Since, I added a Blog Directory for those serious about their blog ;). I also have a Blog plugin section(empty). If one of your reader has one, please add it there.

And thanks from a sponsor!

Re: Yes, BlogRush Does Work

Steve McGrath — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:10:21 -0000

I have noticed the same and feel they are cheating the system. :evil: I even found one blog where the guy was saying it was web 1.0 and ineffective yet I found it via the plugin.

I tried other non tech/computer categories with the same result with old July or May post.

I will give it a week or 2 for them to force the plugin installation or I will remove it.

John Cow: What category are you in?

Also, I'm sure they will offer configuration later and let them tweak it first. But I prefer they fix the cheating first.

Re: Yes, BlogRush Does Work

Steve McGrath — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:20:27 -0000

Thanks for the answer John

Got an answer: it's not cheating. Those are placeholder for now. Now, I can leave it.

Re: 5 Days To Go - Don’t Miss Out

Steve McGrath — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:37:51 -0000

I just check the $500 post and not much were added since I entered considering your many readers. I was expecting more like 250 or something. At least, you have more entries than me.

My own $500 contest has only 8 entries and 16 prizes with 5 days left too.

P.S.
Wii contest are popular. I just add 2 contests today on my contest blog

Re: Too cool for school

Steve McGrath — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:49:38 -0000

bmunch: Create a group of bookmark of all your affiliates. That's what I did to make it easier.

jerrykhoo: PR6 sites won't sell links because of the PR slapping. They won't risk loooosing it. I would charge much more if I were to pass juice.

Yes, it's a good review and nice feedback.The payout is now $50 instead of $100. I'm working on the traffic ;)

Re: Too cool for school

Steve McGrath — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:29:47 -0000

Mike: "Look" and "is" are 2 different words. If it were free, I would not have an affiliate program, thus no money to give back ;) The funny thing is that it started with freeware/sharewares files(now 1975+). The blog category was added after. I am a blogger too and it was to help other bloggers starting out and wanting to make money at the same time. :mrgreen:

I do need good bloggers that will do direct paid reviews like your "Bloggin-Ads Deluxe Package" or want to promote their blogs(advertisement only).I did paid reviews but taught that the rates were too high. Now, you can display your price per review. Other typical blogs don't do that!

My question is: Do you think your blog is worth $1/year(with coupon ;) )? Only you can answer.

You and others are more than welcome to visit and submit a blog :D

Re: Too cool for school

Steve McGrath — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:29:34 -0000

Binh dot Name: Thanks for the feedback. I will reply to each points.

1. I'm working on that based on the many feedback here. ;) But if you can claim your blog with Technorati, it's a lot easier to add your blog with 1 Cool File. Plus, you can make money too ;)

2.1 80% is from search engine, 15% from other sites and 5% direct. So, even if I would like more direct visitors(a bookmark), people will search first and find a file or a blog because of my higher PR6.They are more likely to find your site from my site if you have a lower PR than me. Granted that if they search for something specific, they will find your blog first. Your description of the blog will mostly be your "About page". They may search for : Vietnamese blog reviews

2.2 .The Blog Category is very new and if bloggers decide to go to my site directly more often, then traffic will come. Having the affiliate program will also help that. Plus, if you do direct paid review, you will keep the money for you and not give up the 10%, 35% or 50% markup. That will also bring another type of traffic(advertiser looking for reviewers). An advertiser may searched for a Gardening blogger to test new seeds.
And Binh, you are an analyst programmer and I will create a category for software reviewers later. You said it: I have more software than bloggers for now. That's another reasons why I need tech bloggers.

3.1 Yes, not everyone knows what a blog is but we now have 112.1 million blogs and 175,000 new blogs everyday. That's numbers from Technorati. So, it is a lot of readers of blogs. With the US election coming up, blogs will be even more present in 2008.

3.2. I won't risk loosing my PR6 for a $2.50/year link. I would had charge a lot more

3.3 If I take your 50 visitors but for the whole year for example. It's $0.05/visitor at $2.50/year. Use the coupon and it's $0.02/visitor.

3.4 I may have 1000s real blogs later in 150+ categories because I don't accept all blogs. "Dead blogs" will be deleted after 1 year or the blogger may decide to sell it in the "Blog For Sale" category while it has still some value.

Wow, that's a long reply :D

I have another limited offer where you will pay less but you must do some easy things. Get The Platinum Membership For $ 5 Instead Of $ 45
It's not related to the coupons here.

Re: Too cool for school

Steve McGrath — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:42:00 -0000

I relaunch the affiliate program based on the review.

So check it out.

Re: Too cool for school

Steve McGrath — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:26:01 -0000

Hi,
Just to give a quick update:
You now have an option to add your blog for free by doing a short review.
I did post about the modification in the last week and the new option.

Re: Adsense - For a Few Dollars More

Steve McGrath — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:46:02 -0000

Nothing is stopping people to build from that. That's why I'm testing it and paid for it. :mrgreen:

John: Was I supposed to get the email(password) after the order? I did not get it. I email you last night but did not get a reply or email since.

Re: Adsense - For a Few Dollars More

Steve McGrath — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:02:40 -0000

Ruchir: I don't know.

Here is my mini review(Alaska) so far:

- The news are taken from digg, google, icerocket, yahoo... all big sites. You may reduce the news to 2-3 if you want. 5 is the default
- You have 7 articles included. Each time you refresh, you get another article or the same ;)
- Links on the sidebar only show the same 7 articles(random). You can set a article if you want for each or go random.
- Don't create a domain for each to save money. Use a subdomain or folder for each. The best performer can have a domain later on.
- It uses PHP
- The size is 21.2MB but 203MB on disk. The zip is 24.1MB + 3.82 MB(searchtool)
- I asked another private question to John but did not replied me yet.

Could it work with the minimum? Yes but you may want to add information of your own to make it different than the others. With 85 sites, it's a lot of work!

Re: For Sale: Profitable Adsense Templates Business

Steve McGrath — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:09:58 -0000

Good luck with the sale :D

So, it's about $100/week with no real maintenance since it started after the first initial wave($1000 first week or so). Are the numbers equal for each week or they started to fall now.

Curious too about the $25/100K bulk traffic you used?

Re: Dear RSS Subscriber, Should We Really Care About You?

Steve McGrath — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:26:45 -0000

I read a few blogs that are not a full feed. If the first paragraph is interesting, I will go to the blog. For the most part, they are. :wink: If I want to react to a post and leave a comment , I will go to the blog.

Commentluv may also encourage people to leave comments and be discovered by others. I should look into it.

Monetize the footer too even if that don't bring much money(cheap advert. or affiliates). You did it before.

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Re: Sometimes Cheaper IS Better

Steve McGrath — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:15:00 -0000

I got in the offer 2 months ago for $95/lifetime with them.That's right, it's like $1/year :mrgreen: I even blog about it and I guest most missed it. That's what happens when you don't read me. ;) Anyway, I created a niche blog but had troubles while installing Wordpress. Mind you, it's not my first installation of WP ;). They fixed most of the problems in email/live mode.I still have some issues but did not have time to contact them about(other project). I did not have problems with the affiliate side like you.

The funny thing is that their are in my own extended backward a few 2-3 hours away.

Re: How To Get Paid AND Get Free Traffic

Steve McGrath — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:25:09 -0000

It's a nice plugin and could be used for charity drive too.

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Re: Whats The MMO Niche Coming To?

Steve McGrath — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:06:20 -0000

Vic's style is not politically correct but he does have some real information when you take the time to read and view it He is a real anti-scammers and not afraid to post about it. When you know about his background, you understand why he hate scammers in general.

Sure, I would like it better if he would swear less so that young bloggers could read him too but ...One thing is good that he will answers to questions asked in the comments. Since he switch to video, the information is even better.

I too wrote about oenmansgoal too:
<a href="http://www.mcgrath.ca/2008/04/12/onemansgoalcom-sold-for-10k-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly" rel="nofollow">OneMansGoal.com Sold For 10K: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly using my own style.

In business, you will encounter many types of persons. If Court's stayed with him, it's because Vic can show results despite his public "persona".

In the show "Growing Pains", the father told his son: "You can like the music and not the singer". In this case, the information is the music and Vic is the singer.

And no, I'm not a mindless reader because I read many blogs in this niche. I'm old enough to make my own mind and I look at the results for me.

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Re: Whats The MMO Niche Coming To?

Steve McGrath — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:59:47 -0000

... but Vic also mentioned that he will retire in 24 months. Are you?

A few persons can sleep 4 hours a night and still be functional. You could call it a curse or an opportunity. I could do 4 hours but I would not be that functional. :wink:

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Re: Want To Be Cool? Get Some Business Cards

Steve McGrath — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:43:06 -0000

I
posted the same thing in December but I got 250 free business cards with the one I used.

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Re: Want To Be Cool? Get Some Business Cards

Steve McGrath — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:56:37 -0000

MillionEuroMan: When it's "free", you have less options. When I ordered mine, I used the same feature that people would get for free to make it a real test.

I'm sure John did the same here.

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Re: Want To Be Cool? Get Some Business Cards

Steve McGrath — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:41:51 -0000

Steven: If a pizzeria is for sell, don't you think it would still make and sell pizzas until a new owner could be found? :wink:

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Re: Want To Be Cool? Get Some Business Cards

Steve McGrath — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:44:50 -0000

Abdalla: With the price of shipping(oil), I think the "free shipping party" is long gone. With my cards offer, it's a bit higher $6-7 but I get 250 "free" cards and have an office in the UK. ;)

When I sold computer equipment in 1999-2000, one of my supplier was giving me free shipping even on a $1 order. When the price of oil started to rise, the minimum shipping was $5 per order even for a CRT monitor. Now, I don't know because I don't sell anymore. The price per liter was $0.55 but today it's $1.30. :(

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Re: Want To Be Cool? Get Some Business Cards

Steve McGrath — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:00:08 -0000

Yes but you should had taken John ex-baby ;)

Million Euro Wiki - Business Cards
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Re: Shut Up and get to work

Steve McGrath — Sat, 03 May 2008 08:17:12 -0000

I agree that work is something that people are afraid of. I wrote a free ebook and looking at my stats now(400+ downloads), people are even afraid of a little work. You can't have everything for free.

And if you want to make money online, you need to invest time and some money(to go faster).

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Re: Shut Up and get to work

Steve McGrath — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:20:34 -0000

"but I have to go back to doing the work others did poorly"
lol

The work place has also changed in that time. Employees are mostly seen as numbers and not persons in most companies but not all. So, employees don't have the same strong relation as before to their company. One minute, they work and the other they are laid off for many reasons. If a person gets laid off often, it's normal that they tend to work for the paycheck only. Most younger employees want to balance work and play and not be working machine like their parents.

What I hear around me is that most companies are worst than before. They cut jobs and increase workload(often too much) for the remaining workers. After that, they wonder why employees feel like they do.

When I was young, they talked about the 4 days of work per week society and often said: "Go to college or university and you will get an high paying jobs when you get out." They were sold a dream and they believe it that they think they are entitled. I can't blame them for that. One of my nephew told me that a counselor told a student that he would make 40K/year when he would got out of school. The funny thing is that it was in my field and it would had made 30K/year if very lucky.

Me, I work more hours than before because I have my own business now. It's not the same when you work for yourself than for someone else. ;)

I try to understand both side of the issue. This time, I look at their side ;)

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Re: Web 2.0 Traffic Strategies & Playing Follow the Leader

Steve McGrath — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:44:47 -0000

Here a real world example I see often in the Quebec City. Someone build a gas station at a corner and a few months later the corner has 2 more gas station. They each offer gas but tweak the formula a bit by offering different services like a car wash or specialty coffees.

P.S. For Paul McCartney fans, he is coming to Quebec City for a free concert on July 20th. It's part of the 400th year celebration of Quebec City. Expecting a 250 000 crowd not cows. ;) Celine Dion, also free, 100 000 crowd might be move at the same place to get more people.

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Re: The Evil Gas Empire that We MUST Stop!

Steve McGrath — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:20:17 -0000

I don't mind paying for a "demand versus offer" for the price of gas.That's the capitalist society we live in and must live with that. It's the "too much speculation" that is the bigger deal here every time something in the world happens. Any reason they have is used to rise the price.

Regulation or not some will find a way to make money. Recently, we had the first real case of fixing gas price at the pump in one small region of Quebec, Canada. Yes, those are rare but it took years to prove it even if it was done for a few months in 2005. An Ultramart(refiner) regional manager was also in that plot.Ultramart did agreed to pay 1-2 million fine.

Like I wrote in my post, lowering the price will only increase demand anyway. Like a CNN analyst said a few weeks ago, people have a short memory.

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Re: New JohnCow $200 for “CHRISTmas” Contest

Steve McGrath — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:03:18 -0000

I think I will buy more domains to increase my web empire, spend it on Blu-Ray movies or buy a webcam. Maybe I will do all of them since it's CHRISTmas.

Good Luck to All