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So what is it and how can you earn the money? Where do you need to click?

We are talking about the Lunar Pages affiliate program. You most likely heard about Lunar Pages, they are one of the best and well known hosting providers, with literally millions of pages hosted on their servers. These days everyone wants to go global and the best way to do that is create a website. Any website needs a cheap and reliable hosting server, so here is where Lunar Pages comes into the equation: they offer the hosting package, whether a cheap startup one, or even dedicated servers for professional web applications.

OK, so far so good. It's time to earn your $65 dollars. To do that, you just have to Sign up as a Lunar Pages affiliate (which is FREE and takes about 2 minutes), then visit their banner pages, get the one you like and put it on your site! If someone clicks the banner on your site and registers for a hosting package with Lunar Pages, you earn $65 dollars with just ONE CLICK! It's that simple!

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And it goes even further! You can refer other people to the Affiliate program, and for every $65 they make, you make $5!

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* $65 base commission rate
* $5 2nd tier commissions
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I've been trying a lot to learn how to whistle very loud, the type of whistle you perform at a Rock concert or football (soccer) game. But I never managed to do it...

Two days ago I went to a Rock concert of one of Romania's best rock band ever: Phoenix (you can listen some of their songs on YouTube, just do a search for "Phoenix Romania"; or click here for one of their song).

So, I went to the concert with my girl and everybody was either whistling or shouting while clapping their hands. And I could not do any of those two... I felt frustrated...

So I went on YouTube and searched for some videos that teach one how to whistle. I found many of them, you can do your own search, but the two I placed below made the most sense to me and now I am actually ... kind of... whistling... Just give me a few more days and I'll be expert! :)

The first movie is a very short one. Still, it shows how to do it:

The second movie is longer and made by some pretty annoying guy (no offense). Just skip the first minute and then you will get to the 4 steps that he tells about. Helped me...

Are you working hard? Are you doing extra work without any extra money? Are you tired of seeing that joy in your office mates' eyes? Do you want to know the secret of happiness at work?

THE SECRET IS FREE FLASH GAMES! Yes, that's right! You can kick some balls (that is, soccer balls) or play the "Milky shoot" game.

Below you will find one of my favorites and a very modern ... EMO ... game. Now, now, don't you go crying on me! Just start the game and kick some EMO soccer! Enjoy.

Glider Instructions: Press the left and right arrow key alternatively as fast as you can in order to take off the cliff. Then, use the up and down arrows to gather points. Stay away from those nasty eagles and watch out for the rocks!

EMO Soccer Instructions: You have 2 field EMO players 1 goalkeeper. Use the left and right arrows to move, "A" key to change between the 2 players, "S" key to jump and shot with the head, "D" key to kick the ball. You can also get these instructions by clicking the Instructions link in the Flash game.

Tossing aside its iconic green-and-white laptop with its distinctive antennas, One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is pursuing a smaller 2.0 version, scheduled for release in 2010, in which dual touch screens will replace the keypad. The new version will have lower power consumption and a $75 price--a figure that OLPC claims is achievable despite the fact that the current model, the XO, sells for nearly double the sum mentioned in its "$100 laptop" moniker.

With its hinged dual display, the new version could be used as a book, as a laptop with a touch-screen keypad, or as one continuous display when folded flat. "The display is going to get better and better, and it's key to the next generation," Nicholas Negroponte, founder of OLPC, said yesterday at a launch event at the MIT Media Lab.

The redesign is OLPC's latest effort to revitalize global adoption of its machines. Last week, OLPC announced that the current version will soon have the option of running on Microsoft Windows; previously, the machines only ran on the GNU/Linux operating system, plus a custom interface called Sugar that emphasizes collaboration among children. With the addition of Windows, OLPC hopes to boost sales to countries, such as Egypt, that already use Windows software in schools.

Pixel Qi, the display-technology startup founded by former OLPC chief technology officer Mary Lou Jepsen, will collaborate in the development of the new computer. Its smaller size will make the laptops easier for children to carry than the previous, larger version, Negroponte said yesterday. And despite the smaller size, the display will be larger--when both screens are used--than the one on the current version. Because the machine will have no keypad, there will be fewer mechanical parts to break. And whereas the current XO consumes only two to four watts--one-tenth of the amount consumed by a conventional laptop--the next-generation version will use as little as one watt.

But until the new machine comes online, the existing XO will continue to be sold. Only about 600,000 hard orders have come in--a far cry from the 100 million that, two years ago, Negroponte said he was hoping to obtain by 2008. And last week's announcement that the XO will have the option of using Windows or the existing Linux-based operating system has led to some debate among education officials. Yesterday, Oscar Becerra, a Peruvian education ministry official who directs the OLPC deployment under way there, says that he sees little value in adding Windows for computers in primary schools.

These days, everyone wants to buy state of the art technology when it comes to PCs. Fast processors, lots of RAM, stunning graphics cards, huge hard disk drives, blue ray drives, anything new on the market.

If you are a developer using Visual Studio 2005, you probably want to know how can you truly benefit from all the new hardware while programming your applications.

Well, I am happy to announce (for those of you who did not find out about this until now) that Microsoft has been asking this question for quite a while. When it comes to the RAM usage of Visual Studio, most of you already know that VS 2005 consumes more than VS 2003, but VS 2008 takes it to another level... Especially if you are a Vista user:

VS Version	Minimum RAM	Recommended RAM
2005	192	256
2008	384	384+ XP 768+ Vista

Having 2GB + of RAM is nothing our days. Tomorrow, we will probably count RAM using Terra Bytes.

One great thing that Visual Studio 2008 brings for us, developers, is not only compatibility, but also optimization of the build process on multi core processor systems. This basically means more cores = faster build! And that, I must say, is COOL! Imagine using dual Quad processor system for building projects that usually take up to 10 hours to build. That reduces the overall build time to about 12%!!! Nice.

What is NOT nice nor COOL is that this feature was present also with Visual Studio 2005, just nobody informed us! And it so easy to enable it...

The /MP option can reduce the total time to compile the source files on the command line. The /MP option causes the compiler to create one or more copies of itself, each in a separate process. Then these copies simultaneously compile the source files. Consequently, the total time to build the source files can be significantly reduced.

So, just open Visual Studio, open up your C++ project (sorry C# users) -> right-click and select Properties -> in the left tree expand Configuration Properties -> expand C/C++ -> select Command Line. In the Additional options text area, type "/MP" and press OK. That's it, you're all set!

PS: I don't know if you need to restart VS or reboot your computer. It should not, since you are only modifying the command line arguments of the build command. Anyway, if you don't see any results after doing this change, you either did something wrong or need a new processor :P

I found a cool trick that is supposed to free your RAM memory without having to restart the system. I am a little skeptical about it, but I remember using a RAM cleaning tool when I was using only 64MB (a while ago :) ).

Steps to follow:

1. Create a new shortcut on your desktop (locate an empty spot on your desktop, right click on your mouse and select - New->Shortcut)

2. Type “windir\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks” without the brackets in the box and click next.

3. Name your shortcut “Clear RAM,” and click finish…. All done!…

Now, when your system slows down just click the clear ram shortcut, and you are back to your normal operating speed.

PS: I searched a few posts about this trick and some people even reported the reverse of this happening. I found some Delphi source code of an application that is supposed to also free the RAM memory of unused items. When I get the chance I will take a look and try to come back with a working solution to free up some RAM...

When you shut down Windows XP, the OS tries its best to make sure that all services (they help run things like graphics, printers etc) are shut down. But there are times when they don't close, thus Windows XP tries to give it the chance to shut down itself. This amount of time that windows waits for the service to close is stored in the system registry. If you modify this setting, then windows will shut down the service earlier. To modify the setting, follow the directions below:

1. Start Regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control.
3. Click on the "Control" Folder.
4. Select "WaitToKillServiceTimeout"
5. Right click on it and select Modify.
6. Set it to a value lower than 2000, say 1000 as a test.

To speed up the shutdown process even more, you can create a one-click-shutdown following these directions:

• Navigate to your Desktop.
• On the Desktop, right-click and go to New, then to Shortcut (in other words, create a new shortcut).
• You should now see a pop-up window instructing you to enter a command line path.
  
  Enter one of these as the path: SHUTDOWN -s -t 01
  
• If the C: drive is not your local hard drive, then replace "C" with the correct letter of the hard drive.
• Click the "Next" button.
• Name the shortcut and click the "Finish" button.

Now whenever you want to shut down, just click on this shortcut and you're done. Also, if you want to make life better and faster, you can right-click the new shortcut you just made, go to Properties, and type in X (or whatever letter) in the Shortcut Key box.

I just found a great post that helped me solve a problem I was having for a long time: how to download inline pictures from an Outlook (2003 in my case) message. If the images are attached, you can just select them all (using the SHIFT key) and copy/paste them in your desired location. But what do you do when you have the images inline (embedded) in the message? Check out the post below. In just 2-3 minutes you will have your problem solved!

I liked the article so much because it is very strait-forward. So I did not do any modifications to it. You can find the original post here: http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/saveembeddedpictures.htm

I also found a $20 solution for this problem (http://www.ope2000.com/product.htm), so thank you Internet! Here goes:

You’ve probably come across this at least once; You receive a nicely HTML formatted message with embedded pictures so the sender can tell the story with the pictures and when you try to save the pictures you can only save them as a bmp-file. Or; you receive a fun e-mail with an animated gif-file and when you try to save it you can only save or copy it as a bmp-file which will of course break the animation.

This How To article explains how you can save the embedded pictures in their original file format.

• Make sure the Visual Basic editor is installed
• Create macro
• Create a button for the macro
• Using the macro

Make sure the Visual Basic editor is installed

Since we are going to create a macro from code you must have the Visual Basic editor installed (which is the default). If you don’t have it installed you can install it by Control Panel-> Add/Remove Programs-> select your Office version-> button change. Now setup will start. Here you choose for Add or Remove Features-> Select “Choose advanced customization of applications” (Outlook 2003). In the list you get expand Microsoft Office-> Office Shared Features-> Visual Basic for Applications and set it to Run form My Computer. Press “Update” to install. You might need to insert your CD during setup.

This is where you can find the Visual Basic Editor when you have it installed

Create Macro

As I already provide you with the code, creating the macro is easy. The code has been tested with Outlook 2003 on Windows XP and Outlook 2007 on Windows Vista but should work on previous versions as well.

We start up the Visual Basic Editor by going to Tools-> Macro-> Visual Basic Editor. This will open a new screen. Choose Insert-> Module to create a new module dedicated to this macro. Select the newly created module in the left pane and rename it to “SaveAttachments” by changing the Properties value in the pane underneath. Copy and paste the code below to the module.

Private Const BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS As Long = &H1 Private Const BIF_DONTGOBELOWDOMAIN As Long = &H2 Private Const BIF_RETURNFSANCESTORS As Long = &H8 Private Const BIF_BROWSEFORCOMPUTER As Long = &H1000 Private Const BIF_BROWSEFORPRINTER As Long = &H2000 Private Const BIF_BROWSEINCLUDEFILES As Long = &H4000 Private Const MAX_PATH As Long = 260 Function BrowseFolder(Optional Caption As String, _ Optional InitialFolder As String) As String Dim SH As Shell32.Shell Dim F As Shell32.Folder Dim WshShell As Object Set SH = New Shell32.Shell Set F = SH.BrowseForFolder(0&, Caption, BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS, InitialFolder) Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") If Not F Is Nothing Then 'Special folders don't always return their full path that is why we check the title first Select Case F.Title Case "Desktop" BrowseFolder = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop") Case "My Documents" BrowseFolder = WshShell.SpecialFolders("MyDocuments") Case "My Computer" MsgBox "Invalid selection", vbCritical + vbOKOnly, "Error" Exit Function Case "My Network Places" MsgBox "Invalid selection", vbCritical + vbOKOnly, "Error" Exit Function Case Else BrowseFolder = F.Items.Item.Path End Select End If 'Cleanup Set SH = Nothing Set F = Nothing Set WshShell = Nothing End Function Sub SaveAttachment() 'Get all selected items Set MyOlApplication = CreateObject("Outlook.Application") Set MyOlNameSpace = MyOlApplication.GetNamespace("MAPI") Set MyOlSelection = MyOlApplication.ActiveExplorer.Selection 'Make sure at least one item is selected If MyOlSelection.Count = 0 Then Response = MsgBox("Please select an item first", vbExclamation, MyApplName) Exit Sub End If 'Make sure only one item is selected If MyOlSelection.Count > 1 Then Response = MsgBox("Please select only one item", vbExclamation, MyApplName) Exit Sub End If 'Retrieve the selected item Set MySelectedItem = MyOlSelection.Item(1) 'Retrieve all attachments from the selected item Dim colAttachments As Outlook.Attachments Dim objAttachment As Outlook.Attachment Set colAttachments = MySelectedItem.Attachments 'Here makes the user the folder selection Dim FolderPath As String FolderPath = BrowseFolder("Select a folder") If FolderPath = "" Then Response = MsgBox("Please select a folder. No items were saved", vbExclamation, MyApplName) Exit Sub End If 'Save all attachments to the selected location with a date and time stamp of message to generate a unique name Dim DateStamp As String Dim MyFile As String For Each objAttachment In colAttachments MyFile = objAttachment.FileName DateStamp = Format(MySelectedItem.CreationTime, " - yyyymmdd_hhnnss") intPos = InStrRev(MyFile, ".") If intPos > 0 Then MyFile = Left(MyFile, intPos - 1) & DateStamp & Mid(MyFile, intPos) Else MyFile = MyFile & "DateStamp" End If objAttachment.SaveAsFile (FolderPath & "\" & MyFile) Next 'Cleanup Set objAttachment = Nothing Set colAttachments = Nothing Set MyOlApplication = Nothing Set MyOlNameSpace = Nothing Set MyOlSelection = Nothing Set MySelectedItem = Nothing End Sub
Click in the area above and press CTR+A to select all. Press CTRL+C to copy the code

The code copied in the Visual Basic Editor.

Important!
Since this macro also uses Windows functionality to prompt you for a folder location we must add the reference to the project. To do this choose Tools-> References… and select Microsoft Shell Controls And Automation. After this press OK.

Now we debug the code by choosing Debug-> Compile Project1. You shouldn’t be getting errors if you’ve done everything correctly.
If you do get errors retrace your steps and also verify that any previous code you might have in ThisOutlookSession is correct. Debug until you’ve solved the errors (the code provided works correctly without any modifications).

To be able to run the code without setting your macro security level to medium I recommend that you sign your code which is a very easy process and only takes a minute.

Create a button for the macro

You can run the macro through Tools-> Macros… -> select the SaveAttachment macro and then press Run. However the easiest way to access and use the macro is to create a button for it. Since the macro works on the selected item we can create the button in the main Outlook window. Follow the instructions below to create a button.

1. Set the Toolbar in edit mode by going to View-> Toolbars-> Customize…
2. Select the tab Commands
3. In the Categories column select Macros
4. In the Commands toolbar click on Project1.SaveAttachment and hold down the mouse button.
5. Drag the icon to a location on the Toolbar so the pointer will loose the cross and release the mouse button to drop it in that location
6. Right click the icon to change the name and to assign it a button image you like (if you want to learn more about editing Toolbar buttons click here)
7. Press Close to leave edit mode

The Save Attachments icon in the Toolbar. Curious what my Running Man icon does?

Using the macro

Alright, now that we’ve gone through all the trouble we can finally save all types of embedded pictures in their original file format. To do this you select the message that contains the embedded pictures. When you click on the Save Attachments button you’ll save all attachments with a date and time stamp to a folder of choice. Note that it doesn’t save blocked attachments.

Say good-bye to converting bmp-s back to jpg-s and broken gif-s!

Earn Money with Google Adsense

On June 18, 2003, Google Inc. introduced the Adsense program to the world, allowing web publishers to earn money with Google Adsense in their sleep. Publishers, webmasters, and bloggers can sign up for the Google Adsense program and display relevant advertisements to their readers in conjunction with Google Adwords, Google’s pay per click revenue model.

Once your Adsense ads upload the Adsense code to your content pages, you generate earnings based on how many clicks your adverts generate. Earnings per click (aka EPC) range from $0.05 to $40, depending on the nature of your niche and advertising demand.

What Makes Google Adsense So Special and Unique?

Before Google released the Adsense Program, webmasters spent time & resources forming partnerships with potential advertisers to generate revenue from their sites. Online publishers would search for advertisers, get their contact information, call them up or e-mail them, then explain why a partnership would provide value to both parties.

As you can see, seeking out potential advertisers for your website is a time-consuming process.

Most people lack the marketing expertise and spare time to actively pursue advertisers for their websites. Google Adsense bridged the gap between advertisers and publishers, providing an easy to access and highly usable network of highly respected advertisers like Nike, eBay, Coca-Cola, etc.

Once provided with a third-party advertisement service, online publishers and webmasters gained the following advantages over non-Google Adsense members:

1. Make Money with 100% Automated Monetization Solutions - Using javascript, Google Adsense provides its publishers with a unique javascript code that serves up ads automatically on all content pages. Adsense’s search engine spiders automatically “read” the content on your pages, and display adverts within the context of your content. This translates to a 24/7, 365 automated cash machine that earns residual income in your sleep.
2. Gain Access to Fortune 500 Companies - No matter how large your website, any publisher may gain access to advertisements from some of the largest corporations in the world. Whether you run a personal blog or a high traffic social media network, you can capitalize on the professionalism of the Google Adsense network in no time flat.
3. Spend less time negotiating, More time writing - The greatest benefit is the absence of constantly updating and searching for new advertisements. Adsense is a “set it and forget it” solution, which is why webmasters become so obsessed over its powerful earnings potential.

Getting Started with Google Adsense

There is a small learning curve for Google Adsense, and potential publishers should become familiar with the following terms before joining the Adsense program:

• EPC - stands for Earning Per Click, probably the most important acronym in the Adsense language. EPC gauges how much money your advertisements generate per click-through to the respective advertiser’s landing page.
• eCPM - stands for earnings per cost per mile, helps to understand how much money you make per 1,000 page views. Lucrative niches like finance, mortgage loans, and Healthcare generate more revenue than less popular niches like blogging & sports. Competition for high dollar products is stiff; Advertisers will duel it out on Adwords to make sure consumers get their eyeballs on the products & services they have to offer
• CTR - stands for Click Through Rate, just Google’s way of tracking how often web surfers click on your advertisement. If you receive 30 clicks for every 1,000 ad views, your CTR is 3%. It’s important to track your CTR closely, and figure ways to increase Adsense CTR without turning off your visitors/audience.

I won’t explain every single element of the Adsense language because some parts are trivial. If you fully comprehend the 3 acronyms above, you will be ahead of 80% of your competition. So please focus on the basics because truth is always simple.

How to Generate Traffic & Make Some Money

I know the background info & learning curve stuff seems tedious, but it’s very necessary to maximize your earnings. Now let’s discuss to how generate traffic, then monetize this traffic to make some cold hard cash.

Traffic is the liveblood of Adsense

Daily, consistent web traffic is the only way to make big money with Google Adsense. Without web traffic, you have no visitors, and without visitors, who will click your advertisements?

Don’t encourage friends or family to click your Adsense adverts. It’s illegal, and you’ll get in trouble. So your only other option is to legally attract targeted visitors to your website who find your advertisements as helpful, instead of abusive.

One way to generate traffic is to write high quality content that incorporates high dollar keywords within the content body. Your visitors benefit from your highly informative, well-written articles, plus you benefit from the Adsense earnings received from those articles. It’s a win-win situation, and in my opinion yields the best results.

Please stay away from automated websites or scraped content with Adsense ads embedded within the stolen articles. You don’t want to travel down that road. So stick to the basics, pump out high quality content, target high paying keywords, and learn about Adsense unit optimization.

Along with high quality content comes Search Engine Optimization, aka SEO, because search engines drive more traffic than paid or referral-based models. Always place your most important keyword in the title of your web page, and sprinkle other important keywords within your content body. SEO is a skill that takes time to grasp.

If you want to pick up SEO basics fast, I recommend purchasing Aaron Wall’s SEObook.

Find High Paying Adsense Keywords

Researching your niche to discover the most lucrative keywords is a surefire way to increase your Adsense earnings quickly. I recommend using Adwords Keyword Tool to find out how much each keyword is worth to an Adwords advertiser. Simply fire up the Google Keyword tool, enter a broad keyword for your niche, then select Cost estimates (CPC) from the drop-down box, and hit enter.

Adwords will display a long list of available for bidding keywords, along with cost estimates listed beside them. Pay attention to which keywords have the highest CPC because these same keywords will make you the most money.

Of course, Google will take their cut, so remember to stay away from low-paying keywords, e.g., 10 cents and below, because they will earn you peanuts.

Doing preliminary niche keyword research will help you avoid low-paying niches as well. It makes no sense to enter a non-lucrative niche and try to make money with Google Adsense. Think high dollar niches like money, retirement, healthcare, consumer products, insurance, etc. Everyone has knowledge in at least 1 high dollar niches because we all consumer products 7 services. Write down a list of niches that you wish to enter, then use the Adwords Keyword tool to identify the most lucrative one, and go from there.

4 Adsense Unit Optimization Tips

Developing content, researching keywords, and driving targeted traffic is only half the battle. Successful Adsense publishers spend time optimizing the actual Adsense unit to generate the highest earnings potential. This is critical if you wish to earn money with Google Adsense online.

While you can browse Adsense resources to pick up tips from other publishers, I will share 4 quick and easy Adsense optimization tips:

1. Use the 336 x 280 Large Adsense rectangle - It’s the highest performing Adsense unit, and is recommended by most high earning publishers. If you decide to place ads on your sidebar, use the 160 x 600 wide skyscraper instead.
2. Blend Your Ads within your content - Web searchers desire content, not obtrusive ads that scream “click me!” Blend your adverts within your content by making your ad link colors the same as your normal web links. Also, try to embed the Adsense unit within content so your ads appear like helpful third-party recommendations. No one will castigate you because you show advertisements on your website. You deserve to earn money for all your hard work, but also respect your visitors and make your Adsense units look as helpful and friendly as possible
3. Utilize Hot Spots & Above the Fold Space - Hot spots are sections where visitor’s eyes spend great amounts of time. General hot spots are: the top left corner of your webpage, right above your content, and directly below your content before comments. Placing your ad units near hot spots should increase your earnings substantially. And when in doubt about ad units, place your ads at the top of your webpages (aka above the fold). Many of your visitors never scroll down the page, so you’re missing out on potential revenue if your advertisements are way at the bottom of your website
4. Test, Test, and Test Some More - Your website and niche is very unique, so test out placements and track results using Adsense channels. What works for Myspace may differ from what works for your website. Once you identify a lucrative space & Ad unit size, play with the colors and layout to further increase your earnings.

Wrapping Up on Google Adsense

Google Adsense is an amazing revenue program, and it has literally changed how people around the world live their lives. There are countless stories of individuals quitting their day jobs to focus on writing because Adsense pays their bills now.

I’m sure Google will roll out more revenue vehicles in the future, but right now Adsense is by far the easiest method to make money online. You don’t need to sell; you don’t need to learn programming; All you need is a bit of knowledge on Adsense optimization and the desire to write great content that people want to read.

I’ve said enough now. If you have any comments or questions, or want to share an Adsense resource with everyone, please leave them below.

Good luck with your Adsense success!

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