Since the Super Bowl I have talked to a lot of people about the commercials, hell its good conversation and its great to remember some of the better commercials, who could forget the Apple Ad of 1984. Anyways most of the people I talked to said advertisers pay way too much for the 30-second spot,…
Super Bowl Thoughts
I’m not really a football fan, I mean I can sit and enjoy a game on TV, but I’m not a die-hard fan. Even though I rarely watch football I had to watch the Super Bowl, it is the biggest football game all year so it is going to be a great game and of…
Microsoft Offers Yahoo $44.6 Billion!?!
You may not think that I follow stocks that much, mainly because I never really talk about them on the blog, but I do follow the big players, Google, Apple, Yahoo, Sony, Microsoft etc. Things haven’t been looking good at all for Yahoo. Their Q4 earnings were down 23 percent and their stock has been…
Advertising Now Available
If you have been reading this blog for a while you may have noticed that we been running on mostly third-party ads, but now we are offering advertising for anyone. With a lot of good posts coming up and RSS subscribers increasing I though it would be a great idea to offer private advertising. Pricing…
Some Adsense Tips
With affiliate marketing becoming so popular people are moving away from Google Adsense, but a lot of people are still dependent on it for income and I am one of those people. Since Google decided to screw us on the clickable area it has been harder and harder to make the money we used to….
Motivation From CES
Besides all of good times at the parties and events during CES the thing that I took away most from CES was motivation. I have been working on ThinkComputers since 2001 and I wouldn’t have imagined that it would be my full-time job that actually pays well and I enjoy doing. I proved to a…
The CES 2008 Swag
Almost every trade show you go to there will be some type of swag given away, usually its t-shirts and pens, but some companies go out of their way to have some really cool swag to make you remember them. This year at CES I did end up getting a good amount of swag, although…
Arbitrage For Beginners
Arbitrage is a word you probably have heard around the blogosphere. So what is it really? Wikipedia explains that arbitrage is the practice of taking advantage of a price differential between two or more markets. So basically you want to capitalize on the imbalance. Still don’t follow? Ok let’s make this easier, say you make…
CES Wrap Up
As I said CES really kicked my ass! Unlike a lot of people who went for fun, I was there for work. One of my goals for this year is to take ThinkComputers to the next level and with that means a lot more work. So while at CES we tried to cover as much…
Vegas at Night
Las Vegas is an amazing place, of course it is known for its hotels and casino’s, but it is also one of the United States fastest growing cities. I have been to Las Vegas 3 times and each was great, every year it seems like they are building something new. I have never flown into…
The Pens Can Win Without Crosby
As you all know I am a huge hockey fan. Living in Pittsburgh I am of course a Pittsburgh Penguins fan. Friday one of the worst things that could have happened to the Penguins did, Sidney Crosby got hurt, suffering a high ankle sprain. Usually in Hockey a high ankle sprain will take you out…
Sony Online Entertainment Party
As I said before so many parties at CES are the same. Most companies will have their party in a Suite and it usually is the same every year. Well to set themselves apart from other companies Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) has a poker tournament in the spirit of Las Vegas. Now originally I was…
Bill Gates Last Day at Microsoft
One thing that I always looked forward to at CES was the Bill Gates keynote, not only is he a great public speaker, they was always usually a funny video in there, if sure some of you remember the Bill Gates goes to college video. Since this yeah was his last CES keynote he made…
Envy Steakhouse with John Chow
If there is one food I couldn’t live without it would have to be steak. It is probably my favorite food. That is why I was so mad that John was not able to have this years TTZ Media dinner at Envy Steakhouse, as I posted earlier we just went to a buffet. Envy Steakhouse…
Dinner and Phantom of the Opera
There are so many CES parties, but they are mostly all the same. This year LiteOn and AOC did something different. These 2 companies went out of their way to really treat us. First they took us to see Phantom of the Opera at the Venetian. I had not been to a show since high…