Education is Free, College is Not
Today’s “progressive” nonsense: ^ as seen on facebook (The Other 98%) This wanna-be student is holding up a sign complaining about how education costs money that they don’t already have. It doesn’t...
View ArticleThe Benevolence of Politicians
You don’t hear a lot about the benevolence of politicians. Hell, you’re much more likely to run into slander and hate speech in regards to incumbents and presidential nominees. President Obama is a...
View ArticleThe Ambiguous Descriptor
When two or more people try to discuss something, regardless of their native languages, they run into language problems. The biggest language problem I’ve observed, and the one I’m going to discuss...
View ArticleThe Wrong Solution to the Right Problem
Today Upper Michigan Source posted a poll asking readers “Should employers be required to grant part-time workers paid sick days?” The result of the poll showed a majority of people answering “yes.” So...
View ArticleVoting for Your Boss
Imagine a world where you can fire your boss if he doesn’t pay you enough. If you don’t like your pay or benefits, just get together with your fellow coworkers and vote for higher pay. Start with a...
View ArticleThose Greedy Capitalists!
“Those greedy capitalists!” has been used as a battle cry by useless political pundits like Michael Moore for years. First off, putting greedy as an adjective before the noun capitalist is a bit...
View ArticleLoL – How Important Are Levels?
Recently, I’ve emphasized the importance of levels while playing League of Legends. “I can take him, I’ve got 2 levels on him” but I’ve been met with remarks like, “levels aren’t that important” or...
View ArticleProtected: Your Fucking Relationship is Important
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View ArticleHow Obamacare Ruins Health Insurance
Let’s start with some terminology about health insurance so that we are on the same page. Similar to automobile insurance, which covers you and your vehicle in an accident as well as anyone you harm in...
View ArticleWordPress – The First 5 Steps
We’re going to start configuring and optimizing WordPress. Today we’ll knock out the first 5 steps to setting up our WordPress blog. Don’t feel like you need to follow along with all the steps or even...
View ArticleWordPress – Installing Basic Plugins
Next up you will want to install some basic plugins to monitor traffic, provide SEO tools and prevent spam. The plugins I use are just based on my personal experience and preference. There are several...
View ArticleUsing FeedBurner in WordPress
Once you’re creating content and people are reading it. The next thing you should do is hook your WordPress blog up to social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and e-mail. What if you don’t...
View ArticleCheapest WordPress Hosting
A lot of people start their WordPress blogs hosted right at wordpress.com (yourblog.wordpress.com), and there’s nothing wrong with that. However, as you expand and want to install plugins, themes and...
View ArticleInstalling WordPress at Nearly Free Speech
Yesterday I went over the cheapest WordPress hosting options and came to the conclusion that Nearly Free Speech is the clear winner if you’re willing to do some technical stuff yourself. If you’re not...
View ArticleSyncing WordPress with Twitter
Remember a few weeks ago when I wrote about strategies to drive traffic to your site? One of the important parts of being a good author is to give your audience ways to subscribe to your future...
View ArticleHow to Find the Post ID or Page ID in WordPress
Looking for your post’s ID? It’s actually really easy to find if you know how. Simple Answer: Edit the post that you want the ID of. Once the editor is up, check the URL of your web browser. You should...
View ArticleUsing Event Tracking with Google Analytics
Google’s Analytic software has a neat feature that allows you to track arbitrary events opposed to page visits. That means you can track activity on your site such as when a visitor clicks an affiliate...
View ArticleWho Pays Their Fair Share of Taxes?
In the United States political realm you can’t go far without hearing someone mention ‘their fair share’ of taxes. From the Obama administration this is usually directed at folks like Warren Buffet who...
View ArticleHow to Create a Conditional Sidebar in WordPress
Wordpress allows you to change the ‘template’ based on what is being viewed. You can set a specific piece of content (a page or post) to use a certain template (instead of the default) and then...
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