Some Lucky Person Is Going To Win $1,900 In Prizes
June 21, 2008
And I hope it’s me! 
The only times I mention contests here on MeAndMyDrum is when they’re big. And the one I have to tell you about now is BIG!
It’s being held by Keith James Lock of KeithJamesLock.com. The grand prize list is worth $1,900. And get this: all of it is going to one person!
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Win A Flip Mino Camcorder From The Net Fool
June 15, 2008
The Net Fool is holding a contest with the prize being a Flip Mino video camcorder and a $50 Market Leverage gift card. Jim, the Net Fool, is doing this to celebrate his birthday later this Thursday, but the contest runs until next week, so you have a little more time to enter.
I’ve heard good things about the Flip video camera. They compact, easy to use, and have great features making it easy for a video novice to quickly make a video and upload to your favorite video sites.
I’m beginning to see more and more references about Market Leverage, too. They’re clearly trying to increase awareness and I’d have to say that they’re doing a pretty good job of it. It seems like I find a blog everyday that either is advertising it or blogging about it. I’ve already signed up with them myself and eager to see what my partnership with them will bring. I plan on writing more about them myself, so I’ll give you my own perspective on what you can do to make money online with them.
Turning focus on The Net Fool.
Jim’s off to a great start having established his blog back in October of 2007. He’s a student of finance at Penn State University which explains his interest in the topic. That’s so important, too. If you’re not interested what you blog about, then it makes for a difficult time.
In addition to finding information about stock markets and finance and such, you’ll find some blogging tips as well. He has an interesting take on what to charge for paid posts. You’ll learn the pros and cons for over-charging or under-charging to write your reviews. For those of you considering doing paid reviews, I think you’d do well to read his post.
So about the contest.
It’s easy to enter and as it seems to be the norm these days, there are a number of ways to obtain more chances to win. The easiest way is to subscribe to his feed via email. I’d encourage you to visit his post for more details.
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Catchya LaterLoop!
May 24, 2008
I just found out about this slick service called LaterLoop. It’s a free and handy way to save things you find online and return to for later reading. I love the way it integrates with Firefox and I think you will, too.
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Free Text Editors That Fit Your Writing Habits
May 21, 2008
There are a gazillion text editors available, which is amazing when you think about it. How much can you improve on a tool designed to enter text? Well, evidently a lot because I’ve seen one end of the spectrum that has the bare bones essentials and then the other end offering you all sorts of scratch-n-sniff options.
I’ve found some nice choices for you to consider that I’d like to share with you, which are all FREE!
Writer: A simple name with a simple interface. Pictured above, you can see that it’s distraction-free enabling you to just focus on your words. One of the things I look for in a text editor is word count and this one has it — and I don’t have to select the text first! I also like the choices of colors to make it easy on the eye. The toolbar lights up when you roll over it with your mouse, but then fades after a few seconds.
You can also save your files online (create a free account), send the files in a number of ways (even to your WordPress blog), download it or convert it to a PDF. This is one of my favorites.
Q10: This one is a software download and loads very fast. Plus it maximizes on your screen by default — another distraction-free interface. Once I discovered that F1 gives you a list of the shortcuts Q10 offers, that really opened the door for me to know how to tweak it. For example, you change change color combinations, search and replace, go through a list of recent files, spellcheck, and you can even toggle the tiny toolbar on and off if it’s just too much for you. Other features are included as well. So go check it out!
DarkCopy: a very slimmed down version of the previous two choices is DarkCopy. It, too, offers an easy-on-the-eye interface which is green text on black background. No other choices for colors though. No other bells and whistles, so if you’re in a hurry to find only a text editor, this is one to keep in mind. You can download your file and choose to do a full-screen.
Notepad++: this one here is my old standby. Actually, I do use it quite often; it depends on my mood. By far, this one has a plethora of options, including recording macros and all types of plugins. It’s great for coding. Among the basics are line numbers, word wrap at a width you determine, hiding lines, moving chunks of text by a simple keyboard command, and so much more.
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Dictate Your Notes Using Free Jott Service
April 9, 2008
I’m in the car right now writing this to you or to be more accurate I’m having a service called Jott type it for me. It’s actually dictating what I’m saying right now on my cell phone. And after I’m done what it does is it sends that information transcribed all ready to me along with a voice message that I can get to my email. So all I’ve done is copy and paste this information into my Wordpress post to show you what the whole thing looks like and to see how easy it is to use.
Okay, I’m home now and continuing with my writing using WordPress.
Jott is a free online service designed to help you communicate with others easily. Not only can it dictate your words, but it can also send that information to people you want, plus it will send you reminders for tasks.
What’s more, the email that it sends, not only contains the message as text, but it also attaches the voice recording. All you have to do is call up the toll-free number and you’re greeted with a normal sounding voice (as a opposed to a robot), and it asks you to whom you’d like to Jott. If you’ve entered someone as your contacts in your account already, just say their name and it will confirm your request and allow you to begin recording.
When I found out about Jott, I could see the potential at making things a little easier for people on-the-go or who just have a lot of information to deal with. It’s pretty handy, actually. With the exception of two words in the quote above, it came straight from Jott’s transcription of my voice. The changes I made were really my own fault and probably had to do with the way I stopped in the middle of a sentence. But who cares — just think of when you have the need to write something down, but don’t have something to write it on. Just call up Jott and you can send it to yourself or someone of your choosing.
Go on, give it a try!
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What Is Micro Niche Finder And Why You Need It Right Now
April 3, 2008
Maybe you’ve heard of Micro Niche Finder before, but decided to wait to get it or didn’t understand how it could help you make money online. Hopefully, after you read this, you’ll decide now is the time to buy because the price is about to go up! Not only that, but it could help you make up for the cost of the software when you unleash what it can do for you.
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