A few days ago I wrote about work-at-home scams here. After a little thought, I decided to dig up a little dirt on this subject. I turned over a few virtual rocks out on the net, and sure enough, one of the work-at-home scammers crawled out from under one of them. I visited the popular…

I’ve always hated pop-up advertising with a passion. I find it hard to imagine anything more annoying than these pop-up and slide-in (my name for them) ads that jump in front of you when you visit a site. Yes, I do believe in right of web site owners to put anything they want on their…

I tend to read a lot of news on the net. I’m always following links on various sites that link to news stories on other sites. The Drudge Report is one of the best examples of this. I don’t know how many times I have followed a link to a news site (usually a web…

It’s obvious that the web presents a great way to make money for quite a few people. I buy stuff on the web all the time, and have done a lot of business with some of the well-known sites like Amazon.com and Newegg.com. My experience with both these sites has been very good, and I…

Or perhaps more importantly, watch how you say something to spammers. Once upon a time, I used to reply to spammers every so often. I would send them a piece of spam for one of my services and ask them how they liked being spammed in return. Naturally, since the vast majority of spam is…

They’re everywhere. If you spend time surfing around the Internet to visit various web sites, chances are good that you have seen the work-at-home ads. Maybe it is just the sites I tend to visit, but I see them all the time. Now who doesn’t want to work at home? Granted, there are some people…