For those of us who dream of being able to support ourselves by simply blogging each day. This story tells it’s possible, but not overnight.

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These are weirdest, most ill-conceived toys from around the globe. If you’re about to say that they’re “weird” only because of our own xenophobic ignorance of other cultures, well, we have two words for you: Poop toys. You’ll see. Surprisingly, not all of these are from Japan.

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There is one hard and fast rule in generating income for your website: A steady flow of website traffic. If no one goes to your site, it hardly bares a chance of generating an income.

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Frying a pizza results in one that is ultracrisp, with the wonderful flavor of olive oil permeating the dough.

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In what can only be called the biggest bonehead move since Bill Buckner’s error in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, Major League Baseball has deactivated a DRM license server used to verify your worthiness to play back video of games you purchased online. Claiming the full-game downloads were “one-time sales”, MLB is completely unapologetic to fans

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Commercial video converter software’s aplenty, but there are several solid free utilities that can convert your video files on every operating system, or if you’ve just got a web browser and a quick clip. Put DVDs on your iPod, YouTube videos on DVD, or convert any video file with today’s top 10 free video rippers, encoders and converters

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There are several thousands of WordPress plugins in the WordPress community and new plugins are coming out everyday. However, not all plugins are useful, in fact some are very bad written that will mess up your site or harm your WordPress installation. So how do you know which plugins are right for you?

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In this tutorial we’re going to create some really sharp looking glow effects using a combination of layer styles, the pen tool and colour blending. The end effect is quite stunning and hopefully you’ll pick up some tips you didn’t know before.

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Don’t ditch your classic Xbox just because you can’t play Halo 3 on it: now it’s easier than ever to transform that old neglected console into a Unix-based media command center. A simple software exploit lets you replace Microsoft’s crippled dashboard and run the incredible, open source Xbox Media Center (XBMC) software

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“Today I was arrested by the Brooklyn, Ohio police department. It all started when I refused to show my receipt to the loss prevention employee at Circuit City, and it ended when a police officer arrested me for refusing to provide my driver’s license.”

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