Update: When I got Windows Vista, I switched again. Now I’m using Windows Mail (Dec. 2nd, 2007).
The last few weeks had seen my spam-count sky rocket. I think the extra exposure I gave my sites with some pretty heavy advertising campaigns must have pulled in as many spammers as honest visitors. I guess I’d been [...]
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Earlier this year I started on ESL-Kids.com, a website that offers printable flashcards and worksheets for teachers like me - ESL teachers on the front lines everyday, faced with an army of children and only a few ABC cards to defend ourselves with.
It was a slow start, but recently I’ve given ESL Kids a facelift, [...]
I’ve been using Google Adwords to advertise my websites for over a year now, but I’ve kept my advertising budget as low as possible. However, I’ve been experimenting this month with different sized advertising budgets to see what effect it has on the number of visitors to my sites, and how much I earn through [...]
I’ve been writing a lot of posts about Japan since I started this blog and not enough about English teaching or making money on the internet. Today, I’ll focus on the internet side of things.
The first thing I do every day is check my email (read ‘delete spam’) and then I log straight into my [...]
I woke up this morning to find an email from one of my best childhood friends - talk about a pleasant surprise! We last made contact about ten years ago, so it was great to hear from him. It got me thinking about how people maintain long-distance friendships.
When I first came to Japan on a [...]
I’m starting to get really fed up with email. I get over 200 messages a week and usually only a handful of them are not spam.ﾂCleaning out the spam has become a daily part of my routine,ﾂmuch likeﾂbrushing my teeth, taking a shower and washing the dishes. If I don’t do it every day, my [...]
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I didn’t come to Japan for the money. No, really! I’d love to say I came to experience the culture, learn the language and teach English, but if truth be told, I came for a girl… but that’s another story.
So, although I wasn’t here for the money at first, it has become a big reason [...]
One of my studentsﾂwanted to write an English translationﾂ of an interview she found in a magazine, and not an easy one at that. Her final translation came to seven pages, and she asked me to check it. “Sure, no problem, let me have a look” I agreed.
Although this student’s English level is pretty high, [...]
