Life as you go
If getting life insurance leads to peace of mind as I go through a busy day which starts with commuting to work then I’m all for it. I look at insurance as a form of forced savings, something I HAVE to do if I really care for the people I’ll be leaving behind in case I walk into the way of a speeding truck or get mugged or something like that. This is a more formal and systematic way of putting a little away for that inevitable day which most of us would rather not think about. We just need to make sure that we pick the right company to administer our savings for us.
Keeping fit vs. losing weight
There may be a lot to be said about keeping fit vs. losing weight. They may not necessarily mean the same thing in my opinion. I have seen a lot of people who may be considered over their BMI but are still quick and agile, as opposed to bone thin young things who can hardly lift the notepads they write on.
Quite a few people I know (including myself for a few months) have resorted to dietary solutions such as Slimquick Cleanse, but while some of them swear by the results, none have actually stuck to their chosen method. Why? Because most of the solutions cost money and have strained the budget and have to be put aside, even for the plain and simple reason that other people in the family need to eat.
On the other hand, nothing beats activity, and it is activity that keeps one fit. Just by looking at my pictures 3 years ago and comparing them to recent ones, I can tell that activity is the solution I need, although these days I may not have the ideal lifestyle. Three years ago I was in the technical department and would go out on calls every week. Now that my behind is stuck to my chair in web development, I get no such activity. I have tried a few pills, and they have worked, but they are too expensive to maintain, not to mention a few unwanted side effects that have manifested themselves.
These days, slimming down may actually be more expensive than keeping fit.
Clever advertising
One of the nifty things I’ve seen on websites these days is the appearance of a walk-on character video that plays on top of the content on the site, like a hologram. The one I’ve seen on a website that advertises for Seattle injury lawyer is one of the best I’ve seen so far. It is small enough to be unobtrusive and the audio is at acceptable levels even for work.
Web technologies that serve advertising have come a long way since the gif banners that we used to make 10 years ago.
Free blog hosting
Free Blog Hosting is something that Sam and i are looking into these days, especially one that can host a domain. I once made the rounds of free WordPress hosting services, but more than half of them aren’t around anymore. Of course blogger.com and wordpress.com are still around, both in their own way relatively ad-free and customizable to a point.
Since I am also into sponsored posts it is important that I can find free blog hosting that will allow me to do so, and one that my sponsors will allow me to use. The days when my earnings from the net used to pay for my blog’s hosting are at an end, and finding a good free site that can be as flexible and customizable will be a boon.
I have shifted our photoblog Gallery on Gaerlan St. to wordpress.com free hosting, but I found that it imposes limitations on the kind of code that I can put into text widgets and that no javascript was allowed anywhere on the site. This posed problems for me since I am an Entrecard member and have had to give up Gaerlan St.’s Entrecard after the move. This was doubly frustrating since I had opted for their $10 a year hosting service without verifying the fact that I can use Javascript.
I am hoping to find a less limiting host soon.
*Note: This is a sponsored post.
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