[JimC]

Originally Posted by Apollia

Aww, I rather liked your http://www.l2internet.com/ site, but I can't reach it anymore.

Yeah that's a long story. I had multiple problems with both visitors and my hosting provider, so I just canceled the account. I might do something like that in the future.

Originally Posted by Apollia

Neither do I, but, the one job I managed to stick with for a long period of time (a little more than a year) was a part-time (but still very wearisome) job as a copy editor/typist at a local newspaper.

I've been wanting to do this, but our local newspaper never has any openings... when they do, it's for journalism graduates and such.

Originally Posted by Apollia

In retrospect I think I might've been better off spending all that time on learning to program - at that job, I didn't learn many new skills, and the money I made didn't do me much good, since I had to spend it mostly on bills, and in the end I still wound up drowning in debt anyhow.

Sorry to hear this but trust me, you have to be an extremely gifted programmer to make much money, unless you get a lucky gig with Microsoft, Google, etc... I've been a programmer for a while now and the effort and time isn't worth the pay.

Originally Posted by Apollia

Another thing I did for money years ago was selling on eBay. Various obstructions got in my way back then (like my lack of transportation to the post office and bank, lack of a good-quality digital camera, lack of valuable possessions to sell, etc.), but, in all I think I made around $400 in 8 months, which was almost sufficient for me back in those days. I think I could have done much better than that if not for all the limitations I had to deal with back then. I never had to actually talk to a single customer - all the transactions were done via email.

I probably would be doing this right now if it wasn't for all of the scamming. It's so easy to get ripped off on sites like that.

Originally Posted by Apollia

I still remember you mentioning to me about your friend who makes $20,000 a month in Second Life. Just thought I'd remind you of that idea. You might not be interested in scripting, but, creating neat-looking 3D objects/buildings/or whatever without scripts in them isn't too technical, and depending on what you build I suppose it could even be somewhat similar to designing floor plans.

Yeah, this is floating around in my mind. I don't have much experience with 3D modeling, but I'm getting more and more interested in it. There is also a game like second life called Entropia Universe. The only problem is that people say it's a very risky business, both financially and personal health.

I'll have to check out OpenSim now too.

Originally Posted by Apollia

I still wouldn't rule out just having a website, and leaving it up on the web whether or not you're interested in updating it frequently. It's useful to have an established presence on the web, with various incoming links, etc., so if you ever do get re-interested in web stuff, you won't have to start from scratch with an entirely new site with zero traffic.

I agree, but I am having trouble finding a topic that is unique, valuable, and something that I care enough about to update it at least once in a while.
I will probably always be looking for website ideas though, I was born a web developer and will always have that motivation to put something online.

Originally Posted by Apollia

Despite the fact that I have a website, my interest in maintaining it fluctuates, and I often go for months without a significant update. But, just leaving it up on the web provides value to people, and also provides me a potential income stream, since I never know when someone might send me a donation (it's rare but it has happened), and, if I ever find an ad program I like, that will be another potential source of revenue. I also could maybe try selling stuff directly from my website (haven't tried that yet, though), and there are probably plenty of other possibilities for making money with it that I haven't even thought of.

Exactly. I have had smalltownbigshot.com for over a year (it just expired today) and I hadn't updated it in a few months, yet I was still getting some clicks on Google ads. If I didn't run out of things to talk about, I could probably be doing very well by now.



Thanks for the input!