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Old 12-08-2006, 03:53 AM
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Some very interesting stuff here.

I just spent an hour reading some of these, and I don't consider that time wasted at all

My own blog documents my journey from a zero to, hopefully, hero. Links to most recent articles may be found in the sig
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Old 12-08-2006, 05:18 AM
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I've had my flash and design blog for a while, but I didn't feel right putting personal stuff in there. So I bought a new domain and made a new blog.

I just got this domain today and this will be for all my PD and errata, non design posts.

Personal Development of Andrew Fitzgerald

I may design a new layout if I have time, but it's the default for now.
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Old 12-08-2006, 05:25 PM
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This is a great idea for a thread, and it has led me to several new and interesting blogs I probably wouldn't have found otherwise. So, thanks for that!

I've been blogging for several years, but never used to have any commitment or consistency about doing it. As you can read on my website, that's pretty much been a pattern in my life for too long.

So basically, I've recently resurrected my Mauder's Money Matters blog (and main website) and decided to blog about everything I've learned since 1991 about what does and doesn't work when it comes to making money online. Geez, you'd think I'd have it mastered by now!

My blog will probably always have a bit of a "personal finance" slant to it, because I love writing/talking/teaching about things I've learned in the areas of debt reduction, budgeting, investing, etc. But for the most part, the goal of my blog now is to document my progress as I go from "lazy, procrastinating, opportunity junkie" to "successful Internet business owner."

No matter how I get there... I'm GONNA get there (and I actually have a solid plan this time)! Along the way, I'll be blogging about my entire journey to total market domination....er...uh...I mean, total Internet business success!

Hopefully you'll pop in and/or subscribe to my blog feed to see what I have to say. Please join in too! All my posts are comment enabled because my favorite part of blogging is hearing from my readers.

The Mauder's Money Matters blog address is Mauders Money Matters Blog

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Old 12-10-2006, 08:40 PM
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I have two blogs that I'm currently working on.

The older one is my personal blog SoJoe.Info where I cover info about how I lost weight, recipies, wordpress plugins, silent software installations, and general babble.

The newer one is ITsVISTA, which focuses on everything Windows Vista, with a focus on information that can help IT professionals. I just started it the day Vista was released to manufacturing for enterprise, but I'm quickly adding info.
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Old 12-10-2006, 09:31 PM
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I recently launched Everyday Wonderland, a "practical guide to spiritual awakening." A weblog talking about enlightenment, inspiration, creativity, enthusiasm, inner peace; basically talking about how one can create and inhabit an everyday wonderland in their daily lives.

I've wanted to write about this for a while, and the opening of this forum was a sort of tipping point for me because it was the first time I had ever written about any of this outside of my personal journal.

It's been live for a week now, and I'm really enjoying the whole thing. Both the writing (a great learning experience for me), and then I also enjoy all the little maintenance bits and the tweaking. All wonderful stuff
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Old 12-10-2006, 09:46 PM
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I just launched my first blog: Generalization Nation

It's purpose is to dispel the common things we say that we have no actual knowledge of.

I'm talked about how 95% of people from New Jersey are ********, why to use soap, and what metabolism is (coming up).

Check it out!
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Old 12-10-2006, 10:44 PM
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Neat topic!

Luscious Life by Isis Kali is about, well, living a luscious life. It's about being more sensual. It's dating, relationships, and love for thinking people. There's also reviews. Soon, I'll have my fiction in ebook form. I think that you can probably guess that I'm going to aggresively monetize it. I just got hosting, and that'll be happening in the next week. I'm also going to offer a e-shop, tarot readings, and a blog carnival called "We're Blogging Sexy Back". Yeah, I love that song. Hush.

I've always had a vision of having a great one-stop shopping place for people to come to learn something about themselves, get more spiritual, be frank and honest about thier sexuality, and buy candles and a vibrator- heh. I also wanted something geared towards younger people under 35. Our dating and sexual lives are so different than what people experienced even 10 years ago.

I really would love to thank everyone that's visited already! I've gotten almost 500 hits in one week. The blog is only one week old, too (although I backdated some entries with thier actual date of writing, not posting). Very cool! I'm going to keep on keeping on, because I really want this!
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Old 12-11-2006, 07:18 PM
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Default "musings in my software craftsmanship endeavors"

I've been blogging very sporadically for about 3 or so years, first on LiveJournal and recently moving to my own domain (including all of the old content). My blog is primarily focused on programming and Free Software. I like to post how-tos and small programs I have written.

I'd like to start blogging more, so I'm hoping I can start adding entries more regularly.

I call it musings in my software craftsmanship endeavors.

I welcome any feedback or advice!
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Old 12-11-2006, 07:31 PM
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This is my blog:
Cliffskis Mumblings...

I'm an independent game developer (which is how I first got to hear about steve) from the UK. I've done a few varied jobs in the past (boatbuilder/windowcleaner/guitarteacher/itconsultant) before working in the mainstream game business. I've run my own small one-man company since 1997,. but it only became my sole source of income just over a year ago, from where things have just got better and better.
This is despite the fact that I have very little willpower, self-control, or any of the things steve seems to have perfected! Still, I hope to learn!
My blogs mainly about the game business, and running a small company, with occasional mentions of cats, star trek and archery
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I just started a new blog about a week ago. Something I was reading online (might have been around here) mentioned the method of becoming happier in life by thinking about and listing three good things that happen every day. So, I created my blog Three Good Things for the purpose of sharing three good things that happen each day. My hope is that other people will start coming and reading it and be encouraged by it, and even start leaving comments telling of their three good things for the day. So yeah, check it out!

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Old 12-12-2006, 09:07 PM
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Good idea on the thread, and there's some great stuff here. I run an internet entrepreneurship blog at Flee The Cube and a travel blog at Argentina's Travel Blog.
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Old 12-13-2006, 06:17 AM
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I decided over the last Summer to start a blog directed towards Spanish students. I was studying Spanish at the time but had little website development and programming skills. Four months later, LearnSpanishEveryday.com has reached a level where its usable!

I'm very proud of where its at right now and I have lots of plans for the future. Its just starting to get picked up by the various crawlers and traffic is slowly increasing, but ad revenue is still zilch.

I'm always looking for suggestions to improve it, so please let me know if you have any!
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Old 12-14-2006, 07:36 AM
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Ooo Shoe Blog!!! Must go there

And MamaDuck, I visit your blog, I found it through the Problogger group writing project, and it's cute and funny and nice

I'm going to visit a lot of these blogs soon.

My own blog is listed in my sig, here are links to some of my top articles:

How to 'buy' Happiness

18 non-monetary things you can do to be happy

10 questions to ask before you join a new job

Advice on starting a new job

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Old 12-16-2006, 01:10 PM
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...but this one is special to me. Because its mine.

I started this blog about 6 months ago when I was going through a difficult time. My focus during that difficult time was to re-discover philosophy--a whole side that I had dropped for a while as I got wrapped into the worldly nonsense. This blog served and still serves as my way to write about philosophical ideas that I am working on. Most topics are philosophical in nature, dealing with metaphysical notions to societal issues. One thing I try to ensure is that the blog material is easy to get into. I do not get into works of a particular philosopher, and even if I do, I keep the language simple and easy to understand.

The ultimate goal of the blog is in the about page, and still stands. The link to the site is in my footer.
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Old 12-21-2006, 05:38 PM
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Some really neat blogs here. Well done!

I'll add mine to the mix... (the link is also in my sig)... Sententia // Perspective

Those of you who have been following my posts in the Spirituality forum will know that I love studying world religions, clearing up misconceptions, answering questions, etc. It's so much easier to talk with people from around the world when you understand where they're coming from, and for a lot of people, "where they're coming from" is based on their religious world view. And so much conflict is based on misunderstandings -- I want to do my part to foster understanding and communication between people from many different religious traditions.
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My blog is called '"Weight Loss HD" and its located at here. My general goal for this blog is to talk about any possible subject on weight loss like diets, exercise routines, news, supplement review, etc. Its only a few weeks old, but i am working hard to make it great.

What do you guys think of my it?
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My blog, which is on Norfolk and Waay is a business blog for people who understand what the phrase "norfolk and waay" means. I ask those who know not to tell those who don't. Let them figure it out.
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Old 12-22-2006, 03:42 PM
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I can throw me into the mix as well. It's pretty self explanatory, but it's a running commentary of transitioning from a bound-to-the-cube active income earner to a free-as-can-be passive income earner. Laying out some trials and tribulations as well as sharing some philosophies.

As the blog itself is not my primary focus of success, I haven't done the whole domain-registration thing, so I'm currently putting in content and growing and changing as it does. I suppose you'll also see the growth and move to validity of the blog itself.

Enjoy!
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Old 12-24-2006, 06:54 PM
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I started my blog two years ago today as a way to track my ongoing work(s) in progress both personal and professional. When I started my blog, I was a new MBA student & had just completed my first 12 week "body for life challenge." In general I write about things that interest me & where my journey takes me. It is very inward looking.

I recently started a new blog, Songs of Hope and Glory, which is much more outward looking. While I watch no television, I still feel inundated by bad world news. This blog is a response to that. My place for collecting stories of the good in the world, of kindness, of heroic deeds. I don't have much content there yet but I am hoping to grow it.
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I seem to have missed this opportunity to promote my blog here, so here goes...

On the Dark Moon Blog I talk about my attempts at starting my online business, and becoming an indie game developer. It contains posts about the development of my games, like Bubblomania, and about making money online in general...

My primary focus for 2007 is to get serious about my business!
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Old 01-02-2007, 11:41 PM
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I have just started my blog a few days back so it is still in the infant stage. It is for the DIY landscaper.

I am not a landscaper,but have always had a interest landscaping.Landscaping Ideas and Tips
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My blog is Pick the Brain - Self Improvement, Individuality, and the Pursuit of Happiness. To explain it briefly, the site is about my quest for self improvement and creating the life I want to live, but I tend to write about whatever the inspiration bug tells me to. The site is about a month old and I am very determined to build traffic and quality content in 2007.
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I've been blogging on and off for 8 years now. Always in the background until recently.

My personal blog: Ultracrepidate is a record of the interesting thing I observe in life and the various experiment, whether stupid or not, that I tried.

I started this blog because I couldn't find anything about people who are into personal development anywhere. So I blogged alone for a while about my numerous newbie attempt at greatness.

Now that I found you guys, I can't stop reading.
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