Another “get rich quick scheme”, or is it? IdeaFry offers a free blogging platform for would-be bloggers similar to other free services such as WordPress.com. The big benefit for users is the easy integration of Google Adsense ads. And while you might think that IdeaFry plans to “middle-man” the ads, that is NOT the case.

IdeaFry clearly states in the help section that to use Google Adsense ads on your blog you’ll have to sign up for a Google Adsense account. Obviously, if the Adsense account is yours, so too are all of the profits (regardless how small).

I have to be honest, I’m sketical about how much financial success someone will have at IdeaFry. Finding the right niche and creating good content means more to the bottom line than the ease of Adsense integration. Nevertheless, it’s nice to have another free blogging platform to choose from.

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Windows Vista has taken a lot of abuse since it first came out. And even though I had never used Vista myself, I believed the negative comments without question and even joined in the mud slinging a few times. But was I right to accept the negative comments without trying it for myself? Obviously the answer was “no.” And since I was starting to hate my current installation of XP Professional, I decided the time was ripe to take the Vista plunge and confirm or negate everything I heard for myself.

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The Podcast Answer Man podcast from GSPN.tv recently had the good fortunate to interview Bob Heil, the creator of a complete line of Heil microphones. Regardless if you have any interest in high-end microphones or not, the interview is a “must listen.”

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Well, I meant to simply upgrade to WordPress 2.5.1 but my hosting provider already made the leap to 2.6. And while I would have preferred to upgrade to 2.5.1 and wait for 2.6 to prove itself in the field, I decided to “live on the edge” and just upgrade. Overall the end result wasn’t bad but the Akismet anti-spam plug-in seems to have a problem.

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I’ve been dying for an affordable way to connect my iPod to my car stereo that doesn’t involve the low-fi audio option of an FM transmitter. For the family’s Volkswagon Eurovan a standard “rip-n-replace” was the most affordable option. Fortunately, that approach wasn’t necessary for the family’s second car because all I needed was an inexpensive adapter for my Pioneer DEH-P3500 to achieve the desired results.

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If you’ve ever wanted to “download” a YouTube for whatever reason, then check out this post over at MakeUseOf.com. The post reviews 4 online services to help download a YouTube video. Each service is briefly reviewed and links directly to their respective web sites are also provided.

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Back on July 2, 2008 I documented a problem with Google Maps not loading in Firefox 3 caused by the Skype extension. The problem was originally reported to Firefox’s bugzilla problem reporting system but later closed when the problem’s root cause was determined to be the Skype extension and not Firefox. I reported the problem to Skype support and recently received a response in which Skype confimed the problem and provided a link to the latest hotfix.

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UStream LogoThe popular free webcasting stream service, UStream, recently made some design changes to their web site. If you have an account, and added your own custom header image to your show page, then take a closer look at your page. Since the update, some header images are getting cut off.

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Thinking about uninstalling that bloated virus scanning application but don’t because you still want to scan on occasional file for viruses? Virus Total, an online virus scanning service, might just be what you’re looking for.

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I was trying to get some directions the other day from Google Maps and discovered that the map wouldn’t load. I recently upgraded to Firefox 3, but thought for certain that I had successfully used Google Maps since the upgrade. I did a little digging around and found that I wasn’t the only person experiencing this problem. Question was, “How do I fix this problem?”

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