I remember a few months ago that my sister told me she found a store that carries the widest range of residential mailboxes and curbside decor she has ever seen. According to my sister, this company has just launched an affiliate program where members could direct potential buyers to the site and if a purchase is made within thirty days, members would receive commission as much as 12% irrespective of the size or the order.

My sister is considering joining because just by signing up, she would be credited with $20 to kick start her account.

She said that since there are so many people who are impressed with her mailbox and curbside decor and many of these people are very happy with their mailboxes, she might as well earn some pocket money recommending people to buy from this company.

She said that she is hoping that she could introduce clients who would order commercial mailboxes in a large scale then only would she really see the money. I told her she would have t work harder still if that is her goal!

If you are a Gmail user, you would know that they have this Auto Save feature in their Compose window. And since I blog so much, I draft all my blog posts with Gmail’s Compose and then only transfer my posts to my respective blogs.

To cut the long story short, I was composing my blog posts as usual this morning using Gmail, and then I do not know what happened, my browser just froze and then when I check my Draft folder, my whole blog content was missing! I did save my draft like I normally would with a long email and even if I did not, it will auto-save every minute or not.

I have used this feature since I discovered Gmail and it has saved me from retyping my posts many times especially when the power suddenly went down or the browser acts up or whatever and I have always managed to salvage my composition.

However, this time, it screwed up and I lost almost a thousand words worth of blogging and I was pretty pissed that I had to redo it and redo it fast while the ideas were still fresh in my mind.

And when I was forced to redo something and typing everything pissed, I was not satisfied with my writing anymore. I could read that I have lost that passion in my article. Boy, I hope it never happens again!

As you may know, my uncle has been pushing me to get that all important tertiary education. I know I am a failure in his eyes because he is a respected educationist in the country and here I am with only a high school certificate to show. However, it really is not my fault!

Recently, I told him that I am way to old to study and I have no more time to hit the books. I would rather take up some courses that are relevant to my real job. My uncle could not think of anything that I would like and in the end, he just showed me the link to Fast Class, which is an online directory of schools that offer online courses in many different fields, like insurance, mortgage, appraisal and real estate classes, just to name a few.

I checked the site out and it looks like continuing my education is not that difficult, since I could study online and at my own pace. Hondros Learning is providing all these courses with the support of top schools in the country to enable students to receive the highest quality of education they can get.

I know that my uncle is pushing for my commitment before I get older and disinterested in taking a course, and also for the betterment of myself and advancement in my career. He believes that FastClass would be able to give me what I am seeking. I am going to seriously look for the most suitable course to take and hope that with the help of Fast Class, I will be able to achieve what I set out for myself.

A couple of nights ago, Streamyx broadband was down. It was a very frustrating moment for all of us who blog for pay. I was able to log on via my phone but when I connected my device to the computer, the signal was not very strong since I was in my room.

So that effectively means that I did not have an internet connection although I have two different subscriptions for it.

Anyway, I did not know what was wrong until my friend told me that it possible was caused by damaged underground cables no thanks to ground movement because there was a minor earthquake in the Philippines.

And then he screamed, “Kill people but not the internet!” I went like, “Oh my goodness!” Is the internet THAT important that he has to curse people?? It is also important to me but it is just wrong to think like that. I would rather go without the internet if is means that people’s lives are spared.

What do you think of that statement made by my friend? He is always a working adult and I think he should know better than to even think like that!

Just last night, I was chatting with my friend and I asked him if he knows where I can buy Dell laptop from a local computer shop. He told me that as far as possible, Dell products could only be bought online.

I told him that I prefer to shop locally but he told me that by shopping online, I could use Dell coupons and get a better price than making a purchase from a local shop. Well, that is certainly good news. I have been looking for Dell deals for quite sometime but I did not know that they are only available online.

Checking the available Dell promo codes, I noticed that they are also available for digital cameras, which I also need! If I could save a considerable sum of money just by shopping with Dell discount codes, then I am all for shopping online! I certainly can’t get such deals offline! As the saying goes, a penny saved is a penny earned!

The other day, I had the chance to chat online with the boss of a dot com company in Malaysia. I have actually heard of his name for years BUT although he has photos published online and on print media, I never saw them.

Anyway, we were chatting and I thought to myself that he is very mature in his thinking and ideas. He was also very articulate and could carry on a conversation intelligently. I thought that he was at least in his late thirties to early forties. After all, Malaysia is not that advanced in information technology and those who are pioneers in dot coms are usually around that age. OR SO I THOUGHT!

He then told me that he is only in his early twenties and wow, I was impressed. Maybe it is because when I was his age, I was still wandering around without a goal. I did not have something to work towards. Heck, I still don’t have a goal and haven’t a clue what to achieve in life. Hah!

He told me that there are younger dot commers who are earning a few thousand USD a year from the internet alone. Wow… I would like to learn from them!

I was complaining to my friend just now that my computer is running SO slowly. I had two browsers open and I know that it could cause the delay but then I have been doing this for such a long time without problems until lately. I don’t know why that it has been rather buggy lately. I told my friend that it could be caused by the few times my computer was accidentally, abruptly shut off no thanks to power failure in my area.

My friend told me that there are many reasons why my computer is not up to par and told me to get a virus scan which I did and did not find anything wrong with it. He then advised me to get a registry scan because this are also signs of a registry problem. Well, that was the first time I heard of a registry scan, frankly.

He said that I could get a free registry cleaner scan from Registry Ware. Hopefully there is nothing wrong with my registry but if it has a problem then I would have to look for a computer Registry repair software.

Haihhh… I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed now!