Steven Hansen WebLog

Search, Earn, Redeem

Steven — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:34:07 +0000

Tiffanie has started using this search engine called swagbucks, basically it pays you for using it to search. So if you start searching with it instead of Google you can earn rewards. For example Tiffanie has already earned enough swagbucks to redeem a $20 gift card for amazon.com. Their search engine is a “meta” engine so you actually get results from a mixture of other search engines, but the results include the top google results most of the time. We both of started just using it instead of google, and sure it won’t be a lot of money, but an extra $20 for not doing anything more than we already do? Sure, why not. Check it out here

Countdown timer

Steven — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:58:17 +0000

Thanks to e.ggtimer.com

I am online at…

Steven — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:09:29 +0000

Here is an interesting graph. It shows when I am online the most based on the number of searches I did on Google at each hour of the day.

My google searches by hour

Protected: Problem Assignment for Lesson 4

Steven — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:58:11 +0000

Protected: Problems for Assignment 3

Steven — Mon, 31 May 2010 05:18:35 +0000

Protected: Problem Assignment for Lesson 2

Steven — Mon, 17 May 2010 03:03:56 +0000

Transferring a domain away from website.ws, GDI

Steven — Wed, 12 May 2010 22:25:44 +0000

Tranferring a domain away from website.ws to another registrar can be a huge pain. But if you are tired of paying $10 a month for your domain then these are the steps for transferring a domain from GDI:

First you need to get an authorization code from GDI, there is no way to instantly access this code, you need to send a message to GDI support. To Contact GDI support, login to your website.ws account, find the “Request Support” link in the left navigation, click on the category “Domains”, then scroll to the bottom of the page and find the link to “Contact Support”
Ask GDI support to send you the “Transfer Authorization Code” for your domain. Within a few hours (or days….) a GDI support rep should email you a long authorization code.
Now you can go to your new registrar of choice. (I use Unlimited Hosting by Spatical Company for all of my domain and hosting needs). When you start the transfer on the new registrar they will ask for the authorization code you received from GDI.
Next the new registrar will send an approval email as shown on the contact details of the domain. At least in my case, this was not my email address but a website.ws email address, something like othertld_support@website.ws If you don’t receive an email from your new registrar to confirm the domain transfer, then the same may be the case for you.
Once again contact GDI support, this time tell them an email has been sent to them for the approval of a domain transfer. Ask them to forward the email they received to you so you can click the link to approve the domain transfer.

Good Luck!

Compare onlywire.com and ping.fm services

Steven — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:06:33 +0000

Here is a list of services to which ping.fm and onlywire.com submit content. This list was last updated May 4, 2010 and could change at any time. Onlywire.com and ping.fm are unique services and both target different uses. Ping.fm is primarily for status updates, but has some extra uses such as photos, blogging, and bookmarks. Onlywire.com is just for bookmarks.

Here is the complete list of services for each site:

	onlywire.com	ping.fm
AOL Lifestream	Yes
AIM Status		Yes
Ask	Yes
Bebo	Yes	Yes
Bibsonomy	Yes
Blinklist	Yes
Blogger		Yes
BoomarkSync	Yes
Brightkite	Yes	Yes
Connotea	Yes
Custom URL		Yes
Delicious	Yes	Yes
Digg	Yes
Diigo	Yes	Yes
Facebook	Yes	Yes
Facebook Pages		Yes
Fark	Yes
Faves	Yes
Flickr		Yes
Foursquare	Yes
FriendFeed	Yes	Yes
Friendster	Yes	Yes
Google Bookmarks	Yes
GTalk Status		Yes
hi5	Yes	Yes
identi.ca	Yes	Yes
Jaiku		Yes
Jumptags	Yes
Koornk		Yes
LinkaGogo	Yes
LinkedIn	Yes	Yes

	onlywire.com	ping.fm
Mist Wong	Yes
Mixx	Yes
Multiply	Yes	Yes
MySpace	Yes	Yes
myYearbook		Yes
Newsvine	Yes
Ning		Yes
Photobucket		Yes
Plaxo	Yes	Yes
Plurk	Yes	Yes
Posterous		Yes
Propeller	Yes
Reddit	Yes
ShoutEm		Yes
Simpy	Yes
Slashdot	Yes
Spurl	Yes
StatusNet		Yes
StreetMavens		Yes
Stumbleupon	Yes
Tagged		Yes
Tumblr	Yes	Yes
Twitter	Yes	Yes
TypePad		Yes
WordPress		Yes
Xanga		Yes
Yahoo Bookmarks	Yes
Yahoo Meme		Yes
Yahoo Profiles		Yes
Yammer		Yes
YouAre		Yes

62 Total	39	39

I’m canceling my Health Insurance

Steven — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:44:17 +0000

So how about that Health Care Reform? Thanks to Ezra, I have been convinced to just cancel my Health Insurance. Sure under the new laws I will have to pay a fee, but the proposed $695 tax is far less than the $450 a month I pay right now.

But what if I get sick or my wife gets pregnant? Under the new laws they can’t deny me or my wife for pre-exisiting conditions. So I’ll just put my favorite Health Insurance provider on my phone’s quick dial and signup when needed.

Is there something I am missing?

Protected: Problem Assignment for Lesson 1

Steven — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:07:10 +0000