Following David Preston's hugely popular (and now deleted) Cash Cow thread, and the plethora of follow-up threads, I decided to venture into offline marketing. It looked interested (you get to talk to real people!), and I figured I knew enough to be able to make a real difference to an offline business.

Well, that was almost a year ago, and I still haven't had a cheque in my hand. In fairness, there are a lot of mitigating circumstances, not least of which being that my baby daughter...

There are great many ways to make extra money online and how much extra you goon to make is really entirely up to you. Many peoples first thoughts to make extra money online is Ebay and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. The problem starts when you have sold all of the junk that you own and you then have to start looking to buy products to sell. This is the stage where it can get quite competitive and you have to spend money to get hold of new stock.

In my opinion there...

Here's my advice, based on writing code since 1985 or so, for people who want to learn programming. There was a thread about it and I figured I should save my advice in case others would like to get started.

I think it's great that you start with Python. This lets you learn the principles of programming without a lot of strange punctuation. Free downloads and tutorials are at python.org.

There is a lot to good programming beyond writing code. Code writing is like the...

If you want to make quick header graphics, that still look nice, check out GFX Writer from Incansoft.com.

Once you have a formula for how you want header graphics to look on your websites, GFX is like having a graphics copier where you can crank out graphic after graphic.

Tip: You may want to write down your favorite settings, such as graphic size, fonts, colors, text effects, and so on - as that will make it even quicker to copy and create new graphics.

As with everyone's life, things happen which you wouldn't choose, but you can choose how you deal with them.

So it is with memberships, which to have and to actively participate in.

Today, I decided the War Room should benefit from my presence, like I anticipate benefitting from the existing members contributions.

Roll on...

Sage