Today I’m combining science with marketing, specifically “Split Testing”. That gave me an excuse to post an image of a delicious banana split! Plus I’ll be mentioning “monkeys” soon and monkeys love bananas! Marketing can be seen as an art form that works with humans on an emotional level. But there are parts of marketing … Read more
Hackers are still trying to login to my website. I’m sure they have more valuable targets than a humble little WordPress blog. But I put stricter login settings since my last update on February 25th, 2024. Look how those failed login numbers have been going down! Another issue I have are spam comments on my … Read more
Thirty minutes into sitting in my movie theater seat, Dune: Part Two finally began. There were 30 minutes worth of commercials and trailers beforehand! They even played an Army National Guard commercial a second time, near the end, before playing a trailer for a Kevin Costner film “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1”. Hollywood … Read more
Today I get to see Dune: Part Two! I love Science Fiction and this is the first movie I had to see in a movie theater in a long time. The last one also had a colon in the title and starred Tom Cruise. It had a ridiculously long title… Can you recite the full … Read more
The 96th Oscars are coming up next Sunday, March 10th, 2024. But another awards show just turned 51 on February 17th. They’re known as the Annie Awards. These awards focus on the best animation of the previous year. Check out the latest winners and more here: https://annieawards.org/winners The ceremony was held in beautiful Royce Hall … Read more
My trusty Idea Book is always near if I get a crazy idea. My latest was “Could I create my own tiny winery out of my home.” Could I even grow my own grapes in the yard or even inside the house? I was inspired by a whole course on growing your own profitable mushroom … Read more
AI began to gain publicity by handling text prompts and responding with text. Then I started to see amazing AI-created imagery from something called Midjourney. Check out their showcase of art here: https://www.midjourney.com/showcase. Then AI started to come for full video creation. OpenAI’s video generator Sora started to recently make news. But lesser known are … Read more
Yes, it’d be nice if we lived in a utopian world where we didn’t ” judge a book by its cover”… …but in the real world, covers and all other first impressions are critical. Even online, digital information products see increased sales with virtual product boxes with attractive covers. So a great cover is a … Read more
Happy Leap Day 2024! It’s the 29th day of February. But February normally only has 28 days. I then thought, “What if I multiply 28 days by 13?” You end up with 364 days! Just 1 day short of the usual 365 days in a year. So why not 13 months with 28 days each? … Read more
Who doesn’t love a contest? Especially if you can win a prize and get bragging rights over others! Even better, contests can bring publicity and business to people, towns, cities, companies, and so on. A famous contest in my backyard is the frog jumping contest of the “Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee”. Amazingly, … Read more