2009 Project: Photo-a-Day

December 14, 2008 · Filed Under Photography, blogging · Comments 

I enjoy a good challenge. Currently I’m in the middle of my second “30 Day Challenge” with a group of friends who all wanted to push themselves to post to their blog once per day for an entire month. There’s no money on the line and there’s no penalty for missing a day. There’s just the shame and humiliation piled on you from your friends when you miss a day (you know who you are). So far, so good for me. I’m about half way through and going strong. But with the holiday coming up, I fear the tough part is still ahead.

I’m not one to be slowed by merely having too much on my plate. I tend to thrive in these conditions. That could be the only reason why I have decided to create a project that is far larger than simply blogging once a day. That’s child’s play compared to what I plan to try. My goal is to post one new photo every day for the entire year on my photo website, SlackerPhotos.com.

In the past I tried a photo-a-day project and failed after just one month. The reason it failed is because I was going about it the wrong way. I was trying to take a new photo each day. This quickly turned in to a rush at the end of the day to take a photo that wasn’t horrible. Each time I posted one of the photos I felt worse about the project, so finally I just stopped. This project should be easier to accomplish as my goal is to POST a photo-a-day. I’ve taken several thousand photos over the past year and I’ll be able to pre-schedule photos to post on the site each day. I believe this will give me the leeway I need to be able to succeed with this project.

I recently gave SlackerPhotos.com a make-over with a new template. I removed some of the photos that I had posted before and it’s all set for it’s re-launch on January 1st. Subscribe to the RSS feed to receive a new photo each day. And, if I miss a day, feel free to mock me in whichever way you deem appropriate.

Do you have any project plans for 2009?

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More domains looking for projects

October 6, 2008 · Filed Under Ranting, Technology · Comments 

As I mentioned in a recent post, I’m back to having nearly 40 domain names. Writing that post hasn’t slowed me down any. I won another auction on ebay today for another domain name. This time it was ssjoy.com. And before you ask, no, I don’t have any idea what I’m going to do with it at this time. But, it got me to thinking, what other domain names do I own that I keep paying for but have no real plan for. Don’t get me wrong, many of these domains have content on them. That doesn’t mean I have any idea where they are going to go and how they can become a profit center.

Here’s the list for your enjoyment. If you have any thoughts on what to do with any of these, please feel free to let me know.

For most of these the best idea would probably be to just let them expire, cut my losses and move on. But when I get that notice from godaddy, I just can’t seem to say no to renewing them.

I have a real problem. I need to go to Domain Buyers Anonymous.

“Hello, my name is John and I buy domains.”

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