I have a favor to ask today.  If you have been following me for long then you know that I have a very large twitter following.  As of the writing of this blog post I have over 36,000 followers over my 3 different accounts.  I have developed a plan on using twitter and I am going to put that plan down on paper for everyone.  But I also want to cover all fo the questions people have about twitter.  I know the questions that I get asked all the time but I know that is not all of the questions that people have. Read the rest of this entry »

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Day number one of the Gateway To Wealth Conference in Dallas is coming to an end.  It has been a good day.  Most of the speakers were “ok” but there was one standout that made the day an awesome day.  No disrespect to the other speakers of course.

Marshal Sylver was the final speaker of the day and wow, was he good.  I have never heard him speak before and I was not quite sure what to expect because everyone was saying how good of a hypnotist he was.  I was Read the rest of this entry »

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Some of you might have noticed a few new themes on the blog the last few days.  For now I am settling on a facebook esc type of theme.  I also have a pretty cool mac theme waiting in the wings too.  Since I have a few choices you may see it change a little more often now.

If you have not checked out wordpress theme’s recently, it is worth a gander.  I was rather amazed at the new themes that are out there and how far they have come just recently.  There are a lot more people working on themes and they have some cool designs and features.

I am not going to recommend any specific site, just search for wordpress template in google and you will have more than enough to keep you busy.

All of the themes I found in this last search were all free templates, you can find some nice pay templates out there too.  Typically the pay templates have more features but be sure to look around before you decide to plop down any money on a template.

Anyways, just wanted to give a quick shout out and let everyone know what was happening with the fast template changes that were going on.

Peace……

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Found some cool used video gear on amazon:

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Well, I must say that so far I am rather impressed.  Tonight makes 2 weeks since I installed Fap Turbo and setup a demo account with a Forex Broker.  I started the demo account with $5000 and right now as I write this the account has $7211 in it.

Doing the numbers that is close to a 44% increase in just 2 weeks.  Can I just say WOW!  I set it up and left it run completely unattended.  I did take a few peeks over the past few weeks to see what it was doing. Read the rest of this entry »

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One of the fun things that I do is review different toys… I mean electronics. This review is for the Aiptek HD 1080P camera. Before I signed up for the review, I had already purchased 2 of these camera.

I had a project where I needed to create a 3-D video. Part of making the 3-D video you need 2 cameras to record the video in stereoscopic format. The trick is the center of each lens needs to be about 2 1/5 inches apart. There are not many cameras that you can put together that closely. So I went in search of a camera I could do this with.

I found the Aiptek at Best Buy when I went looking and settled on them for the project.

Let me first say that if you are looking for a professional High Definition camera, stop reading now. There are the furtherest things from even a pro-sumer high definition camera. I picked them up at Best Buy for about $160.

The old saying “you get what you pay for” fits here. But let me just say, for $160 they are not horrible cameras. In my review process I recorded some video at a carnival of my nephews and when I edited the video just about everyone commented how clear the video was.

The cameras come with very limited build in memory for video but can take SD cards. I purchased 2 8 Gig SD cards, one for each camera.

Here is a review of the camera features:

• Record at 1080P @ 30 FPS
• Record at 720P @ 30 FPS
• Record at 720P @ 60 FPS
• Record DVD (NTSC) @ 60 FPS
• Record for the web @ 30 FPS
• Take still shots at 3, 5, or 8 Megapixels
• Night recording mode

That is a long list of features. Now the more technical side of things…. As far as the lens… There really is no lens. There is a small plastic cover that protects the sensor. The sensor is very small. It looks even smaller than the sensor that is on my iPhone.

Now one word of warning about the 60 FPS. I use Final Cut pro HD and am running the latest version. It had problems editing the 60 frames per second videos.

After I figured out the problems with 60 frames per second and started recording in HD at 30 FPS, editing was a breeze. To transfer the videos you can remove the memory card and use a card reader to remove the videos. Or you can plug up the camera to a PC with the USB and it will show up as a new drive on your computer. When connected to the USB, the battery gets charged.

There is no image stabilization in the camera and you can really tell when you are shooting in High Def if you do not have a steady hand.  I suggest using the camera mount and putting it on a tripod or monopod if you can.

There is a removable battery however, there is no batter charger sent with the camera. The USB is the method of charging. The camera also comes with cables that allow you to hook it up to a TV.

For the price, this is not a bad camera but it does not feel very sturdy and is low on the spectrum as far as quality goes.  If you are looking for a fun cheap camera that you will not be upset if it breaks, then this is not a bad camera.

But if you are looking for a long term camera or a camera to do some professional or semi-professional work then I cannot recommend this camera.

For the fun project of making 3D movies the camera worked great for me.  But it cannot be used to do any of my other projects.

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Before I get started let me just say I am not into politics but I am a strong believer that everyone that can should vote.  You should be heard.  And if you do not vote you have no right to complain about the candidate that wins the election (at least until next election).

Now, it begins….  I am one of those people that vote for the person that they like best.  I consider myself a fairly educated person and I can listen to each candidate and make a decision based upon the issues of which one I like.  I do not proclaim to be a Republican or a Democrat.  I truly vote for the candidate that I think is the best.

I know some of my family are probably upset because some of them vote strongly down one party line.

Anyways, the jist of this blog post is what to do if you do not like either candidate?  I think this may be the year that I have to face this question.

I have issues with both candidates.  Let me first say that my issue obama is not a race issue.  I think it would be great to show the diversity that this country has.  I have no issue with race or gender for the president.

But it seems one candidate is really out of touch with the world and the other one seems to keep changing his stance on issues which causes a trust issue with me.

So what do you do if when the time finally comes you have issues with both?  I disagree with the just don’t vote stance some people take.  But voting for an idependant is like throwing your vote away (in my opinion).

Just a little question I am facing this election season.

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