It has been awhile since my last update, yeah? Well, that is because I was having problems posting. I couldn’t get the post text box to show.

Idiot me had forgotten that I had changed my useragent while trying something, and that was the reason I couldn’t post. But all is resolved now.

Speaking of the dead, Happy Halloween! Am I the only one that feels like holidays are getting less and less celebrated?

When I was younger, everyone used to decorate their homes for halloween, trying to make it as scary as possible. Adults would dress up in spooky costumes and jump out at kids to scare them.

And for those that weren’t trick-or-treating or scaring kids, there was always Halloween Parties. Someone was always throwing a huge Halloween party.

But as the years go by, it seems like less and less people are getting into it. Hardly any houses are decorated, no one is chit-chatting about trips to haunted houses or what costume they bought, no one is throwing a party.

No one is even saying “Happy Halloween.”

And not just for Halloween, but for all the holidays. It feels like everyone is too busy or too uninterested to celebrate.

It makes me sad.  I’m usually not a holiday person, but I do like Halloween. When I was younger I used to imagine that when I grew up I would go to huge Halloween parties every year.

Yet now that I’m old enough to party, no one is throwing one. Except one radio station, but I think the club is on the other side of town.

I wish people would slow down and take some time to have fun. Holidays don’t even feel like holidays anymore.

I was looking through Digg the other day and came across this. Since I think it’s a good cause, I’m passing on the message to anyone and everyone who might want to help.
Anyone who is interested in helping the fight against breast cancer can click to give a free mammogram. It doesn’t cost you anything, all you have to do is click and the money from sponsors will be used to give women free mammograms.

You can click once a day, everyday to donate. Their website claims that “In 2006, visitor clicks funded 2,612 mammograms!”

And according to their chart, Oct. 3 2007 had 445,584 clicks which funded for 23.2 mammograms.

If you would like to help then just click!

There is another new money maker in the game. A website called WidgetBucks offers dynamic pay-per-click shopping ads.

There aren’t very many ad formats yet (I would like some smaller ones) but I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before more are added.

They claim to have a pretty good CPM ($3-$6) so money making should be pretty easy. They are also currently offering a free $25 sign up bonus.

You can use them along side Adsense and they payout by check or paypal.

I think they’re off to a good start but could be better. You can choose contextual ads or select a category but it would be nice if they allowed users to add keywords for more niche type sites.

I’ve decided to try them out both here on the blog and on my gallery and see how it goes.