A friend of mine has a novel way to make a few dollars for those of us who are somewhat technically challenged but still like the whole internet idea. Selling websites the old fashioned way.

First check out this video review of his idea.

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Hope that helps you guys.

Just saw this on the BBC…….amazing!

The ‘biofuel cells’ work by borrowing technology from living cells
Battery-like “biofuel cells” could in the future run on an energy drink or even vegetable oil, says a researcher.

A prototype cell has been described at a meeting of the American Chemical Society in the US.

The idea makes use of mitochondria, the power stations that in most living cells turn food into energy.

While applications may be far in the future, the work is a milestone in the integration of parts of a living cell into an electronic device.

Shelley Minteer of St Louis University in Missouri, US, said the devices could in the future replace disposable batteries in some applications.

Dr Minteer has been part of a wider research effort that is borrowing some of nature’s tricks for energy production.

Typically this involves the breaking down and rebuilding of molecules in a form that can be used by cells. That process unleashes electrons along the way - electrons that can be corralled and become electricity.

Until now, the efforts of Dr Minteer and her collaborators have focused on the use of enzymes, molecules that are expert at breaking down particular “fuel” molecules such as methanol or glucose.

But the new effort makes use of one of the living cell’s tiny constituent parts known as mitochondria.

These are a whole ensemble of enzymes working together to convert a range of “fuel” molecules into a form that cells can directly use.

“In order to be able to completely consume a fuel… you need a whole series of enzymes, anywhere from three, for something simple, to 22 for something like glucose, and you need to get these enzymes to work together,” Dr Minteer told BBC News. “The mitochondria channel the fuel from enzyme one directly to enzyme two and so on; they do this metabolism far more efficiently than we do by putting a soup of enzymes down on the electrode.”

The demonstration device has only been used with simple fuels made of a single type of molecule, as the enzyme approaches have required until now. But future efforts will aim to make the cells work with more familiar sources of energy.

“Mitochondria can break down a wide variety of fuels,” Dr Minteer explained.

“That means it can handle fuel mixtures that you might see in, say, an energy drink or a protein shake.”

‘New domain’

The work remains firmly at the experimental stage, and the researchers are working to change the materials used in the biofuel cells to make them produce more power.

However, the biofuel cell application may not be the most relevant focus, said Plamen Atanassov, director of the Center for Emerging Energy Technologies at the University of New Mexico.

Professor Atanassov told BBC News that the work was a “seminal achievement for biotechnology to be able to introduce [cell parts] into technical devices, especially in the context of energy harvesting,” but conceded that “whether it will have an immediate practical application remains to be seen”.

He said that “with all the acceleration that technology advances give us, things don’t happen overnight”, observing that it was a full 50 years between the first demonstration of a standard fuel cell and the Gemini space missions that first used them.

“The main contribution for this work is in the fundamental bridging of biotechnology and nanotechnology,” he explained.

“It ultimately may lead to the introduction of a whole new domain of fuels that we would never otherwise be able to tap.”

Wow…….This article from www.nj.com really spells out the importance of social marketing to all business both large and small. Another example of the small guy taking up new technology via the internet to change the mainstream.

The message from these gurus varies, but it often comes down to something like this: Social media changes everything. The world will never be the same. You must alter the way you do business, whether you’re a journalist or a judo instructor, and do it fast. Or else.

Well, maybe I’m exaggerating, but not by much. Although their advice varies, these social media experts, consultants, strategists and authors — they have lots of different roles (and monikers) — see social media as essential to staying afloat for just about every industry. Either you’ll jump into the conversation, or you’ll be in trouble soon enough.

For the full article click here.

If you are technically challenged like me and you are looking at getting your own blog up and running for whatever reason then this will help.

Word Press has become so popular because of its ease of use and the number of plugins it has. These plugins allow you the blogger and owner of your blog to edit and manipulate your creation and theme to be exactly what you want.

So click on the link to see these free instructional videos.

10 Easy To Follow Videos Showing You How To Create Your Blog From Scratch!

Like it, love it, hate it ….. there is no denying the impact that porn has had on the internet.

The porn industry has led to a number of innovations that have helped the rest of us mainstream people improve our overall internet experience. For example, did you realize that porn led to Online Payment Systems being developed! Where would we be without the shopping cart to take our grocery, shoe, music orders?

What about streaming content? How about Live Chat? And one I could do without, the dreaded Pop-Ups, Pop-Unders etc.

Well PC Web have a great article explaining the hows and whys of all this. Check out - Thank You, Porn! 12 Ways the Sex Trade Has Changed the Web for a full explanation. You might not think of the porn industry in the same light again!