Joe Moody’s Web Adventures

I occasionally have people people ask me if there’s a better way to share large files than sending them through email. The fact is email is usually the worst way to share large files as many providers don’t accept emails larger than certain size, and it can dramatically slow down email software when the files are downloading.

A much better method is using an FTP server from a reliable FTP Hosting company. FTP, or file transfer protocol, is what webmasters have used for years to publish websites online. Basically it’s a way of moving files from your computer to a server (or uploading) and then someone else can retrieve the file from the server to their computer (downloading).

The better FTP hosts allow you to create private FTP folders for multiple people, each with their own unique login (username and password).  This allows, for instance a graphics company, to allow their clients to send them images, the graphics designers can then edit the images and then the customer can retrieve the finished product, without tying up the email.

The best FTP Hosting company I know of out there is OLI — they not only offer everything I described above but also offer access to Web-FTP which allows you full access to FTP folders to upload and download etc. using just your web browser. It’s so easy soon you’ll be uploading in your sleep.

So I was trying to teach my nine-year-old son, Jack, how to set an alarm to wake up in the morning for school. Yeah I could set my own alarm and go wake him up, but I’m a DIY type of guy, like the whole “teach them how to grow corn, don’t just give them corn” philosophy.

Jack learned how to set the alarm easily, and everything seemed great. That was until our two-year-old son, Mack who has a passion for electronics, wasted no time making Jack’s alarm clock his the newest toy.

Placing the clock up high didn’t help either, as little Mack loves pulling the plugs on stuff.

Then I discovered iPing.com. It’s a service that lets you setup wake-up calls online for free. The phone is near Jack’s room so I figured this was perfect.

So until Mack figures out how to login to websites and adjust settings, I think we’re good.

Check out the site at http://www.iping.com

Ok so we’ve seen the promises that we too can “work from home” by setting up affiliate websites and then sit back and start raking in the money.

I’m putting this to the test in my latest online adventure…

By the way affiliate websites are sites where you create links to products from online retailers like Amazon.com, if anyone clicks a link on your site to get to the product and then makes a purchase, you get a commission, usually a percentage of the sale.

I happened to acquire a pet carriers website recently (hey, I’m a webmaster, these things happen — like a mechanic who acquires an old car the owner no longer wants or needs).

This site already receives a decent amount of traffic and is pretty well placed on Google under the search term pet carriers.

The site also used to sell a brand of dog carriers, cat carriers and even bird carriers.

Now that the owner isn’t selling his product and no longer needs the domain, I’m using it as a testing ground.

I first signed up with the mega-affiliate site Goldencan and they connected me to a pet supplier. I setup links to the pet supplier on the pet carriers website.

Stay tuned and I’ll post here how it goes. I have no bias and nothing to gain (I already make a living online) and just want to see if this affiliate stuff actually has any merit to it.

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That’s right, 50 big ones. But to accept the money would be to admit my blog is frivolous, which I refuse to do (even if it is). Here’s the letter that started it all:

Dear Joe, I’m one of those “other” Joe Moody’s who’s tired of seeing your blog appear at the top of Google searches for my name. I realize you’ve been a webmaster for ever and registered JoeMoody.com way back when and bla bla bla. I don’t care. Your blog has no central theme or purpose and you take your power for granted. Therefore I’m offering a $50,000 one-time bulk payment to acquire the JoeMoody.com domain name and blog. I plan on replacing the content with excerpts from William Shatner’s autobiography (this is non-negotiable). Please reply at your earliest convenience so we may save the world from anymore of your meaningless blog entries, like this last one about whether it’s possible to end a sentence with the word “The.” I just did, so yes it’s possible!

signed,
an anonymous Joe Moody out there

Ok, Joe. Yeah, I’ll get right on that. Lemme guess, the money will be wired to me from your deceased uncle’s Nigerian bank account…

Point is Joe, if I accept your cash payment, I’d be admitting forever that my blog is truly drivel, and I’m not quite prepared to do that, even for the big payout.

Now go have a beer or something, Joe, and ponder the many ways I will entertain you over the next 50 years on this site — it’s my domain name and I’m not selling! (evil laugh echoes)

A nice example of when the question answers itself…

Check out the original question on yahoo answers