A Good Problem
Michele Malkin linked to the peeniewallie.com web site today and it appears to have caused quite a traffic jam for the Peenie Wallie host. The image below represents a problem that I would really enjoy troubleshooting.
I drop Michelle Malkin and other seasoned bloggers an email once in a while to give them a tip on something that I might have seen in the middle of the night while sitting up with my son Caden. I also track into some of the stories done by bigger bloggers when I feel I have a little more to add. I also add my favorite blogs to one of my blogrolls. I do all of this with the hopes that I might be able to someday move away from my standard 9-5 office job to something a little more flexible with less travel.
I am getting a little revenue from my ads. The income is not quite enough to cover the hosting fees and domain registrations just yet, but it won’t be long. I do not expect to make a living off of blogging or writing for that matter. I am way more of a geek than a writer. I do hope to get enough notoriety for helping others launch successful blogs and web sites that I can someday do training, seminars, web development, and site administration as a full-time job. I started making money with affiliates like Amazon Associates in the mid to late 90s way before the word “blog” became a household term. Putting affiliate relationships together with regularly updated content on blogs is a great recipe for Internet success. I may not be a seasoned veteran in the blogsphere, but I am catching on fast. I am a seasoned veteran on the Internet as I have been hosting and administering web sites since 1996.
I credit a large amount of my knowledge on blogging tricks to GreyHawk’s Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Blogging. That article on the Mudville Gazette is a great place to start if you want down and dirty how-to on blogging.
Thanks to Mark over at Tapscott’s Copy Desk for such kind words about me on his blog today. There’s much to be learned from this man and I encourage everyone to make their way over regularly to absorb some of his writing and research genius.
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UPDATE: I just got into Peenie Wallie’s web site to see what Michelle Malkin was tracking to. It is a great story about a Marine and his family getting treated to a VERY nice meal by a stranger. The story is from my old stomping ground in the Wild West. Check out the story here. Oh, the site adminsitrator acknowledges the technical difficulties in a couple of updates to this posting. Take a look around while you are there and you will see that Peenie Wallie is well deserving of your and Michelle Malkin’s attention. I have added Peenie Wallie to my blogroll.
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UPDATE: MrBig over at The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns gives a great follow-up to the root of this posting which is about the Marine and his family getting treated to a meal by a stranger.