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By Andy Denton on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 10:08 pm
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Editing and proofreading service.
By Andy Denton on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 - 9:17 am
My good friend, Greg Rickabaugh, has launched a new online service, ReadMyPaper.com. It’s an editorial and proofreading service. Greg and his team of seasoned editors and journalists will review your website, school papers, business papers, and resumes for very low fees. Some services are as low as $2/page.
From the site…
In the rapid production of internet content and expanding globalization, most of today’s public and shared documents are poorly written. RMP will proofread your websites, edit your press releases, review your business correspondence, edit your school papers, and fine tune your resume. Allow our team of experienced news editors to manually review each line of your work. RMP will review your documents for grammatical mistakes, common misspelled words, run on sentences, sentence fragments, and misused phrases. At RMP, we want you to produce writings which make sense, are easy to understand, and clearly communicates your message. You write it. We right it.
If you’re suspect of your own writing, give Greg and the professionals at ReadMyPaper.com a try.
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Instant Jukebox - iPod styled web music player
By Andy Denton on Monday, September 11, 2006 - 6:32 pm
Want to hear a song you haven’t heard in a while? Frustrated that you don’t have all your favorite music with you at work? Or, just bored? Head on over to BlogMusik.net. BlogMusik says it provides “music on demand” and is a “web radio”. I love it. I only hope that it doesn’t get shut down, as there doesn’t appear to be any language about licensing permissions. But, it’s a great site for the time being, and one that should be allowed to stay open, IMHO.
It appears that BlogMusik is just a big archive of music sitting on random servers. But, the iPod-esque flash player is really robust. You can instantly search thru its archives, songs play instantly. You can even send links to specific songs to friends via a unique URL. And if you do their simple registration, you can save songs to playlists.
Just more cool stuff brought to you by our good friend - the internet! 
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How it should have ended
By Andy Denton on Friday, September 8, 2006 - 11:45 pm
You HAVE to check out “How It Should Have Ended. It’s an engenious website. Absolutely histerical. Here is my favorite.
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Move Along
By Andy Denton on Friday, September 8, 2006 - 2:56 pm
I know that this song has been out for a while. But, I like it. Plus, I think it has a good message to it. All American Rejects - Move Along.
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I’m a good handshaker
By Andy Denton on Tuesday, September 5, 2006 - 2:26 pm
For those of you whoe like HIMYM (that’s
How I Met Your Mother
for the un-hip), this line stuck with me.
here’s the thing about mistakes. sometimes, even when you know something’s a mistake. you gotta make it anyway. …even really, really dumb mistakes
I never wanted any of it to change. — But, that’s not how life works.
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If you had one shot, would you take it?
By Andy Denton on Friday, September 1, 2006 - 12:26 pm
I don’t know what it is about these stories, but something jerks at me inside each time I see them. Jason McElwain’s story is one of the most inspirational stories of our lifetime. It’s a great story of fulfilling a dream. A modern day Rudy. And the story of Rick and Dick Hoyt is an amazing story of love, commitment. Both are undeniably inspiring.
I feel that this world is full of traps and pain and it is so easy to wear emotional scars. But, in the fogginess of this world, these stories of Hope and Love stand out. It’s something I believe in. It’s something that I feel that Christ himself stands for. He tells us that He came so that we may have life, and have it the the full. That He came into this world as a light. That’s His story - Hope. And this is our story - wading through the darkness. The chord that pulls within us when we see these stories is the sweet knowledge that someone out there has succeeded. These stories charactarize obstacles larger than those in the average person’s life. And that’s what makes them useful to us.
Here is a dream fulfilled.
As the narrator says: “What we all want in life, is a shot. But what we do with it - that’s the story we all want to tell.”
And this is love. Where does your strength come from?
I’m trying to include my son in everything, so that he can live a life like everybody else.
The quote above was spoke by Dick Hoyt about his son Rick. And, to me this sounds very similar to the wishes that our heavenly father has for us.
The below video shows Team Hoyt competing and completing the Ironman race. I dare you to watch as Dick and Rick sprint across the finish line and not be touched. Their story is nothing short of incredible. I hightly recommend buying their Ironman story on DVD. It’s a great story of love, devotion, inspiration and determination.
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Charlotte - Online Real Estate Empire
By Andy Denton on Thursday, August 31, 2006 - 10:26 am
I was driving around town today and saw this sign at the bottom of an exit of I-77 and Morehead. I thought this was interesting. Is House.com going to copy the RealEstate.com business model and start trying to convert some of their own leads into sales?
A friend of mine, who’s in the industry as well, tipped me off recently that House.com had moved their operations from NY to Charlotte. So, seeing the sign on the side of the road wasn’t too surprising. But, it did make me wonder about House’s business model, and about Charlotte in general.
Charlotte is quietly becoming the mecca for online real estate. Now, there’s no way that it can compete with the prowess of Emeryville, Seattle, or the Valley. But, just take a look at which companies call Charlotte home.
- RealEstate.com
- House.com
- Realty.com
- iHomes.com
- LendingTree
- Bank of America
- Wachovia
- Lowes
In addition to LendingTree and RealEstate.com, I also believe that IAC has parts of GetSmart.com, Domania, and iNest here. If not in total, some representation of these three can be found in Charlotte. I also was informed recently that the new CEO of NewHomes.com was pulled from Charlotte to their Florida home office.
I was curious about what House.com was up to. So, I shot an email out to Dan Parisi - no reply. (He rarely does). Then, I figured I would call the 800 # listed on the sign. After asking a few questions to the customer service rep I was informed that their plans for opening a brokerage are on hold, and they are focusing on obtaining more agent relationships for their lead network. That’s cool. Sticking to your core biz strategy is never a wrong move.
But, with all of us in the same town, we should all get together for a drink and chat. It would make for a fun game of trying to find-more-about-your-competitor-than-they-can-find-out-about-you.
So, Dan, Eric, Gary, Michael, Doug… when’s the first pow-wow?
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Dodge cars kill animals?
By Andy Denton on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 9:09 pm
Most of you know that around Christmas last year I purchased a barely used 2005 Dodge Magnum. I love this car. It’s such a smooth ride, has tons of room inside, and looks very gangster. The only changes I want to do to the car are maybe add a bit more tint to the front windows and possibly change out to a better radio receiver.
But, in the 8 months that I’ve owned the car, I’ve noticed one very important trait about my new vehicle. It is an animal killer! Literally. Not counting small insects, I am positive that I’ve mamed, wounded, and killed more animals driving this car moreso than anyone other car I’ve driven. I’m not sure why this is. Is it that this car is sneaky? Is the engine quieter than other cars? Does the engine hum in a frequency that attracts animals - kinda like a dog whistle? There has to be something to this.
The numbers don’t lie.
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Motivation, Inspiration, Determination, and the Key to Life
By Andy Denton on Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 8:12 pm
Be patient, and listen to this guy. A great message for the American public of why we fight for and defend freedom. This is an amazing video from a well spoken Marine. I’d have this guy in my corner any day. Here’s the text of his prose…
Will Smith tells the kids at a Nickelodian Kid Awards show what the key to life is. He says it’s Running and Reading. I think he may be right. Give a listen.
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