My Most Popular Cozy Rocket Blog Music Posts

The Cozy Rocket blog was my creative (non-business) outlet, but with the recent creation of this Off-Topic page, it is no longer needed. And although it was fun building and creating a second blog, it was still a bit of work trying to keep 2 blogs updated regularly. ...

iBegin makes its US Debut!

In June, I had the privilege of interviewing iBegin founder, Ahmed Farooq, about his up-and-coming local search site. Back then, iBegin was already gaining popularity with Toronto users, and plans were in place to expand the site to Ottawa. And just today, it was announced that iBegin is ...

5 Steps to PowerPoint Presentation Enlightenment

I've been around this great big world of PowerPoint presentations for almost 10 years now, yet only recently have I come to realize the true path to PowerPoint presentation enlightenment... "The true path to PowerPoint presentation enlightenment is to realize that PowerPoint is a tool that's intended to enhance your presentation, ...

Dining in Phoenix – Off the Beaten Path

If there's one thing I'm a sucker for, it's good food. Yet living in Phoenix, AZ (Chandler to be exact), sometimes it's difficult to find something different and unique. Luckily, Phoenix and its neighboring suburbs continue to grow, and with the growth comes diversity and new restaurants to ...

Elevator Pitch 101 – Intro To Writing a 30 Second Elevator Pitch

  [...Imagine Eminem's "Lose Yourself" playing in the background...]   Look, if you had one shot... One opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted... One moment... Would you capture it... Or just let it slip away?   Yo, his Palm Treo is sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy... There's Starbucks on his business coat, it's a spilled Tazoberry... He's nervous, but ...

Excluding Posts and Category Specific Pages in WordPress

Updated 11/14/06: Corrected PHP code. I created 2 WordPress blogs to keep my "business" and "pleasure" in separate places, yet just trying to keep up with one blog has been difficult enough. Plus, visitors have to visit 2 blogs instead of one, so there's an unnecessary inconvenience on the user's ...

138 Days without a Post

From June 28th through November 4th, you may have noticed some inactivity on the blog. Unfortunately, the demands of life, work, and being a closet entrepreneur kept me away from the blog longer than I would've liked, so what better way to celebrate signs of life on the blog ...

Turn Your Computer Into A Buddha Machine

For those of you who have never heard of the Buddha Machine, it's a small portable music box that consists of a speaker, headphone jack, volume knob, and a toggle switch that cycles through 9 continuously looping songs. It might sound simple and strange in theory, yet a lot ...