Pond Update #5

One of the 12 fish died today.  Not sure why, I tested the water and all the chemicals seemed ok.  Maybe he was the weak link and never got any of the food?  The rest of the fish seem to be in good shape. 

Pond Update #4

We have had the goldfish in the pond for a week now and none of them have gone belly up.  The water has all cleared up now and it's really starting to look like a real pond.  The dogs still like putting their faces in the water but they don't bother the fish any.  The plants don't look very vibrant but they are both still alive.  Soon we should be getting the koi from my dad.

Fast Food

Ever wonder what happens to left over fast food?

Check out this article

http://visitormachine.com/what-happens-to-leftover-fast-food/

Started a Post Runner Article Directory

My Post Runner article directory can be found at:

http://visitormachine.com

It will have a variety of articles on niche topics by many different authors.

Pond Update #3

Our pond got very muddy after the last rain so we got some Aluminum sulfate today to settle out the muddy cloudiness.  Also, we got a dozen feeder goldfish and 2 plants.  The fish are afraid of people, but if you stand back they swim to the surface.  The dogs like to try to eat the fish food out of the water.  It looks really funny and they blow bubbles in the water.

Stackable Folding Bookcase

If you need some more storage to help out your organization check out my hub on

Everything You Need to Know About a Stackable Folding Bookcase

Broken Netgear Router

Today the wifi part of our netgear router broke. I can still go on the internet via Ethernet cable but that's no fun. I think we are going to upgrade to the apple router since this netgear router has bit the dust.

Silver Eagle Roll

If you are looking to hedge you bets against the US Dollar and invest in some silver check out my hub on getting the best deals on rolls of American silver eagle bullion coins.

Silver Eagle Roll

Busch Gardens

We got season passes to Busch Gardens yesterday for the next 2 years. I love Busch Gardens. If you buy this season pass its only like 6 dollars and some change each month and you get free parking and 10% off food and stuff. We love going to Busch Gardens and this is gunna save us a bunch of money. If you also love Busch Gardens you should get the 2 year pass instead of the fun pass, it is totally worth it.

Want to Build a Budget Home Audio Recording Studio?

If you want to do some home audio recording and are on a budget check out my article.

Audio Recording Studio

It touches on the basics or what to purchase and how to set up a home audio recording studio.

San Antonio Sams . . . Vegan?

We went to San Antonio Sams in Norfolk, Va last night and that have a seperate vegan menu. There was at least 20 items on it. I got the Vegan Chicken Fajitas and I must say the vegan chicken actually tasted better than normal chicken. Ghent is becoming a vegan paradise lately.

Pond Update #2

We installed the pond pump this weekend. Now the waterfall is going all the time and it looks really cool and is very relaxing. We are trying to get the water ready to add the fish now. We also need to bury the power cable and maybe someday get a solar pump instead.

Article about buying cool Latte Mugs

If you need a latte mug, my article is a great place to check them out.
Latte Mugs

Pond Update

We are getting the pond pump from my dad tomorrow and installing it this weekend. So hopefully we will have some fish in our pond next week. We got some solar LED lights to light up the waterfall, which I think will look really cool.

A few words about our worm factory

We bought a worm factory composting bin last summer. It is really great for composting all your organic matter. Don't put eggshells in there even though they say you can, the worms never eat them for some reason. Also I put paper from our paper shredder in there often and they seem to love that. That is going one step further than shredding. They were in 100 degree heat and below freezing temperatures also which they say can not happen and not a one of them died. So it is pretty fool proof if you ask me. You are supposed to put it inside but I keep it in the detached garage because it smells like garbage (As it should). All in all I would recommend one.

Weekend Accomplishments

We got a ton of things done this weekend.
Installed the Pond.
Got a mouse trap (no kill)
Got the huge tree branch off the roof.
Planted seeds for the garden (about 150)
Got and installed new window wipers for the Honda Civic. The rain-x latitude do actually work way better than the cheap ones I normally buy.
Installed the missing ballast resistor wire from my ignition on the Scout.
Soldered a friend's broken keyboard adapter input.

There was just no resting this weekend.

Installing the Pond

We decided we are going to finish installing the pond in our backyard this weekend. We started digging in January but it was just too cold. It is a gigantic 2 tier pond with a waterfall. We are going to put fish in it, maybe small koi or catfish, not sure yet.

The 2010 Census Is Not constitutional

Why does the government need to know more than how many people live in an area? Why do they need to know race and home ownership and relationship status. Maybe it will be to persecute immigrants when WWIII breaks out. I mean that's what happened in WWII. They used census records to find Japanese immigrants an put them in interment camps. Or maybe they will prosecute same sex couples with the data... anyway they use it its unconstitutional not to mention a huge waste of money that this country doesn't even have to waste. the census should be one question. How many people live in this household at this address and that is it.
Big Brother is Watching!!!!!

I created my first Pro Tools Tutorial Video

I made my first video today . . .

How to Use Parallel Compression in Pro Tools 8


for use with this article I wrote on Hubpages
How to Use Parallel Compression in Pro Tools 8

Starting to post Pro Tools Videos

I am going to start recording and posting videos to go along with my pro tools articles. I am going to voice them over in my home recording studio. I think because my videos will not be home movie quality and I am going to edit them professionally that this will put me ahead of all the crap expert village puts out. I hope this will increase my views with google also for my articles and even make me a few extra dollars.

All the coolest K-Cups

I wrote an article about all the most popular K-Cups and even Fair Trade and Organic K-Cups for Coffee, Hot teas and Hot Cocoa.

Buy the Most Popular K-Cups for Your Keurig Coffee Machine

Got some Drum Loops from Prime Loops

I wanted to write some more music, but I am still not great at writing drum beats. I downloaded some "Dirty South" drum loops from primeloops.com. They were very fairly priced compared to some other sites I checked out and professionally recorded.. One of the loops that I really liked was on its own and didn't have any variations bundled with it, which was kind of disappointing, but it made me just write some extra drum parts to go with it, which is easier than starting from scratch. I may order some more loops from them later on. The glitch hop drum loops sounded awesome, so that may be the next purchase.

More backlinking success

I did a lot of backlinking on forums today and yesterday and am already seeing increased traffic. In fact one of my keywords went from 30 something on google to spot 19 and now spot 18. Still working on getting it to the first page, but second page is still pretty decent. I recommend signing up to a forum in which you know a lot about the topic and putting 1 or 2 links in your signature. I write meaningful responses on the forum and people visit my page, good deal to me, and also impoves backlings, make sure the forum isn't nofollow though. good luck backlinking.

I found another cool Backlinking site

This one does not have a referral link but they share 80% adsense and more importantly the links are dofollow. So go to snipsly.com to start backlinking today!

Glass is Recyclable

How long does glass stay in a landfill? FOREVER!!! is does not break down ever. It's more natural than plastic but every time glass goes in the landfill, new glass has to be made and that wastes lots of resources. Recycle glass!!!! it is important. Did you know beer bottles are reused. Not melted down but cleaned an reused a minimum of 12 times depending on the company. Broken glass can be recycled too! Please, Please recycle glass.

New Dog

We got a new dog today from VA Beach animal control. It is a beagle/dachshund mix and probably weighs about 20-25 lbs. He is 3 and a half and neutered. He is continually fighting nixon for dominance but neither are really aggressive to each other, they just try to hump each other a lot. We named the new dog Franklin. He likes to stay outside a whole lot which is the opposite of nixon, who hates the outdoors. He is a barker but we will fix that in no time.

Xomba is still the coolest

Seriously, when I post a link on Xomba the Xomba page is indexed by Google in 5 minutes, and the page I linked to in Xomba is indexed in about an hour or less. It is lightning fast, since I am addicted to instant gratification.

Join Xomba Now

What makes a commerical good

A commercial is only good when the watcher wants and remembers the product, either now or in the future. So a good commercial is either really amazing or really horrible. Both will be remembered. There is a Dow commercial called the human element, that is such a beautiful commercial with a very nice voice over and probably took a ton of money to create but they never mention Dow audibly in the commercial just a tiny logo pops up at the end. Besides the people that work at Dow, I am probably the only person that knows what that commercial is for. Yet a local used car dealer called auto connection makes cheezy commercials on a personal camcorder and I remember every minute of it and what the product is and where to get it. I am not in the market for a used car but it seems the commercials are doing well for them since they have now opened more locations and made more commercials in similar low quality and taste. So, a good commercial achieves the desired result, make a company more money, or in PSA cases raise awareness, which in my opinion is hopeless and worthless and a waste of donations and tax money but that is another topic for another day.

Randy Jackson's Sweater

Randy Jackson on American Idol tonight wore a Comme des Garcons Sweater that had a heart with eyes on it. I also saw Drake wearing one earlier this year or maybe last year. Randy Jackson wears the most random things on American Idol.

Pro Tools Tips and Tricks

I have written a bunch of articles about some tips and tricks for using Pro Tools.

How To Create a Frequency Sweep Effect in Pro Tools 8

A List of Commonly Used Pro Tools 8 Shortcuts on Mac

How To Download Pro Tools Plugins Free

How to Set Up a Hip Hop Session Template in Pro Tools

How to Export in Pro Tools 8

How to Mix Vocals in Pro Tools 8

Writing Articles for Amazon

I decided to try my hand at writing articles to try and generate amazon income.  Here are my first 2.

Best Screen Protectors for iPhone 3G and 3GS 8GB and 16GB

Top 3 Best Dog Deshedding Tools

I'll let you all know how it goes and if I will continue to write more.

Rant about Moe's and Recycling

While eating at Moe's I noticed that they use aluminum foil to wrap their burritos and other food. They also do not have recycling for the foil. This is a whole lot of waste and trash that could easily be recycled. You can get fined for throwing one of thier little plastic baskets in the trash but balls of aluminum foil go in there with out a second thought. Moe's should be more environmentally responsible. I think I will stop eating there until they change their thoughtlessness on this issue!

I found a Silver War Nickel!!!!

I finally found a silver nickel in my coin roll hunting. I have probably gone through 500-600 nickels before I found one and I actually found 2 today. Both 1943-P.

What is Coin Roll Hunting

Starting a Bar

I have decided that I would like to start and run a bar. I love the atmosphere of a calm bar and love running a business. I bought a book about it and am about 1/5 of the way through. I won't be starting it anytime soon, just trying to get all the info I can so I can decide if I can do it, and what steps I need to take in my life to go in that direction. Maybe a bar in Texas? Who knows?

I wrote an article about choosing the best microphone for your voice over career

How to choose the best microphone for voice overs

I wrote this article to help people decide which microphone to get depending on what stage they are at in their voice over career.

2 Good Sources for Backlinking your Website

I have found a website for back linking articles.
SheToldMe.com
You just have to add your link + title, description and some tags an off you go.
They also share Adsense which is cool if you have an AdSense Account.
And the second one which is very similar is:
Xomba
They also share AdSense but the design looks neater than SheToldMe.

Happy Backlinking!

New Article I wrote about Making it in Voice Overs

How to Make it Doing Voice Overs

I wrote this article to share my knowledge about the people I have seen succeed in the Voice Over Business and have been able to make it their careers. I am an Audio Engineer and this article is a culmination of experience that last few years working full time in the field from the Producer's view point.

The First Post

This blog will be about me, Pro Tools, my writing and my experience nurturing my recording studio.