I’m sure I’m not the only one that thought Alex Tew ran off with all pixel ad money from the failed reincarnation of the Million Dollar Homepage, Pixelotto. It looks like he decided to end the lotto early, despite the lotto’s rules. Congratulations to the mysterious winner, K. Moguche! I’m hoping for a second round of Pixelotto, but I’m not holding my breath - the first round pretty much flopped. It was a good idea, but it didn’t get near enough media coverage to make it a success.

I’ve always wondered if Google had an online store that sold nifty Google merchandise. I’ve never heard a mention of it so I figured Google merchandise was reserved for Google employees, high-performance AdSense/AdWords users, etc. I was thinking about writing to Google, letting them know I worship them and I am a proud owner of a single share in their company, and hope they send me a t-shirt.

While I was poking around on their about page, I found a link to the official Google Store! Awesome! Next time I’m ready to retire a few of my old shirts, I’ll be stopping by the Google Store to pick up some new ones.

Hey, Dan! I want your Google fridge!

First of all, I’d like to say that I love Google and I am the proud owner of one share in Google stock. Unfortunately, being a full-time (and struggling) web developer at 20 years old, I cannot afford to invest in more shares - let alone an awesome mini fridge.

If I had that fridge, I can say I’d probably use it daily. I am a tea addict, Lipton iced tea being my favorite (though, I like warm chai tea with cream in the winter). During the summer months I drink around a gallon of iced tea a day and about a half gallon during winter. It’s delicious stuff - especially when used to wash down Mike and Ikes.

I try to avoid making large batches of tea at a time because the fresh brewed taste is screwed up when it sits with everything else in the fridge. So, I usually stick to making a glass of tea at a time - and by glass, I mean about 32 ounces or your average extra large cup from a fast food restaurant. You can imagine how much time I spend making tea every day. Having a fridge dedicated to feeding my iced tea addiction and keeping me fueled with caffeine while sporting the logo of my favorite company would be the coolest (har har) thing ever! Not to mention a huge boost in my tea-brewing-and-cooling efficiency!

During the colder times of the year when I don’t drink as much tea and usually prefer it warm, I’d flick the fridge over to its heater setting and keep my chai tea steamy and delicious. I’d probably pop it open and roast my hands for a bit - gloves are a pain in the ass when you spend most of the day typing on a keyboard.

Dan, give me your Google fridge and I will cherish it forever!

And a late Merry Christmas. I hope you had a wonderful holiday season!

On a recent trip to Albuquerque, I spent almost the entire flight writing down all the projects and ideas I have floating around in my head and what I need to do (an can do) for each one. It came out to about seven pages! It helped clear my mind and gave me a kick of motivation to get some of the list done. It feels great to work through each task and be able to cross things off and make the list smaller.

This activity has lead to one of my New Year’s resolutions - write down my goals and what I need to do to accomplish them. I started out by writing down all of my New Year’s resolutions. Here are some of them:

• Be earning $5,000/mo. by my birthday (June 18th)
• Be earning $10,000/mo. by this time next year
• Keep better track of finances
• Get to bed earlier, sleep less, and wake up earlier (I often get to bed around 1-2am and wake up around 10-11am)
• Form an exercise habit
• Lease an Audi TT (Such an awesome looking car)

What’s on your list for 2008?

It took me some time to stumble across this article but I am glad I did. Thank you Mike Davidson for clearing up the confusion I had about dropping domains.

I am testing the three sites he recommended with a domain that is going to expire within the next few days. According to the article, it may take a few weeks before it actually drops, but I’ll get the backorders in place until that happens. Wish me luck!