Jake Ludens’ Mental Environment

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Entries for September, 2008

Big Brother, 1984, and Distractions

I have been a student of Orwellian Theory for a very long time. I write about it a lot over at Feeding The Blind. Yesterday I wrote a post about the economic down fall that the United States could be facing in the next few months. Yet today I have caught a sort of conspiracy [...]

$700 Billion Dollars

It has been a crazy day to watch the American Stock Market literally start to fall apart. Having lost my job earlier this year I know first hand how bad the economy is getting and I hope we can find a way to turn it around soon. I have been thinking about how bad things [...]

My idea for the next reality tv show….. Consumer!

I was waiting here at the house for the plumber to come fix some things in the house. Diane was here with me and she turned on the TV to MTV and “The Real World” was on. First of all, I don’t hate anything in this world and I hate reality tv. The people on [...]

Unplugged

Tonight I took some time away from the computer and did something that I think a lot of us in the computer world forget how to do, unplug. Well, not totally unplug, but I sat down and watched Pink Floyd The Wall. It is incredible how amazing art can recharge and re-align your thought process.
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A flaw in Affiliate Marketing

When I first moved to Las Vegas, green right out of college, my first job was going door to door selling ADT security systems. At the time I needed a job in the worst way. If any of you have lived in Las Vegas for any given amount of time, then you know how tough [...]

Creating need out of thin air

Awhile back I purchased a collection of old tv commercials from the 50’s and 60’s. It is a great set of very vintage material that not only marks the times, but touches on just about every stereo type we live buy today. A good number of the commercials would be controversial by today’s standards based [...]

Back in Vegas and ready to get back to blogging

Well if there are any of you following my blog, I was unable to post a blog a day while I was in Wyoming visiting my parents. I was able to set up a wireless network for my parents house and after some very interesting set up able to post one quick blog yesterday. But [...]

Finally have internet

I am blogging from Wyoming. Was without the internet for a few days here so I posted on twitter to let everyone know that I was trying to blog for the 30 day blog challenge. I fly back to Vegas in the morning and promise to get back to blogging each day.
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Irony x 4 or x 9 or WTF?

Well, I didn’t get my normal amount of spam today, email accounts excluded. However, I did find something very interesting and I wanted to share it with you today.
With the new house, Diane and I decided to get a subscription to Consumer Reports. This is a great publication full of info on things you never [...]

Three, wish that were all the Satellite TV ads that I got today.

Today’s victor of the spam assault of my mail box Direct TV. However, it is not Direct TV that is sending all of this stuff to me, it is their affiliates. I do love affiliate marketing, Click Here, Work from Home, Need Cash, Male Enhancement, Female Enhancement, Goat Enhancement, Feeling lonely tonight, V1aGr-a, Hot teen [...]