Another one of the best internet memes going around is a string of emails written from the perspective of an attorney. These are always entertaining. You gotta love this lawyer... Everyone who has ever bought a house will enjoy this.  A New Orleans lawyer sought an FHA loan for a client who lost his house in Hurricane Katrina and wanted to rebuild.  He was told the loan would be granted if he could prove satisfactory title to the parcel of property being offered as collateral. The title to the property dated back to 1803, which took the Lawyer three months to track down.  After sending the information to the FHA, he received the following reply: (Actual letter): "Upon review of your letter adjoining your client's loan application, we note that the request is supported by an Abstract of Title.  While we compliment the able manner in which you have prepared and presented the application, we must point out that you have only cleared title to the proposed collateral property back to 1803.  Before final approval can be accorded, it will be necessary to clear the title back to its origin." Annoyed, the lawyer responded as follows: ...

I recently wrote about a new blog I started called the Mayor of Concord. Starting a local blog is not for the faint of heart. Depending on how many other people are writing in your community, you have the chance of pissing off a few people. Maybe I'm an exception to the rule but I got about a dozen hate emails within the first week. Everything is better now but it was a bit concerning in the beginning. I have this site among a couple others that I do not update as often as I like and for some reason I really thought that starting a new blog would be the right thing to do. (I'm addicted) Besides having a new site that can be an outlet for thoughts and opinions, it could also be turned into an online business of sorts. Now most of you know that just starting a new site and expecting the checks to roll in is a fantasy at best. You have a better chance of a leprechaun knocking on your door with a pot of gold than to have a brand new site generating a consistent revenue stream over night. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="by ...

Some would wonder what Michael Phelps has to do with blogging. I think there are many similarities and I'll outline a few. As of the time this posts, Michael Phelps has grabbed 11 Gold Medals and is aiming for more to add around his neck. It would appear that Michael Phelps is unstoppable. The trick is learning from his success to make your blog explode. Being #1 takes a lot of effort. Sacrifices need to be made and priorities adjusted. For professional bloggers, writers and freelancers, this is nothing that comes as news. What do you do to continually bring your A game to the internet? Do you have a process to follow or just jump in the pool and hope everything works out for the best? Here are a few things to think about.

Today was supposed to be a wondrous day for Apple. The release of the new iPhone 3G and the much anticipated iPhone 2.0 software update. People waited in lines for the phone and I woke up first thing this morning to download the latest firmware update. Turns out Apple and I had another thing coming! Some are calling this iPocalypse, the beginning of the end for iPhone enthusiasts. I wouldn't go that far but I will say that the massive outages being talked about and the iPhones that have turned to ibricks because of this recent update is really making some waves around the internet. iPhone FAILS After all the work put into the release of the newest iPhone, you would think that Apple and AT&T would have thought about how to manage all the requests for the update. I guess someone fell asleep at the wheel and their iNap is holding all of us back. Engadget another popular technology site has already logged 330 comments to his post Are you having problems with your iPhone? ZDNet is telling all of their readers not to upgrade their iPhones today also. The meltdown is a classic example of problems that can result from complex systems that ...

20,000 visitors in a couple days can't be wrong. My last post was titled Why geeks make better boyfriends. I was searching the interwebs for some information on a future post and came across an old post on the 'best of Craigslist' that laid out 15 reasons why Geeks make better boyfriends. Instead of just giving it a thumbs up in StumbleUpon, I thought I would add it to my geek break section as well. I did this because I thought the post was so amusing that it would eventually get lost in my StumbleUpon favorites and I would never see it again. So I found a geeky picture to add to the post and put it up. I specifically put the post in a low level category of my site thinking it was not worth any attention at all. I was wrong. Blacksmith2 of the StumbleUpon community discovered my post and added it to his favorites. Then the shit storm started brewing. Within a few hours my iPhone was blowing up with emails for me to approve comments on my blog. Initially I thought is was related to my post about becoming a daddy but that failed in comparison to ...

My wife came home with a present for me that contained a card and a book. Cute really. I think I read the card like three times before I understood what I was reading. It was like I suddenly had a reading comprehension level of a 4 year old. The only thing I could find to say was "Are you sure?" that was the alternate answer to "How did that happen?". I think I chose the right answer. I suppose this post has been coming for a while. I wrote in the beginning of the year that baby talk had started in Casa De Sexton and not to be surprised if there was a post like this in 2008. I would have been happy with a Quad Core Server and a 30" monitor for gaming and web development. It would have been a hell of a lot cheaper. But the news of baby Sexton is so much better! Am I ready to be a dad? We had been talking about it and I was unsure about being ready to raise a child. I mean, come on, really?!? Koka Sexton having a kid? There could be a comedy skit written about such blatant ...

What is Viddler? Viddler is a fresh, creative web application that lets you upload, enhance, and share digital video quickly and easily inside your web browser. In other words Viddler is the hottest video sharing site online. A lot like YouTube but brings a social aspect to their site. After you post a video you can accept comments inline with the stream. This adds a new level to your Vlog by creating a conversation during your video that is shared with everyone and using tags that make searching and sharing even easier. Who uses Viddler? The exact number of users is a secret but it's got to be in the millions (idk). The uploaded videos range from things like cooking tips to comedy. One of my favorite searches is the Me Today. This is a collection of Viddlers that post a video update daily. It's the best kind of Vlogging done. Viddler Me Todays are usually entertaining and sometimes comical. Obviously I enjoy the posts from iJustine who holds some of the most popular and commented on videos and the Vlogger from down under DJ Steen. Viddler pays you. Besides being a kick ass video hosting service, one of the added benefits drawing people to Viddler ...

A couple weeks back I felt a disturbance in the force. Chris Garrett and ProBlogger announced that they have assembled a book together that has Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income. Sure that sounds great but is this really necessary? I am a bit split on my opinion and figured I would write them out and see what your take is. "How to blog" wrapped in a box - Amazon Product Description Blogging has become a popular and fascinating pastime for many, but more and more bloggers are finding it can also be an excellent source of direct or indirect income. Although the barriers to starting a blog are low, without expert guidance it is easy to get frustrated when success doesn't match expectations. Written by the creator of the world's #1 resource for making money with blogs, ProBlogger takes the reader from absolute beginner to earning money from or as a result of blogging. Through step by step practical lessons the reader will choose a blog topic, analyze the market, set up a blog, promote it and earn revenue. Unlike other books that ...

I checked into YouTube for a quick distraction and maybe a laugh after getting home from work. I was surprised to see that one of the featured videos was a campaign for naked Vlogs. Come on people. I'm sure this started out as an innocent attempt for some attention and it worked. The guy who started it Chris has a large collection of interesting videos filled with music and this campaign is getting him a lot of additional attention. He even has added an additional Naked Vlog video where he does a strip tease that is awkward at best. I thought this was just another attempt at getting some more viewers then I did a search on Naked Vlog Campaign was surprised to see that this was not some solo campaign but has actually caught momentum and has several pages of other video bloggers contributing to the naked campaign. WTF!?! Are people that eager to get naked for their webcams? Men, women, young and old have added their own videos in support. Naked videos on YouTube are nothing new. Freaky people post this stuff from time to time but what makes this different is that the video bloggers do not 'actually' show anything ...