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One more week of the lensbuilding contest

One more week of my little lensbuilding contest with Grayth and it’s looking like I might draw the short end of the stick! We’ll see how it all works out in the end. (follow contest progress here)
Either way,  the contest has given me some great new ideas for templates etc for future lensbuilding, as most [...]

The Price of Failure

As some of you know, I’ve basically disappeared off the face of the Squidoo-verse for the last 4 months or so.
I was working on one of my most aggressive entrepreneurial projects ever.
It totally crashed and burned over the last few weeks.
Failing is something I do on a regular basis with various things, but I’m not going [...]

…And We’re Back

Hey All, due to some unforseen real life craziness, I’ve been unable to be a good Captain and keep you all up to date on the latest ways to kick butt on Squidoo.
The most recent burst of craziness appears to be slowing down microscopically, so I anticipate being able to get back into the quest [...]

A Small Quest Detour

The Captain was having some of his merry band over last night for some vittles and grog when some grog found it’s way onto the Captain’s laptop.
This leaves the Captain with one less laptop and one more paperweight than is desired.
Following some computer shopping this weekend, the quest should be back in full force again.
ARRR!

The Rules of the Squidoo Quest

okay, let’s follow up yesterdays admittedly ambitious post with a bit of clarification as to how I am going to go about getting to this goal of earning $2,000 a month from Squidoo lenses.
First, there are a few basic things to get out of the way:
Fully transparent – All of the lenses I make are [...]

A Squidoo Pirate Quest for Gold

Sorry for the absence everyone, have been getting settled in Singapore and adjusted to life on Southeast Asia.
As I’m starting a new phase in my pirate life I’ve also decided to begin a new phase in my Squidoo life as well.
Now, in the past I’ve made several thousand dollars a month from Squidoo but with [...]

Away in Thailand – Back to Pirating Soon

Hey All,
Been a naughty pirate with my Squidoo Posting the past month but have been busy moving my first mate and myself over to Asia to continue our pirating adventure.
Am Currently exploring Thailand (absolutely Amazing!) but should be back around trolling the waters of Squidoo by next week.
From what I can see it looks like [...]

My First 2 Years on Squidoo

Sweet Pirate Booty! I’ve been so busy the past few weeks that I just realized that i’ve celebrated my second anniversary on Squidoo during the past few weeks!
Some Fun Facts about my time on Squidoo:
I began using Squidoo right around when there was 100,000 lenses.. Now I think there’s close to a million.
I’ve got somewhere [...]

Declaring Email Bankruptcy

I’ve decided that I’m going to declare bankruptcy on my inbox sometime this week.
What’s a bankrupt inbox?
Well, since I am now 12 hours off from most of the continental US there is virtually no chance for me to catch up on emails as speedily as I used to. Waking up every morning with over 100 [...]

Doing the Server Dance

As all of our various projects and adventures have grown, we have yet again outgrown our servers.
This week, we are in the process of upgrading to a full dedicated server setup as well as consolidating several hosting accounts into one in order to better manage our growth.
While this is quite exciting and a sign that [...]