http://www.danielmclark.com The online home of writer and affiliate marketer Daniel M. Clark Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:07:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fill in the blank: "In the next five to ten years, your ____________ will be as commonly used as your phone number." Here's a few suggestions off the top of my head: AOL screen name MySpace ID Facebook URL Skype ID LinkedIn Profile Twitter ID If you answered any of the above - or any other service like them ... http://www.danielmclark.com/2009/06/25/lets-play-a-game/ The Federal Trade Commission wants to more tightly regulate what bloggers and website owners say on their sites about products and services. They even want to regulate how we link to other websites. Is this consumer protection or over-the-top government intervention where little is needed? Look up in the title bar ... http://www.danielmclark.com/2009/06/23/the-government-strikes-back-part-one/ It's been just about three months since I last updated this site... technically. There were two posts that were made more recently, but after reorganizing and reconsidering the direction of my online activities, I removed them. I have also removed a few dozen older posts, from an era that I ... http://www.danielmclark.com/2009/06/11/vacation-times-over/ Never is a strong word. It's easy to say that I'll never go to the movies again after my experience this afternoon, but I'll feel differently the next time an event film comes out. I'll probably get sucked in again. This is about the movie, not the graphic novel from ... http://www.danielmclark.com/2009/03/11/watchmen-i-am-never-going-to-the-movies-again/ I am aware that Jen was probably kidding when she wrote, "just make a point to at least intend to participate" in the Facebook group, but... I really did intend to write something four days ago for this week's Tuesday's Topic. Honest. This counts, right? http://www.danielmclark.com/2009/03/07/tuesdays-topic-intentions/ When it comes to government and society, the idea of fairness takes on whole new meanings. What might seem unfair in a small group or between two people becomes very fair (and necessary) when applied on a national scale. My friend Jen Goode has been putting together a project called ... http://www.danielmclark.com/2009/02/24/tuesdays-topic-finding-fair/ I have some real problems with the state of the comic book industry right now. If it were up to me, I would force these rules upon every creator, publisher, shop and reader, Thanos-style. I was considering posting this list over at my comic book site, Kids and Comics. The more ... http://www.danielmclark.com/2009/02/22/12-rules-for-the-comic-book-industry/ Words have meaning. We've all agreed to them, so let's try to use them correctly. Papa Johns. Fourth from the left, third from the right. Unlimited toppings on any large pizza (up to 7 toppings). Unless "unlimited" means something completely different than what everyone agreed upon, having a maximum of seven toppings on the ... http://www.danielmclark.com/2009/02/14/we-were-not-born-yesterday-4/ Spam exists in the really real world, too. In case the image is too small or too fuzzy (sorry about that), this is what it says in all of its spammy glory: FREE "Living Will!" (just pay a small $4 processing fee!) Don't get caught without a ... http://www.danielmclark.com/2009/02/11/we-were-not-born-yesterday-3/ Many are the days and nights when I have looked at a clock after using Wikipedia and realized that multiple hours have passed. Wikipedia is the greatest time suck ever devised by man. Earlier today I remembered a conversation about music that I had with my chiropractic provider. We had talked ... http://www.danielmclark.com/2009/02/09/sad-little-numbers-wikipedia-is-a-black-hole-from-which-i-cannot-escape/