Pittsburgh Pirates .. Seriously?

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a huge Pirates fan. Last year showed us Pirate fans that we can do it. Before last year started I was just hoping to get close to .500 and at the half way point it looked as if a play off run was possible.

What happened, the front office decided to spend some money to help make that happen which is great! But they screwed up by getting players who where floundering, Derrick Lee and Ryan Ludwick. They took a chance hoping a new venue would be what they needed to get back on track. Sadly it did not and in my opinion hurt the moral of the team and fans a bit. Also the Blown Call didn't help much either.

Don't get me wrong I liked the pick up of Derrick and Ryan, I had high hopes. Despite how it worked out I would still like to see these players in a Pirate uniform come spring training but I highly doubt they will be around. To these two players, Thank you for coming to Pittsburgh and trying to help. I hope to see you in Pittsburgh but if not good luck with whatever you choose to do.

Now we are in the off season coming off of another loosing season. Now is the time to spend the money before spring training. I didn't think they would pick up someone like Albert but some of the pickups do not make much sense.

Clint Barmes. Age 33 when next season starts. Can play the middle infield as well as Cedano ever did but does not have much of a bat either at a $4 million price tag it may have been better just to keep Cedano or try to bring back Free Agent Jack Wilson for a year or two. I always liked Jack and still has the fielding ability to work in the MLB.

Rod Barajas. Age 36. Doumit and Snyder are gone. Which is okay, I liked them but between injuries and such it makes sense to look in another direction. Michael "The Fort" McKenry looks like he could be the catcher of the future. Eric Fryer looked pretty good. At a $4million price tag Barajas seems to be a wast of money that could be put somewhere else.

Nate McLouth, Age 30. Really didn't we go through him already? In PNC he seems to play fairly well. I don't think this is a bad pick up but again, money maybe better spent else where.

Erik Bedard was 5-9 with the Red Sox and an injury risk. WTF Seriously? Take him to a team that has problems with offense seems like a good idea to me? Jack ass. Watch now that I say that he will be a 20 game winner.

My purely Amateur takes on the positions.
First Base: Getting Derrick Lee back for another season or 3 would suffice. otherwise Garret Jones will hold it
Second Base: Neal Walker should be fine
Short Stop: has been hurting since Jack Wilson left. D'Arnaud and Ciriaco looked like they could belong in the Majors.
Third Base: Give Pedro another chance. Too much has been put in to him to give up so early. Josh Harrison is knocking on the door though. However should a veteran infielder become available..
Catcher: McKenry and Fryer look to be the future Barajas may start the season though.
Out Field: Presley and McCutchen for left and center and apparently Tabata, Mclouth and Jones will be working right.

Pitching: I am lost when it comes to pitching. I do know that compared to some previous years it has been some of the best we have had in pittsburgh since the early '90s. I like James McDonald and of course Joel Hanrahan. In that extra innings game this year that lasted just short of forever the pitching was excellent. I know some upgrade could be made but if they stay on track like they did the first half of last year then I see good things.


Here are a few players I would like Pittsburgh to take a look at picking up that i have not mentioned earlier.

Prince Fielder, will never happen. He is a Brewer and will cost too much.
Jason Kubel, OF decent average, still under 30.
Casey Kotchman 1b. had a great year last year but seems to go up and down. still young.
Wilson Betemit, 3b. Still under 30 puts up some better than average numbers when healthy.
Edwin Jackson, SP. still young and has done well maybe high priced

This is just my take. Talking some of these players to get to come to a loosing team would not be easy.

Updates on things and stuff

New things.

Fiverr
I found a good web site to make a few dollars. Fiverr.com is a site where you can list your talents for sale for $5 ( of which you receive $4 ). My initial experience with it is positive. If you got a talent you may want to check it out.

Giveme5bucks
I got a site to promote my Fiverr micro jobs.

After Effects
I bit the bullet and decided to learn how to use Adobe After Effects. I was surprised how easy it is to use for basic tasks. I'm also very impressed what some people do with it. Hopefully someday I am as good as some of them. Some of the projects I have done are for sale on Fiverr.

YouTube Channel
I started posting videos to YouTube a while back mostly videos from some of the games I have been playing.

SW:TOR
Awesome, check my YouTube channel for some early looks at next years game of the year.

Facebook
Piss off. You're almost as bad as Google. Sorry Google you have become a monster, but because of the circumstances I have to use you two. I am considering a Facebook like and G+ 1 push just to see what happens and to see if I can get a thousand before the end of the year.

Castleville on Facebook.
you are and evil evil app and must be purged.

Boss on Starz
I just love this show and not because of the random sex shots. Check it out.

Beavis and Butthead has returned!

It is about time Beavis and Butthead have come back. Check out the first episode of the new season on MTV.com.

Get More:
Beavis and Butt-Head, Full Episodes

Another day another penny. Quick Domain Parking reviews, Godaddy, Google and Sedo

So I tried 3 different domain parking solutions in the past 6 months or so, GoDaddy, Google and Sedo.  Here is a quick run down of their pros and cons from my personal experience

Domain Parking Pros
GoDaddy: Good PPC rates. I got three bucks on one click!
Google: Okay Traffic, decent payout.  usually got 10-50cents a click
Sedo: Great Traffic

Domain Parking Cons
GoDaddy: Low Traffic. You pay by the month to use it
Google: Subject to AdSense rules and Policies
Sedo: Low pay per click.

GoDaddy would be great if you have a domain with high traffic that you know you can get 10 clicks a month.  Any other domain that gets clicks would just be bonus.

Google is okay but they have been really cracking down what they think maybe Violations.  Very easy to get banned near impossible to get reinstated.

Sedo I'm getting 10times the amount of traffic with Sedo than any other.  Also lots more clicks.  However I am only getting around 3-5cents per click.


Just a quick overview.

New Script: domain worth.

I really need to do one project at a time...

I got side tracked and wrote a script to calculate a value of a domain name.  I just need to add some more TLDs to it and i think it'll be ready.


I think i'll put it on domainshopping.info or sitestats.info before the weekend.

having some pretty good luck with some PTC providers, i'll be posting more on this in coming weeks.

.Com milestone and flopped goals

Big internet milestone coming up soon!  Unless something drastic happens there will be 100 Million .com domains registered this year.  That is a lot by the way.  After other registrars became available and we where not stuck with just Network Solutions (Verisign) to register domains with, things went crazy.

Find out more at Registrar Stats

I got a few of my goals done over the weekend, even recorded the videos but after watching them I decided to not post them.  After looking at them they just didn't fit the bill.  It is pretty easy to figure out anyway, the only tricky part is setting up your name servers if you never done it before.

After re-reading my new book I decided it needs more, especially after some new tricks I have learned.  So I started writing more for it on Monday.  I plan on expanding each beginning section and adding more SEO stuff.  I have not come up with a price for it yet but I am guessing either 20 or 30 through click bank depending on how much info ends up going into it.  Also considering adding a couple videos as well.

Goals for the weekend...

This is more of a personal list of my IM goals for the weekend but I think maybe if I publish them on the web I may actually get some of them done.

Zero to Income Book - Finish it, it is nearly done anyway just need to proof and add a cover.

Redo eBay auctions - Figure out a way to continue to list my digital items for free. Think I got it figured out


Sedo Auctions - Learn how to post Sedo auctions and put up a test one. Turns out you don't put your domains into auction, when someone makes an offer they get put into the auction.


Create videos on registering domains through GoDaddy and NameCheap for createcomputers.com - It has been a while since I've done much with the site.


Go through the Google Sniper 2 course again - I was really surprised.  This guy has it going on.  If you're looking at getting into Affiliate marketing this is a great course It is a steal at the price they are offering it for. Yeah this book is amazing if you check "create computers" you will see one of my sites first in the list on Google minus the ads of course WELL WORTH THE THE MONEY!!!

Add some craigslist entries for a few of my sites.