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Jul 11
I am fairly new to the idea of being paid to write about something online. When I purchased my own domain name a few days ago and started doing my blog, I wanted to do it for the sole purpose of being able to talk about things I love and being able to share it with anyone who would chance upon it. After looking at other blogs,I started to see that I could actually be doing that and also get a chance to be paid fairly well for it.
A friend of mine advised me to try PayPerPost, and told me that it was a good way to earn a little money on the side, while being able to write about things you like. So it got me curious, and I took it upon myself to try it out. After reading what kind of opportunities there were, I wanted to find out if I would be able to write about something that was being offered.
I had also read rather lengthily, that there are quite a few bloggers who don’t believe in PayPerPost scheme, and some even say it is doomed to fail. I totally disagree, because if you are a blogger, which usually says that you like writing about many different things, then it would be practically impossible for you not to want to write about something new. The idea of reading up on something you know very little about, and then writing about it, expands your knowledge on that topic. It also gives you a chance to want to know more about something and that is indeed something worth doing.
I would disagree on the premise of other bloggers that you would be “selling out” because you are writing a review or an opinion about something merely because you are being paid to do so. That is just not the case. There are many different topics you can choose to write about, which means that you aren’t being forced or coerced to write a positive review about something you don’t like. That is why you are shown an array of opportunities in your page in PayPerPost, so you can aptly choose which particular topics you would want to write about. If you don’t want to write about it, then don’t! It is by no means a mechanism that forces you to write about something you don’t want to. And that is the beauty of PayPerPost. Sure, you get paid to blog about something, but what’s wrong with that?
In the end, it’s just like playing basketball in the NBA. NBA players love playing the game, and the bonus they get from it, is that they get paid to do it. What could be better than that? It’s just like this. Bloggers write about anything and everything under the sun, because that is what they love to do. Being paid to do it does not undermine the truthfulness of what you have written. It is merely a bonus. And that’s why PayPerPost is a great idea, and that’s why I’m part of it.
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Jul 10
After a long hiatus from the music scene, Maroon 5 released their 2nd studio album “It Won’t Be Soon Before Long” back in May of 2007, five years after their Grammy Award winning 1st album “Songs About Jane,” that went gold, platinum, then triple platinum. The second set debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of nearly half a million. The album has since hit platinum with 1.8 million albums sold in the US alone and over 3.5 million world wide.
Maroon 5 has been immensely popular in the Philippines, having quite a number of hit songs that ruled the air ways for months. I’ve never been a big fan of theirs, but they definitely have a unique type of sound to their band. I’ve downloaded the album below with the bonus tracks, and it has some pretty good songs in there. So whether you’re a Maroon 5 fan, or someone who just wants to listen to good music, then the album below is definitely worth listening to. There is also a track that features the very popular Rihanna, so for fans of both, the album below is definitely worth downloading 
Tracks:
1. If I Never See Your Face Again – 3:21
2. Makes Me Wonder – 3:31
3. Little Of Your Time – 2:17
4. Wake Up Call – 3:21
5. Won’t Go Home Without You – 3:51
6. Nothing Lasts Forever – 3:07
7. Can’t Stop – 2:32
8. Goodnight Goodnight – 4:03
9. Not Falling Apart – 4:03
10. Kiwi – 3:34
11. Better That We Break – 3:06
12. Back At Your Door – 3:46
13. If I Never See Your Face Again (Featuring Rihanna) – 3:18
14. Infatuation – 4:25
15. Miss You Love You – 3:10
16. Until You’re Over Me – 3:15
17. Story – 4:31
18. Losing My Mind – 3:21
Artist: Maroon 5
Title: It Won’t Be Soon Before Long Deluxe Edition ( 2008 )
Time: 01:01:28
Size: 97.32MB
Torrent: Rapidshare
Links: Popcrunch – The Making: Maroon 5 & Rihanna Video
Jul 07
It is being touted as the greatest Final ever in Wimbledon history. When all the dust had settled after 4 hours and 48 minutes, not withstanding 2 rain delays sandwiched in the middle, the rivalry of ages between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal had again ended with Nadal holding up the trophy. The final stat line for the match, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (8-10), 9-7, in favor of the Spaniard, who played an unbelievable 5 sets to trounce the King of Grass.
When the first two sets went by to Nadal, Federer seemed tired and weary, and ready to give it up again in 3 sets. But when the 1st rain delay came, it was a blessing for Federer as he came roaring back with a renewed vigor about him and took the set on a tie-breaker. The 4th set, was no different, as it went to another tie-breaker, packed with one of the best array of ice-cold pressure-packed winners I have seen.
Federer had taken the set and pushed the Final to a 5th set. The match was of such superior quality from start to finish, with every single person watching in awe as to how great these two athletes were. At times, Nadal and Federer could only shake their heads marveling at each other’s shots. But in the end, it was Nadal who closed out the 5th set to the tune of 9-7, beating the World’s Number One, yet again.
Roger Federer is going to be the greatest tennis player ever to walk on this planet. The only problem he has, given the fact that no one in the world can beat him, except ONE man, who has almost permamently solidified his stature as Federer’s kryptonite. That one man, irregardless of what surface, Roger Federer would almost never be able to beat.
The above head-to head record is taken from Wikipedia. The last time Federer won against Nadal was back in 2007 in the semifinals in Shanghai on a hardcourt, and he has only beaten Nadal one time on his favorite surface. As it stands right now, Nadal is 12-6 lifetime against Federer, with the last 4 matches being all Final wins in 2008 (Monte Carlo, Hamburg, the French, and now Wimbledon). When will Federer win against Nadal again? That is going to be a big question mark. And when they do meet again, no matter what surface it is going to be played on, Rafa will always be the favorite after this classic Wimbledon Final, as he stamped his dominance against Federer without any shred of doubt.
Jul 05
This masterpiece was written way back in 1988, by Stephen Hawking, who is widely regarded as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein, and holds Newton’s chair as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge. For a book like this to be written way back in ’88, is indeed astounding as the “theoretical” concepts Hawking talks about here seem way further than what was fairly known at that time.
This is known to be the best single book on astrophysics for the common reader, as Hawking tries (rather successfully) to explain to audiences the possible answers to the most curious questions we all have about the universe. Questions like how the universe began and what made its start possible; whether the universe is unending; how space and time work in parallel or otherwise; and what will happen when it all ends.
This is Hawking’s first book for the non-specialist, and holds many rewards for the lay audience, which practically refers to us all. The book provides a glimpse into the workings of his mind and delves into rather lucid revelations on the frontiers of physics, astronomy and cosmology. This is also a book about God, or perhaps the absence of a God. As Hawking embarks on a quest to answer Einstein’s famous question on whether God had any choice in creating the universe, he is attempting, as he explicitly states, to understand the mind of God. And this makes all the more unexpected the conclusion of the effort, at least so far: a universe with no edge in space, no beginning or end in time, and nothing for a Creator to do.
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