Mom’s Mix

In celebration of Mom’s birthday and without any Wynnona to offer, I made her a mix CD. It is based on some of the songs I got around the time I made Dad’s Mix which consisted mostly of pre-rock 50’s songs. I really don’t know what Mom would like any more than what Dad would like, but I put some later pop songs like Captain and Tennille, Righteous Brothers, and Neil Diamond on this one.

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Google Pays

A year after joining Google’s AdSense program, I finally got up to $100 in ad revenue at the end of June. I got a check towards the end of July. I was hoping for a really fancy colorful Google check, but it’s just a normal looking one. Someone needs to sell them some better checks.

Meanwhile, the Sony page I made is doing great. It gets more hits than the battery pack page but only half the hits of the dejumbler page. However it gets a lot more ad clicks and, in July, accounted for nearly half of the monthly revenue, getting 1,546 page views, 65 ad clicks, and $7.21 in revenue.

Google Check

Dots on Soda Cans

At Perdido, Kelly pointed out that there are colored dots on the bottom of soda cans. Different cans have different colors. I checked all the cans and they all had a dot of some color on the bottom. Even cans from the same 12-pack will have different colors. I thought there had to be a reason, but didn’t know what it might be. I did a search on Google and had the answer in minutes:

http://www.nordson.com/Businesses/Container/Products/containerinkdot.htm

In a factory there might be several machines printing the cans and each machine prints a different color dot on the bottom of the can. This way, if there is a problem they will know which machine to shut down while the other machines continue working.