“Monetization” is big these days. The idea of taking your spare whatever – empty web page spaces, e-mail backgrounds, Facebook profiles – and turning them into cash, is irresistible during these turbulent times. Personally, I think we should demand to be paid when we wear a “brand name” T-shirt, jacket, or other item of clothing that sports a corporate logo. Why are we giving these fat cats free advertising, anyway? But let’s leave that aside, for now. I’ve discovered a great way for you to monetize another “dead space,” …

Regardless of what your mother said, we all believe we have to be doing a thing everybody else is doing. Moms don’t really get peer pressure; when she calls you out on something and you tell her that “everybody’s” doing it, she, of course, throws this snappy comeback at you: “And if everybody jumps off the top of building, should you do that too?” Gotcha!
Regardless, though, “everybody’s doing it” is hard for many of us to argue with. If everybody’s involved in something, there must be something to it! Of …

When Santayana coined the phrase, “he who does not know the past is condemned to repeat it,” he had no idea it would apply to the internet. And when JFK (supposedly) said “if you don’t know where you’ve been, how can you know where you’re going,” he couldn’t possibly have been referring to the World Wide Web. Or could he have known anyway? Remember that bit about “we will put a man on the moon by the end of the decade”? Both those adages – plus another one, …

We must give thanks. Or at least not bite the hand that feeds us. Didn’t you mother ever teach you that? (Hey – leave my mother out of this!). Motherly advice or not, I think all of us would agree that we must show appreciation to those that provide us with a useful service, or some good information. So, I know you will never, ever use the great money-saving strategy I am going to provide you now in conjunction with our dear old alma mater, the Jerusalem Post. …

You gotta read, mama always said. Reading is fun – and fundamental, teacher would ceaselessly intone. Do you want to be a dope all of your life, watching TV all day? Pick up a book – right now!
Ah, the voices of childhood. Of course, like any good son/student. I listened to the powers that be and read books. Lots of books. And what did I get for my trouble? Bifocals!
Don’t get me wrong – I’m not knocking reading. I’m too ugly to get on TV; the only way for …