Specs of my 13-inch MacBook Pro:
2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB Memory
160GB hard
SD card slot
Built-in 7-hour battery
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics

More pictures!

I have my own laptop at last. Thanks to my July AdSense earnings! I bought this just last week (August 1) and after 1 week of playing with it, I can say that this thing is the best!

Why?

• Battery life is awesome!

• It’s lightweight!

• OS X!

• It’s freakin stylish!

• According to US apple store, the price of 13-inch MacBook Pro starts at $1199 and I got it at almost the same price through an Apple authorized reseller. Bang for the buck!

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13″ MacBook Pro: The Laptop that blogging bought

Hi! This is my Infolinks report. I’ve been an Infolinks publisher for just over a month now and I must say that it’s all been good.

I signed up last April and I was approved just before May (about 2-3 days review and approval process). I joined Infolinks because other bloggers had already posted on how the in-text advertising service helped their monthly blog income. They say that Infolinks pays better than other in-text ad programs out there.

Personally, I can’t say that it’s better because I haven’t tried other programs. All I can say is that I’ve been very happy with Infolinks since the first week.

What is In-Text Advertising? In-Text advertising explained from Infolinks website

In-Text advertising inserts text link advertisements within the content of your website, usually in the form of double-underline hyperlinks. Upon a hover of the mouse, a floating informational bubble opens with content from an advertiser. If clicked, the visitor is directed to the advertiser’s landing page and you earn advertising revenue; otherwise, when the mouse is moved away from the hyperlink, the bubble disappears. Learn how to get started with In-Text Advertising today.

What makes Infolinks good?

1. You just have to copy-and-paste the code (javascript) on your blog and you’re good to go.
2. You can choose the color of links that will appear on your site.
3. They have a good and helpful support team. They answered my questions via email in less than 24 hours.
4. They are offering a PayPal payment which is very convenient for me.
5. The revenue I get from them is very very good. It’s actually in the far second spot with my Adsense earnings. (Not bad Infolinks! You’re still in the 2nd spot).

More of the revenue report below.

My Revenue Report

(You can click the images to enlarge)

May 2009 revenue: $512.03 (for 31 days)

June 2009 partial revenue: $213.77 (for 4 days)

• For the month of May: I earned $512 with an average of $16.52 a day with 378 average clicks per day.
• For the Month of June: With just 4 days, I already earned $213.77. What’s interesting here is the jump in average daily earnings to $53.44. If we compute the daily average earning multiplied by 30 (days), It will give me a total of $1603.2 for this month. Wow!

I’m displaying a maximum of 4 Infolinks in-text ads on my blogs (Just started to allow 5 links today). You can choose the max allowed number of highlighted links per page and also change the link style to double or single underline. Increasing the number of highlighted links may increase your CTR but I recommend that you keep it to just 5 to avoid the clutter of links on your page.

Conclusion:
I totally recommend Infolinks for bloggers and content publishers because of its high revenue possibilities. Infolinks may not be a complete replacement to Google adsense but it will give you a better monthly revenue.

Revenues may vary for different blogs depending on how high your traffic is. But I can assure you that the higher the traffic is, the higher the revenue. (Just compare the screen shots above). I suggest you concentrate on building your site’s traffic.

If you’re not an Infolinks publisher yet, then you can go to their sign-up page to start earning money. You can sign-up using my referral link here.

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My Infolinks Report: $500+ on its first month!

The Samsung 2253LW is a 21.6 in, flat panel computer monitor. Compared to other LCD monitors on the market right now, I can say that the 2253LW is inexpensive at around $275 (not discounted price). This resolution is 1680×1050 and weighs 11.9 lbs.

This kind of monitor is suited for those who want better displays for their movies and gaming because It has a 2 ms response time.

The box includes the following items: (See picture below)

Samsung Sycmaster 2253LW Specifications:

• Diagonal: 21.6 inches

• Display Type: Samsung TN+Film TFT

• Native resolution: 1,680 x 1,050

• Contrast: 1,000:1 (8,000:1 dynamic)

• Brightness: 300 cd/m²

• Pixel response: 2ms (grey-to-grey), 5ms (typical)

• Viewing angles: 170/160 degrees H/V

• Inputs: DVI (with HDCP), VGA

• Chassis adjust: Tilt

I bought it for just PHP 9,900 from a local warehouse sale! Great value!

The Monitor that blogging bought! hehe!

Umm… No! not yet because I will be receiving my first adsense earning at the end of this month. Well, I guess it’s an advance Christmas gift for my self!

(Photos: Newegg.com)

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Review: My Samsung Sycmaster 2253LW widescreen monitor

The movie was so so.. I mean it’s not that great. Let me point out some of things that I didn’t like:

First: Not my kind of vampire story – I like vampire stories, I even named my first blog techvampire and my forum user name is after Vampire Lestat. It’s all because of Anne Rice. Anne Rice’s vampires are way to cool! They don’t sparkle when spotted by the sun. (Sparkling = gay! LOL!)

Second: Story was slow, maybe because it’s a four-part book and 75% of the story is yet to be revealed. I’m just assuming this because I haven’t read the book. I need to read the book though. The sad part is I’ll be imagining things from the book as I’ve seen it on the movie.

Third: Make-up = Make-up artists should be fired/replaced

Fourth: I watched the movie on the third row. [hilo!] )

Fifth: I am Vampire_Lestat!

The movie is good for Teen-agers, you know the “love story” effect. hehe! I like love story anyways so I give this movie 6.5 out 10 sparkling stars.

Twilight is a young adult vampire-romance novel written by author Stephenie Meyer. It was originally published in hardcover in 2005. It is the first book of the Twilight series, and introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella “Bella” Swan who moves from Phoenix, Arizona, to Forks, Washington, and finds her life in danger when she falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen. The novel is followed by New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. [source]

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Twilight – not my kind of vampire story