Sunday Evening Catch Up
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Things I’ve done this weekend:
- Upgraded my PC. Mostly I prefer working on my MacBook laptop but there are some things that are better done on a desktop Windows machine and mine was suffering under the strain. I’ve replaced the motherboard, CPU and memory to bring it into the 21st century and all for £120. It’s amazing how cheap and powerful PCs have become recently. Just need a new hard drive now to make the most of it. It’s getting towards the end of the tax year and so it makes sense to get these IT purchases in now to reduce my tax liability. Mental note to self: look up how to account for computer purchases on tax return - something to do with spreading it over several few years.
- Did some articles for my vibration platform site. It’s chugging along OK but only making a few quid a day off AdSense. I’m hoping the organic SEO visitors will start to increase as I write more content. Should look for link exchange partners too. Feel free to shout up if you have a relevant site.
- Worked on my discount code site. This is still in the early stages and will warrant a full post or two later. It’s Wordpress based but I’ve been getting my hands dirty doing some custom PHP and Javascript for some of the more idiosyncratic touches. It’s been a while since I did either PHP or Javascript and it shows. Pleased with how things are coming along though.
- Knocked together a quick and dirty Amazon Astore and an Adwords campaign to support it. Not convinced that this is going to get the ROI necessary to make it worth while but should find out over the next couple of days. It’s time sensitive so might post more later in the week.
- Went out for a few beers on Friday night with a good friend. It’s not all work, work, work; as they used to say in some stupid TV ad. It’s important to keep perspective when you’re trying to do fulltime and self-employed work. Having an evening out did me the world of good. It’s been a while since I actually stepped away from the computer for an entire evening.
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