Starting Today, I am taking blog submissions for featuring your blog. If you wish to be featured here, please reply to this post or email me at iswitch2mac@gmail.com with your first name and a link to your blog. I will then visit your blog and pick the best entry for the week of the 3rd. For a full 7 days, the Home Icon, a text link, and one post will be dedicated strictly to the winning blog. You can submit more than one blog if you have multiple blogs and you can submit for every week, though don't count on winning every week!

As explained earlier, the link and Home icon will only direct to your site for 7 days, after which it will point to the next winner. Starting Wednesdays, I will make a post asking for submissions. That gives me some time to read through everybody's blogs and pick a winner for Sunday.

There won't be one this week, but you can bet on it next week!

Well, I want to first apologize for not having put up a video in quite some time. Working 9 hours a day at Albertson's does take a lot of my time...and energy. Anyways, I have put up episode 33 for you, I hope you enjoy. Don't forget, if you just want the Red vs Blue episodes, you can get the feed here. Also, if I don't post again before the New Year, I wish everyone a happy and safe New Year! [7:45]

Good news! I have had over 10,000 unique people download a video from my site! That is quite a lot! Now, lets shoot for 20,000!

In other news, it's Holiday season, so I wish everybody a Happy Holidays! I hope you all had a wonderful and safe time with family and friends. Until next time!

Here we are at episode 69...giggity giggity giggity! Alright!

Moving past the Family Guy references, just bringing you another episode of the Red vs Blue. Also, I got bored and wrote this poem:

Dear Red vs Blue. I like to watch you. Sarge is great, but Caboose is the best. Donut is next and followed by the rest. Don't ever stop making these shows or the world will stop making the winds blow.

Yeah I know, I'll stick to my day job! [3:14]

This is the video where PayPerPost moves into their new office. Hopefully they will have internet on time. It is kinda hard to have an internet company without the internet!

Then there's the whole thing with workers using $700 chairs as foot stools! You heard me right a $700 chair! And they are standing on it with work boots! Yikes! Not something that I would be doing! Anyways, you'll notice that 30 seconds into the video, that they are using Mac computers!!! Go Apple!

Also, at 39 seconds in, you'll see a distinct Apple Logo on Ted's laptop on the far left hand side of the screen. I like these guys already! Anywho, the video is about 9:30 long, it's actually a little less than that, but what's 2 seconds...

If you too would like to make money using blog ads, then you need to visit PayPerPost!

Just today, I was checking my e-mail, and low and behold, guess who was too? Spartan117! That's right, we had and instant message conversation and we talked...oh for I'd say a good half hour. Nothing too serious. Just a little about ourselves, what our plans for the future are, things like that. We are both going into the Computer Technology field, which, is like, totally, like, way cool...like!

Anyways, if you haven't checked out his blog yet, or don't know where to find it, you can click here. He is on his way to be a Halo Professional (hopefully someday soon!) and would like your help. If you want to help him (for as I said, he too is scraping away all the nickels and pennies for college) get an Xbox 360, just donate a dollar or two or $400! Getting an Xbox 360 is more realistic than trying to get a Mac computer before 2007!

I encourage you to take a look at 2BHaloPro!

If you have cement floors or that old tile is coming up, then you need to head over to Laminate Flooring Company. They have some great laminate floor designs guaranteed to fit your style. On their site you can find tips and advice on how to install and maintain laminate flooring. If that kitchen flooring is looking old, outdated, dingy, or just plain wearing out, then Alloc Laminate Flooring is the stop you need to make. They have great flooring like Stone Slate, Northern Oak and rustic Country Maple!

Well, things are going great so far. I am nearing $300 and I am very excited! I started this blog/site not sure how things would turn out. As it is, it turned out nothing like I had expected! I have never heard of, nor would I have, if I hadn't started this. I would never have been able to share my thoughts and opinions.

And of course, you guys have helped me in all this. Especially MacGeek and Spartan117. You guys have really pushed me along, giving me an extra nudge just at the right moment.

Unfortunately, the iFizzle is closed, and probably will remain that way. He was closer to getting his Mac than I am.

I hope to have at least half the money I need this summer! Then, the rest by Christmas (2007). That would be the ULTIMATE Christmas gift anyone could receive! I was hoping to get it by my 20th Birthday in March, but I don't think that is going to happen...which, is probably a good thing anyways. By the time I finally get my Mac, all the bugs of Leopard and any new hardware that Apple releases SHOULD be worked out. Well, before this becomes a book, I'll let you all continue on with your day!

Tis the Season for shopping. And in one month, tis the Season for regret of spending a wee bit too much. Too much money put on credit cards. It's also a time when we wished we had put a little more money away in our savings accounts. If you find trouble this holiday season, Thrifty Scot is here to help. Through their advice, you can find help on such things like secured loans. But if you worry that the yule log in your fireplace might be a hazard this season, they can also help with home insurance. Or, if you find that you are having trouble making house payments, Thrify Scot can even help with mortgages.

If the holidays have got you down, let the advice from Thrifty Scot get you back behind the reins of you financial situation. Free advice is best thing to your ears when free is all you can afford.

Someday, hopefully soon, I will make Bestest Blog of the Day. I would be very grateful for the exposure it would get me. I think if (more) people knew of my blog, the more enjoyable it would be. I would be thrilled if even 1000 more people would subscribe to my podcast.

The more who know about it, the better! I wonder what would happen if I was able to copy over some of posts to a MySpace account...hmm...I don't currently use or have a desire to use MySpace, but if it got me more exposure, I might consider it.

Anyways, I think the last Sunday before January, I will feature a post all about the Bestest Blog of All Time!

Continuing with the Red vs Blue for awhile, here is another fantastic episode entitled Room for Rent. I hope that you are enjoying all of these, I know that I am! I didn't know that I missed the old ones so much...

As you can see from the right, I have updated the ways that YOU can help me. You can directly donate through PayPal, you can create an account through a great search engine by the name of Zotspot, which pays its customers (that is, whomsoever has an account) based on the amount of people that they refer AND for using Zotspot as their main search engine.

The other way you can help me, is to sign up with Filexoom with the provided link and I am automatically referred. Filexoom is an online storage site where you can store up to 2GB of anything you want!

Also, starting in 2007, I will be doing something, that I have never previously done. You know that Home icon on the dock above? Well, currently it only refreshes the page, which is redundant, because if you click the big blue block on the top of the page, or your refresh button, they all do the same thing. So, coming January 2007, that button (along with a text link in my sidebar) will become 'yours.' By that I mean, every week I will feature a blog of yours for a full 7 days, that icon, a link, and a post will be put up.

Why am I doing this, if you put a link to my site, I will put a link to yours, but instead of being permanent links, they will only be up for a week! This keeps the clutter of zillions of links off of both our blogs. You link to me for a week, and I'll link to you. This raises the page rank for our sites because that gives Google's web crawlers and Technorati's crawler enough time to see that new links have been generated.

If you are interested in this 'temp' link exchange, please send me an email at iswitch2mac@gmail.com with your blog and a short 2-4 sentences that describes your blog that I could use in my post.

Please, no 'adult only' blogs. I try to keep this blog at about PG14.678! Now, you can see that I cannot feature everybody's blog, so I will pick what I think to be the most interesting blog.

If you have any questions, please post a comment or email me. I will try to respond to them as quickly as possible! Thank you and enjoy! [3:53]

Being a Nintendo fan that I am, I recently got to play the Wii. Let me just say, that I was thoroughly impressed. Of course, that would be an understatement, but I'll go with it. I only played 3 games, 2 of them from the Wii Sports that comes with it. The sports games I played was Bowling, which I have to say was the best of the 2. And the other was Baseball. I had a challenging time trying to figure out when to swing, but eventually got on. The third game I played was Zelda: Twilight Princess. Fantastic game! Graphics could be...a little better, but overall game play is right on par. Lots of places to explore, challenging puzzles, and overall worth the money (if I were to get it!). I played the Wii with several of my friends at another friend's house. The controls for Twilight took a little getting used to, but nothing that 3-7 minutes of hitting each button or moving the controller didn't fix.

If you are skeptical about buying one, then find a friend or store that has one for demo and take it for a trial spin. I know that Nintendo isn't competing with Microsoft and Sony as far as graphics go, but they are doing an amazing job at keeping players happy and even bringing in people who never owned a game console before. Which, if you look at it, is better in the long run.

Think about it, would you rather sell 100 PS3's to 200 people who already own a PS2 or sell 100 Wii's to new customers that have never owned their own console and would recommend it to their friends and family? Me, I'd take the Wii any day. Especially considering the price differences...$250 (Wii) or $600 (PS3)! Sorry Sony, no matter how much hype you tout, I will NEVER spend $600 on a GAME CONSOLE, when I can buy a notebook PC for less than $500! And it can do more than watch movies and play games... It is just NOT worth the money!

With all of the holiday shopping going on, you might have quite a few gifts to purchase this year. Your mom, dad, sibling(s), husband/wife, etc are all on your list. Wouldn't it be nice to save a few dollars here and there? Enough money, in fact, to get yourself something that you wanted AFTER the holidays are over? Well, at www.couponchief.com you can do just that. They have GREAT coupons for some of the biggest online retailers. Including Target , Dell , and yes, even Apple!

At Target, you can save 10% off anything you buy, with no minimum to purchase! Or at Dell you can get an Inspiron notebook for $499 with coupon! Or at Apple save $30 when you buy a Mac and sign up for one year to their .Mac service! You find these and other great deals at www.couponchief.com. Hurry, these coupons do expire!

Well, I have only one Final Test left, in my Business class. Did I ever tell you what I am taking here? I don't think I ever did...hmm.

Well, I am taking a 4-year degree in Computer Information Systems. Basically, what that equates to is a degree that educates me on EVERYTHING about computers. Hardware, software, networking, programming, security, e-Business, Operating Systems, you name it. I even had a course on XHTML, which is how I have been able to most of my 'Template Tweaking'. I might upload the website I had to build someday. It's not that outstanding, but considering what I learned from doing it, I think it's pretty amazing. I'll have to show you now...

Anyways, I am now halfway through my Sophomore year. I have taken 15 credits a semester since I arrived. I'll probably be taking 18 next semester. I haven't decided whether I want to take the new course offered...Robotics! I think it would be fun to (attempt to) build a robot!

Next semester I am taking Advanced Java Programming! Yea! Finally get into building interfaces. So far everything I have done is building applications that run from the command line. But now, I will be building applets and whatnot! Hopefully we get to program some kind of game...

So you have children at home and you work a 9-5 shift. So you have hired a babysitter. But do you know how SAFE they really are? How well do you trust your baby sitter? Pretty good? Not so good? How would you like be able to check on them at any given moment, just to see how things are going? Now you can with StealthCam Hidden Camera!

This thing is TINY. No more wires or wireless connection to the VCR so they are hard to detect. In fact, it is actually disguised as a Clock or Air Purifier. It comes in Black and White or Color. This little Nanny Cam can record up to 23 hours on a 2GB SD card. But only that, it has SOUND. So you can review everything that was said. This hidden camera/spy camera can also be used to monitor pets while you are away.

But now I ask YOU, my readers, when is a hidden camera a good idea? When is it not such a good idea? Would you use one? If so why or why not? Personally, I think it would a great tool to pull practical jokes on friends, but that is just me. If any of you have a hidden camera, do you like it? Would you ever consider getting another one or giving one as a gift? Please leave comments and your thoughts are always welcome. By the way, this can ONLY be detected with The SpyFinder Hidden camera Detector.

I wish you all a very wonderful and safe holiday season. I know the roads are nothing but ice where I am at (Montana). However, it looks like a lot of it is going to melt with all the warm weather we have been having!

Also, I have in plans anyways, want to release all RvB until I hit Episode 50. That way it gives a solid 20+ videos of Red vs Blue in a row. Unless something comes up anyways...

Episode 30. Just for y'all. [4:31]

Do you like to play poker? Especially Texas Hold'em? Then you might be interested in Online Poker. PokerSavvy has information on playing poker and reviews of online casinos. I admit to have a played poker a time or two (not for money though).

PokerSavvy even holds tournaments! You can win cash or prizes. The site even has Online Poker Strategy Articles! If you play online now, I encourage you to give PokerSavvy a visit.

If you watch iSwitch2Mac JUST for Red vs Blue, then Right Click (Or Control Click for Mac Users!) this link and paste it into any RSS reader, like iTunes to begin downloading Red vs Blue ONLY. That is all that I post to that feed. However, because I only post RvB to that feed, you might notice a greater gap in time as to when you get the videos. But, if you don't watch, or like, any of the other videos, then that is the feed you need. I originally created the feed for my 'Subscribers Only,' but that never took off, so I am releasing it publicly for the first time.

I do not encourage you to use the feed, as you will miss all the other great videos that make up my podcast. But it cuts out the clutter for those with lower bandwidth who only want the Red vs Blue. And yes, you are welcome. If you would like a separate feed for just the Non-Red vs Blue Podcast Posts, let me know and I will see what I can do over my Christmas break.

If you take a gander at my 'Dock' and my list of links, there is one that you should notice that stands out. To save you some trouble, it's the Bonjour Icon, which will lead you to the Bestest Blog of All Time. But, why do I have it twice? Well, I keep the text link as a 'requirement' to be kept as link from the website. In other words, it's a link exchange. However, because I personally use it nearly everyday, I found it easier for myself to include its very own place on my handy-dandy 'dock'.

If you have never visited the Bestest Blog, then you wouldn't know that everyday he features somebodies blog and writes a little review about it. If he chooses your blog, you get a little exposure. He also likes to pick out certain posts, but you never know which post he is going to pick...

If you are interested in doing a link exchange with him (PR5), please feel free to contact him and as long as you keep a link to his blog, he'll keep a link to yours. That's all for now.

For those of you who ACTUALLY use my 'Dock' of links at the top, should see a CONSIDERABLE boost in response time. Well, at least in Firefox and Opera. Firefox and Opera both use cached images when possible, IE6 however, apparently doesn't. Besides, you aren't using IE6 anymore...IE7 has been released and EVERYBODY knows that Firefox 2 is the GREATEST internet browser in THE WORLD!

So, if you haven't switched from IE6 to AT LEAST IE7, you should (where applicable...I know some businesses can't.)

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming...

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As many of you already know, I have been placing PayPerPost ads on my blog. Well, you know of the website: PayPerPost but do you know how the whole thing got started? Probably not. That is where Rockstartup and business reality tv comes in. The founders and owners of PayPerPost show how they got started in videos that you can watch online, or download in various formats including, 1080 HD, PSP, and yes, even iPod format! They (Ted and Britt) have 2 videos posted at the time this post was released and are currently working on the third video.

It's pretty amazing what they had to go through. After watching these videos, I have a new respect for what they did for all of us bloggers. All we have to do is post advertisements, but they had to be the ones to try something new and hoped for the best.

If you blog, and haven't tried PayPerPost yet, you should. I encourage all of you to at least do a single post. Or, at least visit Rockstartup!

As you can see from the total donations I am NEARLY 10% of my total goal! That is excellent! I am very excited! I still thank you guys, my 'listener's or 'podcastees' for assisting in the process...along with PayPerPost...

Also, it is the Week before Finals, so things are pretty hectic for me. Preparing presentations, studying for tests, and the like. So I do apologize for not having said anything sooner. I will be posting a Red vs Blue later today. (Currently I am at work and don't have access to the file to upload at the moment...) Also, after finals week is over and done, I might update some links, change the layout of the Blog or something similar. Thanks again for visiting and I hope you decide to donate...

Guess what? This marks my 150th POST!! YEA! Whoo-hoo! Don't laugh too hard. Took me a long time to try and get that done to look halfway decent...But you too could get paid for blogging at PayPerPost...

As you can see, I finally broke $150! Yea! Now just the other $1,850 to go...

Slowly but surely. Slow and steady wins the race right? Besides, with the new Leopard coming out, I would just wait anyways. I am especially looking forward to what they unveil at Macworld in January!

What do you guys think? New iPod? Dockable Mac? Tablet Mac? Ultra portable Mac? iPhone (iChat Mobile)?

I am EXTREMELY excited about the 'iTV'! But, they said that the name 'iTV' was internal. What do you think they are going to call it? AppleTV? MacTV? Ladivid dashiznid? Yes, I made that up...

I wonder if they are going to make them with internal harddrives or allow one to be connected on the USB...that would be SWEET! Yo. Off da hook. Any ideas, comments, suggestions? Feel free to post what you think or would like to see at Macworld '07!

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How cool would it be, if you KNEW that aliens existed and could PROVE it? Wait no longer my sci-fi friends, the proof is in the pudding...or should I say test tube? You can buy one of the Alien Adoption World Collectors Kits and own an alien.

That's right. Your very own alien friend to take care of. From the initial 'hatching' to adult. It can even communicate ONLINE!

However, there are a limited number of these, so act quickly before they are all gone. Check the video for more information. Personally, I think that's a pretty cool thing. If you need a holiday idea, that says, 'Hey, here's an alien,' then this is a perfect gift. Nothing says I love you like giving away something that lives...