February 8, 2012

35 Miles From Shore is featured on Amazon

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Amazon recently tested a marketing program called 100 books for under $3.99. This is for Kindle books only. The test program went so well that they decided to make it a regular feature. Hey, everyone likes a good deal. So when my distributor asked me a few weeks ago if I wanted to participate I [...]

Bad computer forensics casts new shadow on Casey Anthony trial

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A few weeks ago when the Casey Anthony verdict came back as not guilty, I wasn’t surprised. I had not watched every minute of the trial. Much of what I knew about the case I learned from the slanted coverage on HLN and the biased coverage from Nancy Grace. But thanks to HLN I did get [...]

Video embed with shortcodes

This post looks at a couple of different ways to embed video in a post. I’m also trying to troubleshoot one method that doesn’t seem to be working. I’m also using the jetpack plugin. In this first example you simple copy the URL from the youtube watch page and put it on its own line [...]

Osama Bin Laden: truth not as exciting as fiction

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Within hours of the raid on Osama Bin Laden’s compound, one of the major networks played an animation of the dramatic Navy Seal operation. There was a firefight. A helicopter was forced to land in the compound. It was right up Hollywood’s alley (note: The people behind the Hurt Locker are already planning a film). [...]

Southwest Airlines is hiring pilots, but it will cost you.

Under the table deals

Southwest Airlines is at it again. They are the largest airline in the U.S. in terms of passengers carried, yet they still require new hire pilots to pay for their own 737 type rating. What kind of shady deal is this? Not that long ago you couldn’t even get an interview without the type rating. [...]

The reality of reality TV

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I’m not a fan of reality TV. But I do occasionally admit to watching it now and then. This weekend while watching football I got into an argument with my wife over reality TV. There’s nothing like playoff football, but those injury time outs and change of possession breaks can take some time. So when [...]

Everything Nonfiction gets its own Facebook page

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You think I would have thought of this a while ago. I’m happy to say that this blog gets a fair amount of traffic. Much of this traffic comes from individuals who don’t know me. So it makes more sense to have a dedicated Facebook page for these people rather than sending people to my personal Facebook page, especially since I make it a point to only accept friend requests from people I actually know.

Best of Everything Nonfiction for 2010

I haven’t seen as many films or read as many books as in past years, but here is my best of for 2010. These are books and films that I saw this past year and may or may not have been released in 2010.

Google Places Support

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Since I can’t talk to a support person, and I need to show you exactly what I’m seeing, I hope this post will help. The problem from day one has been the inability to get rid of this bad listing. When I click on the link provided in the help forum, this is what I [...]

Unbroken: best nonfiction I’ve read this year

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This book proves to me that publishers and bookstores have it all wrong. They want to pigeon-whole every book into a genre. This book is categorized as a military history book. Okay, so it is. But how about simply calling it nonfiction. How about calling it a true story. Laura’s previous book was Seabiscuit, another great book. She could have found another story to tell about the horse world. Instead, she came across this amazing story and decided to tell it. She’s not a military historian. She’s probably not even a WWII buff. But she knows a good story when she sees one.

Every Picture Tells a Story

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So my wife and I are out taking the dog for a walk in the park. It’s a nice day and I decide to take my camera along.

My personal stance on e-book pricing

I recently wanted to purchase two different books for my Kindle. The first one was a self-help book whose title I can’t remember, and the second was a book I really wanted to read called No Ordinary Joes. The fact that I can’t even remember the title of the first book shows just how easy it is to lose a potential customer if the pricing isn’t right.

Waiting For Superman – A reflection of our times

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This documentary on our current education system is an eye opener on a number of grounds. The filmmakers back up their claims about our deteriorating education system with plenty of statistics to show that we are failing in just about every measurable category. You may wonder what happens to the millions of drop-outs and under-educated students that are put out into society. The answer is that they’re present in every work environment. Incompetence is everywhere. The good news is that it’s never too late to turn things around.

Titanic Sinking Cover-Up

Now here’s a truly amazing story regarding the sinking of the Titanic. Turns out that the sinking was caused primarily because the helmsman (the person steering the ship) turned the ship into the iceberg instead of away from the iceberg when he first got the warning.

New home and look for Everything Nonfiction

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I recently made the switch to Wordpress for my Blogging platform. As much as I liked Typepad, WordPress has much more flexibility. If you’re reading this in a feed, here’s a peak at the new look: