Chronicles of Nika» Blogging and the Internet

Online courses and classes.

Nika — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:37:13 +0000

I found some websites that offer free online courses. Most are computer science and programming courses but some of them offer some health and medicine, art and history as well as business and finance ones. There’s only a handful of humanities courses but it would probably increase in the future. Who knows maybe vocational courses would be offered online in the future too. I’m interested in trying floral arrangements and pottery apart from baking pastries so hopefully I’ll find some free courses for those soon enough.

Ideas and thoughts on possible fund sources for Whimsicalia.

Nika — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:54:30 +0000

I’ve been working on an adoptable world for a couple of years now. I haven’t really had much progress in terms of getting a site coded where players can interact with the site NPCs as well as other players. I have a good amount of pet art done before so I’m mostly in need of funds for coders and programmers. I was thinking maybe I can do custom t-shirts using our pet arts as a way to raise the programming funds we need to get the site started.

I’m still trying to figure out better ways to raise money for Whimsicalia since from what I’ve heard from other petsite owners, good coding can run between 1k-10k USD, and hosting isn’t included yet. >.< Wish me luck!

Summer cleaning!

Nika — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:47:18 +0000

I decided that since we don’t have spring here, I’ll opt for a summer cleaning of my blogs instead. I’ve been in a huge blogging funk for more than a year now. I lost my writing mojo so a lot of my previous sites suffered a slow and painful death, however, I’ve decided that I need to push myself and work on getting them active again. It would be such a waste to keep paying for hosting and renewing domains if I don’t use them productively. >.<

I've started the cleanup and maintenance with BloggingPinay. I decided that I'm tired of the plain old white layout I used so I've designed a simple layout that sort of mimics us steel buildings with some bright colors added in to spruce it up. I hope I can really get my mojo back and start writing tons of content for my blogs as soon as possible.

Looking up products online before purchasing?

Nika — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:11:00 +0000

Do you look up products online before you purchase them from a store? I do. I know that there are a ton of reviews that show up when you load up the product’s name in Google or other search engines but I try to weed out both good and bad reviews to weigh the pros and cons. I rarely buy things on shops now without checking reviews online first. It really helps to know what to expect when you buy something.

I know I’ve read a ton of review that deals with weight loss. Some people look for bodybuilding supplements reviews, electronic product reviews, restaurant experiences and others look for specific product reviews like vicerex reviews, glutathione reviews, beauty product reviews and so on.

What products do you lookup online before purchasing?

Entrepreneurial ideas, anyone?

Nika — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:57:59 +0000

It’s been a few years since I graduated and my brain is running dry. Graduating with a degree in entrepreneurship sort of requires you to have your own business, unfortunately it’s a little difficult to find funding. I really want to start my own business though so I’ve been trying hard identifying possible business ideas that will work in our area. If I don’t find any, I might as well try my luck in applying for jobs in the middle east since my best friend is there and I really miss her.

Searching online, auctioning stuff might be a good one but I really don’t have anything to auction especially for things that fetch a hefty price like a cigar auction, valuable loot card auction and other random niche auctions. >.<

I guess I need to look for other options because I’m running out of time.

Happy Hearts Day!

Nika — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:21:37 +0000

Happy Valentines Day to all! To all the single people, may your hearts be merry since your wallets not empty.

Salvaging an old laptop.

Nika — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:23:22 +0000

I’ve been having a hard time trying to find where can I buy batteries online for the old HP laptop Dad’s boss gave us. We can’t test it because it didn’t come with a charger, so we’re trying to find a new battery and charger for it. If we don’t find one, we’d probably end up salvaging some of the internal parts to use for the DIY screen projector I wanted to try after reading about it in TipidPC forums.

Since my sister needs her own laptop for schoolwork, we’re trying to find a way to make it work first before taking it apart. I hope we can find one soon.

Subconscious Hints.

Nika — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 01:00:07 +0000

The heavens is sending me a message. xD I was doing some free browsing today for design ideas on niche sites and I ended up on a chain of supplement reviews. I think my subconscious mind is telling me I need to start working out. The erratic weather changes have been making me lethargic so I haven’t done much working out. I don’t feel like going outside our home some days, my soft bed is too tempting.

I do have to start losing weight though. I’m turning another year older in a few days so I have to really work on losing this weight so I can live longer.

Marketing.

Nika — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:33:52 +0000

I subscribe and read a lot of marketing newsletters. I usually find information about email marketing softwares and programs through the recommendation of the marketer I’m subscribed to. I personally haven’t tried them yet because I don’t have my own business product or service that is used by a lot of people like marketers do. I still look for useful information about constant contact reviews in case I decide to start my on online venture in the near future. It’s best to prepare now so I can easily find one that can answer my mass mailing needs.

Renewal time is coming soon.

Nika — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 07:46:14 +0000

I have to start saving up for my hosting payment which will be in a couple of months. Time sure flies fast, the year just started but it’s already February now. I was thinking of getting a dedicated hosting but since I’ve been downsizing my files, I don’t need something big for my hosting needs. I’ll decide if I need to change my hosting plan if I push through with my dream pet sim. I’d need more resources when that time comes so I’ll just save my funds for now.