The Technology & Gadgets Blog » Information http://www.the-technology-blog.com Scientific Concepts, Interesting Developments and Cool Gadgets Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:19:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Make Money With Your WordPress Blog http://www.the-technology-blog.com/2008/11/30/make-money-with-your-wordpress-blog/ http://www.the-technology-blog.com/2008/11/30/make-money-with-your-wordpress-blog/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:01:18 +0000 Administrator http://www.the-technology-blog.com/?p=158 I am very excited to announce my release of a new WordPress plugin called AmazonFeed.  This plugin will allow you to make money on your website as an Amazon.com affiliate.  It enables you to automatically advertise products from Amazon.com which are specifically related to the topic you are writing about.

Features:

  • Automatically load category or tag related products from Amazon.com.
  • Earn rewards as an affiliate, simply by entering your affiliate tracking code.
  • Provide valuable additional content to your visitors on the topics of your posts.
  • Total control to tailor results for any given post.
  • Excellent content caching for lightning fast response times.
  • Ability to disable related products from being displayed at all on any given post.
  • NOT JavaScript based, meaning it is not hidden from users with no JavaScript capability.


How it Works:

This plugin will allow you to turn your WordPress website or blog into a money making machine while at the same time offering valuable additional related materials to your visitors. It will automatically search for and display products from Amazon.com which are specifically related to the topics you write about.  Once you install the plugin, you simply have to decide if you want to show products related to your Categories or Tags and the plugin can do the rest.  All you have to do is continue writing about your favorite subjects and the plugin will offer related products to your visitors.

Even though it is capable of being fully automatic in this way, it also includes powerful controls to tailor exactly how it functions. You can customize the keywords used for searching on any given post or even disable the plugin completely. You can also customize the heading that is shown, the number of results shown and many other aspects of how it functions.

Get the Plugin:

You can find the AmazonFeed plugin homepage here.

Read the original article here:
http://www.warkensoft.com/2008/11/wordpress-plugin-related-products-from-amazoncom/

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The University of Alberta is working to develop what they hope will be a cheap and simple cure for cancer. Apparently, a simple molecule called dichloroacetate or DCA (pictured above) is currently being tested as a treatment to shrink cancerous tumours. According to research done by a 1930 biochemist named Otto Warburg, cancerous cells use a process called glycolysis to supply energy to themselves. DCA prevents this process, while leaving other bodily cells undamaged.

DCA is a drug that “boosts” the function of mitochondria. Mitochondria are the energy-producing units within cells and they regulate the energy production in the body (i.e. the metabolism). Cancer somehow suppresses the function of mitochondria and by achieving this it gains “eternal life”. We believe that cancer cells die when the mitochondria are “normalized” or boosted by DCA. Because these effects in mitochondria occur only in cancer and not normal cells, we believe that DCA will not have the significant side effects (hair loss, nausea, heart failure etc) that many standard chemotherapies have. – Taken from the DCA FAQ

Unfortunately, the fact that DCA has been around for a while is both a blessing and a curse. Due to it’s age, DCA cannot be patented, and as such is not worth the money that it would take to put the drug through the necessary clinical trials. Drug companies who put it through clinical trials would not be able to prevent rivals from making the drug themselves, and as such would not be able to charge exorbitant fees for it in order to remain competitive.

It seems ridiculous that such a huge discovery would be blocked by greed. It makes me wonder how well the concept of “open-source” would apply to the medical world. Just a thought…

For more information on what the University of Alberta and the Alberta Cancer Board are doing about this, please visit their website.

Originally found on: New Scientist Short Sharp Science blog: A cheap and simple cure for cancer?

]]> http://www.the-technology-blog.com/2007/01/31/cheap-cure-for-cancer/feed/ 0 A Missionary on the Internet http://www.the-technology-blog.com/2006/10/10/a-missionary-on-the-internet/ http://www.the-technology-blog.com/2006/10/10/a-missionary-on-the-internet/#comments Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:39:17 +0000 Administrator http://www.the-technology-blog.com/2006/10/10/a-missionary-on-the-internet/ I thought it might be appropriate to write a more personal entry and give you a little bit of background on me as the author of this blog. So, allow me to tell you a little about who I am and what I do. My name is James, and at my real job (ie not posting stuff here) I work at Campus Crusade for Christ as a missionary on the internet. I am a Christian, and that means I believe “Christ” is more than just a swear word. It means that I believe God sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, to die here on earth in my place, paying the ultimate price for MY sins so that I don’t have to.

In light of the sacrifice that He made for me, I want to tell others that they too can have the same opportunity to have LIFE. People don’t have to pay for their sins, if they don’t want to. God already paid the price, and all we have to do is accept His free gift of salvation and believe in Him. Most people think that if they work hard enough, or do enough good stuff to outweigh the bad, they’ll get to heaven. Unfortunately, that isn’t true. God says that the punishment for ALL sin, no matter how small, is death. No other options, that’s just the way it is. In light of that and because of His love for us, He sent His Son to die in our place. Now all we have to do is accept that gift.

The problem is, most people don’t know that the opportunity is there. They are still trying to do it on their own, and they’re not going to make it. It breaks my heart when I see people trying so hard to do the right things, or searching for answers in all the wrong places, when the answer that they are searching for is right here in plain view. Salvation from sin, freedom from judgment, and purpose for life are all right here. We just have to accept them.

Yet so many people ignore this gift. So many people turn it down, choosing to try and get to heaven on their own. It’s like being offered the keys to a mansion, and turning them down, choosing instead to keep living in a cardboard box on the street.

So that’s a little about me, and what I’m passionate about. I’d love to hear any thoughts you have on this.

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Website Design Tips is a brand new blog that I have just started, the purpose of which is to inform website designers, programmers and CSS coders of the latest and greatest tips, tricks and strategies in website design. My desire is to help webmasters to be informed of and use the best possible tools in the creation of their websites, helping to “make the Internet a better place.”

My background, and the areas in which I continue to work, are in the fields of website design and PHP coding, and as such, this blog should be a good fit. If you are at all interested in website design best practices or CSS tips and tricks, I recommend that you check out the blog. Feel free to let me know any feedback you might have. Find the blog at http://www.website-design-tips.net.

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Your feedback on this is also welcome. Feel free to post your thoughts on this idea in the comments below.

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Today is my birthday, and as such, I think today’s post needs to have something to do with something I like. One thing I enjoy flying RC Planes, and I thought this video clip was just too cool to pass up.

If anyone knows what plane he’s flying and/or wants to buy me one for birthday / christmas, I’d be more than a little excited.

]]> http://www.the-technology-blog.com/2006/05/31/birthday-special/feed/ 0 Welcome to the Technology Blog http://www.the-technology-blog.com/2006/05/27/our-first-post/ http://www.the-technology-blog.com/2006/05/27/our-first-post/#comments Sat, 27 May 2006 16:47:20 +0000 Administrator http://techblog.jamesandcarolanne.com/2006/05/29/our-first-post/ Welcome to the Technology Blog. This blog is going to contain articles, entries and links about various developments in the technological and scientific world. We are also welcoming visitor input, so if you know of any interesting technological developments or cool scientific discoveries, let us know, and we’ll probably post it here.
We hope you enjoy your stay.

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