As you’ve undoubtedly heard by now, Hostess Brands is no more. The famous maker of bakery products was shut down earlier this week. The company is blaming the death of Hostess Brands on an employee strike. The employee union is saying that Hostess Brands was just searching for an excuse to close the troubled company

With the death of Hostess Brands, people are scouring on Craigslist and eBay to purchase their favorite sugary sweets before they are no more.

Is buying Hostess… More »

This Tuesday, the United States will elect their next president. Finally, all the talking will end and we can learn the results. Personally, I’m tired of all the noise. Both sides think the other side is the worst thing to ever happen in the history of humanity. It gets annoying.

Who is going to win? I think it’s going to be Barack Obama. Why? I trust Nate Silver at the 538 blog. As many of you know, Silver’s a former baseball… More »

Job searching on the internet isn’t always easy. There are so many people looking for jobs these days that the market is flooded in most industries. For that reason, you need to be able to separate yourself from everyone else. Here are our tips to find work on the internet:

1. Be persistent
It only takes a few seconds to send an email. When in doubt, send another email. You are much more likely to lose a job by not showing enough… More »

We all get tired of working for someone else. Our dream is to start our own business and become our own boss. Should you start your own business? Consider these aspects of owning a business.

1. You need money
If you’re broke, don’t start your own business. You truly do need to spend money to make money.

2. You aren’t self-motivated
If you aren’t someone who is self-motivated, owning a business is not for you.

3. You don’t have experience
Before you start a business, you… More »

When starting an online company, many business owners worry endlessly about the domain name. If it’s not perfect, some business owners actually pay thousands upon thousands of dollars to get their hands on the “perfect” domain name.

However, how important is a domain name?

In my estimation, domain names aren’t as important as you think. On the internet, traffic typically flows to the websites due to their usefulness. Very rarely to websites prosper simply by having the “perfect” domain name.

So if you… More »

Once you signup for Dropbox, the first thing you’ll want to do is download the Dropbox app. The Dropbox app is available for both Apple and Android devices and it’s free!

My review for the Dropbox App is simply: It’s so easy and simple to use that you forget all about it. And, really, is that what you want from an app?

All you have to do is download the app once and then tell it exactly what you want placed in… More »

If you want to make money on eBay, it’s entirely possible even though there are thousands of other individuals hoping to do the same thing. However, you aren’t going to make money without putting in extra effort. Here are some money making tips on eBay:

1. Be descriptive
When describing the item you are selling, be as thorough as possible. Giving too much info is better than giving too little.

2. Let them bid
Don’t simply rely on the Buy It Now feature. Give… More »

By now, you’ve probably heard about the 68-year-old bus monitor who was taunted unmercifully by middle schoolers, who then posted a video of the incident on YouTube. After the video went viral (it currently has over 6 million views), the woman has received an outpouring of support from the incident — monetary support as well as emotional.

A fund was set up on the crowd-funding site indigogo.com to help provide the bus monitor, Karen Huff Klein, with a much needed vacation…. More »

There is bad news for boys in North America: they are being blown out of the water by girls in academic achievement, and psychologists say young men are becoming more socially awkward, making relationships with young women difficult.

Sidney Gale, a medical doctor and author of Unto the Breach (www.sidneygale.com), an outdoor adventures book for boys, is concerned about the following statistics:

Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out or flunk out of school. In Canada, five boys… More »