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When looking at different projects to implement, I keep going back to the idea of shipping container housing. Shipping containers are discarded at ports around the US and can be be bought cheaply. It doesn’t take much modification to make them usable housing.

It’s the fact that they can be cheaply modified into custom housing that makes them such a great solution and great project to better the lives of those are struggling with affordable housing. It’s interesting to see all of the different shipping containers homes that are being implemented lately.

You can see an example of one of these types of homes on the left. Just curious, how many of you would be interested in living in a shipping container?

My free time is non-existent and I have quite a few projects with a pressing need to be completed. I have decided to prioritize them with certain criteria to make sure I do the ones I need to do ASAP and delay the ones that don’t need to be completed as quickly. I am evaluating my projects against these three questions.

1) Is it overdue? If the project is late then it probably needs to get done ASAP.

2) Is it a paid project? Paid projects mean money so the sooner they are completed, the sooner I earn the money.

3) How beneficial is the project? The more beneficial the project is, the more priority I should put on it.

In previous posts, I mentioned that I’d like to start up a blog directly related to tech and consisting only of tech topics. I thought it might be a good way to get some of my tech writing out there and talk about more of the things I love. I drug my feet over the last few months trying to come up with a name for the blog while clearing time in my schedule to devote to it. To this end, I came up with TechGringo. I still need to add the content, but it’s never too early to get the framework into place. I hope you all enjoy it.

With the economy doing as badly as it is, many people are losing their jobs and are busy trying to find a new job. Bills are a constant expense so it’s really difficult to go too long without getting a new job. Unfortunately, it’s tough to find a new job when everyone else is trying to find one as well. Why try finding a job when you can create your own, such as being a consultant?

Starting your own business isn’t for everyone, but many have found success as a consultant. You can take the knowledge that you obtained in your previous jobs and offer that industry experience, knowledge and wisdom to companies on a contract or hourly basis. There are companies out there that value your knowledge and are willing to pay for it.

With the growth of the internet, video conferencing and other technological tools, it’s easier than ever to run a consultancy firm from your own home and have clients anywhere in the world. Instead of dealing with a small local market, the entire world is your area.

If you are unemployed, or even if you want to break into a new career, being a consultant could be just what you are looking for. Get on Google and do some searching, you’ll quickly find leads and opportunities.

I have known about Squidoo for quite some time and I have heard how it is touted as a great place to make extra and drive traffic to your website.

I have decided to do a little experiment by trying to drive traffic to my home weather stations site by creating a lens called home weather stations. I want to see if the lens will either create more traffic for my main site or just generate me revenue on the lens. I don’t know if it will be successful or not, but we will see over the coming few weeks if my experiment is successful or not.