From the monthly archives:

January 2010


John P.’s 5 Minute Avgolemono Soup Recipe

by John P.

A few of you may have had the opportunity to sample my Avgolemono soup, possibly after I posted the recipe about 3 years ago. But now I’ve put together a video demonstrating exactly how to make it. You can get the full details as well as a whole bunch of other recipes over on a new site that Cali Lewis, my wife Holly, and I are launching called – MyRecip.es!

You can follow us on Twitter (@MyRecip_es) for notifications when we post something new, or… if you know us personally and you would like a place to put your own recipes you can come talk to one of us and we’ll make room for you to put your recipes up with ours.

The logic behind the site is that we wanted a single repository where we could put up our favorite stuff so we can access it from anywhere, on any device, and easily share with friends and family. As a result we’ve created a very simple system and you can access each person’s recipes with a single pretty link. For example:

Now, here is my famous Avgolemono Soup video. Bon appetite!


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Mac Podcasting 101: GarageBand, Skype and the Behringer Xenyx 1202FX Mixer

January 29, 2010

Although we’re constantly improving and updating the method of recording Wealth Nation, I spent the day going through and setting up a new configuration of our recording studio for the podcast, and I figured I would document explicit instructions on exactly how you can duplicate the setup we use. Keep in mind that I am [...]

Social Media: What It Is, How To Use It, and Where To Begin

January 26, 2010
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Social media is an all-encompassing term used to describe any of several online channels that utilize the technology to facilitate social interaction through written, visual, or audible communication. Examples of different types of Social Media sites include: Social Bookmarking – (delicious.com, stumbleupon.com) Social Networking – (facebook.com, myspace.com) Social News Aggregation – (digg.com, reddit.com) Social Q&A [...]

How To Create A Local WordPress Install | WordCamp Dallas 2009

January 17, 2010

Matthew “Spamboy” McGarity shows us how to preform a local installation of wordpress. This allows a user to have an installation of wordpress on a USB drive, portable hard drive or just their local machine. With this local install, a user now has a complete WordPress development environment separate from his or her live WordPress [...]

The World’s Craziest Construction Tricks!

January 15, 2010
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We all know that construction workers are crazy. I mean come on. You can’t stand outside in the sun all day wearing a hardhat, boots, gloves and overalls without frying your brain just a little bit! And now, we have real evidence caught on video that these guys are out of control!

Have You Ever AcciTweeted?

January 13, 2010
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AcciTweeting is what happens when you meant to send an SMS to someone, but instead you send a public Tweet. Like for example, I follow my wife @Hollypoz on Twitter. I also get SMS notifications when she tweets. Sometimes I want to send a quick SMS to her, but the last thing from her in [...]

Photo Tutorial: Control Your Camera’s ISO For Maximum Quality and Minimum Size

January 13, 2010
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You know what? We’re going to start off this little discussion with an analogy to try and make things a little easier. I want you to think of your camera as if it was a third eye – because at the end of the day, that’s really all it is. Just a little man-made mechanical [...]

John P. Lecture – Jan 30, 2010: Make More Money with WordPress, Social Media and Analytics

January 12, 2010
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Well folks, in about two weeks, on January 30th at 4pm, I’ll be giving a complete lecture on basically everything I know about how to have a successful blog. I’m going to deal with the topics of revenue generation, social media integration, analytics and measurement, and God only knows what else! It’ll probably be like [...]

Where Did All the Cute Puppies Go?

January 11, 2010

Another one only from the mind of Colby Jones… Subscribe to his feed for routine goodness.