Wow its really amazing how fast word of mouth spreads, now I've got another project to complete for my on-and-off gig.
Weet~! here comes another $75! Not bad for an open-sourced based conversion software, some time and a little internet know-how.
If only the projects came in more often, this could really be a great business venture. But sadly the projects are not as prolific in nature as a business would need it to be, so it shall remain a nice side income.
Credit has to be given to my partner for asking for my help a year ago to extract the clips and now for helping spread the word of my services.
Happy :)
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
Showing posts with label gig. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gig. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Complaining Works!
Haha it seems that lady luck has really kept her eye out for me once I started complaining about the lack of her favor.
I've gotten another request at my on and off gig and that's another 50 bucks! Happy is the person that gets easy good paying work!
:)
But still the task of building up the fund is coming along slowly but surely.
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
I've gotten another request at my on and off gig and that's another 50 bucks! Happy is the person that gets easy good paying work!
:)
But still the task of building up the fund is coming along slowly but surely.
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
How Wonderful the Favor of Lady Luck
Its amusing how when I was just lamenting about the lack of favor from Lady Luck that she decided to grant my endeavor a smile.
My partner found a dollar this afternoon! The minute she picked it up she messaged to say how lucky she was and proceeded to describe to me blow by blow the events that lead to her finding it.
She was rushing out of the house and up the hill when she stepped on something and it went 'cling', she then curiously looked back to survey the area and found a weathered round shape which is thought was only some washer but after a careful look it turned out to be a dollar! She quickly picked the hot piece of metal up and dashed off.
She gave me the coin when we met and showed me where she found it when I sent her home, it was beside a row of parked cars that she found it which I guess is not surprising but what luck!
Now she jokes about how much she's contributed to the endeavor and how she'd one day find more money than I do and this blog would have to change its name due to the hostile take-over.
Its a possibility, but hey isn't competition more fun? So in the spirit of competition, I'll be adding a His and Her count at the Progress Tracker so she'll be able to see how much she has contributed to the endeavor.
Hope I find my next coin soon!
:)
Anyway the cheque for my on and off gig came in the mail yesterday, glad to have an easy gig like that. Hope more opportunities come my way in the future.
Started with $1.60
Ended with $2.60
$1.00 From her
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
My partner found a dollar this afternoon! The minute she picked it up she messaged to say how lucky she was and proceeded to describe to me blow by blow the events that lead to her finding it.
She was rushing out of the house and up the hill when she stepped on something and it went 'cling', she then curiously looked back to survey the area and found a weathered round shape which is thought was only some washer but after a careful look it turned out to be a dollar! She quickly picked the hot piece of metal up and dashed off.
She gave me the coin when we met and showed me where she found it when I sent her home, it was beside a row of parked cars that she found it which I guess is not surprising but what luck!
Now she jokes about how much she's contributed to the endeavor and how she'd one day find more money than I do and this blog would have to change its name due to the hostile take-over.
Its a possibility, but hey isn't competition more fun? So in the spirit of competition, I'll be adding a His and Her count at the Progress Tracker so she'll be able to see how much she has contributed to the endeavor.
Hope I find my next coin soon!
:)
Anyway the cheque for my on and off gig came in the mail yesterday, glad to have an easy gig like that. Hope more opportunities come my way in the future.
Started with $1.60
Ended with $2.60
$1.00 From her
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
On and Off Gig
Had the opportunity to earn some extra cash by extracting videos for a local company, the money is not bad but the work involved is really time consuming. I guess that is why i'm being paid... To add to that the conversion of file types to suit their system is really difficult, gotta search for the right converter that has the right codec.
The source is also another issue, they used to just have the link embedded in the source page but now they have taken an additional step of embedding it in a .xml file to even further hide things. Sometimes I wonder why they are so guarding of things when their main source of business is advertising and not selling media.
O well its an extra income source even if it is just once a year...
The last time i did this for them was exactly a year ago, it seems that around this time there is a need for such services. And from what I heard there is only 1 other person that is doing this media extraction for cheap, so I suppose I'm giving him competition. At least he won't be a monopoly in this area. Capitalism Rulez!
Don't think I'll be adding this amount to the fund as it is something that I would have gotten before embarking on this endeavor.
I guess it is slightly different from the Surveys and Moola.com because it is due to this endeavor that I will be putting more effort into doing those things so it is a direct correlation?
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
The source is also another issue, they used to just have the link embedded in the source page but now they have taken an additional step of embedding it in a .xml file to even further hide things. Sometimes I wonder why they are so guarding of things when their main source of business is advertising and not selling media.
O well its an extra income source even if it is just once a year...
The last time i did this for them was exactly a year ago, it seems that around this time there is a need for such services. And from what I heard there is only 1 other person that is doing this media extraction for cheap, so I suppose I'm giving him competition. At least he won't be a monopoly in this area. Capitalism Rulez!
Don't think I'll be adding this amount to the fund as it is something that I would have gotten before embarking on this endeavor.
I guess it is slightly different from the Surveys and Moola.com because it is due to this endeavor that I will be putting more effort into doing those things so it is a direct correlation?
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
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