Trader Mike

A lot of bloggers who use FeedBurner got a nice surprise this morning. One of the great features of FeedBurner is the stats they provide on the number of readers of a given RSS feed. The only problem is that for web-based newsreaders/aggregators they rely upon those services to report the number of […]

First, I hope you all got a chance to watch today’s WallStrip video which is a parody of Jim Cramer:

Some of the folks at CNBC enjoyed it, specifically whoever’s running their “On the Money” blog. Here’s what they had to say today:

This is a Riot! Cramer as Dr. Phil!
It is so good, but, […]

I won’t bore you all with the details of my continuing web hosting issues but I just want to give you a quick heads up on what’s going on. I’m in a mad rush to get moved off of my current host by the end of the month so that I won’t have to […]

I just noticed a new Tubetorial on the WordPress Subscribe to Comments plugin and it reminded me that I haven’t pointed out this new feature of my site. This is right on time too because I’m about to publish another of Michelle’s posts which generate so much discussion. If you see a discussion […]

There’s a very accurate review of TheMoneyBlogs on BusinessWeek’s site. But if you want the real story, take a look at Howard’s post about theMoneyBlogs from August. And be sure to read the raging discussion in the comments where you’ll see my thoughts on TheMoneyBlogs.
A quick side note, the BusinessWeek writer seems to […]

I’ve been meaning to post my top referrers for a while now. Last September, when I did that survey I was surprised at how many of my regular readers originally found my site via another blog. I had assumed that most people found this site via Google… and with good reason when you […]

Breaking news: I’m in negotiations to become the pimp agent of Loren, my new Site Security Guard(TM). Here’s a message from Loren on his first day on the job (I’m glad to see he’s back in uniform):

So why I am I interested in becoming Loren’s agent? I’m noticing a growing need for […]

Michelle B submits: Teresa Lo recently has written a less than flattering article (which is closed to comments) about trading bloggers. When I have visited her site previously, my impression was unfavorable. Perhaps, it is my own denseness, but when at her site I desperately needed to have a smug and dripping sarcasm […]

I’ve been feeling the frustration mount from each person who has emailed me asking the same questions that I’ve already answered and or asking me for link exchanges. I even went so far as to remove my email address from the site and force people to use the contact form, which basically instructs people […]

Over the past few weeks I’ve been noticing some good comments on various blogs with the name “Michelle” attached. I’d been wondering if it was the same Michelle who’s left a few comments on my blog. So last night, after seeing another “Michelle” comment, I decided to email her and ask if she […]