Recently I heard a report stating that from 5-50 million birds die each year due to the existence of cell phone towers. Apparently at night the birds circle the red light on the top of the towers thinking it's a star. They repeatedly circle the light thinking they are following it to their destination and finally just get exhausted and drop to their death.

At first glance I thought, well we should do something about this. Something has got to be done. Then I looked into it a little further and found that this is not a significant amount of bird deaths at all. Compared to things like cars, high tension wires and of course windows Communication towers are the least lethal of the list of man made things to fly into.

An estimated 97 to 976 million birds die each year from flying into windows. Yep, you heard me right. Flying into windows… So if you feel guilty when you are using your cell phone next time do something good for the birds. If you put a screen on the exterior of your home windows you just might save a birds life :)

Here is a little video that I thought might add to this article :)


I got the chart above from sibleyguides.com

This article is reposted with a revised version :)

This has got to be the greatest video Ive seen on YouTube to date!

Watch as this (I think French) guys licks his eyeball and puts his lower lip over his nose. Rofl...

Could you use a few extra hundred bucks a month?

The Internet has had a well-kept secret for quite some time now. There is money to be had and lots of it. Moms, dads, brothers, sisters and friends can all do it too. It is called advertising, plain and simple.

If you have interest in something and enjoy the Internet, you could be making money. Do you have a great amount of knowledge on knitting? If so, why not make it a hobby to start a knitting blog or website. Offer great free content to your viewers and update the site as often as possible. Start publishing advertisements by Google, Yahoo or many others and the money will start rolling in.

If you are going to spend time reading and writing articles on your topic of passion, why not earn money for it too? It works; I have been doing it for about 3 months now and have received three checks. My first check was for 182 bucks, the next for 202 and the last for 230.

What is the limit?

The sky is the limit. There are people who have posted pictures of their checks from Google for up to 400,000$ a month by Markus Frind the owner of Plentyoffish.com. This is obviously a rare case but there are thousands of people who have quit their jobs to run websites. Many of these people have never had formal training in web design or advertising at all.

Where to start?

Once you have decided what niche you are going to target and start your site make sure you read up on the forums like digital point. Digital point is a collection of forums for web developers specializing in advertisement. There is wealth’s of knowledge there.

What is key for publishing?

Content, content and content. Write quality content for your site and do it as often as possible. Try to make your articles as original as possible. In addition, spread the word.

Good luck, I hope you are successful.

How to make an animated GIF with pictures

In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to make an animated GIF with some pictures that you already have. First, you have to decide on what images or photos you would like to use to make your slide show. I am going to use the three pictures below of my cat that have been altered in MS Paint.







Now that you have picked out the JPEGs that you want to turn into an animated GIF you are ready for the next step. Go to

www.GifNinja.com

and browse to your three picture files that you have created.

Now select the speed that you would like your images to rotate. I always make my animations on the slower end of the slider bar but it is all up to you. Below are two examples.
Here is a animation on the Slowest Setting.


Here is the sideshow on the Fastest Setting.


And you can adjust it anywhere in between to fit your liking :)

All in all this service is extremely easy to use, it's free and they store your animations for you in case you lose yours. I will also be doing a tutorial on converting video into animations at GifNinja too.

If you found this tutorial useful or have something to add please post a comment. I hope it was helpful.

FREE MOVIE DAY! FREE MOVIE DAY!

On November 30th I wrote this article about AOL Video giving away 1 free movie download to users for one day only.

Well today is the day to get over to AOL Video. Here is the list of movies that you can download for free :)

Nacho Libre
The Muppets Take Manhattan
M:I:III Mission Impossible III
SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Charlie's Angels
My Dog Skip
Failure to Launch
Jack Frost
Zoolander
Patriot Games
National Lampoon's Christmas
Last Holiday
School of Rock
The Perfect Storm
Jackass: The Movie
Adam Sandler's: Eight Crazy Nights
Rugrats Go Wild
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Can't Hardly Wait
Maid in Manhattan
Star Trek I: The Motion Picture
Men in Black
All I Want for Christmas
Prince and Me
The Natural
Analyze this
D.E.B.S.
Easy Rider
Flatliners
White Christmas
Golden Child:The

I think I'm gonna get Mission Impossible III considering it looked like a cool movie but I just couldn't justify paying 20 bucks to watch that crazy guy in the theatre.

THIS IS CREEEEEEPY!

All right, I can understand that singles go through great lengths to meet people. I also understand that if you are busy and in a circle that does not have the right one for you it makes it tough to branch out. So people do the dating service thing, which is great. I personally know people that have done it and have been happy with it. I know a few couples that met over the internet, got maried, and lived happily ever after.

However, this next step in dating services I just do not understand. In this CNN report, they discuss how mobile companies are now starting to text message you when a compatible single is in your area. Yep, you could be at the mall and get a text message stating that a 27-year-old female from your town is at the forever 21 store.

So let's say you are this 27 year old female on one of those "I don't want to be out of the house cause I look like crap and just needed milk" runs and she's got dudes looking all over the gas station to find her cause she's compatible. ROFL I just think this is strange.

but if whatever floats your boat. Apparently it's the rage in China but if you've ever seen MXC you'll understand how I feel about that statement.

AOL video is offering free movie downloads for one day only

AOL Video is offering free movies to all

HO HO HO!

This Saturday users will be able to download 1 free movie selected from over 30 different titles per user at http://video.aol.com/. It looks like they are trying to drive a little more traffic to their lackluster performing product. No price beats free, so head on over there at 6:00 AM Eastern time and get your new movie. Regular pricing for the videos range from 9.99 to 19.99 but $0.00 is the best price yet.

I don't know how easy it is to use AOL Video but I'm excited to find out this Saturday :)

I'll post back with a review of the transaction.