I have several forms of advertising on this site, all aimed at bringing in a little bit of money. Most of them do. Through various different affiliate programs and other ad setups, I have earned almost $2000 from online advertising since I started advertising on my blog. Not much in the long run, but it… Read the rest »
Posts By: Ben
Tutorial on RSS at CouchSurfing.com
Hey guys, I just wanted to link to the tutorial I posted on the CS blog. My first attempt at an online tutorial, and I think it went well enough. The second video is also one I made. The first video is by Lee Lefever, of Common Craft fame, also of The World Is Not… Read the rest »
The Moon Rise
The moon rises here are one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. Both taken from my backyard…
Hitchhiking to Hope, AK
After two weeks of living, working, and spending my free time with the people here at the collective, I needed to take some time off. Part of the group here decided to go across the bay to clear some trails and camp out as a group of 12, but Walter and I decided to head… Read the rest »
Current Projects
Part of my job with couchsurfing is to write posts for the CouchSurfing collective blog. You can read the stuff I am posting there at http://blog.couchsurfing.com. Everything is going well here, and I found a way to make some cash as well. Once a week I am cutting a guy’s yard, and this morning Andrew… Read the rest »
Thank you to the Dunwoody Crier and James Stevens
James Stevens, of the Dunwoody Crier, recently published an article on my travels in Asia. I want to thank him for writing the story, which I was not expecting at all when I left for my trip. There are some easy ways to find post about my trip to Asia. At the bottom of this… Read the rest »
The CouchSurfing Collective in Alaska
I have arrived in Homer, Alaska and it is everything I thought it could be. More probably. I ended up surfing at a house in Anchorage with my buddy Travis who I climbed with in Ton Sai, Thailand. The next day I met up with some of the other collective participants and drove down to… Read the rest »
Farr Associates
I have just finished making the new Farr Associates site live. It is a project I have been working on for the past two weeks or so that I have been hanging around Atlanta. Still have a few tweaks to work out, but I am proud of it, and it helps with some greatly needed… Read the rest »
13 web tools, applications and sites that can make your life better
I spend a lot of time online. Probably too much. However, I use the power of the internet to make my daily life easier, more productive, and integrated. This allows me to take random Wednesdays off to go rock climbing, or to travel the world and stay connected. Here is a partial list of what… Read the rest »
Just playing around with photoshop
I was following some tutorials from Pixel Perfect the other day and made this eight ball. Thought I would go ahead and post it up here.