I recently stayed at a nice vacation rental near the Finger Lakes, but it had a fly problem. I tried to buy a bug-a-salt, but the local Walmart didn’t have any in stock. They DID have a cheaper salt shotgun called the Bug Hunter.
This video shows the device in action and I share my thoughts on the Bug Hunter compared to the original Bug-a-Salt.
10 years ago if you had a camera and $15 bucks to register a domain, you could get into the independent news media game (maybe not successfully, lol).
Vice, Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, and even Mic inspired me to make content and made me believe I could make decent content all by myself. It pushed me to get better an use the tech available to make something presentable.
Social Media sites like Facebook pressured smaller outlets to do more video which increased expenses. It didn’t bring more clicks, it didn’t bring more ad revenue, and now these sites are going under.
What does all of this mean for the little guys (and gals)?
After my review of the Panasonic Arc5, several commentors suggested I give a safety razor a try. I figured I didn’t have anything to lose.
While the safety razor does have some challenges (fair warning, I do bleed a bit in this video), I have had less in-grown and other bumps on my face.
I went hard on the Viking line of shaving products, no particular reason, maybe better search optimization on Amazon? (LOL).
I am very grateful for the suggestions on the previous video, thanks for the recommendations!
My YouTube thumbnail game was terrible. After watching several videos on how to improve my site, I realized I needed a better method to make thumbnails.
I found a site called Canva and I am very impressed. The site makes thumbnail generation much easier than the other tools I have been using (like GIMP).
Canva is free, but there are several premium services you need to pay for. I share some other tools and tips to make due with what is available for free with Canva, but I do recommend the premium service, it makes workflow so much easier.
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I wanted to give a quick channel update as it has been a few months since I posted on this channel.
Just because I haven’t posted here, that doesn’t mean I am not making videos! I have been active over at “The Source” making procurement and career advice while the winter (rain, as it hasn’t snowed) killed other ideas I had over the last few weeks.
So I have been hiding in my basement making talking head videos (add this one to the count), but I have the creative juices flowing for this channel too.
Finally… Congrats to Mel and Scott on that Corn Hole Championship!
