Starving Artist

Ok I’ve been lax. The holidays got in the way and then I got lazy about posting. The unclaimed property claim hasn’t come through yet. I emailed the State about it Thursday, Friday they email back to tell me they’re only on claims dating from November 9th! I filed my claim November 21st and they said it will be a couple of weeks until they get to that date. Then of course they’ll want a ton more info from me…

It is no secret that The Secret is, at least partly, about Charles F. Haanel’s The Master Key System. Yes… that is my page at Seth Godin’s new Squidoo site. What is Squidoo? Kind of like the old Mining Company before it became About.com. You author a page about a subject near and dear, include links, and once the site is out of beta you will hopefully share in the profits from Google AdSense and affiliate sales such as Amazon. Well why not just do this on your own website or blog? Do that too. Squidoo pages are first meant to be in addition to your own site then stand on their own.

While in the “library” I was glancing through the lastest real paper issue of InfoWorld and a brief blurb about Amazon Mechanical Turk caught my eye. The most basic explanation is that Amazon will pay you to do simple tasks better suited to humans rather than machines. Right now that seems limited to choosing the best pictures for their A9 Yellow Pages. The no brainer is that human eyes can see the actual street address or storefront name better than a computer can… for the time being. Each HIT (Human Intelligence Task), in this case picking the best picture out of a group, pays 3 cents and is subject to approval or rejection by the business listing the task. Once businesses outside of A9 were involved I would assume that the rate of pay per HIT would go up (or down) based on the difficulty and time it would take to complete it. I did 36 HITs and will go back tomorrow to see if they were approved. Unfortunately I did not time the set of tasks but I don’t think I’ll quit the day job just yet. Something to add the Million Dollar Experiment.

As suggested by Steve Pavlina in a post about unclaimed property I checked using three different last names in two states. I actually found something! What it’s from I have no clue, the State of origin didn’t set off any bells. It will take up to eight weeks for the claim to go through, and I doubt it’s a million dollars, but I’ll keep you posted!

I’ve joined Steve Pavlina’s Million Dollar Experiment!

In an easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way, in its own perfect time, for the highest good of all, I intend $1,000,000 to come into my life and into the lives of everyone who holds this intention.

The million Dollar Experiment is based on the Intention-Manifestation model. Simply put your goal out there everyday for the universe to hear. That’s everyday. Remain aware that it’s out there. A candle burning brightly in cold, dark space. Watch for falling stars. You could get your wish!