http://www.inventionaddict.com/2010/12/07/mad-inventor-my-first-magazine-article/
I wrote this over the summer and did not realize it was published until today.
This is pretty cool. I was contacted by a Swedish on-line magazine called Interesting Times. Not something I would typically read but they had an interesting issue about Tim Ferriss.
Check out my first magazine article, “Mad Inventor” starts on page 84 of issue 5. http://interestingtimesmagazine.com/download.html
There are a few new articles posted on my self esteem help site.
Scammers are Creative
I have to give the scammers credit, they are creative. Have your received the e-mail stating that someone in a foreign country has money tied up and they need your help. This is called the Nigerian Letter Scam. It is a type of advance-fee fraud. It’s a con-game where the target (mark) is persuaded to advance sums of money in the hope of realizing a significantly larger gain. It preys on our sense of greed and the unsuspecting trusting soul who thinks their ship has finally come in.
The latest variation of the scam preys on inventors. Looking up people with issued patents is easy and with websites popping up to help inventors sell the patents it make it easier for these sharks to find the next victim.
http://www.inventionaddict.com/2010/10/03/latest-inventor-scam/
Check out other cool inventions and tips at InventionAddict.com
I just posted a guest post on Womentorz.com. Womentorz is a site for Women inventors to get together for help and to sell their products.
http://womentorz.blogspot.com/2010/09/why-i-think-womentorz-is-great-site.html
Before you read to the end, does anybody know what the main ingredient of WD-40 is? Don't lie and don't cheat. WD-40. Who knew; I had a neighbor who bought a new pickup. I got up very early one Sunday morning and saw that someone had spray painted red all around the sides of this beige truck (for some unknown reason). I went over, woke him up, and told him the bad news. He was very upset and was trying to figure out what to do…. Probably nothing until Monday morning, since nothing was open. Another neighbor came out and told him to get his WD-40 and clean it off. It removed the unwanted paint beautifully and did not harm his paint job that was on the truck. I'm impressed! WD-40 who knew? 'Water Displacement #40'. The product began from a search for a rust preventative solvent and degreaser to protect missile parts. WD-40 was created in 1953 by three technicians at the San Diego Rocket Chemical Company. Its name comes from the project that was to find a 'water displacement' compound.. They were successful with the fortieth formulation, thus WD-40. The Convair Company bought it in bulk to protect their atlas missile parts. Ken East (one of the original founders) says there is nothing in WD-40 that would hurt you… When you read the 'shower door' part, try it. It's the first thing that has ever cleaned that spotty shower door. If yours is plastic, it works just as well as glass. It's a miracle! Then try it on your stove top … Viola! It's now shinier than it's ever been. You'll be amazed.
WD-40 uses:
Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them. Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one when success is almost within reach.
Did you ever wonder what the most common rookie inventor mistake is?
10,000 Reasons to NOT get a Patent
Check out this cool video on innovation and creativity.
