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The 42nd Estate is Live!

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Adam Pieniazek
on September 4, 2008
in Marketing and business
. 2 Comments

A few weeks ago I wrote about my company, The 42nd Estate LLC. Well, over this past Labor Day weekend the company’s main site launched! You can check it out at the42ndestate.com. We’re also planning on launching a few of the sites owned by The 42nd Estate this month. On the schedule we have:

  • a general reviews site (send us an e-mail if you’d like your blog reviewed!)
  • a money management blog (written by yours truly, Mr. Money!)
  • an aspiring model’s portfolio
  • a science fiction story about our world (but not our world)
  • a site for and by boston bicyclists

The reviews site should be live first, so send in those blogs or sites for review! Of course, if you subscribe to The 42nd Estate’s blog [or via e-mail] you can stay up to date on each site’s launch, though I’ll also mention it here.

We are you are us!

3 Cool Signs

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Adam Pieniazek
on July 17, 2008
in Blog, Marketing and Technology
. 7 Comments

As I twittered earlier today, I finally bit the bullet and sent Yahoo $25 to upgrade my flickr account to the Pro version. For anyone wondering why my photos section has been sitting at 200 photos for a month or two now, that’s why! You see though flickr is great, their free accounts are limited to only 200 photos. The photos section on this site pulls my pictures off my flickr photostream, so since I reached my 200 photo max on flickr, my photo section on this blog hasn’t been updated.

Now that I’ve upgraded to the pro flickr account, my photos section here will be updated much more frequently and has an additional 60 photos in it right now. To celebrate the occasion, let’s take a look at the last 3 pictures I uploaded to flickr. They’re all odd, funny, or cool signs from the Boston area.

  1. Mardi Gras in Boston!

    2. Mardi Gras No Parking Sign

    Saw this sign in Dorchester on a little side street on my way to the local Stop & Shop. That’s a really cool sign and seeing it so far north made it stick out brilliantly amongst the other tattered signs on the street.

  2. Truth in Advertising at Stop & Shop

    3. Speaking of Stop & Shop, this marker has a story all its own. In fact, I’m quite convinced my friends and I made it come into existence! A couple weeks ago, my friends Mike and Corey and myself were planning a little BBQ and went to the closest supermarket to get supplies. On our way to the storefront Corey and I started discussing how Stop & Shop food isn’t the best in the world, but at least it’s relatively cheap. As we get to the store’s sliding door, I spot this sign right out front:

    Honest Advertising at Stop & Shop

    Seriously, you cannot make this stuff up!

  3. Remember Me Says the Bicycle

    4. Remember Me Bicycle Ad

    Saw this advertisement on the side of a bus stop on Commonwealth Avenue near Boston University. As my loyal readers already know I bought a bicycle a few months back and have been in love with cycling ever since. As many other Dorchester youths did when they were kids, I biked all over my neighborhood growing up so this advertisement hit a personal note, as I’m sure it does with many people who see it.

    Don’t take it from the ad, take it from me, bicycling is wicked fun, is great exercise and is often quicker than driving (especially in the city) so if you haven’t ridden a bicycle recently, give it a shot!

Anyone have some funny signs they’ve seen out in the wild? If so, send me an e-mail and I’ll feature it in a future post!

3rd Party Debate: Bob Barr vs. Ralph Nader vs. Ron Paul vs. Dennis Kucinich vs. Green Party’s Candidate

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Adam Pieniazek
on July 9, 2008
in Government, Leadership, Marketing and Politics
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I just sent the below text to all of these individuals or parties and hope to receive positive responses. What do you think? Is a debate between Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul, Ralph Nader, Bob Barr and the Green Party candidate a good idea? Would you watch such a debate?

Hello Mr. Barr, Green Party Candidate, Mr. Nader, Mr. Paul, and Mr. Kucinich,

I’ve watched some of the mainstream debates on TV but felt they were simply too slanted towards certain candidates and too moderated to truly be called a debate.

An event where you debate Ralph Nader, Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul, Bob Barr and the Green Party candidate would provide a truly rational and balanced discussion of how to best shape America going forward. The debate would also draw a lot of attention to 3rd party candidates and hopefully sway more Americans to avoid voting for the Democrats or Republicans.

I’m sending this short e-mail to all of you to gauge your interest in such a debate. If all parties are interested I will start an open-source non-profit organization to raise funds for, market and host the debate.

I truly feel such a debate could be the best in American history and hope you do too.

Regards,

Adam Pieniazek

If all these candidates are interested, I’ll try wicked hard to make it a reality as it’ll give underrepresented political candidates a fair, open, and public forum to discuss their stances and ideas.

What about you? What’s your take on this hypothetical debate? Who do you think would win?

Help Me Win $3,000 - Blogging Idol Contest

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Adam Pieniazek
on July 6, 2008
in Blog and Marketing
. 4 Comments

Daniel from DailyBlogTips is hosting a contest with a grand prize worth a whopping $3,000. The basis of the contest is to see who can increase their subscriber count the most in one month. Since I’m coming off my best month in terms of traffic I’ve decided to participate in the contest and see if I can make the next 30 days my best in terms of subscribers.

So, if you’d like to help me, please subscribe to this blog. You can subscribe via e-mail or RSS/Atom. My promise to you is to write the best articles I can over the next 30 days and beyond. I am also considering having a contest of my own exclusively for my subscribers so sign up now to make sure you don’t miss out!

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