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It has been more than four years since I gave an update on my YouTube career. I am sure everyone has been waiting with bated breath to hear about my progress. But more seriously, while my progress is mostly of personal interest for me, I do think that what I said in 2021 is still true: the idea of the internet or social media or "content creation" being an easy gravy train that people can jump on continues to be a receding mirage. Although I have been more successful than I hoped back at that time, I am still not making money from YouTube.

At the time, I had a total of 8 public watch hours. Since sometime in 2022, 8 or 10 public watch hours is my daily average. In fact, since 400 hours in the past 365 days is needed for monetization, I check my statistics every day to see if I have gotten enough hours that day to equal that (4000/365, or a little less than 11 hours a day). At one time last year, I had well over 4000 hours. But also, not enough subscribers. Back in

There is no "stovetop espresso", there is only good, strong Moka pot coffee.


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Any coffee aficionado will tell you that espresso is its very own thing. True espresso (N.B. not 'expresso") is made by a machine that uses pressures of around 8 atmospheres to force very hot water through a dense cake ("puck") of finely-ground coffee. It needs a particular build of machine to make it, and nothing else comes

My sister began this journey around three years ago. For a small additional fee, she and my mother invited me to join them in this ambitious undertaking. I must admit that I was skeptical due to all the paperwork and red tape. I will also state that they did most of the work. Yet the notion of it becoming a possibility compelled me to take that leap of faith and join them in their quest.

I've never visited this location. I have never experienced its culture firsthand…

News for Noders

July 1: Canada Day.

July 4: America Day.

July 25: Happy birthday TanisNikana!

July 26: Happy birthday teleny!


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June 3: Saint kevin's Day.

June 4: Aesop's Birthday.

June 11: TerribleAspect's birthday!

June 13: Serjeant's Muse's birthday!

June 16: Bloomsday.

June 19: Juneteenth.

June 20: Summer solstice (northern hemisphere) and winter solstice (southern hemisphere).

June 21: nicolasstag's birthday!

June 23: AdamTheDewott's birthday!

June 23: weroland's birthday!

June 28: Tau Day.


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April 1: By popular demand, March has been redacted.

April 10: Happy birthday, nuggets!

April 12: Yuri's Night

April 22: Happy Earth Day, fellow earthlings!

April 23: Saint George's Day.

April 24: Happy birthday, Rancid_Pickle!

April 30: Walpurgis Night.

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February 1: Brevity Quest 2025 begins!

February 2: Happy birthday Auspice!

February 2: Happy birthday npecom!

February 5: Happy birthday wertperch!

February 8: Happy birthday to panamaus

February 15: Happy birthday Admin to the goo!

February 23: Happy birthday Samuel Pepys!

February 29: Happy birthday Browncoat!


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January 1: Gregorian New Year.

January 16: National Nothing Day.

January 24: Happy Birthday Silverai_me!

January 26: Happy Birthday Segnbora-t!

January 30: Happy Birthday O-Swirl!


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