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David Pescovits from BoingBoing.com snapped a photo of this sticker in one of the restrooms at Ritual Coffee Roasters in San Francisco’s Mission District.

There used to be one just like it posted above a small hole in the wall in the other restroom. That sticker was removed though once the hole was patched to, er, block the camera’s lens.

It caught my eyes when I visited Boing Boing and I think it is a great idea if I share it in the Sleepy Surfer dot Com~

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I have been posting content relating to talent and creativity lately.. I found an interesting sad video on how individuals around us with unique talents were not discovered or even worse, poluted by the corporate world/ corporate machine. I found the animation from a post by Martijn van Osch from Freshcreation.com. In his post, Martijn said that :- (more…)

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Ok guys, I just read Dean Hunt’s post on his blog. He asks a question :-

Question of the day

In your opinion, is creativity something that we are born with? Or can it be taught/learnt?

Dean

I left a comment on that post. It turned out that my comment was a long comment, even longer than Dean’s post so I decided to post my comment here in the Sleepy Surfer dot Com:-

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This post, you will discover how to keep your visitor keep coming to your blog. After deciding who your audience are, it is important that you make sticky content to keep your audience keep coming back to your blog.

I dont know about you but whats the point of having a blog if you are the only one who read it? If thats the case, buy yourself a diary or type your personal rants in a word document or whatever..

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In This post, I will share with you why I hate the Authority Black Book..especially the 2008 version!!

You know what, just download the eBook first and you know what I mean.. Click here to download the strong>Authority Black Book 2008

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I was surfing the web and found an interesting news about a metor that may landed on Ontario’s cottage country.

“Cottagers, space buffs and specifically amateur meteor hunters might have a terrestrial treasure to hunt, after a shooting star was spotted blazing across southern Ontario skies last week.

University of Western Ontario astronomers also say one or more of these space rocks probably made impact along the shore of Georgian Bay.”

It has been said that you can keep the meteor if you found it. However, if it is in someone else’s property, its theirs. But please be generous enough to share it with the University of Western Ontario astronomers as they would be interested to learn more about it

Anyone who finds the meteor can keep it as long as it’s not on someone else’s property. However, the university astronomers would be interested in borrowing it so they can learn more about it.
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I have been planning to make a free gift (free report or ebook) for a long time. Since I’ve made my very own blog, I think this is a good time to give away free gifts to you.

I am currently working on a guide that is very basic yet powerful. It is going to be one of your Ultimate Weapon as long as  apply what you have learn from the free report seriously. So, be sure to check out my new posts any time in the near future

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Ashon Rafiq from Blueverse.com wrote a really good post about how to do your business online or off line. The first thing that you need to do is to plan your business.

As for me, I found writing my plans gave me a few benefits. While there are a lot of benefits of writing your business plan, I can just come out witha few.. hey, I’m sleepy okay… I’ll share more in the future if I remember :P. The following are a few points that I can come up with..

You will discover valuable information about your business/niche/industry

Your in-depth research and planning will help you to have a more clear picture about the steps that you will take to achieve your goal. You will also discover the important information on how to improve your business in the long run. Jot them down and prioritize them.

You will know more about hidden information of your competitors.

Writing a detailed plan for your business forces you to assess your competitors.You will discover their strengths and weaknesses, which is a benefit for you to run your business.

You will gain more confidence

Once you have it all on paper, you will see a better picture of your long term goal. Visualise your success and this will help you to gain more confidence.

I really recommend Mark Joyner’s Simpleology to learn more about planning your business.

More related sources that you should read :

• Guide to successful business planning
• Funding Your Business Plan in the UK
• Inspirational business planning
• Storyboards As A Business Plan

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I have been tweaking my banner and also the “cartoon representative” of the sleepy surfer lately.

Today I’v made anothertweak. Check out my latest design and a few others before it. I want it to be a simple design and anyone can remember it. So if you are new to theSleepySurfer.com, you might want to look at these design and how it evolve from the beginning

This is the latest Sleepy Surfer Brand :

Here are the previous temporary designs :

As you can see, at first the cartoon is different. for your information, I sketch the cartoon by myself. At first I want to outsource it but I will miss the fun. so I sketch them myself, put some color with Adobe Photoshop and wallah!

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