In case you didn’t know, I write articles. How-To articles, mainly.
ALL. DAY. LONG.
I write for a few companies, and then there’s my neato new blog, The Older Geek, which I love. Sometimes, I am given ideas as assignments. Most of the time, I have to come up with my own.
Well guess what I’m doing these days?!
NOTHING! You’re right! I have run dry on ideas. So I’m asking for help from you guys. Can you guys give me some ideas? Ask me anything, anything you want to know how to do. I will research them and try to write about it. I especially like to write computer and software how-to articles. You can take a peek at The Older Geek for some examples. I also like to write about home improvement, and gardening, and other stuff.
Could you please take a minute and give me some ideas? You can email me or leave a comment here. Ask as many questions as you like, the more the merrier. I’ll let you know when I have completed them!
3. March 2010 at 9:55 pm
Oh, this is easy! I could give you MANY ideas, but I wouldn’t wanna wear you out. Here’s one I’d really like to know how to do: How to easily stumble an article on Stumble Upon. I’m at a loss with this! BTW, I appreciate your blog “The Older Geek”; I’ve learned a LOT from it, my favorite being how to remove the navbar! You’re a genius! :D
3. March 2010 at 10:05 pm
Well, if you haven’t already written about these..
How to Grow Sprouts (like alfalfa sprouts or something…)
How to Make a Signature in Windows Mail
How to Create a Zip File
I don’t know… those are just some things that came to mind.
3. March 2010 at 11:02 pm
how to clean my laptop keyboard, under the keys
how to find all your emails after changing to windows 7
how to figure out why a page rank is low all of a sudden
how to move a self hosted blog from one host to another easily
and you might check back all the emails I have ever sent you, nearly all of them had a question, lol, your article is in the answers that I am so grateful for
4. March 2010 at 12:08 am
How to cook frog legs. I’d really like to know. :D:D:D:D
4. March 2010 at 12:29 am
How to start a vegetable garden from scratch?
How to choose a homeschool curriculum?
How to make your own ebook?
How to care for a rose bush?
How to make a cat scratching post using cardboard for the “scratching” part?
How to copy a DVD that you own on to your computer in such a way that you can then put it onto your ipod?
How to get rid of grubs in your lawn?
How to choose a tomato to grow from the 10,000 varieties that are out there?
How to find seeds that aren’t genetically modified?
How to make fresh salsa?
How to dry and preserve your home grown herbs for later use?
How to make authentic apple strudel?
How to increase your blog readership?
How to know if someone “un follows” you on Twitter?
How to “tweet” a photo?
How to make your own household cleaners?
How to make homemade shampoo?
How to make maple sugar candy on the snow like in Little House on the Prairie? (I think it’s from the first book, Little House in the Big Woods)
How to find all the NYS historical signs?
How to fill in cracks in your cement garage floor?
How to unclog a drain without using chemicals like Draino? (is there a homemade recipe for something like Draino you can pour down?)
How to make homemade herbal tea?
If you haven’t already you could also do a “how to” get rid of those awful baby caterpillars that eat our shrubs every year - I know you’ve posted about it before.
Well hopefully a few of those ideas are usable…
Carole :-)
4. March 2010 at 3:45 am
I’m sick with a sinus and head cold and the inside of my nose feels like it’s on fire. What’s the best way to soothe the inflammation? Using a Neti pot only makes it feel better for 5-10 minutes. That’s my most pressing how-to question at the moment!
4. March 2010 at 10:03 am
Holy cow!!!! You are are just AMAZING! I checked my email this morning to see a truckload of comments and questions. Thankyouthankyouthankyou!!!
Jay- wow, I’m a genius, huh? lol. Because I said to you, “This is how you change your navbar” do you believe? You will see even greater things than these. LOLOLOL!! (Can you tell I’ve been reading the Gospel of John lately??). I’d forgotten about writing how to Stumble a post. I will get to that ASAP!
Cindy and Penny- those are great questions! I know a lot of other people could benefit from these, too. So ask away all you want!
Alice… ummm I’ll see what I can do. Seriously. But only if you are willing to give them a try, lassie.
Carole- you will keep me busy for months! Yay! Thanks for that list. Some of those are things I want to try out, myself.
Janiss- I am so sorry about your cold.
I will look up soothing inflammation. I hope you get better before I finish, though.
To everyone- thanks for taking the time to ask. Keep it up! At ANY TIME, just leave a comment or send an email. I am storing them in a notepad and will do my best to address them.
I’ll let you know when I have the answer; I’ll post the links here so you can read the articles.
Thanks again, I love you guys!
4. March 2010 at 10:44 am
I love The Older Geek. Here are a couple more ideas:
1. Create a favicon and add it to your blog.
2. How and why to create “sticky posts.”
3. Add tabs to your Blogger template.
4. March 2010 at 10:47 am
Thanks, Chuck! I’m adding these to my List! :D
4. March 2010 at 2:33 pm
My list won’t be as impressive as Carole’s, but here goes:
1. How to embed Google maps in a blog post.
2. How to remove mould.
3. How to spot a rubbish movie before you buy it.
4. How to make flowers last longer.
5. How to predict the weather with a barometer.
6. How to make Chinese lanterns.
7. How to find royalty free stock photos.
8. How to politely get rid of unwanted door-to-door callers.
9. Which ingredients to buy to make the greatest variety of cocktails.
10. How to identify different animal tracks.
No sure if any will be suitable though!
4. March 2010 at 5:55 pm
John, those are spectacular! I will look into them (and some I already know how to do).
I will be posting links to the complete articles here, as I finish them. I’ll be sure to link back to you as the inspiration! :D
I can’t thank you enough, all you who have left your ideas. It really does help.
4. March 2010 at 6:17 pm
I actually had a couple of ideas to add, read the comments and see they are all covered there! Can’t wait to read the how-to’s!
4. March 2010 at 7:01 pm
“Because I said to you, “This is how you change your navbar” do you believe? You will see even greater things than these.”
Oh my gosh, Mrs. M! Hilarious!!!!!
I suggest anything gardening related… like how to turn your clay soil into rich soil with thriving plants. Or how to frugally start a garden.
In my case, the grass really is greener on the other side. My neighbor can grow anything wonderfully, and everything I plant doesn’t grow very well… except weeds.
You could also write about how to do all that stuff related to home renovation.
Alice, let me know how the frog legs taste!
LOL
5. March 2010 at 1:19 am
Well, you obviously have lots of food for fodder, but here’s mine: How do you back up your computer? I’ve been using the Vista built-in program which only works with CD’s. But now it locks up my system so bad I’ve had to use the system restore multiple times just to get it running again.
P.S. Will I be invited over for frogs legs?
5. March 2010 at 2:09 pm
As I was looking up wiring info this morning I thought of you. You also have great info from your posts at your home restoring site. Don’t forget all that.
I have Making Homemade Deoderant almost done, if I could just get off this wiring project with hubby.
Wow, Carole, I might snag some of those ideas for my how to ebooks
5. March 2010 at 4:09 pm
Hi Rebecca, I was thinking of you today when I had to look up three things :-)
1) How to bleed a radiator
2) How to prepare oysters
3) How to fold a napkin
5. March 2010 at 4:12 pm
John, those are terrific! And I am honored that you thought of me! Well, I know how to do two of those three things… my list is growing!
5. March 2010 at 5:50 pm
Jean, you can come on over and eat all the frog legs you want. Cuz I’m SURE there will be plenty uneaten! ;)
I’m making a list… wow, it’s a big one. LOL Thanks guys!
7. April 2010 at 6:27 am
its easy to write just about any article…all you gotta do is simply read and read more about it….and when you feel this much is sufficient…..then write down an article.