I’ve been a computer geek since as long as I remember, when my dad brought home our first home microcomputer when I was a kid in 1985. Things were very different then, and now as technology jumps by massive leaps every year, we can do so much with a computer and find the answers to practically any question because of the internet.

As I sit at my corner computer workstation, the whole world is at my fingertips. I can play a game with a friend overseas, chat with relatives far away, see the balance on my checking account, and find a date for the weekend. Anything I want to know about is right in front of me, like I’ve got the world’s biggest set of encyclopedias right here.

The web opens up new worlds of opportunities. I was searching for ways to make money online, and believe me, there’s plenty. There’s so many things you can try, and without access to the web, I’d never have been able to connect to these ideas.

Some supplement their income by making passive income online from e-commerce websites. Sell tangible goods or intellectual property like e-books. The beauty of it is the web is open 24 hours a day, so while you sleep you can be ringing up sales on a web-site and monitor it at your convenience. You can be earning on the weekend while your customers are searching for what they need at the convenience of their desktop.

To me, I get most enjoyment out of watching the video clips on video sites. You can see television programs and video clips that are funny or interesting, and a lot of them are original.

A lot of people are into blogging these days. A Blog is basically an online journal where people can write on anything they like, but most are usually a theme of subjects. You can find blogs covering a load of subjects from political commentary to music and book reviews. Whatever your interest, there’s somebody writing about it!

Kids are growing up in this age of the internet and it’s good to get them used to using it when they’re young. It can be dangerous, but with web monitoring software, you can keep them off explicit websites or chat rooms easily. The web is increasingly becoming part of our daily lives so it’s good to get them used to it as a normal fact of life.