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	<title>Ezzy Enough</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Get better WiFi Speeds on iPhone 3G</title>
		<link>http://qelix.com/blog/2008/08/31/get-better-wifi-speeds-on-iphone-3g/</link>
		<comments>http://qelix.com/blog/2008/08/31/get-better-wifi-speeds-on-iphone-3g/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ebrahim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Like everyone else, I was getting pathetic speeds (120kbps) from my 2mbps ADSL connection over WiFi, so I tweaked my router a bit and I get around 1.6mbps consistently now.
Backup or write down your current settings first so you can revert back anytime. So, here&#8217;s what to change:
Channel ID: Channel 9 (2452 Mhz)
Beacon Interval: 50
RTS/CTS [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like everyone else, I was getting pathetic speeds (<strong>120kbps</strong>) from my 2mbps ADSL connection over WiFi, so I tweaked my router a bit and I get around <strong>1.6mbps</strong> consistently now.</p>
<p>Backup or write down your current settings first so you can revert back anytime. So, here&#8217;s what to change:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Channel ID</span>: <strong>Channel 9 (2452 Mhz)</strong><br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Beacon Interval</span>: <strong>50</strong><br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">RTS/CTS Threshold</span>: <strong>2305</strong> (Also try 1500, 2305 works better for me though)<br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Fragmentation Threshold</span>: <strong>2304</strong> (Also try 1024, 2304 works better for me though)<br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">DTIM</span>: <strong>1</strong><br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Protocol</span>: <strong>802.11 b </strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">(</span>This is the most important bit. 802.11 b works better for iPhone, for some reason)</p>
<p><strong>Reboot router and reconnect.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Note</strong>: The max data rate of 802.11b protocol is 11 Mbit/s, if your connection speed is less than or equal to that speed, you’re good, if its greater (which is highly unlikely, unless you’re in France, Japan, or Singapore etc..), then your speed will be capped at 11 Mbit/s. My connection is 2mbps, so its not a problem for me.</p>
<p>Hope it helps! Let me know in the comments how it worked for you.</p>
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		<title>Keyfixed Firefox 3 (Final)</title>
		<link>http://qelix.com/blog/2008/06/18/keyfixed-firefox-3-final/</link>
		<comments>http://qelix.com/blog/2008/06/18/keyfixed-firefox-3-final/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ebrahim</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Mac]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[- Fixes Home/End Keys
- and Backward/Forward keys 
Download a keyfixed version directly here (zip - 17.13MB), or get toolkit.jar and hack manually.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>- Fixes <a href="http://blog.qelix.com/2007/12/23/homeend-keyfixer-for-firefox-3">Home/End Keys</a><br />
- and <a href="http://blog.qelix.com/2008/01/22/move-word-backforward-in-firefox-os-x/">Backward/Forward keys </a></p>
<p>Download a keyfixed version directly <a href="http://qelix.com/work/firefox3/Firefox.3.final.app.zip">here</a> (<em>zip - 17.13MB</em>), or get <a href="http://qelix.com/work/firefox3/toolkit.jar">toolkit.jar</a> and hack manually.</p>
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		<title>PayPal integraion for Zenphoto - zenPayPal</title>
		<link>http://qelix.com/blog/2008/04/07/paypal-integraion-for-zenphoto-zenpaypal/</link>
		<comments>http://qelix.com/blog/2008/04/07/paypal-integraion-for-zenphoto-zenpaypal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ebrahim</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[zenPayPal - A Zenphoto plugin that allows selling custom size/color prints using PayPal.
Features:
	
Sizes/Prices easily customizable.
	
Prices auto-update based on selection (sizes / color).
	
Picture Title + Size + Color becomes the Item/Product name during checkout.

Just update your PayPal UserID in paypal.php, Line 2. Thats all!
Demo:Demo 1 (Basic) - Demo 2 (customized)
Download:zenPayPal.zip 2 KB (1,764 bytes) - Installation [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>zenPayPal</strong> - A <a href="http://zenphoto.org/" title="Zenphoto" target="_blank">Zenphoto</a> plugin that allows selling custom size/color prints using PayPal.</p>
<p><strong>Features:</strong>
<ul>	
<li>Sizes/Prices easily customizable.</li>
<p>	
<li>Prices auto-update based on selection (sizes / color).</li>
<p>	
<li>Picture Title + Size + Color becomes the Item/Product name during checkout.</li>
<p></ul>
<p>Just update your <strong>PayPal UserID</strong> in paypal.php, <em>Line 2</em>. Thats all!</p>
<p><strong>Demo:</strong><br /><a href="http://qelix.com/work/zenphoto/photos/1car.jpg.php" title="Gallery Demo 1" target="_blank">Demo 1</a> (Basic) - <a href="http://qelix.com/work/gallery/index.php?album=Stock+Photos&amp;image=456794_53152096.jpg" title="Gallery Demo 2" target="_blank">Demo 2</a> (customized)</p>
<p><strong>Download:</strong><br /><a href="http://www.qelix.com/work/zenPayPal/zenPayPal.zip" title="zenPayPal.zip - 1.6 KB (1,663 bytes)" target="_blank">zenPayPal.zip</a> 2 KB (1,764 bytes) - Installation instructions Included</p>
<p>If this helps, great! <strong>Let me know in the comments</strong>. :-)</p>
<p>———</p>
<p><b>UPDATE</b>: <a href="http://qelix.com/work/zenpaypal/zenPayPal.v0.15.zip">zenPayPal.v0.15</a> replaces the plain &#8220;Buy Now&#8221; button with an &#8220;Add to cart&#8221; feature.</p>
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		<title>Keyfixer for Firefox 3 beta3 / beta4</title>
		<link>http://qelix.com/blog/2008/02/14/homeend-keyfixer-for-firefox-3-beta3/</link>
		<comments>http://qelix.com/blog/2008/02/14/homeend-keyfixer-for-firefox-3-beta3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ebrahim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Get the keyfixed firefox 3 final here.
Here&#8217;s an updated version of the KeyFixer for Firefox 3 that fixes both - Home/End and Word Backward/Forward keys.
Firefox 3 beta 3: toolkit.jar
Firefox 3 beta 4: toolkit.jar
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><font style="color: #cc0000"><em><strong>UPDATE</strong></em>: Get the <a href="http://blog.qelix.com/2008/06/18/keyfixed-firefox-3-final/">keyfixed firefox 3 final</a> here.</font></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an updated version of the KeyFixer for <strong>Firefox 3 </strong>that fixes both - <a href="http://blog.qelix.com/2007/12/23/homeend-keyfixer-for-firefox-3/" title="Home/End Keyfixer for Firefox 3" target="_blank">Home/End</a> and <a href="http://blog.qelix.com/2008/01/22/move-word-backforward-in-firefox-os-x/" title="Word Backward/Forward">Word Backward/Forward</a> keys.</p>
<p><strong>Firefox 3 beta 3</strong>: <a href="http://www.qelix.com/work/firefox3/beta3/toolkit.jar">toolkit.jar</a><br />
<strong>Firefox 3 beta 4</strong>: <a href="http://www.qelix.com/work/firefox3/beta4/toolkit.jar">toolkit.jar</a></p>
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		<title>Move Word Back/Forward in Firefox (OS X)</title>
		<link>http://qelix.com/blog/2008/01/22/move-word-backforward-in-firefox-os-x/</link>
		<comments>http://qelix.com/blog/2008/01/22/move-word-backforward-in-firefox-os-x/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ebrahim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Get the keyfixed firefox 3 final here.
StarryHope&#8217;s excellent KeyFixer for Firefox 2 (and here&#8217;s a patch for Firefox 3) fixes your Home/End keys.
However, to make your text navigation more &#8220;Windows&#8221; like, you might want to also change your default modifier keys (Alt) for Move/Select a Word Left/Right to &#8216;Ctrl&#8216;.
Here&#8217;s how to do it:
1. Get [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><font style="color: #cc0000; font-weight:bold;"><em><strong>UPDATE</strong></em>: Get the <a href="http://blog.qelix.com/2008/06/18/keyfixed-firefox-3-final/">keyfixed firefox 3 final</a> here.</font></p>
<p>StarryHope&#8217;s excellent <a href="http://www.starryhope.com/tech/2007/keyfixer-firefox-version/" title="KeyFixer for Firefox 2">KeyFixer for Firefox 2</a> (and here&#8217;s a <a href="http://blog.qelix.com/2007/12/23/homeend-keyfixer-for-firefox-3/" title="Home End KeyFixer for Firefox 3">patch for Firefox 3</a>) fixes your Home/End keys.</p>
<p>However, to make your text navigation more &#8220;Windows&#8221; like, you might want to also change your default modifier keys (<strong>Alt</strong>) for Move/Select a Word Left/Right to &#8216;<strong>Ctrl</strong>&#8216;.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s how to do it:</p>
<p>1. Get the <a href="http://www.starryhope.com/tech/2007/keyfixer-firefox-version/" title="KeyFixer for Firefox 2">KeyFixer</a>.</p>
<p>2. Load the dmg and save &#8220;<span style="font-weight: bold">keyfixer_firefox</span>&#8221; to Desktop.</p>
<p>3. Right-Click &#8220;<span style="font-weight: bold">keyfixer_firefox</span>&#8221; (on your desktop) and choose &#8220;Show Package Contents&#8221;.</p>
<p>4. Naviagate to <span style="font-weight: bold">Content</span> &gt; <span style="font-weight: bold">Resources</span>.</p>
<p>5. Replace <span style="font-weight: bold">platformHTMLBindings.xml</span> with <a href="http://qelix.com/work/other/platformHTMLBindings.xml" style="font-weight: bold">this</a> one.</p>
<p>Done!</p>
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		<title>Home/End KeyFixer for Firefox 3</title>
		<link>http://qelix.com/blog/2007/12/23/homeend-keyfixer-for-firefox-3/</link>
		<comments>http://qelix.com/blog/2007/12/23/homeend-keyfixer-for-firefox-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ebrahim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Get the keyfixed firefox 3 final here.
Here&#8217;s how to patch Firefox 3 to make the “home” and “end” keys work like they work in other OS.
1. Close Firefox (If open).
2. Browse to Applications &#62; Firefox
3. Right Click &#62; Show Package Contents
4. Browse to Contents &#62; MacOS &#62; Chrome
5. Rename/Remove toolkit.jar and replace it with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><font style="color: #cc0000; font-weight:bold;"><em><strong>UPDATE</strong></em>: Get the <a href="http://blog.qelix.com/2008/06/18/keyfixed-firefox-3-final/">keyfixed firefox 3 final</a> here.</font></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s how to patch <strong>Firefox 3</strong> to make the “home” and “end” keys work like they work in other OS.</p>
<p>1. Close Firefox (If open).<br />
2. Browse to Applications &gt; Firefox<br />
3. Right Click &gt; Show Package Contents<br />
4. Browse to Contents &gt; MacOS &gt; Chrome<br />
5. Rename/Remove toolkit.jar and replace it with this (<a href="http://qelix.com/work/firefox3/toolkit.jar" title="toolkit.jar" target="_blank">toolkit.jar)</a> one.</p>
<p>Done! :-)</p>
<p>Tested on Firefox 3.0b2</p>
<p>All Credits to <a href="http://www.starryhope.com/" title="StarryHope">StarryHope</a> for making the <a href="http://www.starryhope.com/tech/2007/keyfixer-firefox-version/">original</a> version.</p>
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		<title>Custom Image for Reset button, without Javascript</title>
		<link>http://qelix.com/blog/2007/10/07/custom-image-for-reset-button-without-javascript/</link>
		<comments>http://qelix.com/blog/2007/10/07/custom-image-for-reset-button-without-javascript/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 02:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ebrahim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Several solutions for applying a custom image to a &#8216;RESET&#8217; button already exist, but there is better (and easier) way to do it I believe, without Javascript and only a few lines of CSS.
UPDATE: &#8220;text-indent&#8221; doesn&#8217;t seem to work in IE. Check the updated code below.
Button Image:
   Dimensions: 62 x 22 pixels
HTML Markup:

1
&#60;input [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/imagereset.html" target="_blank">Several</a> <a href="http://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&amp;ct=res&amp;cd=4&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.htmlcodetutorial.com%2Fforms%2Findex_famsupp_142.html&amp;ei=fD0IR-3qF4zssgKOlZH0Bw&amp;usg=AFQjCNHxGGLMFEI3TldVkpDFw__mxwcCKA&amp;sig2=g3O_Dtk8pOr8M5lnZZVQuQ" target="_blank">solutions</a> for applying a custom image to a &#8216;RESET&#8217; button already exist, but there is better (and easier) way to do it I believe, <em>without</em> <em>Javascript</em> and only a few lines of <em>CSS</em>.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #cc0000">UPDATE:</span> &#8220;text-indent&#8221; doesn&#8217;t seem to work in IE. Check the updated code below.</p>
<p><strong>Button Image</strong>:<br />
<img src="http://blog.qelix.com/wp-content/uploads/images/reset_button.gif" ilo-full-src="http://blog.qelix.com/wp-content/uploads/images/reset_button.gif" alt="Reset Button" />   Dimensions: 62 x 22 pixels</p>
<p><strong>HTML Markup</strong>:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><table><tr><td class="line_numbers"><pre>1
</pre></td><td class="code"><pre class="html" style="font-family:consolas, monaco, monospace;">&lt;input class=&quot;reset_button&quot; type=&quot;reset&quot; value=&quot;&quot; /&gt;</pre></td></tr></table></div>

<p><strong>CSS</strong>:</p>

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</pre></td><td class="code"><pre class="css css" style="font-family:consolas, monaco, monospace;"><span style="color: #6666ff;">.reset_button</span> <span style="color: #00AA00;">&#123;</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">background</span><span style="color: #00AA00;">:</span><span style="color: #993333;">url</span><span style="color: #00AA00;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-style: italic;">../img/reset_button.gif</span><span style="color: #00AA00;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #993333;">no-repeat</span>; <span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">/* Define Image Path */</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">border</span><span style="color: #00AA00;">:</span>0;width<span style="color: #00AA00;">:</span><span style="color: #933;">62px</span>; <span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">/* Define Image Width */</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">height</span><span style="color: #00AA00;">:</span><span style="color: #933;">22px</span>; <span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">/* Define Image Height */</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #00AA00;">&#125;</span></pre></td></tr></table></div>

<p>Now, lets see it in action:</p>
<form><input type="hidden" name="PHPSESSID" value="s2inrsmmp12vgifqtf6tenhe77" />
<input size="20" type="text" />
<input style="border: 0pt none ; background: transparent url('http://blog.qelix.com/wp-content/uploads/images/reset_button.gif') no-repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 62px; height: 22px; text-indent: -1000px" type="reset" /> </form>
<p><strong> Hope it helps!</strong></p>
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		<title>Back!</title>
		<link>http://qelix.com/blog/2007/09/12/back/</link>
		<comments>http://qelix.com/blog/2007/09/12/back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ebrahim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ezzy Enough has been dormant for quite a while. The official reason is that I&#x2019;ve been extremely busy with a few design projects.
The additional unofficial reasons were a slight burn out of blogging and my lack of any interesting information to post about. But I think now is a good time to catch up with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a title="Ezzy Enough" href="http://blog.qelix.com">Ezzy Enough</a></strong> has been dormant for quite a while. The official reason is that I&#x2019;ve been extremely busy with a few design projects.</p>
<p>The additional unofficial reasons were a slight burn out of blogging and my lack of any interesting information to post about. But I think now is a good time to catch up with everything.</p>
<p>Thanks for keeping my blog on your watch. Posts will be coming especially fast due to all the stuff I have been backlogging for the last few days.</p>
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		<title>From vision to reality&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://qelix.com/blog/2007/09/12/from-vision-to-reality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ebrahim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
The painful process from vision to reality is often hard to describe, but this image does it really well.

(Large Preview) 
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<p>The painful process from <em>vision to reality</em> is often hard to describe, but this image does it really well.</p>
<p><img id="id" src="http://static.flickr.com/50/134931180_347671be56.jpg?v=0" /></p>
<p>(<a href="http://static.flickr.com/50/134931180_347671be56_o.jpg">Large Preview</a>) </p>
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		<title>Untapped Niche Markets</title>
		<link>http://qelix.com/blog/2007/09/12/untapped-niche-markets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ebrahim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As Web 2.0 is becoming more entrenched with its user-created content, distributed through blogs, communities, and devices (iPods, cell phones etc..); services like Flickr, Del.icio.us, Digg, etc. have cornered their niche markets and have rapidly moved from being &#34;startups&#34; to &#34;market leaders&#34;, with the power of new &#8216;social&#8216; phenomenon. 
As Web 2.0 matures further, markets [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As Web 2.0 is becoming more entrenched with its user-created content, distributed through blogs, communities, and devices (iPods, cell phones etc..); services like <em><a href="http://www.flickr.com" target="_blank">Flickr</a></em>, <em><a href="http://del.icio.us/" target="_blank">Del.icio.us</a></em>, <em><a href="http://www.digg.com" target="_blank">Digg</a></em>, etc. have cornered their niche markets and have rapidly moved from being &quot;<em><strong>startups</strong>&quot;</em> to &quot;<em><strong>market leaders</strong>&quot;, </em>with the power of new &#8216;<em>social</em>&#8216; phenomenon. <img class="imgbo" style="margin: 15px 0px 0px 10px" height="215" src="http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/7026/web20peopleul2.jpg" width="300" align="right" /></p>
<p>As <em>Web 2.0</em> matures further, markets will begin to organize themselves and the leaders will become more obvious. There are, however, pockets of innovation going on beyond the developed markets, as I&#8217;ve stumbled across a few untapped, and essentially unexplored niche markets. </p>
<p><strong>&#8216;<em>Books&#8217;</em> </strong>for instance &#x2014; Web 2.0 is all about user-generated content, but it seems to be limited to the web, as we haven&#8217;t seen many startups extending the content creation functionality to traditional media. <a title="Blurb" href="http://www.blurb.com" target="_blank">Blurb</a> and <a title="Picaboo" href="http://www.picaboo.com" target="_blank">Picaboo</a> are currently one of the few services that provide services related to &#8216;<em>books</em>&#8216;. </p>
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<p>Other untapped markets include &#x2014; <em><strong>Events</strong></em>, <em><strong>Stats</strong></em>, <em><strong>Survey</strong></em> (Forms, Polls), <em><strong>Payment Processing</strong></em>, <em><strong>Legal services</strong></em> etc..</p>
<p>Consider the unique tools each niche is building. There is an enormous opportunity to penetrate and capitalize on these markets, a demographic that is ripe for the plucking. The trick is to find out and exploit what people really need or want, and fill the void in the market that you&#8217;ve identified.</p>
<p>So get busy! There are a billion unique things that deserve your creativity, intuition and insight. What else do you see out there? What niche are you pursuing? </p>
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