<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0"><channel><title>8 wishes</title><description></description><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Caridad)</managingEditor><pubDate>Fri, 3 Apr 2026 23:56:53 -0700</pubDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">57</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/</link><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:keywords>8,wishes,,bicycle,,charity,,fun,,video,,blog,,vlog,,free,,inspiration,,motivation,,challenge,,inspiring</itunes:keywords><itunes:summary>8 Wishes</itunes:summary><itunes:subtitle>8 Wishes</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Paul Sanchez</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:email>8wishes@gmail.com</itunes:email><itunes:name>Paul Sanchez</itunes:name></itunes:owner><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2008/06/finally-have-link-up-on-darc-site-darc.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:51:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-7503153908527753130</guid><description>Finally have the link up on the Darc site:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dyslexiacenter.org/news/000089.shtml"&gt;DARC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="319"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D0EyzKRvook&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D0EyzKRvook&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="319"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for your help! I'm so happy that we were all able to help children that are struggling with learning differences!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8 wishes is still running until 08/08/08 and then i have other plans to make a documentary of the ride.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also I'm also on my next adventure:&lt;br /&gt;SocialMonks.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love you all and please email with any questions :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">33</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2008/06/here-is-video-of-one-of-my-wishes-being.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:35:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-6918565405188440883</guid><description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;object width="350" height="275"&gt; &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D0EyzKRvook"&gt; &lt;/param&gt; &lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D0EyzKRvook" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="350" height="275"&gt; &lt;/embed&gt; &lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the video of one of my wishes being granted:&lt;br /&gt;http://www.metacafe.com/watch/381721/1st_wish_granted_paul_orfalea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please feel free to email me soloride@gmail.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="www.dyslexiacenter.org"&gt;dyslexiacenter.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DARC is working on doing a write that I can link to.  For now if you have any questions please email info@dyslexiacenter.org&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for all your support!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul Sanchez</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">17</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2007/03/were-getting-new-look.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:01:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-4568953955773506676</guid><description>*****UPDATE****** 2/11/08&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to be ending 8 wishes in a few weeks.  I'm also donating the funds to DARC and working on getting a page on their site so that you can see the funds went to them.  We almost had something workout with Oprah and I will try to explain what happened in the next post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will be posting a new "viral" video and new site to raise more funds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for being patient and I look forward to updating you all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul&lt;br /&gt;****UPDATE****** 2/11/08&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're getting a new look...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm really excited to announce that I will be putting together a new website for 8 Wishes. I'm going to be moving the site from Blogger and I will be hosting the site myself.  Blogger has been great but I will be moving the blog to a new platform that will add a bunch of features are give us more control of the design to help deliver all the news in a more developed way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also since &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Uht3DnbOQ"&gt;the main video&lt;/a&gt; hit &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/"&gt;YouTube's front page&lt;/a&gt; I got a ton of emails -- at least 1000-- from people around the world.   I also have around another 1000 emails from other avenues of media that 8 wishes got coverage for.  It my top priority to respond to all the emails.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to be saving up funds to launch my new site.  I also want to take a few weeks off to recharge my batteries (the 88 days took a lot out of me).   My hope is to have the new site up in a month but it may take up to 3 months.   Rest assured that I'll be working extremely hard to get everything up and running for 8 Wishes 2.0.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In June, we will be accepting applications for the donations we received.  We will be giving away the $8,297 to one individual.  The funds will be sitting in the ChipIn account and DARC will also be overseeing the whole process. You will notice that the donations are redirected to my PayPal account. This was the only way I was able to extend the deadline with the ChipIn widget. I will be changing it back to the ChipIn account as soon as I can.  If you don't feel comfortable donating via PayPal, please just mail the check to &lt;a href="http://www.dyslexiacenter.org/main.shtml"&gt;DARC&lt;/a&gt; and make sure to write 8&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Wishes&lt;/span&gt; in the memo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can wait to get back to work and grant all the wishes by 08/08/08&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take care,&lt;br /&gt;Paul&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS. Current YouTube video views:  &lt;span class="statVal"&gt;558,682&lt;/span&gt;!</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">13</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2007/03/new-deadline-i-have-decided-to-make-new.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 8 Mar 2007 19:00:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-178747350831610837</guid><description>NEW DEADLINE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="375" height="300"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3-EfrVxh9y4"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3-EfrVxh9y4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have decided to make a new deadline.  The new deadline is 08/08/08.  Tell me if you think this is a good idea.  I'm on the road right now so I don't have much time to write. My new sponsor Divx is going to make this possible.  I'm thinking about getting Verizon wireless or T Mobil wireless so that I can have better access to the Internet when I'm on the road.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You maybe asking yourself why do I need to be on the road so much.  Well I'm going to film festivals trying to network and get leads for my documentary.  I believe that the film is going to raise a lot of funds for the 8 wishes project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please tell me what you think of the new deadline.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take care,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">20</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2007/03/power-of-video-views.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2007 14:12:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-6308282685606829759</guid><description>The power of video views.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UPDATE! YOUTUBE FEATURED THE 8 WISHES VIDEO!&lt;br /&gt;So now the video count is at 212,615 views!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also Remember that for every view I get at Stage6.com a penny will be donated to the 8 wishes cause:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stage6.divx.com/8_Wishes/show_video/1058011"&gt;DivX Stage6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also have new stats on the stage6.com video. It has around 9000 views.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I went around and counted up all our &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Uht3DnbOQ"&gt;video views&lt;/a&gt;.  The view count is very important because it' s what spreads the word about 8 Wishes. With about 65,000 views I was able to get over $5,000, plus tons of emails from kids around the world, and two wishes granted!  (A wish for every 32,500 views... we only need 195,000 more to make them all come true!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The views...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=fwOpX4G28yg"&gt;The original YouTube video&lt;/a&gt; 29,725&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Uht3DnbOQ"&gt;The updated YouTube video&lt;/a&gt;  1,673&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/336436/10_000_miles_and_8_wishes/"&gt;Metacafe  &lt;/a&gt;16,307&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.sevenload.com/videos/RhwLAtI/8-wishes"&gt;Sevenload&lt;/a&gt; 405&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dave.tv/MediaPlayer.aspx?contentItemId=215151"&gt;Dave TV &lt;/a&gt;103 views&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cc645b1e46"&gt;LiveLeak&lt;/a&gt; 1236views&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/78805/8_Wishes_and_10_000_miles.html"&gt;Spiked Humor &lt;/a&gt;views4840&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://videolog.uol.com.br/video?18889"&gt;Videolog.tv&lt;/a&gt; 53views&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.meravideo.com/view_video.php?viewkey=3806cba3f47b93af8ccb"&gt;Meravideo&lt;/a&gt; 325views&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://videos.caught-on-video.com/video/72edc723-128f-436e-b096-98ba015027a5.htm"&gt;Caught on Video  &lt;/a&gt;505views&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.glumbert.com/media/8wishes"&gt;Glumbert&lt;/a&gt; 8500 views&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stage6.divx.com/8_Wishes/show_video/1058011"&gt;DivX Stage6&lt;/a&gt;  145 votes (votes count as views but the view count would be higher)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&amp;amp;videoid=1546234308"&gt;MySpace&lt;/a&gt; Plays: 1514&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what else did I get with all these video views? Well, I was able to &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1K4oSp2K08"&gt;get on national TV&lt;/a&gt; (Fox News), &lt;a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/381721/1st_wish_granted_paul_orfalea/"&gt;meet Paul Orfalea&lt;/a&gt;, connect with &lt;a href="http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2007/02/2nd-wish-granted-7-be-featured-on-88.html"&gt;a ton of bloggers&lt;/a&gt;, go to Sundance and meet people that are going to help me finish the film solo ride (100% funds go to Charity) -- thank you to &lt;a href="http://www.divx.com/"&gt;DivX&lt;/a&gt; for sending me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those are just the highlights but, basically, 8 Wishes has made a huge impact on bringing awareness to dyslexia and learning disabilities!  The last 80 days have changed my life to say the least.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our main goal for the last 6 days is to get &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; to feature the &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Uht3DnbOQ"&gt;8 Wishes video&lt;/a&gt; in the next few days.  At the end of the day, YouTube is the best bet to reach people because of their huge user base.  I'm also going to be contacting &lt;a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/"&gt;StumbleUpon&lt;/a&gt; to see if they will give me a sponsor if they do that then that could also bring 1000's of views too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lets make a hard push for more views these last few days!   Thanks for all your support guys!</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">19</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2007/02/ok_18.html</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:07:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-2606856253989438776</guid><description>OK.  I'm in a hurry but I wanted to give you guys an update.  I just left Pittsburgh and now I'm in Philly and I'm about to leave for NYC (by car and bus not plane)!  I made a lot of great contacts in Pittsburgh.  I went there because the LDA was having a &lt;a href="http://www.ldaamerica.org/"&gt;national conference&lt;/a&gt;.  I maybe even interviewing Kevin S. McClatchy the Chief Executive Officer of the Pittsburgh Pirates.  He has dyslexia like me (I was so honored to meet him). I'm just about to head out to NYC!  I will be trying to get on the Today Show and FOX NEWS. I will also be meeting with Simeon!  One of the kids that I meet with on the bicycle tour.  I really feel like something big is going to happen next week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wish me luck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tell &lt;a href="http://meredithtoday.ivillage.com/entertainment/"&gt;Meredith&lt;/a&gt; that I'm trying to get on the show.  Just leave a comment on her &lt;a href="http://meredithtoday.ivillage.com/entertainment/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh remember two wishes have been granted:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2007/02/2nd-wish-granted-7-be-featured-on-88.html"&gt;2 wishes granted&lt;/a&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">7</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2007/02/8.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:22:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-2572386630752076469</guid><description>$8.88 Campaign for 8 Wishes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to Doug Karr at &lt;a href="http://www.douglaskarr.com/"&gt;On Influence and Automation &lt;/a&gt; for his great idea,&lt;a href="http://www.douglaskarr.com/2007/02/09/888-campaign/"&gt; the $8.88 Campaign&lt;/a&gt;. I'm so excited about this idea that I asked Doug to be on the 8 Wishes team. He accepted.  With Doug's extensive background in marketing, I think that he is going to be a great asset to 8 Wishes.  He even serves on the Marketing Advisory Board for the member of the Super Bowl Champion Indianapolis Colts.  It's great to have Doug on the team for the&lt;a href="http://reasonableminds.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/man-on-a-mission-with-23-days-to-go/"&gt; last 23 days&lt;/a&gt; (Thank you, &lt;a href="http://www.reasonableminds.org/"&gt;Reasonable Minds&lt;/a&gt; for that great post!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, &lt;a href="http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/attention-bloggers-get-divx-pro.html"&gt;a great thing for bloggers to remember&lt;/a&gt;: If you link to my &lt;a href="http://stage6.divx.com/8_Wishes/show_video/1058011"&gt;Divx video&lt;/a&gt;, you will get a free Divx software worth $19.99.  So think of it this way: You get to give to a &lt;a href="http://www.dyslexiacenter.org"&gt;good cause&lt;/a&gt; and by giving $8.88 you get a $19.99 piece of awesome software in return.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giant Bicycles just linked to me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://local2007.giant-bicycles.com/en-US/news/11672/"&gt;Click to see the link.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you give, be sure to put a badge on your site!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;textarea cols="40" rows="4"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.douglaskarr.com/2007/02/09/888-campaign/" title="I Supported 8 Wishes!"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.douglaskarr.com/wp-content/uploads/8wishes.jpg" alt="8 Wishes" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also so I had a video I was going to post but I ran into some problems on my laptop.  I'm going to try my best to post the video tonight.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm in Pittsburg right now for the LDA conferance and I will be going to New York City to drum up some media.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have any ideas on how to get the word out about 8 wishes shoot me an email.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">4</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2007/02/2nd-wish-granted-7-be-featured-on-88.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 9 Feb 2007 08:50:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-5137812129071562884</guid><description>2nd WISH GRANTED&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#7- Be featured on 88 websites... thank you to all of these bloggers and sites for your support!  We're also tagging in del.icio.us and adding to our blogroll.  You all have the support of 8 Wishes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/?p=501"&gt;Absent Canadian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.akiramedia.com/blog/?p=225"&gt;Akira Media&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allmycauses.blogspot.com/2007/01/penny-for-your-wish.html"&gt;All My Causes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing/public-relations/2975292-1.html?postId=8160"&gt;AllBusiness.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://beertjes.blogspot.com/2007/01/8-wishes.html"&gt;Beertjes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2006/12/changing_the_pr.html#comment-27040066"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beth's Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bikeliker.com/8wishes.html"&gt;Bike Liker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://biketourist.podomatic.com/entry/2007-01-02T08_59_41-08_00"&gt;Bike Tourist Podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lgbusinesssolutions.typepad.com/solutions_to_grow_your_bu/2007/02/riding_and_blog.html"&gt;BizSolutionsPlus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thembonez.blogspot.com/2006/12/10000-miles-and-8-wishes.html"&gt;Bonez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://brainbasedbiz.blogspot.com/2006/12/prosperity-in-2007-to-all-on-z-list.html"&gt;Brain Based Biz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://businessbloggingexcellence.com/index.php/2007/01/03/making-my-z-list-meme-and-checking-it-twice/"&gt;Business Blogging Excellence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://carlgrint.blogspot.com/2007/01/8-wishes-in-30-days.html"&gt;Carl Grint&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stefsigurdson.typepad.com/chaotica/2007/01/8_wishes_viral_.html"&gt;Chaotica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://charitableliving.blogspot.com/2007/01/wishes-8-of-them.html"&gt;Charitable Living&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://charity.rondobiz.com/?p=5284"&gt;Charity News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chipin.com/"&gt;ChipIn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.copyblogger.com/these-bloggers-rock/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Copy Blogger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mtb-blog.com/2006/12/15/8-wishes/"&gt;Crash and Burn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aialone.com/pivot/entry.php?id=377"&gt;Design Singularity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dmitrylinkov.com/2007/01/12/from-z-to-a-list/"&gt;Dmitry Linkov&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.douglaskarr.com/2007/01/10/8-wishes/"&gt;Douglas Karr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://fiendishgleeclub.vox.com/library/post/some-days-i-feel-so-inadequate.html"&gt;Fiendish Glee Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thefredcast.com/?p=116"&gt;FredCast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://frogwitch.livejournal.com/6545.html"&gt;FrogWitch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://goldenmarketing.typepad.com/weblog/2006/12/both_tagged_and.html"&gt;Golden Practices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://otter.covblogs.com/archives/014236.html"&gt;Grasping for the Wind&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://yellowhighlightercommunication.com/wordpress/2006/12/28/blogs-that-rock-get-your-juices-flowing-for-the-new-year/"&gt;Highlight This&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://hgttb.blogspot.com/2006/12/8-wishes-paul-sanchez.html"&gt;Hitchiker's Guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://transcultural.wordpress.com/2006/12/29/8wishescom/"&gt;Hola! Oi Hi!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://deannietime.blogspot.com/2007/01/8-wishes.html"&gt;Home is where the heart is&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/"&gt;I Speak of Dreams&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ifeelalittleunsteady.blogspot.com/index.html"&gt;I think I'm going for a walk now.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tammyallen.blogspot.com/2007/02/8-wishes.html"&gt;Influential Foofaraw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jeremylatham.com/blog/2006/12/21/z-list-blogroll/"&gt;Jeremy Latham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jules.squarespace.com/jules-dot-ca/2007/1/3/my-blogging-z-list-meme.html"&gt;Jules.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nomadik.com/blogs/julia_rosien/archive/2006/12/13/99643.aspx"&gt;Julia Rosien&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2006/12/24/making-z-list-and-checking-it-twice/"&gt;KnowHR Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a 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href="http://www.successful-blog.com/1/thanks-to-week-60-sobs/"&gt;Successful Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tammyallen.blogspot.com/index.html"&gt;Tammy Allen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rexduffdixon.com/"&gt;Technically Speaking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.techzonez.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21842"&gt;Techzones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mattnando.typepad.com/the_digital_perm/2007/02/super_bowl_adsw.html"&gt;The Digital Perm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.throwawayyourtv.com/"&gt;Throw Away your TV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://todaytopvideos.blogspot.com/index.html"&gt;Today Top Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.twohatmarketing.com/ramblog/2006/12/two_hat_feature.html"&gt;Two Hat Marketing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://uniqueepitome.blogspot.com/index.html"&gt;Uniquely The Epitome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://veritastic.wordpress.com/2006/12/28/finally-a-good-meme/"&gt;veritas/tic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metacafe.com/"&gt;Front page of Metacafe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://webimpact.wordpress.com/2006/12/28/hey-mom-im-on-the-z-list/"&gt;Web Impact&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://in-sidemarketing.blogspot.com/2006/12/z-list-links.html"&gt;Word Sell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://yeahsurewhateverok.wordpress.com/2006/12/28/z-list-pride/"&gt;Yeah Right&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.yogacoffeeoutlook.com/ayco/"&gt;Yoga Coffee Outlook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Video of First Wish Granted:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/381721/1st_wish_granted_paul_orfalea.swf" width="400" height="345" wmode="transparent" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span size =" 1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/381721/1st_wish_granted_paul_orfalea/"&gt;1st Wish Granted! Paul Orfalea - video powered by Metacafe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">11</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author><enclosure length="215" type="application/x-httpd-ea-php72" url="http://jeremylatham.com/blog/2006/12/21/z-list-blogroll/"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>2nd WISH GRANTED #7- Be featured on 88 websites... thank you to all of these bloggers and sites for your support! We're also tagging in del.icio.us and adding to our blogroll. You all have the support of 8 Wishes! Absent Canadian Akira Media All My Causes AllBusiness.com Beertjes Beth's Blog Bike Liker Bike Tourist Podcast BizSolutionsPlus Bonez Brain Based Biz Business Blogging Excellence Carl Grint Chaotica Charitable Living Charity News ChipIn Copy Blogger Crash and Burn Design Singularity Dmitry Linkov Douglas Karr Fiendish Glee Club FredCast FrogWitch Golden Practices Grasping for the Wind Highlight This Hitchiker's Guide Hola! Oi Hi! Home is where the heart is I Speak of Dreams I think I'm going for a walk now. Influential Foofaraw Jeremy Latham Jules.ca Julia Rosien KnowHR Blog LDBlog Liza's eye view Lonely Marketer Make it Great Matt Wiggins Michael.net Miss 604 Mode Mag MyBlogLog front page Neowin.net Nettie Hartsock NewsAssigment NextUp Nomadik Note to CMO Odd Time Signature Pentimento Perkonis Power of Trinity Project Pedal Quarter Life Crisis Radical Trust Raul Valdez rkgblog Ruminate this site Ryan's Life Schwab Learning Scot Richardson Seth's Blog Seven Load Sirberus Socially Given Spiked Humor Stage6 front page Stumble Upon Successful Blog Tammy Allen Technically Speaking Techzones The Digital Perm Throw Away your TV Today Top Videos Two Hat Marketing Uniquely The Epitome veritas/tic Front page of Metacafe Web Impact Word Sell Yeah Right Yoga Coffee Outlook Video of First Wish Granted: 1st Wish Granted! Paul Orfalea - video powered by Metacafe</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Paul Sanchez</itunes:author><itunes:summary>2nd WISH GRANTED #7- Be featured on 88 websites... thank you to all of these bloggers and sites for your support! We're also tagging in del.icio.us and adding to our blogroll. You all have the support of 8 Wishes! Absent Canadian Akira Media All My Causes AllBusiness.com Beertjes Beth's Blog Bike Liker Bike Tourist Podcast BizSolutionsPlus Bonez Brain Based Biz Business Blogging Excellence Carl Grint Chaotica Charitable Living Charity News ChipIn Copy Blogger Crash and Burn Design Singularity Dmitry Linkov Douglas Karr Fiendish Glee Club FredCast FrogWitch Golden Practices Grasping for the Wind Highlight This Hitchiker's Guide Hola! Oi Hi! Home is where the heart is I Speak of Dreams I think I'm going for a walk now. Influential Foofaraw Jeremy Latham Jules.ca Julia Rosien KnowHR Blog LDBlog Liza's eye view Lonely Marketer Make it Great Matt Wiggins Michael.net Miss 604 Mode Mag MyBlogLog front page Neowin.net Nettie Hartsock NewsAssigment NextUp Nomadik Note to CMO Odd Time Signature Pentimento Perkonis Power of Trinity Project Pedal Quarter Life Crisis Radical Trust Raul Valdez rkgblog Ruminate this site Ryan's Life Schwab Learning Scot Richardson Seth's Blog Seven Load Sirberus Socially Given Spiked Humor Stage6 front page Stumble Upon Successful Blog Tammy Allen Technically Speaking Techzones The Digital Perm Throw Away your TV Today Top Videos Two Hat Marketing Uniquely The Epitome veritas/tic Front page of Metacafe Web Impact Word Sell Yeah Right Yoga Coffee Outlook Video of First Wish Granted: 1st Wish Granted! Paul Orfalea - video powered by Metacafe</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>8,wishes,,bicycle,,charity,,fun,,video,,blog,,vlog,,free,,inspiration,,motivation,,challenge,,inspiring</itunes:keywords></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2007/01/things-are-going-so-well.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:32:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-2851352181443490130</guid><description>Things are going so well.  We have another wish granted (more details coming)! I'm at Sundance right now and will be posting a video of some stuff we are doing here.  So much to tell you all. When I catch my breath I will update you all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UPDATE:&lt;br /&gt;I will be putting up a new post today! Sorry for the delay.  My back was out and I was in bed for three days straight.  My back hurt so bad that I could barely move.  I'm also going to move to just updating with &lt;a href="http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/12/09/youtube-adds-quick-capture-feature/"&gt;Youtube quick capture&lt;/a&gt;, so it will cut down on my editing time.  I will also be uploading all my video episodes to &lt;a href="http://stage6.divx.com/"&gt;stage6.com&lt;/a&gt;. After March 8th I will have time to put up more footage of the 8 wishes project.  This new approach should take some pressure off of me and allow me to update my blog more often.  Thanks for hanging in with me.  Please give me some feedback, and ideas on how to spread 8 wishes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">14</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2007/01/first-wish-granted-interview-with-paul.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:59:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-33420650132379232</guid><description>First Wish Granted - Interview with Paul Orfalea!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed flashVars="playerVars=videoTitle=1st Wish Granted! Paul Orfalea|showStats=no|autoPlay=no|blogName=8 wishes|blogURL=http://www.8wishes.com" src="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/381721/1st_wish_granted_paul_orfalea.swf" width="400" height="345" wmode="transparent" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size = 1&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/381721/1st_wish_granted_paul_orfalea/"&gt;1st Wish Granted! Paul Orfalea - video powered by Metacafe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This video should give encouragement to children with dyslexia.  Paul Orfalea is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the country, and he achieved all of this despite (or because of) his dyslexia.  His story has given me a lot of inspiration for my 8 Wishes, and it was amazing to meet someone who is so much like me.  Knowing all this gives me hope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8 things you can do to help me get my wishes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;***Make sure to watch the revised version of the video that started it all***&lt;br /&gt;All funds made from this video will also be donated to DARC: $5 for every 1,000 views!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed flashvars="playerVars=videoTitle=10,000 Miles And 8 Wishes|showStats=yes|autoPlay=no|blogName=8 wishes|blogURL=http://www.8wishes.com" src="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/336436/10_000_miles_and_8_wishes.swf" wmode="transparent" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="345" width="400"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/336436/10_000_miles_and_8_wishes/"&gt;10,000 Miles And 8 Wishes - video powered by Metacafe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://stage6.divx.com/8_Wishes/show_video/1058011"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFWNnXYjomx1VaqNoFU4x1bp2FdOrBOq6xbIZdZdnhJNSIqZR934qwNF81_SfTGx_CttnEoILvc04Z9Ztoe3_h_ctM_FQ2pK1BZJ81irNmcCYxfJHiBFgX_rDtC_X3hdB94P1lA/s320/ContactMe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013801883197779282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKHW6FDUGzkeSN6_JjrkMM0sRk47ltRAurRAzD4j-P66LbhR0qcG3OBjoLTVt9x4z-DagUC6vBSqAcxhorYXCO0ZUYvjVgcYWa_2eI1hQLtwygIEMJ49xL5ZgTQHxoR9x0miYEg/s72-c/DixXpenny-white-yellow.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2007/01/help-us-make-front-page-10000-miles-and.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:50:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-6131750705882552381</guid><description>HELP US MAKE THE FRONT PAGE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.digg.com/videos/people/10_000_MILES_and_8_Wishes_2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://digg.com/img/badges/180x35-digg-button.gif" width="180" height="35" alt="Digg!" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/336436/10_000_miles_and_8_wishes.swf" width="400" height="345" wmode="transparent" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size = 1&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/336436/10_000_miles_and_8_wishes/"&gt;10,000 Miles And 8 Wishes - video powered by Metacafe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2007/01/since-we-started-this-project-30-days.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:02:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-684167490991863430</guid><description>Since we started this project 30 days ago, I've learned a lot, met some amazing people, and realized a lot of things:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. The power of relationships:&lt;a href="http://www.paulorfalea.com"&gt; Paul Orfalea&lt;/a&gt;  taught me how to put faith and trust in the people I choose to join me in this.  I don't have time to evaluate or test my teammates; I work on gut alone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. The power of the internet: There are more avenues than I ever imagined, and people have real influence on the world outside our computers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. The competitiveness: The abundance of great content was far beyond what I thought, and we are competing against some smart, creative people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. FUNdraisers can be fun: We know we can make an impact and we can have fun doing it, so its important to me that we keep this fun and exciting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The past few days have been a whirlwind for our team, and it's led me to make some big changes in our plan.  Honestly, I'm just not ready for this to end yet.  I want to get all of these wishes granted, and I believe we can do it.  In fact, I truly believe it would already be done if the right things had serendipitously or rightfully happened.  Unfortunately, I made a couple errors in judgements, caught a few bad breaks, and set the bar much higher than a team of hundreds could really reach.  However, as Maria Shiver wrote to me before my trip, "shoot or the moon if you miss, at least you'll be amongst the stars," so we might not have hit the moon, but now we have a chance to join the stars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The changes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First, wish #7 (previously, to be on 21 talk shows) is now "To be Featured on 88 Websites/Blogs."  See lesson #2 above.  This project is also about proving the power of social media.  I believe that if we achieve this goal, the talk shows and mainstream media will naturally follow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second, we have extended the deadline for 58 more days to a total of 88 days.  The new deadline is coincidentally March 8.  I had originally set the false deadline to keep it exciting and so I could join &lt;a href="http://www.theworldbyroad.com"&gt;The World By Road&lt;/a&gt; (TWBR) in February.  I decided that I can serve TWBR better from behind my computer, helping to promote their trip.  Now, I can extend the 'deadline' as long as I need to in order to get the funds needed to help these kids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we take on this journey, I want to thank all our supporters and doubters for keeping this going.  Your support makes me feel really good about what we're doing, but doubt really fuel my fire.  If it wasn't for the criticism and naysayers, I wouldn't have the energy to devote so much of myself to granting these wishes.  I hope everyone sticks around to see the result.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is 8 things you can do below to help me get my wishes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make sure to watch the revised version of the video that started it all.  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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmrNX947tSDb8eG0DGPDnU2drkV53ytQ8raMzE5L-fesLnH0_8NuWBpqCXPFLnVFRusseVv_sl-IXq4vAHONDGbxNe8wlamkR6zg7yNkRFZMJQwyZNLvmqi0PY6UnVlO5oiziqA/s320/paul+and+paul.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5016317089742571522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well I can't wait anymore. I have to tell you what wish came true yesterday!  I meet with Paul Orfalea for 3 hours!  It was like talking to myself.  He is a hero of mine.  He started Kinko's and has dyslexia.  His interview will inspire so many kids that have dyslexia!  If I had to explain Paul in a video this would be him:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bravia-advert.com/commercial/braviaextcommhigh.html"&gt;VIDEO LINK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course more details and video footage will becoming about the meeting we had.  The interview blew me away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is 8 things you can do below to help me get my wishes!:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://stage6.divx.com/8_Wishes/show_video/1058011"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKHW6FDUGzkeSN6_JjrkMM0sRk47ltRAurRAzD4j-P66LbhR0qcG3OBjoLTVt9x4z-DagUC6vBSqAcxhorYXCO0ZUYvjVgcYWa_2eI1hQLtwygIEMJ49xL5ZgTQHxoR9x0miYEg/s320/DixXpenny-white-yellow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013324939964460162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/8-wishes-episodes-episode-9-message-to.html"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUADslIrhSDpUAmWNHVOAiqGQu-lYLwoPUCFjF5E9gTapcQoUP9QP5pD8XD8DM7ahlNpEJHQx4nuMQhrloA8tMQWxYCpHmHyJuDsuSjlKlEWM7IORzFXVVHNcfO5YLvg6VkuayQ/s320/WatchEpisodes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013325846202559698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/376986/10_000_miles_and_8_wishes"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJqJSUO6KwhocLK7yJjvP72-_wfaIHJ91RtsohgFWk-K9xKgi7XrasMSzEU9u9OMTlb-3z9QOHJsMwgv66fCc-SuG7Xm30RPtAo6Zv5zN79AD1P9mWI5X6KVoDF_ZHw42AKh3ckQ/s320/VOTEyoutube.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013325025863806098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/attention-bloggers-get-divx-pro.html"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyYplF2JztPFZebsQwSlX__8nvdeMTtNtK8e3pfZ1ixl-91mFoLATjFutl0_Zm5XFiguNgrUTIYPAlVF3vFmph2TERAe7-zdCQDN-jP4K6q-DUyNn5wHNQWt41wphdKYBzAk7Dg/s320/FreeSoftware.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013491679184825618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/link-to-8-wishes-and-we-will-link-to.html"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 76px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSdJD4XQBVVCDGX22c-_y5eTNE6T-c-xpyg52EpASDvGDGHSRkz0U7zuvnhGAuEzj8Dj4chDbo6ud9Kr9f436qF0ZTL3JgIdX5rhRJWJKzuERRpl0ZWUQdHYDprJx6MEFnBc7Ow/s320/LinktoUs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013325494015241410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/make-your-8-wishes-for-next-year-and.html"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01tzNrMub_TqPqvkWghGbUJEHkpE5pNKDWnARl-oOEJ_Oagxz8LMNP1jbdNUYdkG2xjrrjFnkPQiAJqtvxI_LuSY9axvh4A6SpGhlwQuUF8xokdr78pnyOk6BcgAGkTVjOggeJg/s320/Your8wishesVideo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013680391457877314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/if-you-are-not-from-press-please-do-not.html"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFWNnXYjomx1VaqNoFU4x1bp2FdOrBOq6xbIZdZdnhJNSIqZR934qwNF81_SfTGx_CttnEoILvc04Z9Ztoe3_h_ctM_FQ2pK1BZJ81irNmcCYxfJHiBFgX_rDtC_X3hdB94P1lA/s320/ContactMe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013801883197779282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make sure to watch the video that started it all.  All funds made from the video below will also be donated to DARC!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed flashVars="playerVars=videoTitle=10,000 Miles And 8 Wishes|showStats=yes|autoPlay=no|blogName=8 wishes|blogURL=http://www.8wishes.com" src="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/376986/10_000_miles_and_8_wishes.swf" width="400" height="345" wmode="transparent" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size = 1&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/376986/10_000_miles_and_8_wishes/"&gt;10,000 Miles And 8 Wishes - video powered by Metacafe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmrNX947tSDb8eG0DGPDnU2drkV53ytQ8raMzE5L-fesLnH0_8NuWBpqCXPFLnVFRusseVv_sl-IXq4vAHONDGbxNe8wlamkR6zg7yNkRFZMJQwyZNLvmqi0PY6UnVlO5oiziqA/s72-c/paul+and+paul.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">5</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2007/01/1st-wish-today-will-tell-you-about-it.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 3 Jan 2007 10:36:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-2024010556413012265</guid><description>1st wish today!  Will tell you about it soon!!!! Watch our new trailer below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="325"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZPKGX34MowA"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZPKGX34MowA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love you guys!  Thanks for all the emails and comments. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">5</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2007/01/is-youtube-becoming-maybetube-attribute.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 2 Jan 2007 07:12:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-4721966278874903606</guid><description>Is YouTube becoming MaybeTube?&lt;a href="http://www.digg.com/tech_news/Is_YouTube_Becoming_MaybeTube"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://digg.com/img/badges/180x35-digg-button.gif" width="180" height="35" alt="Digg!" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/12/tech/main2086310.shtml" title="Attribute it to the Google deal or not"&gt;Attribute it to the Google deal or not&lt;/a&gt; , truth is that things have changed at YouTube.&amp;nbsp; On New Year's Eve, &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/newyears" title="YouTube featured"&gt;YouTube featured&lt;/a&gt; its own celebrities, real world celebs, and then was kind enough to offer a spot to "maybe you!"&amp;nbsp; Maybe?&amp;nbsp; MAYBE YOU, DID I READ THAT RIGHT? (&lt;a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/163/342470432_fc402f568d_o.png" title="screenshot"&gt;screenshot&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; Funny thing is, I was really excited to see what they were cooking up for New Years...&amp;nbsp; But to my disappointment they choose "A listers and Youtube Celebrities."&amp;nbsp; Why would they give another platform to people that already have a huge platform?&amp;nbsp; To be the best it can be, YouTube should continue to give a chance to the &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hevWqWDnGwU" title="unsigned artists"&gt;unsigned artists&lt;/a&gt; , the &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbGHcSGdIIM" title="diamonds in the rough"&gt;diamonds in the rough&lt;/a&gt; ! Youtube should focus all their enegy on &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hevWqWDnGwU" title="unsigned artists"&gt;unsigned artists&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbGHcSGdIIM" title="diamonds in the rough"&gt;diamonds in the rough&lt;/a&gt; !&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of lot of these A-listers and youtube "celebs," but why do they need another chance to get even more exposure? &amp;nbsp; I don't go on YouTube to see the &lt;a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1569514,00.html?aid=434&amp;from=o&amp;to=http%3A//www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C1569514%2C00.html"&gt;rich and famous&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I want to see the undiscovered become discovered on an equal playing field, which YouTube has become famous for.&amp;nbsp; But, my dear, longtime friends, have You forgotten what got You to where You are today?&amp;nbsp; I love YouTube as much as the next starving new media artist, and that's why I figured I owe honest feedback.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; Why am I so enraged?&amp;nbsp; Featured videos have a sharp advantage over the rest-- &lt;a href="http://www.ibctoday.com/News/ViewNewsItem.aspx?newsItemId=13384" title="careers have been launched"&gt;careers have been launched&lt;/a&gt;, a lot of money has been made, &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0FvG9GO8Qs" title="CAUSES HAVE BEEN STARTED"&gt;CAUSES HAVE BEEN STARTED&lt;/a&gt;, and lives have been changed, usually because something gives the "Feature Editor" a nice laugh.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I'm not sure what the motivation is now, but it doesn't ring true to what YouTube strives to be: &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/t/about" title='"a consumer media company"'&gt;"a consumer media company"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; Why?&amp;nbsp; To use &lt;a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2006/08/this_is_broken_.html" title="Seth Godin's words"&gt;Seth Godin's words&lt;/a&gt; : &lt;font style="FONT-STYLE:italic"&gt;It’s Broken.&lt;/font&gt; (As we shared last week, he has some theories on the broken user experience, shared in a pretty funny video).&amp;nbsp; Aside from their NYE decision, here's why YouTube needs fixing:&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold"&gt;Firefox Reload.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;As we all know, video views are an important metric, but now users are able to &lt;a href="http://nalts.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/cheating-youtube-and-proud" title="abuse the system"&gt;abuse the system&lt;/a&gt; with automatic page views through &lt;a href="http://nalts.wordpress.com/2006/11/24/video-creators-exposed-for-cheating-their-way-to-popularity" title="Firefox Reload"&gt;Firefox Reload&lt;/a&gt; .&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://mashable.com/2006/10/16/gaming-youtube-for-fun-and-profit" title="Why hasn't this been fixed"&gt;Why hasn't this been fixed&lt;/a&gt; ?&amp;nbsp; As &lt;a href="http://www.digg.com/tech_news/Gaming_YouTube_for_Fun_and_Profit" title="one Digg user points out"&gt;one Digg user points out&lt;/a&gt;, "It was to youTubes advantage to play dumb on page view fraud, it bosted their numbers too."&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold"&gt;Share the wealth &lt;/span&gt;I regret not focusing all my attention on promoting my &lt;a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/336436/10_000_miles_and_8_wishes" title="Metacafe"&gt;Metacafe&lt;/a&gt; video.&amp;nbsp; At least we could have recieved extra funds for our cause through their &lt;a href="http://www.metacafe.com/producer_rewards" title="Producer Awards"&gt;Producer Awards&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold"&gt;Putting more $$ in Big Pockets.&lt;/span&gt; Due to some deal, some major media players get the Director Videos slot on the top of the home page to promote material.&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2006/12/digging_deeperyoutube_explains.html" title="According to MediaShift"&gt;According to MediaShift,&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="http://"&gt;the Vice President of Communication for CBS would "&lt;/a&gt;like to attribute [the big video-view numbers for CBS clips] to the fact that it’s good content."&amp;nbsp; Right, its definitely not attributed to the prime real estate you're given.&amp;nbsp; Without this advantage, our video has 25,000 views, led to a spot on &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1K4oSp2K08"&gt;Fox News&lt;/a&gt;, and granted one of my wishes (to be announced shortly).&amp;nbsp; Maybe we can attribute it to good content?&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold"&gt;They should be more &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2006/12/digging_deeperyoutube_explains.html" style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold" title="transparent"&gt;transparent&lt;/a&gt; about the process. Or content providers will go else where.&amp;nbsp; Of course, if it's too clear to users what makes a 'good video' then You run the risk of videos catered to those criteria. In my opinion, the community should decide what's best and deserves a spot on the front page, much like a Digg system or Metacafes &lt;a href="http://mashable.com/2006/12/07/metacafe-acquisition-200-million-is-a-steal" title="videorank"&gt;videorank&lt;/a&gt; system.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold"&gt;Higher quality resolution!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; For example, check out what &lt;a href="http://stage6.divx.com/8_Wishes/show_video/1058011" title="Stage6"&gt;Stage6&lt;/a&gt; is doing (By the way, a penny is donated for every view of our vidoe on at &lt;a href="http://stage6.divx.com/8_Wishes/show_video/1058011" title="Stage6"&gt;Stage6&lt;/a&gt;). For many content providers, it breaks our hearts to see our video squished down to a blurred video.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; I hate when people just complain, so I have solutions and, believe me, they will be posted here at my blog. Here is just one: to make money just put 15 to 30 commercails at the end of the videos.&amp;nbsp; It will be up to the corporations and their creative marketers to make it entertaining enough for the viewer to stick around. I know I wouldn't mind if an ad popped up at the end of a video, and if it was as entertaining as another user video, I would watch it.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; In the end, its all about You, and a level playing field. Mark my words now, if I ever have the honor of becoming a YouTube "celeb" (which is the dumbest term I ever heard of because I believe everybody is a celeb on youtube), I don't want to be given special treatment and an unfair advantages over other up and coming stars.&amp;nbsp; I also sincerely hope my MaybeTube theory is disproven, because the online video world will leave them spinning and we'll be left with "WhoTube?"&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; As Steve Garfield said in 2004, this will be the year of the video bloggers.&amp;nbsp; I'm saying it now: 2007 will be the year video bloggers&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igik2xnG_UQ&amp;amp;eurl=" title="take over the world."&gt;take over the world.&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp; Not convinced?&amp;nbsp; Just check out what my friends are doing &lt;a href="http://www.theworldbyroad.com" title="my friends"&gt;my friends&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; (And a note to those of you think I'm just bitter:&amp;nbsp; I love YouTube, and that's why I had to make my case on this.&amp;nbsp; Our 8 Wishes video has &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwOpX4G28yg&amp;amp;eurl=" title="27,000"&gt;27,000&lt;/a&gt; views, and that equates to thousands of people who are helping us make a difference, so thank YouTube!&amp;nbsp; And I'll always love to watch Your &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VILiOIPZDJ8" title="videos"&gt;videos&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold"&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is 8 things you can do below to help me get my wishes!:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://stage6.divx.com/8_Wishes/show_video/1058011"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKHW6FDUGzkeSN6_JjrkMM0sRk47ltRAurRAzD4j-P66LbhR0qcG3OBjoLTVt9x4z-DagUC6vBSqAcxhorYXCO0ZUYvjVgcYWa_2eI1hQLtwygIEMJ49xL5ZgTQHxoR9x0miYEg/s320/DixXpenny-white-yellow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013324939964460162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/8-wishes-episodes-episode-9-message-to.html"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyYplF2JztPFZebsQwSlX__8nvdeMTtNtK8e3pfZ1ixl-91mFoLATjFutl0_Zm5XFiguNgrUTIYPAlVF3vFmph2TERAe7-zdCQDN-jP4K6q-DUyNn5wHNQWt41wphdKYBzAk7Dg/s320/FreeSoftware.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013491679184825618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/link-to-8-wishes-and-we-will-link-to.html"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 76px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSdJD4XQBVVCDGX22c-_y5eTNE6T-c-xpyg52EpASDvGDGHSRkz0U7zuvnhGAuEzj8Dj4chDbo6ud9Kr9f436qF0ZTL3JgIdX5rhRJWJKzuERRpl0ZWUQdHYDprJx6MEFnBc7Ow/s320/LinktoUs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013325494015241410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/make-your-8-wishes-for-next-year-and.html"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01tzNrMub_TqPqvkWghGbUJEHkpE5pNKDWnARl-oOEJ_Oagxz8LMNP1jbdNUYdkG2xjrrjFnkPQiAJqtvxI_LuSY9axvh4A6SpGhlwQuUF8xokdr78pnyOk6BcgAGkTVjOggeJg/s320/Your8wishesVideo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013680391457877314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/if-you-are-not-from-press-please-do-not.html"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFWNnXYjomx1VaqNoFU4x1bp2FdOrBOq6xbIZdZdnhJNSIqZR934qwNF81_SfTGx_CttnEoILvc04Z9Ztoe3_h_ctM_FQ2pK1BZJ81irNmcCYxfJHiBFgX_rDtC_X3hdB94P1lA/s320/ContactMe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013801883197779282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make sure to watch the video that started it all.  All funds made from the video below will also be donated to DARC!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed flashvars="playerVars=videoTitle=10,000 Miles And 8 Wishes|showStats=yes|autoPlay=no|blogName=8 wishes|blogURL=http://www.8wishes.com" src="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/336436/10_000_miles_and_8_wishes.swf" wmode="transparent" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="345" width="400"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/336436/10_000_miles_and_8_wishes/"&gt;10,000 Miles And 8 Wishes - video powered by Metacafe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKHW6FDUGzkeSN6_JjrkMM0sRk47ltRAurRAzD4j-P66LbhR0qcG3OBjoLTVt9x4z-DagUC6vBSqAcxhorYXCO0ZUYvjVgcYWa_2eI1hQLtwygIEMJ49xL5ZgTQHxoR9x0miYEg/s72-c/DixXpenny-white-yellow.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">8</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2007/01/tag-i-want-your-8-wishes-so-were.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 1 Jan 2007 07:55:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-2174358075838006729</guid><description>TAG!  I want your 8 Wishes, so we're starting a chain.  I'm first on the meme (you know &lt;a href="http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/8-wishes-1-raise-1-million-dollars-i.html"&gt;my wishes&lt;/a&gt;) and I'm tagging 8 bloggers:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shoemoney.com/"&gt;ShoeMoney&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://moblogsmoproblems.blogspot.com/"&gt;Viral Garden&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thefredcast.com/"&gt;FredCast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nalts.wordpress.com/"&gt;Will Video for Food&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://beth.typepad.com/"&gt;Beth's Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rexduffdixon.com/"&gt;Technically Speaking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.widgetslab.com/"&gt;Widgets Lab&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allmycauses.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kristen (AllMyCauses)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please post your 8 Wishes and TAG 8 more bloggers!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch my &lt;a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/336436/10_000_miles_and_8_wishes/"&gt;8Wishes video&lt;/a&gt; on the top of right side bar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;style&gt;i{content: normal !important}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;style&gt;i{content: normal !important}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;style&gt;i{content: normal !important}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;style&gt;i{content: normal !important}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;style&gt;i{content: normal !important}&lt;/style&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author><enclosure length="-1" type="*/*;charset=utf-8" url="http://rexduffdixon.com/"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>TAG!  I want your 8 Wishes, so we're starting a chain.  I'm first on the meme (you know my wishes) and I'm tagging 8 bloggers: ShoeMoney Viral Garden  FredCast Will Video for Food Beth's Blog Technically Speaking Widgets Lab Kristen (AllMyCauses) Please post your 8 Wishes and TAG 8 more bloggers!   Watch my 8Wishes video on the top of right side bar. i{content: normal !important}i{content: normal !important}i{content: normal !important}i{content: normal !important}i{content: normal !important}</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Paul Sanchez</itunes:author><itunes:summary>TAG!  I want your 8 Wishes, so we're starting a chain.  I'm first on the meme (you know my wishes) and I'm tagging 8 bloggers: ShoeMoney Viral Garden  FredCast Will Video for Food Beth's Blog Technically Speaking Widgets Lab Kristen (AllMyCauses) Please post your 8 Wishes and TAG 8 more bloggers!   Watch my 8Wishes video on the top of right side bar. i{content: normal !important}i{content: normal !important}i{content: normal !important}i{content: normal !important}i{content: normal !important}</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>8,wishes,,bicycle,,charity,,fun,,video,,blog,,vlog,,free,,inspiration,,motivation,,challenge,,inspiring</itunes:keywords></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/happy-new-years-first-time-here-make.html</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:47:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-4932946877779107240</guid><description>HAPPY NEW YEARS!  First time here?  Make sure to watch the video to the right of this post.  The small one right to the right.  I'm going to pull myself away from the PC and go out and ring the New Year in.  Enjoy my friends performance below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="408" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hevWqWDnGwU&amp;autoplay=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed enableJSURL="false" enableHREF="false" saveEmbedTags="true" allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal"  allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal"  allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal"  allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hevWqWDnGwU&amp;autoplay=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="408" height="336"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is 8 things you can do below to help me get my wishes!:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://stage6.divx.com/8_Wishes/show_video/1058011"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKHW6FDUGzkeSN6_JjrkMM0sRk47ltRAurRAzD4j-P66LbhR0qcG3OBjoLTVt9x4z-DagUC6vBSqAcxhorYXCO0ZUYvjVgcYWa_2eI1hQLtwygIEMJ49xL5ZgTQHxoR9x0miYEg/s320/DixXpenny-white-yellow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013324939964460162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/8-wishes-episodes-episode-9-message-to.html"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUADslIrhSDpUAmWNHVOAiqGQu-lYLwoPUCFjF5E9gTapcQoUP9QP5pD8XD8DM7ahlNpEJHQx4nuMQhrloA8tMQWxYCpHmHyJuDsuSjlKlEWM7IORzFXVVHNcfO5YLvg6VkuayQ/s320/WatchEpisodes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013325846202559698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwOpX4G28yg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJqJSUO6KwhocLK7yJjvP72-_wfaIHJ91RtsohgFWk-K9xKgi7XrasMSzEU9u9OMTlb-3z9QOHJsMwgv66fCc-SuG7Xm30RPtAo6Zv5zN79AD1P9mWI5X6KVoDF_ZHw42AKh3ckQ/s320/VOTEyoutube.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013325025863806098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/attention-bloggers-get-divx-pro.html"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyYplF2JztPFZebsQwSlX__8nvdeMTtNtK8e3pfZ1ixl-91mFoLATjFutl0_Zm5XFiguNgrUTIYPAlVF3vFmph2TERAe7-zdCQDN-jP4K6q-DUyNn5wHNQWt41wphdKYBzAk7Dg/s320/FreeSoftware.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013491679184825618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/link-to-8-wishes-and-we-will-link-to.html"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 76px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSdJD4XQBVVCDGX22c-_y5eTNE6T-c-xpyg52EpASDvGDGHSRkz0U7zuvnhGAuEzj8Dj4chDbo6ud9Kr9f436qF0ZTL3JgIdX5rhRJWJKzuERRpl0ZWUQdHYDprJx6MEFnBc7Ow/s320/LinktoUs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013325494015241410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/make-your-8-wishes-for-next-year-and.html"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01tzNrMub_TqPqvkWghGbUJEHkpE5pNKDWnARl-oOEJ_Oagxz8LMNP1jbdNUYdkG2xjrrjFnkPQiAJqtvxI_LuSY9axvh4A6SpGhlwQuUF8xokdr78pnyOk6BcgAGkTVjOggeJg/s320/Your8wishesVideo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013680391457877314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/if-you-are-not-from-press-please-do-not.html"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFWNnXYjomx1VaqNoFU4x1bp2FdOrBOq6xbIZdZdnhJNSIqZR934qwNF81_SfTGx_CttnEoILvc04Z9Ztoe3_h_ctM_FQ2pK1BZJ81irNmcCYxfJHiBFgX_rDtC_X3hdB94P1lA/s320/ContactMe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013801883197779282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make sure to watch the video that started it all.  All funds made from the video below will also be donated to DARC!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed flashvars="playerVars=videoTitle=10,000 Miles And 8 Wishes|showStats=yes|autoPlay=no|blogName=8 wishes|blogURL=http://www.8wishes.com" src="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/336436/10_000_miles_and_8_wishes.swf" wmode="transparent" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="345" width="400"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/336436/10_000_miles_and_8_wishes/"&gt;10,000 Miles And 8 Wishes - video powered by Metacafe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKHW6FDUGzkeSN6_JjrkMM0sRk47ltRAurRAzD4j-P66LbhR0qcG3OBjoLTVt9x4z-DagUC6vBSqAcxhorYXCO0ZUYvjVgcYWa_2eI1hQLtwygIEMJ49xL5ZgTQHxoR9x0miYEg/s72-c/DixXpenny-white-yellow.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">5</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/things-are-coming-very-fast-i-can.html</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:57:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-1059473000403626842</guid><description>things are coming very fast i can almost not keep up... i made a video at youtube but it is stuck in the processing cue. things are going to take off like a rocket the next few days! just hold on and please be patient. my first wish will be granted on 1/3/07 !!!! I can not announce what it is but I will as soon as I get the green light! you guys are going to love what we are cooking up here. take care.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/we-will-have-some-big-announcements-and_29.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:24:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-9043628666942010119</guid><description>We will have some big announcements and a new episode coming in the next few hours, but for now you can watch &lt;a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/"&gt;Seth's Godin's&lt;/a&gt; Google video below.  I have been reading your feed back and thanks for telling me what is broken on my website.  We will be making the updates very soon.  Seth video is very appropriate for the things we need to fix around here.  I know its hard to navigate my site and it should all work better by tomorrow.  Hope you all have a good weekend!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-4101280286098310645&amp;hl=en" flashvars=""&gt; &lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another cool site that has to do with this video:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thisisbroken.com/"&gt;itisbroken.com&lt;/a&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/make-your-8-wishes-for-next-year-and.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:38:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-2441767398155803024</guid><description>Make your 8 wishes for next year and&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/video_response_upload?v=fwOpX4G28yg"&gt; Submit them here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be funny, serious, boring, passionate.  I just want to see your wishes.&lt;br /&gt;We will post some of the videos here at 8wishes too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank You to our first 3 Video Responses:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l_7ajX2ZO1Y"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l_7ajX2ZO1Y" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rUBucN2-XKw"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rUBucN2-XKw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-4-6Yzl6YBE"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-4-6Yzl6YBE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">147</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/8-wishes-episodes-episode-9-message-to.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 20:02:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-5938328605296845431</guid><description>8 Wishes Episodes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Episode 9: Message to my Blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qjJ-C-iTQ7U"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qjJ-C-iTQ7U" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Episode 8: Incredible guy plays jingle bells on his guitar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KOzbAIrPPOA"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KOzbAIrPPOA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Episode 7: Patagonia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OTco5nCF1Kg"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OTco5nCF1Kg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Episode 6: Nate, Family, Cell Phone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3LGxibqjevs"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" 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/&gt;Episode 3: Phone Calls&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0X8NZtsIgws"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0X8NZtsIgws" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Episode 2: PUSHING THE "WEDGE" FOX NEWS new site&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/08vsT0qImSA"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/08vsT0qImSA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Episode 1:  Day 1 DIGG AND 99.9 (8 wishes in 30 days)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AWjc3TX0BB4"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AWjc3TX0BB4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="336" width="408"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">7</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/guys-i-might-lose-power-here-at-new.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:15:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-1580068245611511435</guid><description>guys i might lose power here at new location tooo....oh no...post video before power goes out...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="325"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qjJ-C-iTQ7U"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qjJ-C-iTQ7U" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="325"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;vote for me here:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.squidoo.com/zlist/"&gt;http://www.squidoo.com/zlist/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;update:&lt;br /&gt;k got it up...i lost power at my place and now i'm at a new location and it looks like we are going to lose power here too...no no no!  :(.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;if anybody is near by me leave me a message at 805 456 2130 i might need a emergancy place to do work if the lights go out here too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;paul</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">8</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/link-to-8-wishes-and-we-will-link-to.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 04:14:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-721118926289098240</guid><description>LINK to 8 wishes and we will link to you:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://makeitgreat.typepad.com/makeitgreat/2006/12/connecting_with.html"&gt;MAKE IT GREAT&lt;/a&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">7</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/thank-you-to-mack-collier-for-adding-us.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:28:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-2609164311282517494</guid><description>Thank you to &lt;a href="http://moblogsmoproblems.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mack Collier&lt;/a&gt; for adding us to his &lt;a href="http://moblogsmoproblems.blogspot.com/2006/12/seth-picks-up-z-list-meme.html"&gt;z-list meme!&lt;/a&gt;  I've added 10 more to the list:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.successful-blog.com"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Successful Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.micropersuasion.com/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a 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Hat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.creativethink.com/"&gt;Creative Think&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.moviemarketingmadness.com/blog/"&gt;Movie Marketing Madness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogtillyoudrop.wordpress.com/"&gt;Blog Till You Drop!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://katiechatfield.wordpress.com/"&gt;Get Shouty!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://onereaderatatime.blogspot.com/"&gt;One Reader at a Time&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://criticalfluff.blogspot.com/"&gt;Critical Fluff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ryananderson.ca/"&gt;The New PR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ownyourbrand.com/"&gt;Own Your Brand!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.otoinsights.com/"&gt;OTOInsights&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bizandbuzz.blogspot.com/"&gt;bizandbuzz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://fantastic-machine.com/penina"&gt;Work, in Plain English&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a 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Andy Nulman’s Blog About Surprise&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.billionswithzeroknowledge.com/"&gt;Billions With Zero Knowledge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://workingathomeinternet.com/WP"&gt;Working at Home on the Internet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mapleleaftwo.com/"&gt;MapleLeaf 2.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.twohatmarketing.com/ramblog/"&gt;darrenbarefoot.com&lt;br /&gt;Two Hat Marketing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://theengagingbrand.typepad.com/"&gt;The Engaging Brand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thebrandingblog.com/"&gt;The Branding Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://craphammer.ca/"&gt;CrapHammer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.drewsmarketingminute.com/"&gt;Drew's Marketing Minute&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goldenmarketing.typepad.com/"&gt;Golden Practices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://viaspire.blogs.com/weblog"&gt;Viaspire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telltenfriends.com/blog"&gt;Tell Ten Friends&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://flooringtheconsumer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Flooring the Consumer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://wendy.kinesisinc.com/"&gt;Kinetic Ideas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.msco.com/blog"&gt;Unconventional Thinking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.buzzoodle.com/"&gt;Buzzoodle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.conversationagent.com/"&gt;Conversation Agent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.copywritingmaven.com/the_copywriting_maven/"&gt;The Copywriting Maven&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://heehawmarketing.typepad.com/hee_haw_marketing/"&gt;Hee-Haw Marketing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scottburkett.com/"&gt;Scott Burkett's Pothole on the Infobahn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://multicultclassics.blogspot.com/"&gt;Multi-Cult Classics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://darmano.typepad.com/"&gt;Logic + Emotion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://brandandmarket.blogspot.com/"&gt;Branding &amp; Marketing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://popcornnroses.typepad.com/popcorn_n_roses/"&gt;Popcorn n Roses&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.douglaskarr.com/"&gt;On Influence &amp;amp; Automation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bullshitobserver.com/"&gt;Bullshitobserver&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://servantofchaos.typepad.com/soc/"&gt;Servant of Chaos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.converstations.com/"&gt;converstations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.esoupblog.com/"&gt;eSoup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.presentationzen.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Presentation Zen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dmitrylinkov.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Dmitry Linkov&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aialone.com//" target="_blank"&gt;aialone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://wagnercomm.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;John Wagner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nick-rice.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Nick Rice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ck-blog.com/cks_blog/"&gt;CKs Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.designsojourn.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Design Sojourn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://frozenpuck.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Frozen Puck&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;The Sartorialist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smallsurfaces.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Small Surfaces&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://africaunchained.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Africa Unchained&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nitibhan.com/perspective/" target="_blank"&gt;Perspective&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://gdiapers.typepad.com/earlyyears/" target="_blank"&gt;gDiapers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mariosundar.wordpress.com/"&gt;Marketing Nirvana&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bobsutton.typepad.com/my_weblog/" target="_blank"&gt;Bob Sutton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://transcultural.wordpress.com/"&gt;¡Hola! Oi! Hi!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bicyclemarketingwatch.blogspot.com/"&gt;Shut Up and Drink the Kool-Aid!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tammyvitale.typepad.com/women_art_life_weaving_it/"&gt;Women, Art, Life: Weaving It All Together&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.communityguy.com/"&gt;Community Guy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://wordofmouthonthefly.blogspot.com/index.html"&gt;Social Media on the fly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jeremylatham.com/blog/"&gt;Jeremy Latham’s Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://smogger.wordpress.com/"&gt;SMogger Social Media Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.masey.com.au/"&gt;Masey.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;From Mack: Ok if you are new to the game here's the deal: Simply cut and paste the ENTIRE list above to a post on your blog. That's it. You'll get a ton of happy bloggers suddenly coming to YOUR blog to thank you, you'll get a ton of great new blogs to read, you'll likely get a ton of links yourself, but most of all, you'll feel good about making a whole lot of other bloggers feel good about themselves.&lt;/p&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">8</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author><enclosure length="215" type="application/x-httpd-ea-php72" url="http://jeremylatham.com/blog/"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Thank you to Mack Collier for adding us to his z-list meme! I've added 10 more to the list: Successful Blog Will Video for Food Caffeine Marketing All My Causes Widgets Lab Guerrilla Innovation.com No Mans Blog Viral Garden MicroPersuasion Viralmeister Social Media Optimization Coolz0r SEO Black Hat Creative Think Movie Marketing Madness Blog Till You Drop! Get Shouty! One Reader at a Time Critical Fluff The New PR Own Your Brand! OTOInsights bizandbuzz Work, in Plain English Buzz Canuck New Millenium PR Pardon My French Troy Worman's Blog The Instigator Blog AENDirect Diva Marketing Marketing Hipster The Marketing Minute Funny Business The Frager Factor Mindblob Open The Dialogue Word Sell Note to CMO: That's Great Marketing! Shotgun Marketing Blog BrandSizzle bizsolutionsplus Customers Rock! Being Peter Kim Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman’s Blog About Surprise Billions With Zero Knowledge Working at Home on the Internet MapleLeaf 2.0 darrenbarefoot.com Two Hat Marketing The Engaging Brand The Branding Blog CrapHammer Drew's Marketing Minute Golden Practices Viaspire Tell Ten Friends Flooring the Consumer Kinetic Ideas Unconventional Thinking Buzzoodle Conversation Agent The Copywriting Maven Hee-Haw Marketing Scott Burkett's Pothole on the Infobahn Multi-Cult Classics Logic + Emotion Branding &amp; Marketing Popcorn n Roses On Influence &amp;amp; Automation Bullshitobserver Servant of Chaos converstations eSoup Presentation Zen Dmitry Linkov aialone John Wagner Nick Rice CKs Blog Design Sojourn Frozen Puck The Sartorialist Small Surfaces Africa Unchained Perspective gDiapers Marketing Nirvana Bob Sutton ¡Hola! Oi! Hi! Shut Up and Drink the Kool-Aid! Women, Art, Life: Weaving It All Together Community Guy Social Media on the fly Jeremy Latham’s Blog SMogger Social Media Blog Masey.com From Mack: Ok if you are new to the game here's the deal: Simply cut and paste the ENTIRE list above to a post on your blog. That's it. You'll get a ton of happy bloggers suddenly coming to YOUR blog to thank you, you'll get a ton of great new blogs to read, you'll likely get a ton of links yourself, but most of all, you'll feel good about making a whole lot of other bloggers feel good about themselves.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Paul Sanchez</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Thank you to Mack Collier for adding us to his z-list meme! I've added 10 more to the list: Successful Blog Will Video for Food Caffeine Marketing All My Causes Widgets Lab Guerrilla Innovation.com No Mans Blog Viral Garden MicroPersuasion Viralmeister Social Media Optimization Coolz0r SEO Black Hat Creative Think Movie Marketing Madness Blog Till You Drop! Get Shouty! One Reader at a Time Critical Fluff The New PR Own Your Brand! OTOInsights bizandbuzz Work, in Plain English Buzz Canuck New Millenium PR Pardon My French Troy Worman's Blog The Instigator Blog AENDirect Diva Marketing Marketing Hipster The Marketing Minute Funny Business The Frager Factor Mindblob Open The Dialogue Word Sell Note to CMO: That's Great Marketing! Shotgun Marketing Blog BrandSizzle bizsolutionsplus Customers Rock! Being Peter Kim Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman’s Blog About Surprise Billions With Zero Knowledge Working at Home on the Internet MapleLeaf 2.0 darrenbarefoot.com Two Hat Marketing The Engaging Brand The Branding Blog CrapHammer Drew's Marketing Minute Golden Practices Viaspire Tell Ten Friends Flooring the Consumer Kinetic Ideas Unconventional Thinking Buzzoodle Conversation Agent The Copywriting Maven Hee-Haw Marketing Scott Burkett's Pothole on the Infobahn Multi-Cult Classics Logic + Emotion Branding &amp; Marketing Popcorn n Roses On Influence &amp;amp; Automation Bullshitobserver Servant of Chaos converstations eSoup Presentation Zen Dmitry Linkov aialone John Wagner Nick Rice CKs Blog Design Sojourn Frozen Puck The Sartorialist Small Surfaces Africa Unchained Perspective gDiapers Marketing Nirvana Bob Sutton ¡Hola! Oi! Hi! Shut Up and Drink the Kool-Aid! Women, Art, Life: Weaving It All Together Community Guy Social Media on the fly Jeremy Latham’s Blog SMogger Social Media Blog Masey.com From Mack: Ok if you are new to the game here's the deal: Simply cut and paste the ENTIRE list above to a post on your blog. That's it. You'll get a ton of happy bloggers suddenly coming to YOUR blog to thank you, you'll get a ton of great new blogs to read, you'll likely get a ton of links yourself, but most of all, you'll feel good about making a whole lot of other bloggers feel good about themselves.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>8,wishes,,bicycle,,charity,,fun,,video,,blog,,vlog,,free,,inspiration,,motivation,,challenge,,inspiring</itunes:keywords></item><item><title/><link>http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/thanks-seth-gordin-check-out-link-on.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2006 10:44:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845611.post-106952845842128790</guid><description>Thanks Seth Godin!  Check out the link on &lt;a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2006/12/what_to_read_no.html"&gt;Seth Godin's Blog&lt;/a&gt;.  Its a honor to be mentioned by Seth because he has one of the top marketing blogs on the net!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Message to Seth Godin below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="408" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Lv4rjtbjgQ"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Lv4rjtbjgQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="409" height="336"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was planning on leaving William's jingle bells post on for a few days but this is such an honor for me to be mentioned by Seth Godin that I had to make a post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you are all doing well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">5</thr:total><author>8wishes@gmail.com (Paul Sanchez)</author></item></channel></rss>