Sean's blog, its about time.

Digg this to vote for a "Digg" Style webclip for your iPhone!

2008-01-18T05:50:00.000-08:00

Hey Digg this if you think Digg.com should create an iPhone web clip that is a "Digg" button instead of just a picture of the current website.

Here's an example of what the web clip could look like.

For a good example, check out techcrunch.com's webclip when you add it to your iPhone.

Let's see if it works!

2008-01-08T08:42:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone,

Just want to see if this Digg thing works.

I'm going to be starting a new website called...

2008-01-04T11:04:00.001-08:00

I don't know yet. I've been coming up with some ideas but I am really having a hard time finding something that "sticks." Here are some of the idea's I've come up with so far:

savesomecoin.com
greenbackyak.com
makesomecents.com
makesumcents.com
commincents.com
centstoyou.com

Now obviously you can see that it has to do with money. However, the site is a little bit different than that. It will be geared towards the younger generation (10-20 year olds) and will be about saving now so they don't have to work when they are older. The whole goal is to teach younger people how to save and why it is important now rather than later. People will be able to blog, create user spaces, and talk in forum's about how they are currently saving, what jobs they are doing, and other interesting advice. I will update this blog when I get a site name picked out with a logo. Thanks and hope you enjoyed!

Sean

Sean's stock picks for 2008

2008-01-03T17:21:00.000-08:00

Here are Sean Farrells stock picks for 2008:

YGE - Yingli Green Energy
Start Price: $38.02
My price target: $180

BTJ - Bolt Technology
Start Price: $38.99
My price target: $60

FSLR - First Solar
Start Price: $265.87
My price target: $500

GOOG - Google
Start Price: $685.33
My price target: $1,000

AAPL - Apple
Start Price: $194.93
My price target: $300

BPHX - Bluephoenix Solutions
Start Price: $19.73
My price target $30

CFSG - China Fire and Security Group
Start Price: $12.49
My price target: $20

LABL - Multi Color Corp
Start Price: $27.01
My price target: $35

OXPS - OptionsExpress
Start Price: $33.39
My price target: $44

No subprime exposure here :) Thanks for reading!

Speculative picks:
Vonage
Jamba Juice
Sycamore Networks

I'm getting married at...

2008-01-02T13:50:00.000-08:00

St. Johns in Plmyouth, Michigan!

Here are some pics of the place:

Our wedding date is August 8th, 2009. Save the date right now!! Haha, it seems very far away but it has almost already been a year since we got engaged. Time flies! Hope to see you there! It's going to be the highlight of your summer!

Why do people bash Christianity so much?

2008-01-02T13:30:00.000-08:00

Why do people bash Christianity so much? I don't know but would love to hear peoples opinion. Is it because some of them wear the stereotype of being judgemental or intolerant.. because isn't that exactly what you're doing by bashing them?

I am a Christian and I'm proud of it. I believe that there is a supreme being (God) who made me and who has a purpose for my life. I believe he sent his son to earth and that his name is Jesus. I believed he died on the cross for me to redeem me of my sins. I believe all of that.

If you don't believe it than thats fine, i'm not going to hit you across the head with a bible and say your going to hell, I'm not going to not be your friend, I'm not going to be mean to you, I'm not going to ignore you, but I will always be there if you ever do want to talk about God.

The main thing to remember about Christians is that they aren't perfect and they know it. I know I am no better than anyone else on this earth. We ALL have sinned (done something wrong) and no sin is greater than another. We just believe something different than you, we believe in something we cannot see. We have faith in a higher power. If you don't want to believe in that, that's fine but don't dissrespect what we believe.

The only thing I ever see on social news sharing sites like Digg, Reddit, Propeller, is some stupid article about bashing Christianity... Forums are filled with it and people can't get enough of it. It's all ridiculous. I'm tired of it.. why don't they post things like where a church bought a whole neighborhood full of houses and rent them out dirt cheap to poor people. Why don't they post things like a church buying 500 bicycles to inner city kids so they can get at least one present this year. Why don't they post things like a church donating food and drinks to over 200 families in one day.

There are great things going on in the church these days.. you should stop by one and take a look. Whatever you do, just don't bash other peoples beliefs. If your going to follow one thing your whole life then follow what your parents, the bible, and any great proverb says... do unto others as they would do unto you. Hope you enjoyed.

God Bless,
Sean

Christian's - Listen up!

2007-12-26T16:38:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone out there,

I just wanted to wish everyone a merry Christmas! It's when Jesus was born! Thank you LORD! Anyways, just wanted to give you guys a sweet website that none of you have probably heard of before. Here's a little preview:

Its a website where guys or gals can buy clothes, shoes, cd's, decals, books, movies, etc etc etc.. all christian. Now I know what your thinking, its going to be ugly shirts.. and religious yada yada's. Now unlike the boring stereotype you may have for evangelistic shirts, these are absolutely the farthest thing from it. It's like express, hollister, abercrombie type shirts but with scriptures and very urban style writing with lots of graphics! The clothes are awesome! So I figured if you have some extra cash from the holiday season and don't know what clothes to buy, check out this site!

http://www.c28.com

Thanks! and Have a good new year!

Caution! Bad Drivers Ahead!

2007-12-15T08:56:00.000-08:00

Hello all and Merry Christmas,

It's that time of the year again. No not Christmas, although that is THE best time of year. It is bad driver season... Many of you know what and who I'm talking about. It's the time of year where everyone forgets what they've learned about driving (not that many of them can recall what they've learned anyway) and drive like they've never driven before. When snow, ice, rain, sleet, hail, and whatever else mother nature can throw our way comes people quickly forget all they have learned. Luckily, I'm here to help you out and navigate your way to good driving so people like me can enjoy the road without fearing for my life.

There are some simple things you can do to help yourself get acquainted with "winter" road conditions when it comes each year. Here are 5 simple steps to help you get you on your wayand out of my way when your on the road.

Lesson 1:
Before even thinking about driving, turn on your heat and press your AC button to help keep your car from fogging up. This will help you in many ways, like being able to see someone at a four way stop, or looking down the road when you need to cross lanes, or even keep you from getting a ticket because a cop will write you an "obstruction of view" ticket if your windows are foggy. I know many of us breathe extra hard when we are in a confined space thats moving very fast with someone else in control, so please be considerate and let the driver see out the windows.

Lesson 2:
Any time after we have just had freezing rain or snow your going to want to do this before you leave from anywhere. In a safe spot, away from any cars, start driving and then brake hard. Your car will do one of two things. It will either stop normal or slide because their's ice. This will give you a feel for how slippery the roads are. This will help you every time you go near a stop sign or a light to remember that the roads were icy earlier, so they might be still. This will prevent you from many things like slamming into someones rear end, ending up in a ditch, and running a stop sign or red light. The last thing I want to see while I am sitting at a stop sign is someone in my rear view mirror coming 50 mph sideways honking their horns at me because they can't stop.

Lesson 3:
Please please please please please please become familiar with the terms "BLACK ICE" and "RAIN." I can't tell you enough, more people get scared of this black ice stuff than the black tar on little nemo (no not finding nemo). If your smart, you can realize that if its 35 or 40 degrees out and we have just had some snow or rain... its not going to freeze.. not with cars and a thing called friction running all over it. Please don't drive 25 in a 50 because you can see the reflections of a cars brake light on the road in front of you. This happens in rain too... maybe that's what it is.. RAIN. If its icy, you will know because you used step 2. GO THE SPEED LIMIT!

Lesson 4:
Please don't text your sugar mama or your baby's daddy while driving in "winter" weather. This is probably the worst thing you can do, unless you use cruise control in the same weather.. than probably those two are tied for being the most stupud. I don't need to explain do I?... Ok here's an example.. if your on the phone while its "crappy" out.. more than likely you will be going under the speed limit, brake way to early or late, and drive like a 95 year old grandma on her way to church.

Lesson 5:
Get comfortable with driving in extreme conditions like ice and snow. Find out what works on your car, because every car is different. I would have to bet 99% of people driving in snow don't apply their e-brake in an emergency situation. Some of you have been in situations where the roads are slippery and you need to turn and by now you've tried the 100 year old method of pumping your breaks and you still wont turn... and you end up in a ditch or plowed into a car.. or God knows what. If you would have used your e-brake you could have turned and saved yourself some mad moola. The e-brake was put there for emergency situations.. thus the name emergency brake [e-brake].

In conclusion, I hope you can use some of these suggestions, because it will save me and a lot of other drivers some headaches and frustration. Always remember to drive safe, there are days when you need to take it easy. Thanks and happy holidays!

Togbot.com, The Newest Social Media Website Coming in 2008

2007-12-04T16:49:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone,

Let me introduce you to togbot. No it's not a tog, and no it doesn't sell robots. It's just a goofy name that is fun to say and has a memorable ring to it. The site is being worked on right now and I am always looking for people who are creative. If you are interested please email me at sean.farrell@togbot.com.

I can't discuss anything about the site yet, because there is nothing else like it. I am excited to share with you the details that I can. What I can tell you is this: It will benefit a lot of people, it will improve an existing method of something, and there is a strong need for it. Other than that measly amount of info I just gave you, there is nothing really else to share with you except for the logo which is above. Hope you enjoy.

Dippin' Dots now open at Briarwood Mall!

2007-12-04T16:34:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to let everyone know we just opened at Briarwood Mall in Ann Arbor, MI. We have been trying to get in there for 3 years and finally was able to just in time for the Holidays! We are going to be a permanent tenant and offer a variety of items. Everyone only knows Dippin' Dots to have around 4 or 5 flavors but we are offering 10! We also have Dippin' Dot sundae's with flavors like Mini-Mint or Cookie Crumble. In addition to the sundae's we also have Dippin' Dots rootbeer and orange cream floats!

Be sure to check us out in the center court of the mall, and buy that special someone a gift card today!

ZAP - The electric car company that no one knows.

2007-12-01T16:57:00.000-08:00

Hello all,

Here is another great article that I've been dying to write for some time now. I recently had a friend tell me about a car company. A car company that is 100% electric. Now I know a lot of you are reading this thinking, "oh great, an electric car company,... they are probably pieces of crap and can only go 25 mph."

That's exactly what I used to think of when I thought of electric cars... slow crappy cars that go as fast as a moped and looks like a festiva. Until my friend told me about ZAP which stands for Zero Air Pollution. The cars they've designed are 100% electric and best of all, look GOOD! Well at least some of them do (the three wheel zebra design is not my favorite). They have a whole line up of different sedans/sports/and even a crossover designed by Lotus Engineering. The company is growing fast by inking a key partnership with Lotus Design Engineering and signing a joint venture deal with Youngman Automotive in China (biggest luxury car dealership in China). They have signed a mega contract with Coca-Cola and their electric sedan is the first ever electric sedan to pass the VOSA test in the UK. They are selling their cars all over the U.S, in China, UK, and Japan. The company is getting out of debt while Daimler's SMART is going further and further into debt.

Read this article for more on that:
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/071115/0329125.html

The company is a publicly traded company on the OTC BB. This is the minor league of stock exchanges. Now yes most penny stocks are traded on this exchange and yes it is risky and stock prices can fluctuate very easily. The difference about ZAP's stock history is that it used to be traded on the NASDAQ. It was hovering around $4.00-$5.00 when they decided that they wanted to cut costs by being listed in the NASDAQ and move to the cheaper exchange like the OTC BB. The reason, as stated by the company, was that they wanted to spend more money on research and development while still being a publicly traded company. The company plans on going back to the NASDAQ once they have executed their future plans around their cars.

Overall, my ideal trading position on this company is to build shares bi-weekly or monthly. The stock isn't going anywhere right now being in the OTC BB but it is definitely cheap. Their financials are great and when they move to the NASDAQ, they will be worth a lot more than $.95 a share. Take for example GBT - Advanced Battery Technologies. Earlier this year the company was $.56 a share and announced the contract of being the exclusive battery dealer of ZAP. Now the company is trading in the NASDAQ at $5.00-$6.00 a share! Take my advice, get in early on this company, they are going higher.

New Sundae's and Floats for Dippin' Dots.

2007-12-01T07:15:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, we just added some new items to our kiosk's in the following malls:

Rivertown Crossings
Briarwood Mall
Meridian Mall
Woodland Mall

The new items added are Dippin' Dot sundaes and new orange and rootbeer floats. A picture of the new sundae is below:

Now this one is a little flat on top, because it was the first one I made, and had to use whipped cream out of a cup (dont worry, I didnt sell this one to anyone, I definately ate it.) The sundae program was introduced to all the Dippin' Dots franchisee's in the last two weeks so be sure to check them out at a location near you. It's the best Dippin' Dots product I've ever had.

This is my beautiful fiance'

2007-11-29T15:15:00.000-08:00

Hello all.

This post is all about my wonderful and beautiful future wife Katie or who I like to call, "babe." She is the most wonderful person I have ever met and is nearly perfect in every way. She always puts other people before her and always sacrifices her wants for other people. She is a true woman of God. I am blessed to be able to have such an amazing person in my life and I know that we are going to do great things for God throughout our relationship.

She is currently studying Nursing and I am currently expanding my Dippin' Dots empire. Haha, just joking. We are often busy so have decided to wait until 2009 to get married. The date is going to be in July or August. We are excited to get married and will have been dating for 8 years by the time we do tie the knot.

She is very loveable and when she has her coffee or protein shake, she is absolutely to die for. She gets so giggly and bubbly that she becomes this new person that only the people close to her know. She prides herself in her self discipline when it comes to eating healthy, working out, and living a nutritious lifestyle. Although she does snack on some peanut butter cups/cake once in a while, that is her weakness.

She loves her dogs, Zoey and Duffy. She got Duffy when she was younger and has become the family favorite. He's very lethargic and lazy, so we decided to get him a playmate. Her name is Zoey, which means "giver of life." She is the most hyper dog you will ever meet. I mean it. I am actually 100% certain that there is no dog in this world that has more energy than this dog. Don't even try to debate it. Zoey is our puffy pomeranian that you could most easily mistake as a fox. She really does look like a fox. She and Duffy get along perfectly, even though Zoey kind of beats him up, we all know he enjoys it.

Overall though, my fiance is an amazing girl. I don't know where I'd be without her. She brought me to Christ and has completely made me a better person. She brings out the better in me, and I can't thank her enough for all the prayers and things that she's done for me. I love you babe, you mean the world to me.

Halo 3 vs. Call of Duty 4

2007-11-29T11:10:00.001-08:00

Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4. Both are really well done games. But coming from an avid MLG Halo player and just a good overall good FPS gamer, here are some comparisons of the two in my opinion.

Pros for Halo 3:
Halo 3 has so much multiplayer choices from 4 players on the same screen, to playing 4 person co-op online. The possibilities are endless. Halo 3 has a great matchmaking system and has fixed a lot of the cheating from Halo 2.

Cons for Halo 3:
Halo 3 has amazing color schemes for masterchief and the elite characters. Woopy doo. Why do we want to color our masterchief chariot red or aquamarine blue. Come on... Not only that, they do allow you to customize the way masterchief looks. "I want to be a masterchief ninja! YEH YEH YEH!" as you would hear from a 10 year old in the middle of the day who skipped school so he could get all the achievements and be a ninja spartan! Ha. Ha. What would have been great is if you could choose from battle wounds or even a spartan with paratrooper pants, a wife beater , and just the spartan helmet. - Kidding, but it would be fun.

Ok ok, so enough about how the player customization went totally wrong. Lets talk about the new maps. All the maps are what I like to say "bojangled" - which in my mind means, what the heck? this is the weirdest and crappiest layout I have ever seen.

I don't want to start going on and on about the maps so lets switch to game play. The game play is slow, laggy still, and choppy. Their is a whoever has more health wins style play making it the least fun because everyone loves those kills when you have no health and get a double or triple kill. Glitches are gone (no not superbouncing, the good gamer glitches like bxr and double shot, etc...), which was a great tool for skilled gamers. The grenades are horrible, take forever to go off and like the masterchiefs throwing power really reduces 75% when your backing up... give me a break. You can't cook them which is what you can do in real life. The shield system and the layout was way better in halo 2 .

What about the campaign. I remember reading a ton of articles about how they were going to change the AI system to be more adaptive and make it a lot harder. I beat the game probably in 2 or 3 hours... on legendary. Then I turned on the skulls and beat it in 2 or 3 hours... on legendary. The AI was slow, and they just stand their when you throw grenades at them. The only AI that was decent was the grunts on the ghost.. I probably died a couple of times by them. Enough about that... it was bad, take my word on it.

Lets talk about achievements. There is nothing to talk about, because it takes a day to get all of them.

I guess that's enough about halo 3. I like halo 3, but there's no way I would go back in time and wait for it at midnight. I love halo 2 and will continue to love it.

Now its time for Call of Duty 4. Lets go over the same things that we did for halo.

Cons for Call of Duty 4:
None.

Pros for Call of Duty 4:
Customization. Their is no way to customize your guy but you don't need to, he looks sweet and consistently changes with each game depending on what the computer chooses... yes it does sometimes suck being the Russian guy, but you gotta admit, when he says at the beginning "lets do it comrade" you just feel so good inside. Haha. The best thing COD4 did was with the weapons. Allowing you to choose different classes of weapons allows you to pick the best style for each different level, not a one type fits all scenario like halo. Their are more guns than you can shake a stick at, and the way you can choose the colors of the weapons are awesome as well. The perks are sweet too.. gosh theirs just so much to love.

The maps. OMG, the maps are sweeeeet! Bog, Backlot, Crash, Bloc, Shipment, I can just keep going! They are all sweet. Being able to navigate through rooms and different heights and blowing up cars and sneeking in the tall grass, ahh you can play them all a million times and discover something new.

Lets talk about game play. This is by far the best game I have ever played. There are too many elements in each of the levels that you just cant get enough.

Campaign. Let me paint a picture for you, your going down a narrow street with lots of corners... all of sudden, you hear your guys say, "oh sh*t, over by the red car! RPG RPG RPG!!" You look over at the car and next thing you know your staring at a rocket coming at you, you duck into the prone position and then look behind you and you see the building and the cars .. all blow up next to you. Your screen turns red, and you can feel the character breathing harder. Now tell me you don't want to play that game.

Achievements. COD4 did what all the games should do. They do all of their xbox 360 achievements in the campaign. This is good so people who can't get live, can still build up their achievements. Then they put in a separate part of the game for only online play where you gain XP achievements and try to unlock new weapons. Then when you get to a high enough rank, you can choose a "prestige" (you don't have to) mode where you lwould ose all your unlocked weapons and have to start all over again but you get a cool symbol each time you do a "prestige" mode.

There are just to many things to love about this game. It is definitely worth the money and would be better bought than a lot of the games out their. I'm giving COD4 4 thumbs up because I like to make stupid puns. Ha. Hope you enjoyed this read. Please don't be offended if you lloooovveee halo 3, this is just my opinion.

Yingli Green is making some Green, and I'm not talking about Energy.

2007-11-29T10:23:00.000-08:00

YGE - Yingli Green Solar. What a weird name. Probably not a lot of people pay attention to the alternative energy sector, but its about time you did. Some of the big names have gained 100 to 500 percent in less than a year.

Yingli is one of the leading vertically integrated photovoltaic (PV) product manufacturers in China. It has a current MW production rate of 200mw/year and is ramping that up to hit 600mw by the end of 2009 or early 2010. What this means is it is right inline to compete at the top level with First Solar. First solar is on a similar mission, as you can see by the graph shown below (this is FSLR's growth expectations):

Now can anyone tell me what FSLR stock price is? $220+. With most of FSLR's business coming from the United States, which we all know is slowing at least a little bit, their growth will eventually slow down as well. Yingli does a part of its business in the United States, but its only I believe right under 10%. The other 90% is coming from all over Europe, Japan, and China. Their growth is amazing and still in triple digits.

Some key notes to remember about Yingli:

Just beat earnings by 4 cents and raised guidance.
IPO'd in June of this year near $11.00
Current price: $26.00
Analysts targets: $194.00-$320.00 (finance yahoo.com)
Signed huge polysilicon deal
Major contracts with several big companies

The reason I believe this stock will overtake FSLR on its throne is that this company is spending a lot of money and time on research and development. The research they are doing is related to the polysilicon they need in order to survive. Polysilicon is the biggest factor for a solar company. This can hurt their gross margins dramatically (with price increases for demand) and and can also hurt their production if they can't get the amount of polysilicon needed to make their solar panels. Yingli is thinking outside the box. They are developing new technology to reduce significantly... and I mean significantly, the amount of polysilicon needed per each one of their units. This in turn will raise their gross margins and will be a huge asset if polysilicon is hard to come by in the near future. This stock is ready to considered to be valued like SPWR and FSLR.

BPHX - Why i'm not Blue about Bluephoenix Solutions.

2007-11-28T09:26:00.001-08:00

Not many people have heard of this stock... BPHX. It's market cap is just under $3 million. It's growth rate is over 35%. and its only $16.00 right now. The company is a Israeli based leader in the modernization of your business IT infrastructure. The company was $5.00 a year ago, and because of it's stellar earnings reports and recent acquisitions, it has had a noticeable run-up in value.

Now please don't be one of those people who just say "hey, he's just trying to boost his stock..." - This couldn't be farther from the truth. No matter what you think, the stock is undervalued. VectorVest, Esignal, Finance Yahoo, and other analyst sites rate this company as a strong buy or buy. The company's year end median target is $25.00-$30.00. It has no potential whatsoever to be affected by the U.S subprime meltdown and credit crunch.

I bought this stock at $17.50 a couple of months ago, and I sold it at $20.50. It then ran up to almost $23.00 when it beat earnings for the 7th time in a row. It has now pulled back with the rest of the market to $15.00-$16.00 and I bought it again. I believe by year end it could hit the $25.00-$30.00 mark and continue to go higher throughout next year. Please remember though, these are my opinions and you dont have to follow them. I cannot be held liable for anything you do.

Key notes as of lately:

Landed biggest contract ever with U.S government
Sold $35 million dollars worth of shares at $17.50 (so you know its at least worth that)
Beat earnings for 7th consecutive time
Raised guidance
Is appearing and leading in a number of events related to IT infrastructure

Just take a looksy, http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=bphx

Intro to who I am and why you are going to love my blog

2007-11-27T16:21:00.001-08:00

My name is Sean Farrell. I currently am 21 years of age and absolutely love life. This is my first blog so be patient as they will continue to get better with time.

Here's a little about me:

I am a Jesus freak. - Don't worry, i'm not going to speak in tounges or hit you with a bible; I just love having a relationship with God.
I own 4 Dippin' Dots franchises with my high school friend Dan Stevens.
I have an awesome family with 2 brothers and great parents.
I have a beautiful fiance' who I am marrying in 2009.
I love business and writing business plans. Anything to do with stocks, mutual funds, start ups, ipos, etc.. I would love to talk to you about business.
I am a good gamer and play only FPS games (Halo2,3 - GOW - COD4 - RS:V)
I love sports especially hockey.
I am the biggest movie buff. I don't see movies that have trash in them.
My social security number is 733... oh wait!

Sorry a little to much info I guess. Either way I hope you enjoy my posts and let me know what you think. Thanks

Thats the scoop,
Sean