doitnow.com.

This is advice I give out to so often it’s worth codifying: if you’re in media, journalism, acting, music, painting, social media, personal massage, boutique zoology or anything where someone in the public might want to find you easily, go here [or your preferred register!] this instant and buy your name .com. Even if you don’t build a site on it immediately, it’s just $10 a year to park. Think about it this way: do you want someone else with your name to own it? Next thing you know, you’ll be running for office on a Tea Party platform in California, only to find some snarky blogger in Brooklyn already took your domain. If I click on one more MySpace that belongs to a so-called professional, I’m going to buy your domain and fill it with Bieber slash fiction out of spite.

Assistant manager Rima Campbell taps that cask.

Wine is usually something you require when doing an internship and have to numb the pain of working for no pay. But what if the internship is paid, and comes with some sort of access to loads of wine? The Brooklyn Winery in Williamsburg is hiring a social media intern, which involves being “entrenched in the social media space and able to navigate and engage in the latest trends,” which, unless you’re reading the hard-to-find printed version of Brokelyn, you’re probably experienced in. It’s a 10 hour a week gig. The pay rate isn’t stated, but is it legal to pay interns in samples?

Via Flickr's dizznbonn.

Far be it for us to post just any part-time gig, but everyone loves dogs, and dog-walking seems like one of those too-good-to-be-true side jobs that beat slinging lattes at Starbucks. Via Reddit today, we learn a recent Pratt grad who started her own dog boarding business is expanding into dog walking and is looking to hire some 18-25 year olds in the Park Slope/Cobble Hill area. The pay is $8 a walk, and you could make $30 a night for just hanging with dogs, all off-the books (can we say “off-the-books” without blowing up her spot? If not, please ignore the previous sentence). She says it’s “good for someone who has some extra time after school, in the afternoons, in between classes, etc. Contact her through Reddit for more info.

Via Flickr's Chris Goldberg.

In the carefree summer days of the late 90s/early aughts, I’d lean back against the one-win-choice wall of my ratty boardwalk stand, stare into the ocean and imagine taking a three-month hiatus from whatever adult job I’d end up with to come back to do this every summer. That was pre-MTV invasion of course, before reality TV ruined Seaside Heights for me, and before I realized I might get actually get a Fun Real Job. But those were some wonderful, strange summers, and even though Coney Island isn’t the shiniest boardwalk around, it’s not too late to try the boardie life for yourself: Coney Island is holding a big job fair tomorrow and Thursday, where they’ll be looking to hire summer employees for Luna Park, Scream Zone and Nathan’s Famous, as Amusing the Zillion reports. (more…)

Mars needs you.

On that headline alone, you should apply for this thing. It’s a four-month-long Cornell and NASA study that wants to figure out what it would be like to store, prepare and eat food on a hypothetical Mars mission, and it’s in Hawaii! And it involves your getting to “live and work together in a small isolated Mars analogue habitat in a Mars-like environment.” Meaning no-oxygen and horrible creatures? That might be a short study. The requirements are pretty simple for a Mars mission: science degree, physical fitness, normal sense of taste and smell, etc. The study pays for round-trip travel, food and lodging, and a $5,000 bonus when it’s done. Deadline is Feb. 29!

This could be you! Via Flickr's Colin Germain.

When you like arcade games so much that the downloaded Xbox versions just won’t cut it and even Coney Island is disappointing, you go to Barcade. When you like drinking, playing video games AND earning your own quarters to continue doing those things, you get a job at Barcade. Via Socialisting comes this ad posted yesterday  (you have to log in with FB)  for a floor manager position at the craft beer and video game Mecca: “Ideal candidate is motivated, punctual, organized and tidy, with a love of classic arcade games and American craft beer.” You probably need to be able to deal with six huge birthday party crowds every damn night as well. See the full listing below. Is this how the guy in Tapper got started? Even he had to pay his dues. (more…)

If you don't have your own personal Jack Donaghy, this is the workshop for you.

Hey all you aspiring purveyors of artisanal cupcakes, herb-infused caramel or bacon marmalade choinkwiches: Those freaky foodies at The Brooklyn Kitchen are hosting a free workshop to help you get the cash to make your dream food biz a reality. On Wednesday at 6:30pm, the Williamsburg culinary center will present “Financing Your Future! How to make your business an attractive loan candidate,” with expert advice on things like why you’ll need a credit history to get more money down the road and how to present your financials (so it doesn’t look like you’re blowing cash on dubiously sourced choink). You can also find out about loan programs that you can tap into right away. The workshop will be led by ACCION USA, an NYC -based national micro-loan lender. And because it’s a kitchen, light food and drinks will be provided. To RSVP, contact Caitlin Dourmashkin at cdourmashkin@ewvidco.com or 718-388-7287 x116.

Brooklyn Kitchen, 100 Frost St., Williamsburg. 6:30pm, Feb. 22.

A DC WIN event last month. Via WIN's Flickr.

Calling all ladies who are in the media and communications field, or interested in breaking into that racket: join the ladies of Women’s Information Network New York City chapter (aka WIN-NYC) for a FREE evening of networking and friend-making! The group is a new local chapter of the popular DC-area organization that holds great networking events and discussions for Democratic, pro-choice, media-savvy, professional women. The event will be tomorrow (Feb. 16) from 7-9pm at Entwine, a super classy wine bar on 765 Washington Street in the West Village (worth the trip: I ran into Jay-Z on my walk to the train last time I was there). There will be drank specials, including $4 beers. Come with your friends, or bring a co-worker you’ve been wanting to hang out with in a carefree, but professional atmosphere.  (more…)

Wearing a sandwich board of any sort qualifies.

Our morals are relative, our bank statements, piddling, and our shame, even less. From moving in with mom and dad to to freelancing for porn spammers to dubious Couponzi schemes (disclaimer: we at Brokelyn do not endorse the puns from that show, but might borrow one if it’s right there for the taking), there’s nothing our generation hasn’t tried in the name of saving or making a buck. Some say it’s the root of all evil, but money is also the genesis of some pretty priceless stories. We asked our friends and other assorted seedy characters what they’ve done for money, and here are their confessions. What’s the most questionable thing you ever did for dough? (more…)

Become a bone master (tee hee). Photo via Flickr Joe White.

You wake up and every day is the same. You feel like you’re stuck in a rut. It’s time for changes in your life. Did you know that science is all the rage these days, since nerds run the world now? The American Museum of Natural History would be happy to help you explore it, with its Master of Arts in Teaching program, that you can attend for free! Spend the 15-month program working with actual scientists at the museum to learn how to best teach school kids about geology, life sciences and dinosaurs. This is no fly-by-night diploma mill: the program includes a $30,000 stipend, health benefits and two years of professional mentoring and development. The only catch is that you have to commit to  four years teaching in a high-needs public school, which could be anywhere in the state. Suddenly, I wish I didn’t fail the New York State Physics Regents.

Via Gothamist.