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We’ve Dumped Bidvertiser
2007-11-11 23:39:00 Well after a long (and happy) relationship with Bidvertiser, we’ve dumped them in favour of WidgetBucks - a new advertising network, which advertises various products and services related to the page their placed on, on a slender, quite attractive widget. However, we’re only trialing this form of revenue earning - can’t you see I’ve been turning a bit commercial recently . We’ve been credited $25, on initial signup, so we’ve to generate $25 worth of credits on our account for the next payment - this will make or break the service for us. We know, it’s a bit unattractive (as is our style!), but it will hopefully, contribute to the bills - believe me, I’d much rather have an ad-free site…if it wasn’t bankrupting me in the process (well not really…). Don’t get me wrong, Bidvertiser was a great system, just their payouts weren’t as high as expected for the exposure. Most of the sites I run, had Bidvertiser ... More About: Vert
Guide to becoming a Priest!
2007-11-10 00:54:00 Ever fancied becoming a priest? Not in the usual sense though! There are many services online, that allow you to become an ordained minister online - allowing you to proform weddings, baptisms, etc… Although, I don’t think you could walk into your local church and proform a Sunday mass! Some people may see this as disrespect for the Catholic church, but I don’t see why - this online service, simply allows you to proform a wedding service for a friend or relative, should they want a more unusual wedding ceremony! Some of the websites which you can become ordained online: Spiritual Humanism - Free! Universal Life Church - Ministry in a Box Although, I’m not entirely sure if becoming ordained online, is valid in Ireland or any other European countries. So, I suggest that you check it out before you go proforming a friends wedding! More About: Guide , Priest , Guid
PageRank Down?
2007-11-08 20:17:00 Just noticed this evening, all my sites are now reading PR0, I got a bit of a shock when I saw the button on this site at PR0 - I thought Google had decided to “sock it to me” and other bloggers, and derank us to PR0. Upon futher ‘investigation’ I found that any site I typed into the PageRank checker came up PR0. So I’m under the assumption that their datacenters are down - but all of them? Could possibly have some implications for bloggers, who are required to have certain ranks, and stats to partake in various revenue earning thingys…lets hope this PR issue is solved! 09/11/07: Still down 12/11/07: Reports have said, it was back briefly - but filled with errors! (Although, I could be bullshitting, and it’s actually my PC that’s messed up…) More About: Pagerank , Ager , Gera
HostBidder
2007-11-07 20:33:00 So what am I on about, you may ask? Well HostBidder has been around for quite a while on the amature webmaster scene - aiding many budding webmasters, including myself! Another good think for the majority of readers to this site, is that it’s run by an Irish guy, Fergal Crawley. Bascially, HostBidder’s main focus would ... More About: General , Domains
My Blog is worth $12,419!
2007-11-04 22:03:00 I’m as surprised as you are! I tried out a small tool today, to find out how much my blog is worth - I’m curious to see what my head rambles are worth. Turns out, it’s around the $12,419 mark (around ?8,500). Many bloggers recently have been seeing how much the fruits of the labour, is ... More About: Blog , Worth , Wort
The Google OS (gOS)
2007-11-04 15:45:00 Suppose you’ve already heard (I’m always behind on these developments…), but there has been a ‘break through’ with OS (apparently!). Google OS, or gOS as it is formally known is an ‘An alternative operating system for the masses’ combining popular Google Applications and Ubuntu into one package - oh and it’s Free! And I must say ... More About: News , The Go , The G
It Arrived!
2007-11-02 18:34:00 The new DELL has finally arrived, I settled for the Inspiron 531 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+, 2048MB Dual Channel RAM , 320GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst cache, 128MB ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro graphics card, 16x DVD +/- RW Drive, and 19″ DELL Widescreen monitor (yes ... More About: Photography , Techno
I should go away more often!
2007-10-31 23:01:00 Maybe I should go away for the weekend more often, as anytime I seem to go away, my rankings, and ratings, and overall traffic income increases! Since I’ve been away in Cork, my Google Page Rank has improved to PR4, my Alexa Rank has improved to 683,028, and my traffic has increased 13%! Anyway, Cork went ... More About: Blogging
Dreadful Dial-up But I?m Not Complaining!
2007-10-28 01:19:00 As per my last post, you may guess that I’m spending my weekend…and some of my week down here in Cork, “on the buses”. Luckily this time I can get some internet access in the form of a phoneline. It’s Dial -up , but I cannot complain as it’s internet after all - I must not announce ... More About: Blogging
See you?s on Monday?
2007-10-26 16:11:00 Right well I’m upta my usual haunts this weekend, spending some time “on the buses”, so obviously I doubt I’ll be able to get a internet connection down in this place - I think there’s dialup but I’m not insulting myself by using it (that’s right…I’m a Broadband snob!). As usual, the blog is going into ... More About: Blogging , Bored , Monday
Yet Again - Alexa Rank Improves!
2007-10-25 00:29:00 Alexa like us! Maybe it’s all the blogging we’re doing about them, about them improving our ranks multiple times during the week! So anyway, enough bragging from us - the rank has improved slightly to 741,784 Still, a welcome transition all the same! More About: Rank , Alexa , Improv , Prove
About Time An Post!
2007-10-25 00:24:00 Well, as they say, you wait for a bus and two come at the same time - well today I’m not talking about buses (shocker no?), but instead finally getting my mail delivered after for some astranged reason a backlog! Greeting me when I got home were 4 letters, and 5 parcels! And no bills! Finally ... More About: Time , Post , Bored
Bovine Blog Redesign Competition
2007-10-23 21:27:00 It seems that ever generous Mr. Cow in association with the nice people at Weborithm are offering to anybody who can persuade them enough - an entire blog redesign worth $449. How nice eh? To be honest, I don’t need a blog redesign - considering I haven’t designed it in the first place. I’m happy as ... More About: Competition , Blogging , Blog , Redesign
Wild Goose Chase!
2007-10-23 00:51:00 I told you’s I write about where I was on Saturday, well I’m sure you’ve guessed right I was arsing around with my usual shenanigans ‘On the Buses’. Steve left it tight - tight as a nuns c**t as he’d say, and contacted me at 9:30 on the Saturday morning telling me he’s on his way. ... More About: Photography , Wild , Goose , Chase , Hase
Just a Quick Note!
2007-10-22 01:49:00 Sorry for not blogging the past two days, I’ve been away for most of the past two days - messing around with buses…then arsing around with cars. Don’t worry, I’ll have the a post up in the morning of how ‘eventful’ Saturday was - including photos! But anway, this post is just another Alexa rank update ... More About: Blogging , Note , Quick
Alexa rank gradually improving!
2007-10-19 23:26:00 It’s been just over a month now since I first submitted my website for ranking on Alexa . It went from 2,275,750 then to 821,344 now - which in my opinion is progress of sorts. For a months work, from someone who hasn’t a clue what he’s doing! Now that I’ve achieved my goal of 6 figures, ... More About: Blogging , Rank , Ally , Dual
Get Lijit with a Widget!
2007-10-17 15:53:00 I came across this great little widget known as ‘lijit‘ a play on the word ‘legit’ me thinks, a must have for all social bloggers! It’s a widget for your blog, that allows people to search and find out most about your online presence (such as Flickr, Digg, Technorati, Twitter etc….). A handy little function ... More About: Widget , Blogging
GameGoods
2007-10-16 22:36:00 I happen to know that some gamers read this blog regularly, so this post should appeal to you. I’ve undertaken another Sponsored Post, which appeals to my blog. GameGoods, are a leading market leader of virtual goods for Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG) such as World of Warcraft, Guild Wars and Lord of ...
I Hate Maths *this* much!
2007-10-16 21:55:00 Every now and again everyone needs to vert their frustration, although mine seems to be a daily occurance (I’m easily irritated in case you haven’t guessed!). I hate my blog being mainly comprised of me whinging about something - I’m egged on I suppose. Today I came *this* close to losing the plot completely in Maths , ... More About: Hate
Top 10 Web hosting
2007-10-15 19:39:00 I have undertaken this sponsored posting for web hosting top10 from PayPerPost. As you probably know, I’m quiet fussy when it comes to Sponsored posting, so when I saw this opportunity I decided to take it on. Top 10 Web Hosting , is a comprehensive collection of the best and favoured web hosts available on the internet. ... More About: Web Hosting
How Simple Life Would Be Without the Internet
2007-10-15 18:59:00 Appologies, I was having some internet woes recently with some connectivity issues and some other technical jargin. Seems to be all sorted now - I can resume the wreckoning…or something like that While I was living in the stone age (that seemed like an eternity) I got to thinking - what would life ... More About: Internet , Life , Blogging , Bored , Simple
Fed Up with Irish Broadband
2007-10-12 22:32:00 This blog has seemingly turned into my rants and me -vs- the world combats! But in my defence I usually have something worthwhile to bitch about, such as today: For the past three days, my internet has been patchy, not enabling me to blog, maintain my sites nor pay for recent purchases on eBay. And before ... More About: Broadband , Blogging , Irish , Broad
Meteor = Sly Bastards!
2007-10-11 00:34:00 So what’s all this about? Well I’ve to recall back to December 2006, when a Meteor rep, called to my 86 year old Grandmother’s front-door, doing the usual sales rep shite and somehow got my granny to invite him in. So basically, he intimidated her into signing up for a Bill contract - she didn’t really ...
Bed Bound Blogging!
2007-10-09 16:14:00 Sorry for the lack of posting recently, having been suffering from some internet troubles (Irish Broadband…need I say no more?), and also been struck down by this flu that everyone is harbouring! Yesterday, I was sent home ‘no feeling the best’, and hit the leaba for a few hours thinking that it would do me good. ... More About: Blogging , Blast from the Past , Bound
Plugins
2007-10-06 15:05:00 I’ve been fairly busy for the past couple of hours, mainly with the plugins which aid the blog to run smoothly and help my job of writing much much easier and hasle free - god knows sitting on your arse in front of a PC/Laptop is hard enough…without having everything done for you at the ... More About: Blogging , Plugins
Smorty
2007-10-05 23:49:00 Blogging in itself, is a great way to gain income from something which you enjoy doing, Great for some extra money on the side, and to help with those hosting expenses! There are plenty of people making a living from blogging, of course most of us will never achieve that status of income, but Smorty gives ... More About: Blogging , Mort
ABC - Poison Arrow
2007-10-05 23:27:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdwu52yfWx I The band ‘ABC’ was formed in 1980 in Sheffield, UK, was originally called ‘Vice-Versa’ until lead singer Martin Fry came onboard, while interviewing the band for his fanzine Modern Drugs, he was taken on as their lead vocalist and the band was later renamed ‘ABC’. The revamped band were pigeonholed as part of the ‘New Romantic ... More About: Music , Blast from the Past , Poison
Tiger Tom Search Engine
2007-10-05 00:32:00 I was selected to review a new beta search engine, recently available on the market known as Tiger Tom Search Engine . I’ve spent the past 15 or so minutes, playing around with this, establishing it’s limits, features, and basically going through it with a fine tooth comb. I must say I’m impressed, I haven’t encountered any errors ... More About: Search Engine
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
2007-10-04 23:53:00 A Flock of Seagulls was started in Liverpool in early 1979, by Mike Score (who was previously a hairdresser), who played Keyboard, Guitar and sang vocals. His brother Ali played drums, and friends, Frank Maudsley played bass, and Paul Reynolds who played guitar. The above video, I Ran (so far away) was released in 1982, and ... More About: Movies , Music , Agul
Blasts from the Past!
More articles from this author:2007-10-04 17:54:00 With the awful music being produced today, I’m a non-conformist when it comes to my music. I’d much prefer to listen to New Wave 80’s music, than this new R’n'B fandango - of course the yung wans love ‘Justin Trouser Snake’, and the fine piece of work that sang ‘Umbrella’, of course you get the ... More About: Music , Tube , Past 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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