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Creative Blogging Contest

2007-07-26T12:34:00.001-07:00

If you ever wanted to make a career out of your creative talent, or just have an artistic streak you’d like to explore professionally, then this competition is a great way to get started!We are giving all you creative bloggers the chance to kickstart a freelance career in photography, painting, illustration, or any other creative talent you may have.

Technorati Tags: blogs, blogging, bloggers

Blog to Print

2007-07-24T13:47:00.001-07:00

Welcome to Blog to Print - Powered by SharedBook

Content owners on Google's Blogger platform and their readers can now use the Blog2Print widget to turn posts into a printed book with a single click. Additional compatibility with other platforms will become available later this summer.

Technorati Tags: blogger, blogging, blog blogs, blogspot

Blogger in Draft

2007-07-24T13:24:00.001-07:00

Blogger in draft: See Blogger before it's published

Blogger in draft is a special version of Blogger where we try out new features before we release them to everyone. Come in and see what we're up to!

Technorati Tags: blogger, blogspot, blogging, blog, blogs

Chipmark

2007-07-23T13:24:00.001-07:00

chipmark

Do you browse using more than one computer or browser?
Do you have trouble keeping track of bookmarks?
Chipmark is for you!

Technorati Tags: social bookmarking, bookmarking, bookmarks

Test Your Blog

2007-07-23T11:24:00.001-07:00

Test your web design in different browsers - Browsershots

Browsershots makes screenshots of your web design in different browsers. It is a free open-source online service created by Johann C. Rocholl. When you submit your web address, it will be added to the job queue. A number of distributed computers will open your website in their browser. Then they will make screenshots and upload them to the central server here.

Technorati Tags: blog template, design, CSS, browsershots

Blinkcart

2007-07-20T12:51:00.001-07:00

Your Online Shopping Cart in 5 Minutes - BlinkCart Ecommerce Shopping Cart Software

BlinkCart is an online service that enables you to easily add a shopping cart feature into anywhere that supports html links or javascript code. e.g. your websites, blogs, emails, MySpace, MSN (the list goes on).

Screentabs Anyone?

2007-07-19T20:18:00.001-07:00

Stick | iWonder Designs

ScreenTabs are customizable windows that are shaped like file folders. They attach to the sides of your screen and can be easily expanded or collapsed. ScreenTabs are the foundation of Stick and are the container in which all the useful utilities can be found.

Widgets

2007-07-19T13:08:00.001-07:00

yourminis :: widgets

grab widgets for the web and desktop

Technorati Tags: blog, widgets, addons, blogger, blogspot

Ewedrive File Storage

2007-07-19T12:33:00.001-07:00

Ewedrive - Free Online Backup and File Storage, Internet Hard Drive, Access and Share Your Files From Anywhere

Ewedrive is not just on-line backup. It's your complete Internet hard drive.

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1GB Free, buy-as-you-need or go Unlimited

There are no set up fees, no monthly subscription charges and no long term tie-ins. In fact, we'll even start you off with 1GB of space for free with no catches or restrictions over our paid services (unlike most other providers).

If you need more space you can buy on a weekly basis from just 5p per GB. If you only have a few GBs to backup why pay more than you need for space you're not going to use?

Or, for a flat fee from just £1.90 per week you can store as much data as you need. The choice and flexibility is yours.

What's more we don't restrict your bandwidth or bill you extra for data transfer.

Ultimately, our focus is on providing an open and transparent service in a truly affordable way. After all, we do have over 10 years experience in delivering quality Internet services.
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No software to install

You have two simple and secure ways to transfer and manage your files on Ewedrive - WebDAV (web folders as it's known in Windows) and our unique web based file manager.

WebDAV allows you to create, in effect, a folder on your PC that looks local but actually connects to your remote Ewedrive space. Once set up, simply drag and drop files between Ewedrive and your computer. What's more, because it's natively supported in Windows, Apple and Linux computers there's no software to install and a breeze to set up.

Then there's our browser based file manager which as well as offering you the equivalent drag and drop functionality of WebDAV also gives you comprehensive file management from anywhere including advanced file sharing and Internet file download capabilities. Click here for a demo (username: demo password: demo)

NB: Many other backup providers require you to install proprietary software in order to use their service and many also charge extra to use their software on more than one PC at a time. This obviously not only adds to the overall cost but makes online file storage far less flexible than a service like Ewedrive.
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No file size limits

We have no policy file size limits on Ewedrive.

But do be aware that you could be limited by technical limitations that may come about in various ways, including your file transfer method and OS. It's a case of trying a large upload and letting us know of any problems and we'll do our best to help.
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All transfers secured end-to-end over SSL

Whether you move files around using the drag and drop features of WebDAV or our browser based file manager your traffic is secured end-to-end to the same strength as, if not better than, most on-line banks.

So forget others, not even your own ISP can snoop on your uploads/downloads between Ewedrive and your computer.
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Unrestricted uploads/downloads and no extra charges

You'll find that many backup providers have hard and fast policies to restrict or even charge for data transfer without any flexibility. Or they simply apply bandwidth throttling and limit the speed at which your can push and pull your data, which at the very least could prove frustrating when you trying to recover important stuff.

We don't do any of that. Our no nonsense approach extends to giving you access to your data at the best possible speed at any given moment in time, depending of course on the speed of your own Internet connection.
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Private and Public sharing

Through your web based file manager you can mark files and folders for sharing privately with other select Ewedrive users or the entire Ewedrive community.

For example, rather than emailing large attachments you can simply upload and share files with particular individuals or groups and let them access those files as and when they want. They could then re-share those files with you, and others, as necessary.
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Internet file download manager

You can now download files from online file sharing services direct to your remote Ewedrive disk space, securely and anonymously using only your web browser and without using your own Internet connection or drive space.

What's more archived files (password protected or not) can be unRARed and unZiped on-the-fly too enabling you to decompress and stream audio and video to a media player, wherever and whenever, without ever needing to download to a local computer.

Not only is the remote download manager a useful and unique aspect to Ewedrive but could also save you money, particularly if your Broadband provider charges you for bandwidth usage or data transfer.
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Protection of your data

Our Storage Area Network (SAN) comprises a series of servers in a cluster which replicates your data not only across multiple disks on one server but across multiple servers. Every time you upload a file to your storage space it is duplicated in real-time across these storage servers for your increased peace of mind and optimum resilience.

And the investment doesn't stop at our hardware infrastructure either. Your data doesn't sit in some back street office but rather we've built our storage platform at the UK's premier carrier neutral data centre with security and monitoring second to none plus divergent and scalable Tier 1 Internet connectivity.

Ultimately, knowing who you are dealing with is as important as the service itself and as a team that's been involved in providing Internet services for over 10 years (see About Us) we have the credentials and experience to handle your data with integrity.
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Encrypt and store files your way

When it comes to on-line file storage we know that trust is everything and we don't expect you'll trust us overnight.

There is a lot of easy to use freeware available (e.g. 7zip, AxCrypt, Kryptel) that will enable you to encode your data using powerful 256bit AES encryption and protected by your own password. Indeed software such as Backup Chunker offers an easy way to encrypt your files as well as compress and transfer on-the-fly.

All the while safely knowing that if someone wanted to see your data the only way they could do that was to somehow get hold of your password or spend their entire lifetime (and more) trying to crack it.

We have every reason to take your data as seriously as you do, otherwise we wouldn't be around very long. So even if you choose not to encrypt your data our storage and file transfer systems are purposefully designed to keep it as safe as possible.
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Optional software to encrypt and automate transfers

If you're a Windows user you can get a piece of software from us called Backup Chunker that's been tailored to work with Ewedrive.

We've found Backup Chunker to work very well particularly as it gives you an effortless way to transfer and synchronise your files as well as enabling file compression and encryption as standard, so you not only need to buy less space on Ewedrive but also secure your data with extremely strong AES encryption in a way that only YOU control.

And remember this is not software with restricted functionality nor is it limited to working only with Ewedrive and you can use it for a variety of backup scenarios including backing up to CD/DVD and USB key as well as any other provider offering ftp or WebDAV access.

A free trial copy of Backup Chunker can be downloaded from your Ewedrive account panel.

You can read an independent review of Backup Chunker here.
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Data on Disc Upload Service

List of Wordpress Themes

2007-07-19T12:30:00.001-07:00

How to Blog : Comprehensive list of 980+ Free WordPress 1.5 and 2.0 Themes / Templates available for download

Comprehensive list of 980+ Free WordPress 1.5 and 2.0 Themes / Templates available for download

Technorati Tags: Blogs, blogging, add-ons, wordpress themes, themes

Windows Live Writer

2007-07-18T12:43:00.001-07:00

Windows Live Writer Beta

Windows Live Writer is a free, downloadable desktop application that helps make blogging easier and more fun.

Compatible with your blog service
Writer is able to publish to Windows Live Spaces, WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, and many other weblog service providers.

WYSIWYG editing
Writer knows the theme used by your blog and allows you to author your posts directly in the styles of your theme. This means you will know exactly what your posts will look like before you publish. No more wasting time previewing your blog posts online.

Technorati Tags: Windows Live Writer, desktop blogging client, blog client, wordpress, blogger, blogging, bloggers, blog

news is still fundamentally organized around its content

2007-07-18T12:42:00.001-07:00

Grokky Jarvis Has Something to Say about the News « Network(ed)News

Today, however, the news is still fundamentally organized around its content, its tiny bits of content, its data, whether those be newspaper articles, blog posts, podcasts, or webpages. That organization—in which people and issues are contingent upon the bits of content that discuss them—is a relic of paper and, just as important, html. The article has taken the story hostage. That must be turned on its head: the bits of content must be contingent on the people they discuss. The people, and also the issues, who constitute the story, as it were, must be liberated from the confines of the article. That’s the promise the internet makes to journalism in the twenty-first century. That’s the promise the database makes to news.

How To Use Google’s Webmaster Tools – Part 1...

2007-07-16T19:36:00.001-07:00

How To Use Google’s Webmaster Tools – Part 1...

Posted: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:35:41 PDT

Google provides some really great tools. Best of all they’re free. One of the most valuable resources that they provide is Webmaster Tools ... a sitemap If you are using WordPress, you’ll want this Google Sitemap plugin. What’s a sitemap

Technorati Tags: blog, blogging, blogger, wordpress, Google Webmaster Tools,

Word Press Plug ins: Are You Using Them?

2007-07-16T12:58:00.001-07:00

Word Press Plug ins: Are You Using Them?

When I started using WordPress in late 2005 I didn’t use too many WordPress Plugs Ins, odd, since I like doing that sort of thing ... if your using the version that is not hosted on your server. My WordPress is my server. My choices of themes ... platforms before I settled on WordPress.

Technorati Tags: Wordpress plugins, blogging tools, blogging software

Wpfind wordpress search engine

2007-07-16T12:47:00.001-07:00

Wpfind wordpress search engine

Wpfind wordpress search engine July 16th, 2007 by wpfind So its been just over a month since we launched the first service to search wordpress ... now! I’ve had limited success getting the message out to wordpress users, so if you are reading ... into your wordpress blog so you can carry out searches from there.

Technorati Tags: blogger, blogging , wordpress, wpfind, blog, blogs, wordpress plugin

Blog Titles

2007-07-16T12:20:00.001-07:00

Blog Titles

With the Title Optimization plugin installed this is the code I used to optmize my title tag and Meta description tags ... content=”Title Optimization — This Wordpress blog plugin adds a subtitle beside the blog title.”

12 New Ebay Tools

2007-07-14T19:41:00.001-07:00

12 amazing new eBay tools - part one!! - Web User Special

Over the last 12 months, eBay has introduced a wide range of useful and funky tools for better bidding and smarter selling. Here we reveal the fresh features that can increase your eBay success.

1 Enhanced site design
If you haven't visited eBay (www.ebay.co.uk) for a while, the first thing you'll notice is the new look; it's sassier, rounder, and more modern. Debuted in January this year, the revamp is an attempt to make the front page more organised by grouping things like eBay Express, Shops and Motors together as well as sticking the Trade Safely section right there on the start page where it belongs. Like all successful re-jigs, it keeps the character of the original while making it easier to use.

Author Adsense Plugin

2007-07-13T12:45:00.001-07:00

Author Adsense Plugin

Posted: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:01:09 PDT

This plugin allows blog authors to enter their Google Adsense Publisher ID and have ads displayed on their own posts generating revenue ... has been tested with Wordpress version 1.5 and above. I’d recommend always using the latest version of Wordpress because it’s the safest and most secure.

Technorati Tags: blog, blogging, adsense, wordpress, plugin

Help with Wordpress...

2007-07-13T10:43:00.001-07:00

Help with Wordpress..

Posted: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:15:11 PDT

I’m gettng crazy!! Somehow everything is falling apart. Order etc is wrong, and distances between headline and text, and &lt; p&gt; is just wrong. Just look at some of my older post were some of them look OK and others bad. Like if their headlines suddenly is H2.

Technorati Tags: Blogs, blogging, wordpress, help, how-to, lessons, learning

Feedburner & Blogger

2007-07-13T09:14:00.001-07:00

Feedburner and Blogger | WebProNews

Feedburner, recently acquired by Google, has taken a step for their users using another of Google’s products, Blogger.

Feedburner push button solutions for Blogger

I know what many are thinking…

Blogger and Wordpress.org blogs are for fair-weather or social bloggers… but I think that anyone that contributes (not copies) content to the Internet are valuable.

Bloggers React to NYT Editorial

2007-07-13T08:30:00.000-07:00

Bloggers on a New York Times editorial urging a withdrawal from Iraq.

Posted: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:50:29 PDT

Bloggers are responding to three efforts from the New York Times: an editorial on the imperative of leaving Iraq; reports that Donald Rumsfeld nixed a mission to capture top al-Qaida operatives; and a trend piece on whether being a librarian is the newest hip career.

Permanent Link to

2007-07-12T14:43:00.001-07:00

Permanent Link to

Posted: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:00:33 PDT

July 12th, 2007 Lotus Energy News &amp; Links - sharing helpful information about our world. Independent Investigative Journalism www ... The Register Lotus Energy News is proudly powered by WordPress Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS).

Technorati Tags: Blog, blogging, bloggers, blogged

Wordpress Theme

2007-07-12T12:54:00.001-07:00

NetWorker: Theme for Wordpress

Posted: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:13:40 PDT

[ Would you be interested in THIS theme?] Oh no!!!! I’m becoming one of those bloggers who constantly changes their design……..oh, the horror! Just kidding. [ :-)] Actually, I’ve changed it up a couple of times lately, but that’s only because I’m having a great time producing themes

Technorati Tags: wordpress theme, blog, blogging, bloggers, blogged

WP-Ban - Wordpress Plugin*

2007-07-11T14:13:00.001-07:00

WP-Ban 1.11 Readme

Ban users by IP, IP Range, host name and referer url from visiting your WordPress's blog. It will display a custom ban message when the banned IP, IP range, host name or referer url trys to visit you blog. You can also exclude certain IPs from being banned. There will be statistics recordered on how many times they attemp to visit your blog. It allows wildcard matching too.

WordPress Plugin Database

2007-07-11T13:02:00.001-07:00

WordPress Plugin Database

There are a lot of plugins here, I won't deny that, most of them, however, are useless to the average user. They were apparently written by people who had a very specific task and very specific needs. If your blog is not exactly like theirs the plugins are pretty much useless.

There are possible exceptions, though, like the following:

Instant Upgrade
Autolinks
Edit N Place
If you liked that
Social Bookmarks Bar
Review Stuff
Movable Anything

fQuick - Wordpress Plugin*

2007-07-11T12:55:00.003-07:00

Fahlstad.se » fQuick, WordPress SideNotes plugin

fQuick is a plugin for WordPress which enables the user to add small custom quicklinks to the sidebar. With RSS feed for easy syndication. You can see the result in my sidebar under SideNotes.

Reddit Button - Wordpress Plugin

2007-07-11T12:55:00.001-07:00

Reddit Button « Extend › Plugins

Reddit Button is a Wordpress plugin that displays - you may not believe it. - a reddit button in your posts.

Share This - Wordpress Plugin

2007-07-11T12:10:00.001-07:00

Share This « Extend › Plugins

Share This is a plugin that provides an unobtrusive way for your visitors to add your post to various social bookmarking sites, or send a link via e-mail to a friend.

Pluginstaller - Wordpress Plugin

2007-07-11T11:59:00.001-07:00

PlugInstaller « Extend › Plugins

PlugInstaller is a WordPress plugin-management plugin that eliminates the need to download a plugin archive, upload it to your FTP server and unpack it manually. With PlugInstaller, you can easily enter a plugin URL (e.g. directly from a plugin repository website like the WordPress.org plugin repository) within the admin interface which is in turn automatically downloaded and installed on your server or you can upload a file from your local file system which is also automatically installed. If you do no longer like one or more plugins that you previously installed, you can uninstall those plugins with a single click.

Technorati Tags: Wordpress, plugin, blogging, blogger, blog tools, blogging tools,

Inline Gallery - Wordpress Plugin

2007-07-11T10:57:00.001-07:00

Inline Gallery « Extend › Plugins

This plugin offers a way of including arbitrary amounts of images in posts; the basic ideas came from AutoGallery.

Instant Upgrade - Wordpress Plugin

2007-07-11T09:35:00.005-07:00

Zirona :: OpenSource Consulting » InstantUpgrade

There’s no doubt about it: Upgrading is annoying. You must download the new version, unpack it, delete the old files, copy in the new files, run an upgrading routine.

Now for WordPress users, much of this is obsolete. The InstantUpgrade plugin provides is a easy and safe way to upgrade your WordPress automatically with a single click! (It is to say that it needs some preparations, though.) You can upgrade to the latest WordPress version, or you can upgrade to a version of your choice.

Movable Anything - Wordpress Plugin

2007-07-11T09:35:00.003-07:00

Movable Anything at Scattered

I originally started using movable contact forms with my blog yesterday when I released Dan Cameron 2.0. I was going to keep it for my self because what is the point to hard work if you can’t wave it around and gloat? Well I wised up and got off my ass and looked at code here and there and I found out how to get it to work as a “kick ass” plugin.

Movable Anything does just that. It makes anything that you specify movable, it creates a separate window of sorts so you can click and drag it all around the page. Originally made for comment forms I thought why not use it for anything.

Review stuff - Wordpress Plugin

2007-07-11T09:35:00.001-07:00

WP Review Stuff

Review stuff is a plugin that adds a review process to post editing that includes a ranking, link, and spoiler warning. It was written with movies in mind, but was purposely kept vague enough to be used for pretty much anything.

Social Bookmarks Bar - Wordpress Plugin

2007-07-11T07:32:00.005-07:00

Newcybertech Weblog » Blog Archive » New and Improved Social Bookmarks Bar Plugin for WordPress

This plugin adds a list of icons to your posts that allow visitors to easily bookmark them on a number of different social bookmarking sites. You can see the plugin in action at the bottom of this post. This WordPress plugin is based on the original script of Apostolos Dountsis that has been modified with additional bookmarklets, add-on code for placing the bar on your Individual Posts and Index Pages.

If you Liked that-- Wordpress Plugins

2007-07-11T07:32:00.003-07:00

A simple plugin that when activated follows the content of a post with
links to a user selectable number of other posts in the same category
as the main post.

A number of options are given:

* You can select the heading under which the links to other posts will appear.

* You can select the number of posts to display.

* You can decide upon the way in which the links will be ordered - by title, post date or randomly.

* You can choose to show the first sentence of a post under the link to the post as a snippet of what's to come.

Edit N Place - Wordpress Plugin

2007-07-11T07:32:00.001-07:00

~~Create~~ Edit N Place is a free, open source plugin for the WordPress blogging
system. With this plugin, you can write new blog posts right on the
front page of your blog -- there is no need to log into the admin
system to write a new post.

~~Create~~ Edit N Place uses a mix of XHTML, CSS, PHP, and AJAX to accomplish this.

Nearly all of the controls available on the admin area's write page are
available for use on the front page of your blog. This includes
password protecting post, creating excerpts, controlling comment and
ping status, and more. Everything is setup to have the same feel as the
admin write page, so that it's easy to use.

I am not sure if this is any more useful than doing it the old-fashioned way, but it is a cool idea.

Autolinks - Wordpress Plugin

2007-07-11T07:31:00.001-07:00

This plugin (alinks) turns keywords for popular websites into links for you. It
will only do this once for each keyword. It also turns the keywords you
want, into Amazon associates searches, where you get credit for what
the visitor buys. v0.93.1

Technorati Tags: Wordpress, plugin, plugins, social bookmarking, traffic

Ajax Enabled Wordpress Themes

2007-07-08T05:07:00.000-07:00

BloxPress
- Demo
- Website
- Feature(s): Customize layout by dragging blocks.
Ubiquitous
- Demo (Unavailable)
- Website
- Feature(s): AJAX-enabled search.
Giraffe2
- Demo (Unavailable)
- Website
- Feature(s): AJAX comments.
Commodore, Splat, CLI2 and IAK
- Demo
- Website
- Feature(s): Command and window style.
Unnamed
- Demo
- Website
- Feature(s): AJAX shelf, live comments and preview.
AjaxBerlee
- Demo
- Website
- Feature(s): AJAX comments and search.
Binary Blue
- Demo
- Website
- Feature(s): AJAX enhanced paged comments.

Wordpress plugins

2007-07-08T05:06:00.000-07:00

From Here
aggr allows you to place the contents of an RSS feed into your pages or posts. It is a deeply modified version of the Aggregate plugin of Rob Miller.

Image Control Size lets you have more control over your thumbnails.

Leprakhauns Word Count gives you an estimated number of words based on the tiny_MCE in Wordpress. You do not need to post anything for the count to show up, it does it in real time using Javascript.

Pluginstaller is a plugin-management plugin that eliminates the need to download a plugin archive, upload it to your FTP server and unpack it

Highly Recommended Articles

2007-07-08T04:50:00.000-07:00

It has been awhile since we have linked to some great articles out there in the blogosphere, so today, enjoy a handful of highly recommended articles from across the web.

-Dosh Dosh provides an excellent article related to Niche Blogging titled, “Networking Within Your Blog Niche, 7 Essential Tips for Bloggers“

Comprehensive list of 980 Free WordPress 1.5 and 2.0 Themes / Templates available for download

2007-07-03T12:03:00.000-07:00

How to Blog : Comprehensive list of 980 Free WordPress 1.5 and 2.0 Themes / Templates available for download: "Comprehensive list of 980 Free WordPress 1.5 and 2.0 Themes / Templates available for download"

SF/F Writers Who Blog

2007-06-29T20:13:00.000-07:00

SF Signal: SF/F Writers Who Blog

Text Tag Cloud

2007-06-29T19:44:00.000-07:00

Copy your text to the textarea.
Click on the link color boxes. A color ring will appear. Choose your favourite color. Do this with every box
Enter your base font size for the cloud
Push "generate cloud" - the cloud will appear in the colors you have chosen.
Below the tag cloud you'll find the HTML code to insert the cloud to your page.

Statistics - find the browser stats you want to know

2007-06-29T13:03:00.000-07:00

Browser News: Statistics - find the browser stats you want to know: "This page presents web browser statistics that may be of interest to website designers.

Caution: stats mislead. Caching distorts raw data; audiences vary for each site; methodologies vary for each survey; surveys miss or omit important details; surveys mis-identify browsers or other user agents; small sample sizes exaggerate fluctuations; and stats don’t count those who stay away because their browsers are not supported."

Technorati Tags: blogger, blogging, webdesign, web, master, internet, tools, stats, statistics, browser, browsers, traffic, hit, hit-count,

ModalBox — An easy way to create popups and wizards

2007-06-29T13:01:00.000-07:00

ModalBox — An easy way to create popups and wizards: "ModalBox is a JavaScript technique for creating modern (Web 2.0-style) modal dialogs or even wizards (sequences of dialogs) without using conventional popups and page reloads. It's inspired by Mac OS X modal dialogs. "

Your own SMTP server

2007-06-28T13:31:00.000-07:00

Your own SMTP server: "Take control of your outgoing mail by setting up your own SMTP server. The process is remarkably simple and will give you added privacy, speed and mail management tools."

Link Thumbnail

2007-06-28T13:29:00.000-07:00

arc90 lab : tools : Link Thumbnail: "A picture's worth a thousand words, right? So spice up those plain old text links with Link Thumbnail, the second tool from the arc90 lab."

Intro To Search Engine Submission

2007-06-28T07:04:00.001-07:00

Intro To Search Engine Submission: "How can I get my site listed with search engines? It sounds like a pretty simple question, but sadly, search engine submission can be a complicated subject."

How to Make Money From Your Website through Affiliate Programs (thesitewizard.com)

2007-06-28T07:04:00.000-07:00

How to Make Money From Your Website through Affiliate Programs (thesitewizard.com): "Now that you've got a website, how do you make money from it? There are at least two ways in which sites can make money:
Advertising Revenue
Selling Goods and Services

I shall deal with the second case, 'Selling goods and services', in another article. In this article, I will address the issue of how your site can actually make money from advertising."

Technorati Tags: blogging, blogger, writing, writer, blogs, blog, block

25 Tips To Optimize Your Blog For Readers & Search Engines

2007-06-28T07:03:00.000-07:00

25 Tips To Optimize Your Blog For Readers & Search Engines: "RSS Me!
Make sure you have RSS available. Many hosted blogging solutions don’t have RSS automatically available, so you will need to add it. And when you do add it, ensure you have those RSS links in an obvious spot. Don’t tuck them away at the very bottom of your index page after your most recent 20 entries, or hide them on a separate “About Us�? page. Place all those handy subscribe links in your sidebar, which is exactly where people will look for them. If you use Feedburner currently, have a look at their new MyBrand option which allows you to host your own feeds for a seamless user experience."

Technorati Tags: blogging, blogger, writing, writer, blogs, blog, block

Firefox - A blogger’s best friend

2007-06-28T07:01:00.000-07:00

Firefox - A blogger’s best friend: "There are a lot of Add-Ons for Firefox, that will be a great support on your blogger’s journey. These are just my favorites."

10 tips to beat blogger’s block at LifeClever ;-) Tips for Design and Life

2007-06-28T06:59:00.000-07:00

10 tips to beat blogger’s block at LifeClever ;-) Tips for Design and Life: "You’ve been there. You sit down, ready to write the next killer blog post, only to have your mind go totally blank. Then, your brain clutters up with fluffy thoughts of melted chocolate, lust-inducing iPhones, and unicorns. (Or is that just me?)

Even if you don’t blog, you know the agony and frustration of losing the words you want to write."

Technorati Tags: blogging, blogger, writing, writer, blogs, blog, block

Of Blogger Motivation

2007-06-28T06:58:00.000-07:00

Of Blogger Motivation: "I have seen a number of blog posts discussing the different types of blogs. There are link blogs, information blogs, discussion blogs, and many, many more. However, I also run into countless statistics that explain how many blogs are abandoned after a few posts or a short time. This post is to explain why."

Technorati Sucks, but Friends Rule!

2007-06-28T06:57:00.000-07:00

Technorati Sucks, but Friends Rule! � Legal Andrew : "Aside from initial setup, Technorati has other problems. For months now, Technorati has had problems with blogs being “flagged for review.” Just look at the threads in their support forums where blogs aren’t being updated properly."

Free Essential Tools for Blogger Blogs

2007-06-27T13:57:00.000-07:00

Free Essential Tools for Blogger Blogs: "1. Feedburner - It generates an smart feed compatible with all feed readers for free like my feed. It allows you to put easy subscribe buttons for XML, Add to yahoo, Add to Newsgator, Add to MSN etc. Read about how their single feed policy can benefit you."

Technorati Tags: blogging, blogger, bloggers, writing, writer, writers, tools, essential,

Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace

2007-06-25T07:47:00.000-07:00

Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace : "In sociology, Nalini Kotamraju has argued that constructing arguments around 'class' is extremely difficult in the United States. Terms like 'working class' and 'middle class' and 'upper class' get all muddled quickly. She argues that class divisions in the United States have more to do with lifestyle and social stratification than with income. In other words, all of my anti-capitalist college friends who work in cafes and read Engels are not working class just because they make $14K a year and have no benefits. Class divisions in the United States have more to do with social networks (the real ones, not FB/MS), social capital, cultural capital, and attitudes than income. Not surprisingly, other demographics typically discussed in class terms are also a part of this lifestyle division. Social networks are strongly connected to geography, race, and religion; these are also huge factors in lifestyle divisions and thus 'class.'"

Importance of a blogging strategy — Webmaster Dome v1.8

2007-06-22T05:16:00.000-07:00

Importance of a blogging strategy — Webmaster Dome v1.8: "Generally, all of you might know that making a blog is just a 5 minute process. Especially with Blogger and all which doesnt need much difficult configuration. But, though making in a blog is 5 minute play, making it successful isnt that easy. Whatever purpose you have for your blog, it all depends on the deeply hidden Blog Strategy that you should be ready with. It is very vital in making your ideas effective. "

Technorati Tags: blogging, traffic, promotion, promoting, blog, blogger, bloggers, increase, hit, hit-count,

Adding Adsense Ads to Your Blogs on WordPress | Adsense SEO

2007-06-22T05:15:00.000-07:00

Adding Adsense Ads to Your Blogs on WordPress | Adsense SEO: "Adding Adsense Ads to Your WordPress Blogs

For a long time, AdSense from Google was one of the most popular methods of monetizing your blog. Thus, there are a lot of WordPress Plugins to help you add AdSense to your blog.

Adsense Deluxe WordPress Plugin place the above AdSense Deluxe screen to your Wordpress options panel. From there you can create multiple AdSense ad units and decide what parts of the site should have or not have ads, and what ad sizes to run. The Adsense Deluxe WordPress Plugin claims they go farther to help you customize your ad placement and improved performance."

Technorati Tags: blogging, traffic, promotion, promoting, blog, blogger, bloggers, increase, hit, hit-count,

Aboogy - Free bookmark manager

2007-06-22T05:10:00.000-07:00

Aboogy - Free bookmark manager | Startpage for everyone: "Aboogy is a free bookmark manager and personal startpage.
Soon, those messy favorite links of yours could look
like on THIS DEMO"

Technorati Tags: blogging, traffic, promotion, promoting, blog, blogger, bloggers, increase, hit, hit-count,

Blogging our way to Enlightenment?

2007-06-22T05:05:00.000-07:00

Bits of News - Blogging our way to Enlightenment?: "Kant's view of enlightenment depends upon what he calls a distinction between public and private reasoning. The reasoning that someone uses for their own work say the reasoning of a priest as he attempts to preach to his congregation, or the reasoning of a physician practising on his patient, or even the reasoning of a lawyer in a courtroom can all be defined as private reasoning- their end is domestic- the security of life is ultimately what lies at the core of why that person is reasoning in that way. Without their stipends, the priest, lawyer or physician would be unable to eat- consequently their reasoning is private and domestic in its telos."

Technorati Tags: blogging, bloggers, blogged, writing, writer, writers, blogspot, typespace, wordpress, ping, pinging, pinger, tools, advice, tips

Blogspot is hurting America

2007-06-21T14:51:00.000-07:00

Blogspot is hurting America | A Whole Lotta Nothing: "Blogspot is currently broken. While it always aimed to be the place to get a free weblog, it has been the subject of various exploits and gaming.

Case in point: yesterday I got a porn spam that slipped through since the from: line was set to my own email, and amid the garbage text was a URL on blogspot. This URL:
http://trampling-high-heels3169.blogspot.com/

If you go there and check it out, it pretty much as the exact same text as the spam, but the URL leads to the spammer's real target site."

Technorati Tags: blog, blogs, blogging, blogger, blogspot, wordpress, writing, writer, writers, blogged, google, ping, pinger, pinging, pings, technorati, blogpinging,

The Strange World of Blogspot Spam Blogs

2007-06-21T14:50:00.000-07:00

The Republic of Geektronica � Blog Archive � The Strange World of Blogspot Spam Blogs: "I’ve been cruising the Blogspot world lately looking for cool stuff that the bigger geeklogs might have missed (and I found some cool knitting sites [1, 2] as a result last time I did this). What I’ve found, though, is that a large percentage (maybe up to a third) of all Blogspot blogs are spam-logs - sites created to increase the Google ranking of some other site (which is itself usually a Google-spamming site). The ultimate purpose of these spamlogs is usually to drive traffic to a commission-paying pharmacy, pr0n, or casino site."

Technorati Tags: blog, blogs, blogging, blogger, blogspot, wordpress, writing, writer, writers, blogged, google, ping, pinger, pinging, pings, technorati, blogpinging,

BlogSkins.com: Blog Templates

2007-06-21T14:49:00.000-07:00

BlogSkins.com: Blog Templates - Home: "BlogSkins is a community of blog template designers, users, and friends. Whether you're looking for a fresh new design for your blog or wanting to share your hot designs with others, this is the place for you! A good place to start is with our top skins directory. Or, if you need more info, we have the place for you."

Technorati Tags: blog, blogs, blogging, blogger, blogspot, wordpress, writing, writer, writers, blogged, google, ping, pinger, pinging, pings, technorati, blogpinging,

Google launches public policy blog

2007-06-21T14:46:00.001-07:00

ContraCostaTimes.com - Google launches public policy blog: " Google raised its profile as a political player Monday, launching a public policy blog (http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com) that tackles several controversial issues, features presidential candidates and seeks user input.

The blog features video of the recent appearances of John McCain and John Edwards at the Mountain View headquarters, the congressional testimony of YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley and Google's Laszlo Bock on immigration and an analysis of the role of online politics in the French presidential election."

Technorati Tags: blog, blogs, blogging, blogger, blogspot, wordpress, writing, writer, writers, blogged, google, ping, pinger, pinging, pings, technorati, blogpinging,

Blogger Templates (Classic) at Gecko & Fly, Money, Blogger Templates

2007-06-21T14:46:00.000-07:00

Blogger Templates (Classic) at Gecko & Fly, Money, Blogger Templates: "The blogger templates are all open source, you are allowed to customized the template as you like and remove the credit to geckoandfly if you want to, and just in case you’re wondering why there is no result when you use the “Google Search This Blog” feature, the reason being is that Google Search Engine has yet to index your blog. "

Technorati Tags: blog, blogs, blogging, blogger, blogspot, wordpress, writing, writer, writers, blogged, google, ping, pinger, pinging, pings, technorati, blogpinging,

How to Backup a Blogger Blog

2007-06-21T14:43:00.000-07:00

How to Backup a Blogger Blog: "If you have a blog hosted on Blog*Spot and you've upgraded to the new version, there's an easy way to backup your blog.

This page lists the latest N posts from the blog:
http://blogname.blogspot.com/search?max-results=N
Instead of N, type the number of posts. If your blog has less than 1000 posts, you can save this page:
http://blogname.blogspot.com/search?max-results=1000"

Technorati Tags: blog, blogs, blogging, blogger, blogspot, wordpress, writing, writer, writers, blogged, google, ping, pinger, pinging, pings, technorati, blogpinging,

Blogger Templates: 4.5 Million Blogspot Users are Lazy at Digital Inspiration Technology Guide

2007-06-21T14:42:00.000-07:00

Blogger Templates: 4.5 Million Blogspot Users are Lazy at Digital Inspiration Technology Guide: "When you create a new blog on Blogger.com, Google provides a default blogspot template that has three links in the side bar - one link points to Google News while the other two links (Edit-Me) are just placeholders for the blogger to insert his own hyperlinks (see screenshot)

But bloggers are too busy creating content and don't bother changing these 'under construction' areas. There are 4.5 million pages hosted on blogspot.com that still have the Google News and Edit Me links [site:blogspot.com 'Google News' 'Edit-Me'"

Technorati Tags: blog, blogs, blogging, blogger, blogspot, wordpress, writing, writer, writers, blogged, google, ping, pinger, pinging, pings, technorati, blogpinging,

WriteToMyBlog - Free Web Word Processor for your Blog

2007-06-21T14:41:00.000-07:00

WriteToMyBlog - Free Web Word Processor for your Blog: "WriteToMyBlog is a free web based word processor for your Blog. Create Post Entries for your Blog from right here, completely free, no membership required, can Post to multiple Blogs simultaneously, manage your Posts, works with all major Blog programs, and is easy-peasy! "

Technorati Tags: blog, blogs, blogging, blogger, blogspot, wordpress, writing, writer, writers, blogged, google, ping, pinger, pinging, pings, technorati, blogpinging,

LifeType | Open Source Blogging Platform

2007-06-21T14:40:00.001-07:00

LifeType | Open Source Blogging Platform: "LifeType is an open-source blogging platform with support for multiple blogs and users in a single installation."

Technorati Tags: blog, blogs, blogging, blogger, blogspot, wordpress, writing, writer, writers, blogged, google, ping, pinger, pinging, pings, technorati, blogpinging,

QwikPing

2007-06-21T14:40:00.000-07:00

Big in Japan: Providing Social Media Solutions � QwikPing: "QwikPing™ is an open source application written using Ruby on Rails. The idea behind the program is to allow bloggers with one or more blogs to easily ping multiple services with a notice that they have updated their site. Pinging can help interested readers find your ideas and as a result increase traffic to your blog."

Technorati Tags: blog, blogs, blogging, blogger, blogspot, wordpress, writing, writer, writers, blogged, google, ping, pinger, pinging, pings, technorati, blogpinging,

Blog-Blip

2007-06-21T13:46:00.000-07:00

SubmitForm: "BlogBlip - One Click Blog Update Notifier"

Technorati Tags: blog, blogs, blogging, blogger, bloggers, writing, writer, writers, writing, blogspot, wordpress, ping, pinger, free, traffic,

Download Flock

2007-06-21T13:19:00.000-07:00

Download Flock: "
Flock is an amazing web browser built on fast and secure Mozilla technologies. View and share photos with an innovative new photo bar in the browser. Subscribe to your favorite websites to get the freshest content automatically, in summaries that are easy to save and blog. Search more quickly, more effectively, and more richly with the innovative Flock Search Toolbar. Download the Flock beta and you'll be spreading the word that there's a new way to web."

Technorati Tags: blog, blogs, blogging, blogger, blogged, tool, tools, utilities,

Blogging Into The Mainstream - Forbes.com

2007-06-21T12:06:00.000-07:00

Blogging Into The Mainstream - Forbes.com: "Remember when blogging was about opinionated, snarky outsiders shaking up the media and 'changing the paradigm' and so on?"

Technorati Tags: blog, blogging, links, bookmarking, social, blogger, bloggers

The Social Bookmarking Faceoff

2007-06-21T12:05:00.000-07:00

The Social Bookmarking Faceoff: "The current social web era started with del.icio.us and the advent of social bookmarking. The simple concept of a tag has turned our interactions with the web upside down. The idea of being able to store your bookmarks online, share them with everyone and see what others have bookmarked - triggered the sequence of events that resulted in today's rich and social web ecosystem."

Rich and social my ass.

Technorati Tags: blog, blogging, links, bookmarking, social, blogger, bloggers

Fluidity - Social Search Tool

2007-06-21T12:00:00.000-07:00

Fluidity - Social Search Tool

Technorati Tags: blog, blogging, links, bookmarking, social, blogger, bloggers

Movable Type Releases New Blogging Functionalities at Enterprise 2.0 2007 (SocialComputingMagazine.com)

2007-06-21T11:55:00.000-07:00

Movable Type Releases New Blogging Functionalities at Enterprise 2.0 2007 (SocialComputingMagazine.com): "The Enterprise and Community Solutions bring new capabilities to the Movable Type 4 platform that will enable businesses to build even more engaging social sites for communication and collaboration,' said Chris Alden, EVP and GM of the Professional division at Six Apart, this morning, as Six Apart announced new solutions enabling businesses to build powerful social media and blogging communities on top of Movable Type 4."

Technorati Tags: blog, blogging, links, bookmarking, social, blogger, bloggers

SiliconRepublic.com: IBM unveils business blogging software

2007-06-21T11:50:00.000-07:00

SiliconRepublic.com: IBM unveils business blogging software : "Organisations will be able to combine all the elements of social networking sites like MySpace with traditional business software for the first time, claimed IBM as it launched its new software suite Lotus Connections.
Lotus Connections will allow employees to share resources and ideas through blogs, online communities, instant chat and shared bookmarks in a professional business environment."

Technorati Tags: blog, blogging, links, bookmarking, social, blogger, bloggers

NCAA blogging ban could turn into court case | www.tucsoncitizen.com �

2007-06-21T11:49:00.000-07:00

Gimino: NCAA blogging ban could turn into court case | www.tucsoncitizen.com �: "The College World Series will be over by Monday, at the latest, but the enduring news occurred at a super regional in Louisville when the NCAA revoked a newspaper reporter's credential and booted him from the press box.
His high crime: Live blogging.
If the NCAA and the Louisville Courier-Journal want to fight and draw lines in the sand about intellectual property, broadcast rights and free speech, this will end up being a very interesting legal case. It could affect how and when and from whom you receive sports news."

Technorati Tags: blog, blogging, links, bookmarking, social, blogger, bloggers

Pageflakes - Get it Together

2007-06-21T11:48:00.000-07:00

Pageflakes - Get it Together : "Personalize your homepage with your favorite news, weather, sports, entertainment, photos, videos, music, email...and much more, all in one place!"

Technorati Tags: blog, blogging, links, bookmarking, social, blogger, bloggers

Add to Any - Bookmarklet

2007-06-21T11:46:00.001-07:00

Add to Any - Bookmarklet: "Use the Add to Any Bookmarklet to bookmark any page you're viewing in your online Bookmark Manager with a single click.

Simply drag the 'Add to Any' link below onto your browser's toolbar."

Technorati Tags: blog, blogging, links, bookmarking, social, blogger, bloggers

webpedia

2007-06-21T11:46:00.000-07:00

webpedia: "webpedia

the best collection of links"

Technorati Tags: blog, blogging, links, bookmarking, social, blogger, bloggers

WordPress › Blog Tool and Weblog Platform

2007-06-20T16:23:00.001-07:00

WordPress › Blog Tool and Weblog Platform: "WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. What a mouthful. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time."

Technorati Tags: blog, blogging, tools, tool, utility, free, freeware, software, widget, widgets

Widgetbox › Directory of web widgets for WordPress, TypePad, MySpace and other blogs and web pages

2007-06-20T16:23:00.000-07:00

Widgetbox › Directory of web widgets for WordPress, TypePad, MySpace and other blogs and web pages: "Widgetbox is a directory and syndication platform for web widgets for blogs and other web pages. Our widgets work with TypePad, WordPress, Blogger, MySpace as well as most other blogs, sidebars or websites. No plug-ins are needed, and they're free!"

Technorati Tags: blog, blogging, tools, tool, utility, free, freeware, software, widget, widgets

Snap Previews

2007-06-12T09:03:00.000-07:00

Snap

I personally find them annoying, so I won't use them here, but a lot of bloggers seem to feel that this shit "enhances" their sites. Feel free to try it out.

Technorati Tags: blog, bloggers, enhancements, snap, previews

W. Bloggar

2007-06-12T08:09:00.000-07:00

W. Bloggar is a freeware desktop blogging client that has been around for a while. You can publish, and supposedly, ping, without opening up your browser window. This makes everything quicker than going through the trouble of logging in to bloggar or Wordpress. If you publish a Blogger blog the installation/configuration is a little tricky since blogger started linking Blogs to Gmail accounts, the ways in which to do it are outlined here. It still doesn't format the post titles properly and it doesn't like there will be an update any time soon, so use at your own discretion if these things are important to you. It's still better than Qumana.

Technorati Tags: freeware, desktop, publisher, client, blog, blogging, blogger, new+blogger, installation, configuration

New Blogger Templates

2007-06-12T04:30:00.000-07:00

Blogger Beta Templates

Free tempates for the new Blogger (some with 3 columns).

Technorati Tags: blogger, beta, new, templates, free, layout,

The Top 10 Blogging Mistakes I Made in My First Year - eMoms at Home - Blogging and Internet Marketing for Home Based Entrepreneurs

2007-06-09T14:40:00.000-07:00

The Top 10 Blogging Mistakes I Made in My First Year - eMoms at Home - Blogging and Internet Marketing for Home Based Entrepreneurs: "2 - I stopped commenting on others’ sites

Though it’s time consuming, I found out the hard way that you can’t stop contributing to the conversation elsewhere. It’s part of the blogging game - and critical to your success to comment on others’ blogs.
3 - I stopped linking out thinking I was Steve Pavlina

I noticed how Steve Pavlina NEVER linked to anyone else’s blog. I figured I could get away with that too.

Boy, was I wrong.

Frankly, I don’t know why it works for him - but I also realized that even if I COULD get it to work on this blog, I didn’t want to. I enjoy passing around the link love - and I know you enjoy receiving it. ;)"

2007-06-09T14:38:00.000-07:00

Technorati Profile

Blog Beautification Tool

2007-06-08T21:32:00.000-07:00

Want to beautify your blog, or maybe fuck it up some more? Well, have I got the tool for you! Check this out.

Technorati Tags: blog, beautify, writer, writing, writes, template, blogger, tools

Free Image Host

2007-06-08T21:24:00.000-07:00

Free image or picture hosts abound,unless you want to host adult images, but what would we know about that, right? But what if you want to host videos? Yes, moving images have recently become a popular internet phenomenon and many people would like to see their images animated rather than static. Do you have any of these newfangled "moving pictures" on your computer? Well here is a website where you can host them for free!

Technorati Tags: adult, images, pictures, hosting, host, video, free

Technorati Tag Generator

2007-06-08T21:17:00.000-07:00

Technorati tag generator
I can't say I get much traffic from Spam-norati, but I did in the old days, my hit-counter list was jam-packed with referrals from all kinds of technorati tags. I still try though, still keep beating my head against that traffic-whoring wall.

Technorati Tags: blog, traffic, technorati, tags, tag, generator

Color Scheme Tool

2007-06-08T21:02:00.000-07:00

For those of you unable to leave well enough alone and to simply concentrate on putting out good content, here is a tool so that you can mess with your Blogger color scheme, Oh, wait, the new blogger already has such a tool. Ok. Maybe you want to mess with the colors on your Zach Braff fansite or something. Anyway, you have a link.
Technorati Tags: blog, template, tool, tools, color, scheme, colors, color-picker

Decent Hit-counter, Free

2007-06-08T20:42:00.000-07:00

Here is a decent counter service to get stats from your blog in real time. It's nothing special, but not bad either. Real time web analytics and web counter By a continuous enhancement of its web stats and free
hit counter platform, ShinyStat has consolidated its worldwide success in Web Statistics and Web Analytics tools.

Technorati Tags: counter, stats, hit-count, hits, blog, promotion, traffic

Reddit VS Digg

2007-06-08T20:37:00.000-07:00

Of course, you already know,but reddit is slightly less snarky than digg, so if that bothers you you might find this page useful along with membership. The buttons are cool and none of your little friends have them.

Technorati Tags: blog, blogging, promotion, reddit, digg

Using Facebook to promote your Blog

2007-06-07T20:07:00.000-07:00

Not sure how much "virla power" facebook has, I myslef loathe the site,
which reeks of hip social-climbing, but if you are one of those
pretentious dumbasses with a profile there, feel free to following the
link below
http://making-money-blogging.com/blog/how-to-leverage-the-viral-power-of-facebook/

11 most popular feed readers

2007-06-07T20:01:00.000-07:00

Another list of popular blog tools, you will be seeing a lot of those
here, book mark me if it's your link-whoring cup of tea.
http://www.webbusinessblog.com/11-most-popular-rss-feed-readers/

Adult Education

2007-04-30T12:07:00.000-07:00

For a lot of people education is a ladder to be used for social climbing. They have issues with class and self-esteem and getting themselves a qualification is primarily a means of dealing with them. Their motivation for those hard nights of slogging through tedious material is getting another rung up and away from where they were born. They have no passion for learning, no desire to achieve anything beyond a better job with a better salary. These are people for whom mere competence is satisfactory,whose dreams are of middle-management and mediocrity. Too often, however, they become so overwhelmed by a sense of self-importance as a result of their achievements that they are unable to perform their jobs well. People whose only interest in education is as a means of getting validation tend not to be happy unless they are recognized, praised,constantly reassured as to their importance. Education is not psycho-therapy, and while personal insecurites might provide some motivation, acquiring a degree will not remove those insecurities. This particular set of problems is

Motivation
A more powerful motivation for study is passion. Simple delight in a certain subject can provide longer lasting fuel and greater satisfaction over a period of learning.than anything else.

Technorati Tags: education, learning, writing, adult+education, back+to+college, mature, adult, qualifications

How to Get Published. Seriously.

2007-04-30T06:03:00.000-07:00

It has taken me a while to realize that what I write sounds different to me in my head than it does to someone else reading it on paper or on a monitor. One of the key things in writing is
knowing that the reader has no access to the pictures in your head except what you give them.
If you don't have a clear picture of your readership, you cannot write for anybody except yourself.
The only readership you have whose attention is relatively guaranteed is the set of editors to whom
you submit your work, therefore those are the people you really need to know. Forget about what you like, you do not know shit, write what they will like.

For literary magazines:
Self-conscious, slightly smug quirkiness is your most important asset. Real cleverness will not be understood by most of your editors,
instead what you have to try for is the pseudo-cleverness that 14 year-old girls can get. Think Chandler from Friends, think of him trying to seduce a middle-schooler with wit and charm.

Write adult themes but Hardy-Boy Style. Nothing gets you quick success like writing about rape and murder in simple terms.

technorati tags: writing writer fiction literature publish published publishing write

How the Comic Book died

2007-03-27T08:12:00.001-07:00

Magazines, it turns out, are past their prime. These days the only people who read them are in doctor's offices and the varying degrees of pauper you see at the public library. Also, stubborn old curmudgeonly types, who steadfastly resist anything with a keyboard. With relatively new content-delivery methods you have that separation between horse-carriage and automobile, along the lines of comfort with technology, and mostly between old and young. We already know that paper, like the demographic that favors it, is approaching the end of its usefulness, nothing new there. The internet is indeed the better content delivery system for news, and for certain types of fiction, video-games are the perfect upgrade.

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Decapitated Garfield

2007-03-23T14:32:00.001-07:00

[Strange] Man decapitates poorly built Garfield statue with a hug. WHO HATES MONDAYS HA HA LASAGNA

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