Personal Blog
My views on life, the universe and getting published (or not)
June 13, 2008
- I hate Spammers and Scammers
Those of you who know me well have seen me attacking every spammer and scammer I come across in a forum or chat room. I fuckin’ hate spammers and scammers.
But it has a cost sometimes. Some sack of shit has had me tagged as one of them (spammer) and my I.P address is currently on [...]
June 9, 2008
- Working on the Internet Drives You Insane
If any further proof was needed that working full time on the internet will drive you insane, this is it.
I asked one of my internet friends an innocent question. He is a DJ and seems to recall every song ever written, played or thought about. Plus he has some very strong opinions on the subject.
So, [...]
June 7, 2008
- Getting Started | Flock
Getting Started | Flock
Just trying out the new browser, Flock.
This particular feature allows a blog post from anywhere on the ‘net.
Embedded VideoBlogged with the Flock BrowserTags: flock, browser, internet
May 29, 2008
- Ode to Mark P Knowles - Worried by your frongelous facial growth?
People who spend too much time online go insane. This poem was created for me in a thread created for the purpose of having a thread. It could be the best poem ever written about me.
Ode to Mark P Knowles:
See, see the Dead sky
Marvel at its big Puce depths.
Tell me, Mark Knowles do you
Wonder why [...]
May 25, 2008
- Making Money Blogging and Creating a Career in Blogging
Can you make money blogging? Can you make a career from blogging? If the answer is yes - how?
Simple questions. And the short answers are – Yes, Yes, and it depends. So, you can either stop reading now you have the answers or read on……
First question first. Yes, you can make money blogging. There are [...]
May 22, 2008
- Payback’s a Bitch - or not as the case may be :)
“Payback’s a bitch,” is one of my favorite crappy movie quotes. You know the one. Independence day, where some bunch of second string American movie stars remind the world that without the good ‘ol U.S. of A, we would all be enslaved by the pre-capitalist Russians, or the Koreans ( the bad Koreans, not the [...]
May 10, 2008
- ZEITGEIST the movie
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The movie may not start at the beginning. If that happens, just refresh the page.
March 13, 2008
- John Safran does Catholics
No introduction needed really - Jon Safran describes his experiences of the Catholic Cchurch.
February 26, 2008
- SEO and Internet Marketing Advice
When I started as blogger, I read everything I could lay my hands on about how to make a blog work. All the advice, all the tips, all the guru’s opinions - and guess what? Most of it is shite. That’s right - SHITE.
Why would I say that - because it’s true. But, once in [...]
January 14, 2008
- Stop pissing in my Drinking Water Mr. Clooney
George Clooney recommends buying coffee in individual wrappers
I found an exceptional video recently, produced by a website called, Story of Stuff. Annie Leonard, like me, questions the value of our current consumer culture. She rightly points out that it is damaging both the environment and ourselves.
Pay her a visit over at story of stuff [...]
December 11, 2007
- Motorcycles on Hubpages
At last! I get to write about something I really love - Motorcycles.
Hubpages is my new favorite site. You can write and publish about any subject dear to your heart, so when the opportunity to cover the 2008 Motorcycle range came up, I took it. I have already started covering this year’s bikes. Damn but [...]
December 1, 2007
- Link Love and a Positive Post
After reading one of my regular haunts, Freelance Writing Jobs, the writer of this blog, Deborah Ng, suggested all of her readers, who are legion, write a positive post. Thank you Deb, ( I do not know Deb personally, although I have been known to give her a little grief from time to time ) [...]
November 28, 2007
- Pay per click banner ads are a mistake
As I continue to learn how to make money blogging , I have come to a few revelations. Here is one: Pay per click banner advertising is a mistake for a small publisher such as my self. Why?
I will give an example here. This is a typical banner ad, hundreds of thousands of which are [...]
November 20, 2007
- Google Hacks
I just wrote a very interesting post over at the tech brief. It took me ages to set up dozens of links to Google hacks. Here’s a sneak preview:
Google is a powerful tool. Most of the time, most users are restricted to using Google as a search engine, and looking at pages on the internet [...]
November 17, 2007
- American Cooking Rules the World
What are my top ten favorite American Foods? Check out this post on HubPages and find out.
This is my salute to the good ol’ U.S. of A. – food wise. American foods have a reputation as being “junk foods.” This is simply not true - some companies may have turned them into junk food, but [...]
November 10, 2007
- Absinthe - The New Tequila ?
I just wrote a seriously interesting guide to Absinthe over at Hubpages. Here’s a brief extract, and if you like what you read, and want to buy some Absinthe, (which is my new favorite drink) click on the banner at the bottom. These guys ship all over the world - even the USA.
Absinthe is [...]
November 7, 2007
- Making money Blogging
This is just a short post - I do not have time for a long one today.
I was looking for ways to monetize a blog and noticed an awful lot of “make money blogging” blogs pushing or selling Text Link Ads or Smartlinks.
Yet they do not use these on their site. Curious huh?
I personally find [...]
November 2, 2007
- Making Money Blogging
I didn’t start this blog to make money, I started it to learn how to make a website/blog and promote myself as a freelance writer. I then got sucked into making more blogs and writing for a few non-paying blogs who were just starting out. I threw a couple of Google and Amazon ads on [...]
October 31, 2007
- How to cook a Turkey
Roasting a turkey is very simple. Many people have been persuaded away from the traditional way of roasting a turkey, but I still think this is the best way to do it. I know it is slightly faster to cook the bird with no stuffing in and many people now buy a ready-made stuffing [...]
