More funny stuff in relation to Kimberly Williams of the Boston School of Electrolysis over at Greywolf today here. This sheila never seems to give up, from SEOMoz to Greywolf and who knows where else next, she’s like the energizer bunny on crack, with ridiculous legal threats against half the SEO community. Obviously someone never learned the fable about how digging deeper into a hole doesn’t get you out of it 🙂
The first of each month is Blog Tipping Day according to Business Blogwire, and each month the list of people participating seems to continue to grow, so it’s time I had a go as well :-). Yes, it is September 2 as I write this, but it’s still September 1 on the West Coast on the United States so hopefully this entry still counts.
Unusual Business Ideas That Work
1. Always fascinating business ideas
2. Posts are regular and I get my daily feed
3. Easy to read layout
Tip: Blogger sucks, get a WP blog!
Bryanboy: Le Superstar Fabuleux
1. It’s just fab
2. I always smile
3. I love the pose
Tip: Where are my stickers BryanBoy?!!!
1. The story of getting the pics is often more exciting than the pictures themselves
2. A cut above the rest
3. Simple, easy to read design
Tip: Running a forum involves participating on it.
Tags: Blog Tipping
According to The Register, Peter Jackson, he of King Kong and Lord of the Rings Fame is going to remake one of the best films of all time: The Dam Busters. The report indicates that Jackson’s version will be more accurate to the real story of the Dam Busters as much of the actual mission was still classified as secret when the original was shot in 1954. But of course I can’t help but ask: if it is going to stay true to the actual story of The Dam Busters, what about the Dog? Of course, the story about the Guy Gibsons dog wasn’t something made up in the film, it’s factual. But can they use that word in a film made in the 21st century?
(image from The Sterling Times)
I never buy HP printers…and here’s a classic example:
Darren has some good points here based on a post by Chris Pirillo. A great read, but I’ll add some of the things I do regularly:
1. Read the blog list at BlogAds
Want to see different blogs that are doing amazing things, the BlogAds blog list does it for me every time. Yep, I know it sounds silly because the list is actually there for advertisers to look at, but it also provides an easy to read resource with ad views as well, particularly pertinent when you also want to look at new stuff in consideration of traffic as well…great way to get fresh ideas
2. Visit Digg and Netscape…
and make sure you take a look past the first couple of pages, particularly past the listings for the Weblogs Inc blogs…also try the newly submitted pages as well, sometimes you just find interesting blogs
3. Ask people for their opinion on stuff you might already thought you are right on
Sometimes people will disagree, in disagreeing though you might learn something different and could even change your position as well. The biggest problem as a blogger you can find is the situation of everyone saying that your right, yes men and shills are poisonous to objectivity.
4. Spend 30-60 minutes at Wikipedia
…and keep following the related links on stuff. You’ll find out about amazing things, some of which you could end up blogging…otherwise I find it mentally stimulating anyway
5. Play Second Life
What can I say…my only problem with Second Life is getting out because I could spend forever on it. Occasionally people say Second Life is boring, usually its because they see Second Life as a multi-player online game. It’s not, its a virtual world that just also happens to have games in it. Tringo is the best game ever created…I could (and often do) play it for hours, but there’s a whole pile of other games in world as well. There’s also a lot of other things that can be done, interacting with other people (like a chat room), playing tourist (it would take 1000’s of hours to visit every place in Second Life), even playing a virtual game of Sim City if you like through the ability to own land and improve it, and if you like, sell it later for a profit that is convertible to US dollars. Ever wanted to be a fashion designer, a builder, and pimp or night club owner…all these and more are possible in Second Life. As the slogan goes: “Your World. Your Imagination”.
6. Type crap into the Technorati search box
Sometimes you get some amazing results in the blogs that they list.
Grawolf’s update on his stats based on the Chicken Noodle Soup Video are up. Intesting stats, particularly the fact that his second higest post is for “My Butt is Big” :-). My personal stats for the Chicken Noodle Soup video come in at 1668 page views month to date, but I’ve fallen off Google’s main page for Chicken Noodle Soup Video at the time of writing even though at one stage I was in 6th spot, just after Greywolf himself for Chicken Noodle Soup Video. Still at third though below 2 Youtube results for Watch Chicken Noodle Soup video, which isn’t too bad I guess. And if you’ve got no idea why I’m writing a post about the Chicken Noodle Soup Video, make sure you check out the Chicken Noodle Soup video here…and read a book about SEO 🙂
Darren has an excellent guide up on how to apply for a blogging job. It’s amazing from the other end the variation you do get from applications for blogging positions. Sure, the blogosphere and blogging are generally informal in their structures and general usage of the English language but this doesn’t mean your application should be totally informal (and by extension done lazily) as well. The rule I would recommend to others: treat applying for a blogging job the same way you would (or should) apply for an offline job. You need to grab the employers attention, you need to be at least a little bit formal, and you should justify your application, for example show examples of your work, talk about what you’d think you’d bring to the position etc….
My new word for today: kvetch, or it’s variation, kvetches. I’d never heard the word prior to today, and yet Jeremy used a variation of it (kvetchy) in an email I was party to, and Dave Winer used it in a post.
According to The Free Dictionary, kvetch means:
1. A chronic, whining complainer.
2. A nagging complaint
The simple variation in Australian English, so it would seem, would simply be the verb: whinge, or used to describe someone, as in the noun: whinger, or a f*cking whinger as the case may be to create a stronger use of someone who whinges.
Tags: Odd American Words
This sheilas a brunette so she cant even use dumb blonde as an excuse: Threadwatch has the details, but compare and contract, the Mediabistro.com post was the first to be published.
Looks like Chris Pirillo’s comic venture is improving…certainly this comic is dead on 🙂
