January 10th, 2010 | Posted in
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It’s been almost a year since I last posted anything to this blog. I don’t know if I can call this a blog and myself a blogger. The good news is, blogs are so 2006. In 2010 web 2.0 is ancient and social media is for grandmothers. Everyone is busy maintaining several profiles and presences on different sites, and then trying to link them all and not get lost in the mess.
About a year ago, in a little spurt of craziness, I started transferring this blog into a multi section magazine to cover my different interests. I never finished the project, and didn’t post for a whole year, because I made my site too overwhelming even for myself to post. In retrospect I don’t know what I was thinking, I can barely keep a regular blog going.
I’ve seen on-and-off bloggers like myself poking in once every few months and announcing “I’m Back” only to hibernate for another 6 months. I’m not saying I’m back, maybe the way blogging works for me is when it’s not on tight timeframe, and that’s OK with me.
Anyways, Here’s a recap of lot’s of things I would have posted about in 2009, and some plans for 2010.
- I got a job working for a web/SEO Company
- I’m now trained as a professional pastry chef (It was fun, and who knows, I might use it professionally one day
- I’m perhaps warming up to the idea of using twitter, and tweets will probably get aggregated here as asides or “mini posts”
- About 5 years too late, I started using Delicious and I love it.
- I’m putting allot of effort in making OpenDesigns something really special
- I quit my job in order to dedicate myself to my sites and freelace work and consulting – - I live the independence, and currently i’d consider taking a job only at Google, or perhaps Automattic
So that’s it for now, next update to come sometime in the future.
January 16th, 2009 | Posted in
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Theyr’e many types of comment spam. Some spam comments are really sophisticated, and are designed to get people to click on a simple link, or even on the author’s link. Some of them are to promote questionable sites (no respectable site would use these tactics) and sell questionable products. Some are designed to spread viruses. But some spam that gets caught in the system is so blunt and stupid. I mean, why even bother?
How about this comment:
The Cheapest VIAGRA Online-Drugstore. Always Special Offers in Our Online-Drugstore. Click on the THIS LINK or the images below to proceed to the original pharmacy shop.
http://centraltds.com/top.jpg
http://centraltds.com/viagra.png
It’s so obviously span, that no one will bother clicking. It’s so obviously spam, that it’s most likely to get filtered or moderated. It won’t help you with search engines, because WordPress adds rel="nofollow" to links in the comments. If it skips spam catchers and manual moderation, the site is probably so trashy that nobody visits it anyways.
Yes, I’m aware that they’re other blogging platforms besides WordPress, and then you’ve got the forums. But most blogs run WordPress or other secure systems that will add the nofollow attribute. As for forums, how many forums are open for guest posting without any form of validation?
So please someone explain why anyone waste their time writing and operating these spam spiders? Does it repay their efforts? Oh, and just this last question: Wouldn’t you hate yourself if you were a spammer?
December 23rd, 2008 | Posted in
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The George Bush Shoe incident, where and iraqi reporter threw his shoes at George Bush at a press conference, produced a huge number of flash games and animated gifs (yes, people still make those).
Here is a selection of Bush-Shoe games:
- Sock and Awe lets you practice your aiming skills without being arrested. The most challenging game of them all. THe site was sold after 4 days for $8000. Why didn’t I think of something like that?
- Duck Duck Bush – Lets you throw stuff at George Bush and hear him mumble, Though it’s not a real game with scores etc.
- This particular game is more like a mathematical puzzle. You set the angle and strength, and the game calculates if, where and how hard you hit the world’s favorite president.
- Ninja bush – Aim your shoes at Bush, but beware, he will fight you back with baseballs.
- Bye Bye Bush – In this game, multiple Bushes appear in a 3D grid, and you have to hit them within a time limit.
- This game, for a change, lets you play George W, and your objective is to dodge the shoes.
- Shoe Bush Worldwide has the nicest graphics and audio, but is not much of a game, because W doesn’t duck or run. Apparently, it’s main purpose is to promote “Shoe Bush” merchandise.
- The Bush Game – Another one. Cool generic gimmick, it is easy to hit, and there’s no audio or visible way to know if you hit.
