I really do! This is a great feature were I am able to reply to comments made on my blog without having to hunt through my blog. I just work down the list on the left and it opens the page right at the precise comment section I need! Fantastic!
Thursday, 29 November 2007
I just love Netvibes more each day!
How to boost traffic to your blog - Internet Writing & Blogging - Helium - by Paul Dice
Finally I have managed to find sometime to write a new article for the Helium site.
This article came about by reading a comment left on The reality of working from home - Self-Employment - Helium - by Pablothehat from bluebeaverbeer on the Bloggingzoom site.
I love that sort of small suggestion which can lead to an act of creativity. They always seem to be the best. Thanks bluebeaverbeer !
How to boost traffic to your blog - Internet Writing & Blogging - Helium - by Paul Dice
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
For Bloggers, By Bloggers: Blogging Zoom | Fresh Geeks - Stay Fresh with the Internet, Tech, and Blogging
To compliment my take on Bloggingzoom, Fresh Geeks have produced a most excellent article on Bloggingzoom's site. Read it and weep if you have not signed up to this.
For Bloggers, By Bloggers: Blogging Zoom | Fresh Geeks - Stay Fresh with the Internet, Tech, and Blogging
Monday, 26 November 2007
Al Jazeera English - News - Saudi Defends Rape Victim Verdict
Surely religion and state exist to serve the people, not the other way round?
Al Jazeera English - News - Saudi Defends Rape Victim Verdict
BBC emails on the Saudi Rape Case
It's 4 in the morning and once more the dawnin' has woke up the wanting...
Well it is 4 am and I am wide-awake (again!) My erratic sleeping pattern has haunted me, and those I have lived with, for years.
Even as I small child I would wake up very early and sneak downstairs and play with my toys or get my bike out of the shed and ride round and round my grandmothers backyard until someone woke up and called me in for breakfast.
Now, as a 'grown-up' I get up and switch on the PC and check my visitor stats to see who has had a look at The Tao of Blog and send them a thank you if I have their contact details and drop by their blogs.
If I am still too sleepy to complete anything constructive, I will just settle down with a cup of tea and do some mindless clicking on the two traffic exchange sites I am experimenting.
I still have mixed feelings about using them. On the one hand it can be quite interesting to see where in the world some of my fellow mouse abusers live, (or in my case mouse pen abuser), but on the other hand, is it just a waste of time and energy?
Most of the members from these exchanges don't hang about on The Tao of Blog for long. Like me, I guess they are generally they are too busy trying to amount a pile of credits to have the time or the inclination to delve deeper into the site, but a few do, and that is what give a sense of satisfaction. I could say that it is because of the interesting content, but in reality, they maybe just bored and need a break from clicking, or are distracted from the pc and just leave the window open for a few hours without reading any of it. The visitor stats cannot tell you these things.
When I need a break from all this mindless ad watching, with endless repeats of the same ad on both networks, I catch up with a few of the many blogs I enjoy reading, like the latest from Gina over at Preposterous Ponderings via my feeder on Netvibes. Then over to David Byrne’s Journal to get his latest take on New York and to Don William’s My 2 Cents for the Day to see if he has managed to kick his 'Mac Habit.'
I guess nothing has changed really, 'cept I no longer have a bike and yard to ride around in, just the vastness of cyberspace.
What is Cyberbullying? - Guest Authors - Internet Safety-For Our Children's Sake
I dropped round Rose DesRocsher site this morning and she had put a link to an article on Cyber-bullying written by her son.
If you have looked though the Tao of Blog you will know that this one subject which I have a personal vested interest, having had to not only deal with a cyber attack but the process which surrounds reporting such an attack to the police.
I do not know the age of the author but he has produced a very well researched and written article on a subject which concerns anyone who uses the Internet, particularly if one uses social networking sites or Instant Messenger networks.
What is Cyberbullying? - Guest Authors - Internet Safety-For Our Children's Sake
Saturday, 24 November 2007
Why I Failed To Make Money Online Blogging: A must read article for novice bloggers
I really wished I had come across this posting a few months ago..I would have took that crappy job I was offered.
This is a really great post, with lots for the novice blogger to think about and apply!
Why I Failed To Make Money Online Blogging
Spam, Spam, spam,spam
When I was doing the usually sort through of my email accounts with Mailwasher earlier this morning I came across this email.
My first thoughts were, 'Who's? Yours or mine?'
Flipping spam!!
The El- Meme Effect
The El- Meme Effect
I don’t really go for these chain letter type things. Either the bin or delete in my world.
I would like to take the opportunity to thank Divinyl for roping me into this whole affair. May your stylus go blunt and your LP’s get those awful folds over edges on the inner sleeve.
8 things I am passionate about:
Like DV, all aspects of music, but particularly having a good jam with some great musos.
(The Hat is off to Paul Dowler aka Elv, Paul C for the healing, Johnny Fingers and Beryl, Just play the fucking note!! That note! Just play the fucking note!
Gary Potter, you are far too talented for me mate!
Rodders!!! And even my Ex-wife, you were a great singer and guitarist girl!)
Sci-Fi Films. I remember going to the cinema by my aunt to see loads of sci-fi films when I was a kid, no more than 10. Thanks Av, you are a star! You started my life long love affair with Sci-fi.
The company of intelligent people who work with enlightened self and community interest.
Reading widely.
Writing.
The Truth.
Justice.
(I would also like to work tirelessly to end world hunger and single-handedly stop the deforestation of the planet.)
8 things I want to do before I die:
Keep breathing,
Become a better writer and to earn my way through life from it.
Avoid ending up as a washed out opium addict, shanghaied and sold in to servitude.
To find where I truly belong.
End my life as a Temple Ball roller in Nepal, the hours are bad but you get to lick your hands.
To finish the Course in Miracles.
To remember who I was before I was born.
To die without fear.
I liked Divinyl’s suggestion and will take the liberty of using that.
8 experiences that have changed the way I view the world:
Walking passed the body of my dead dog on my way to school when I was 7.
Surviving several road traffic accidents.
Losing my mind on my 25th birthday.
Finding my mind 3 years later.
Getting married. (see losing my mind again)
Getting through 3 miscarriages.
Getting divorced.
Helping my friend seek justice after she had been gang raped.
8 songs I can listen to over and over again:
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
Bee’s Wing – Richard Thompson
Anything – Moody Blues
Underwater Love – Smoke City
Off shore – Chicane
Weather the Storm – Massive Attack
Gimme a Pigfoot – Bessie Smith
Wild Billy's Circus Story - Bruce Springsteen
8 things that attract me to my friends:
Difficult this as I don’t really have many old friends that I stay in contact with much but I guess….
A well developed sense of humour.
That the passing of time and the distance between us does not diminish the acceptance of each other.
They are able to separate truth from illusion and know the difference.
That they understand that I will drop them at any time should they contravene any of my principals regardless of how genuine, honest, trustworthy or funny they would like to project themselves.
That they know that I will never lend them money.
That they don’t have to be very intelligent, just malleable
They can be as quirky and individualistic as they like as long as they are not self-obsessed.
That they would fucking answer their email!
Tag a further 3 people mmmm unless I pick someone at random…He! he! he!?
Ok so the folks from MyBlogLog I nominate, are………….. (Drum roll)
Emmy, labyrinth_sofia and House…...
‘Never will I do this again’… (Neil Armstrong)
Friday, 23 November 2007
Nice to get feedback...Ring! ring! Wonder if is that my agent on the phone?
It is great to get some feedback from our readers. 
Working with Children
Yes, yes I know ..the meme..it is in progress!!!
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