How to Blog is a really great site for the novice blogger with easy to comprehend tips on how we as bloggers can maximise of chances of increasing our visitors.
These tips are laid out in a simple, but progressive and logical format, without the veil of jargon which surrounds most aspects of computing, and with an air of positive optimism without the hype.
The latest post is covering the subject of increasing your blogs RSS Subscribers which I must admit, is one area that I have been patchy in my own approach, so I will be applying these methods myself!
(From the Masters of SEO blog entry)
How to Blog
16 Ways to Increase your RSS Subscribers
Increasing your RSS Subscribers is one of the most important things that a blogger needs to do. Not only is it a way to sell more ads, it also is a big statement about your blog. Typically your RSS subscribers, are frequent visitors, and so the more you have, the more traffic you have coming to your site. However, getting RSS subscribers sounds a lot harder then it actually is. People are surprisingly willing to subscribe, if you go about it the right way. I’ve compiled a list of strategies that I use, and I would highly recommend for you as well.
How to Blog, and How to Get Traffic.
Friday, 21 November 2008
How to Blog, and How to Get Traffic.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
This would so not happen in the UK.....
This would so not happen in the UK.....
Twitterholic.com
Instead of Barack Obama could you imagine Gorden Brown's name there? No, of course you can't!
Sorry, stupid question.
Whistleblower takes Foreign Office to employment tribunal - Telegraph
(From the Telegraph)
Whistleblower takes Foreign Office to employment tribunal
A Foreign Office official cleared of leaking confidential documents is taking his former employers to an employment tribunal.
By Nick Britten
Last Updated: 7:01PM GMT 19 Nov 2008
Derek Pasquill has accused the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) of unfair dismissal and victimisation.
Mr Pasquill, a 49-year-old diplomat, was suspended for 23 months from the FCO after passing documents to the Observer and New Statesman relating to Government policy in the wake of the 2005 London bombings.
The papers were said to refer to secret CIA flights and the UK's contact with Muslim groups.
Mr Pasquill, from Notting Hill, West London, who worked for the FCO for 24 years, was acquitted in January of six charges of making disclosures damaging to international relations under section 3 of the Official Secrets Act 1989.
His trial collapsed after evidence emerged that the leaks, about the Government's involvement with radical Islamists, were not considered damaging.
Good luck mate!
I took one of my former employers to a tribunal once, they just didn't present any documentation and the case couldn't proceed.
Employment Tribunals........
Window dressing.
Whistleblower takes Foreign Office to employment tribunal - Telegraph
Dick Cheney charged over abuse in private prisons - Telegraph
Anyone really believe that justice, in any shape or form, will be served on those who need it ?
Dick Cheney charged over abuse in private prisons - Telegraph
Blogs of Note and Webs of Wonder
Blogs of Note and Webs of Wonder
TweeterBlog
I have had a Twitter profile for a while but I did not really get it. It is not that I am unfamiliar with 'chat platforms' I have used so many over the years, Tiscali, (Don't hear so much of them these days), Yahoo (before that annoying Boat Theme they embarked on!)...lots!
Twitter, it was just another that I would get round to.
What changed were external factors brought Twitter further to my attention. Some of my other services such as MYBlogLog include links to social media sites via widgets, including Twitter. From media reports about how politicians, reporters, news media are using blogging and Twitter and Installing a few Twitter tools I have begun to understand how useful Twitter is!
As I tend to blog around news issues mainly, with a few blogging tips and stuff thrown in, I initially hunted out media outlets and government statements on Twitter.
I also follow a few, though slowly growing, independent Tweeters such as Jack Bastide (just love that handle!) and he has some great posts on his site including a video introduction to using Twitter.
Yes it's Jack Bastide! who in 2 and a half months has posted over 5000 Tweets!
Amazing, I will be lucky to do that in a year.
Unfortunately it would see I am too late to respond to his offer but I look forward to making some new and much needed contacts through this post.
Twitter Tips and Twitter Techniques - TweeterBlog.com: "Cool Tweeps To Follow - My 5000th Tweet!
Posted by Jack Bastide
at November 17, 2008
So I’ve been on Twitter about 2 1/2 months now and I just came up to Tweet # 5000! I wanted to make the 5000′th Tweet special and give back to all the cool people that are following me. So here was my 5000th tweet …
5000th Tweet - Tell Me About YOU and Why People Should Follow You in 140 Characters - All Replies Will go on My Website As My Gift To You!"
This is a great example of a simple post which elicited a great response.
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Industry and government work together to tackle internet terror
The Home Secretary's statement
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said, 'Stopping people becoming or supporting terrorists is the major long-term challenge we face. I want to give parents and guardians the power to decide what content is downloaded on their computers at home, which is why we have worked hard to develop these tools with various software companies.
'Building on the work we have done around child protection on the Internet, this software is a significant step in making the Internet a safer place for vulnerable people and these tools will also offer our schools, colleges and businesses further safety nets.'
As the expression goes, the devil is in the detail, 'Building on the work we have done around child protection on the Internet'
A carefully orchestrated manipulation of the reality of the know risk of children encountering unsavoury types or material over the net, very improbable, to the perceived risk fostered in society, a perceived high risk, used to develop system of control over the web and hence control information, free speech and thought
Further, I can see how these software filtering packages will become mandatory over time..
Email from ISP...
Dear Internet Junkie
We see from our monitoring systems that you are not using the free, government approved filtering software provided for your safety and convenience.
We strongly suggest that you take advantage of the peace of mind that when ever you or those whom you love are not exposed to any form of unofficial indoctrination.
Some time later..
Dear Internet Junkie
We see from our monitoring systems that you are still not using the free, government approved filtering software provided for your safety and convenience.
We strongly suggest that unless you take advantage of the peace of mind that when ever you or those whom you love are not exposed to any form of unofficial indoctrination, we will be forced to terminate our contract and service with you and report your none-compliance with the relevant authorities.
Yours.
capitalists lapdog.com
Industry and government work together to tackle internet terror | Home Office
Monday, 17 November 2008
UK Secret GM crops Trials
UK Secret GM crops Trials
From the Telegraph
GM crops 'to be grown in secret'
Genetically-modified crops could be grown by the Government in secret locations in an attempt to prevent trials being attacked by saboteurs, it has been reported.
By Jon Swaine
Last Updated: 10:58AM GMT 17 Nov 2008
GM crops 'to be grown in secret'
GM food trials in this country have been affected by vandalism Photo: STEPHEN HIRD
Trials could also be conducted away from the public in the Government's Porton Down military research site in Salisbury, Wiltshire, it is claimed.
However, a review of security arrangements for trials has been ordered by Hilary Benn, the Environment Secretary and Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary.
At it again pushing through the GM agenda.
So while you are signing on for your state hand out you can be genetically screened and have your being ID Card sorted out, ( go on! you know you want to! Jacqui say you have been pestering her!) then you will know what body parts of yours they will want when it is your turn to be farmed, and then you can be entertain by the four armed bearded hermaphrodite juggler in the square with all the other genetic mutations.
Conti..
The Independent reported that ministers are preparing to scrap the disclosure rule.
Naturally, like everything else that this UKGov (PLC) wants to keep from the public domain.A Government source told the newspaper: "We need to review the security arrangements. The rules are a charter for people who want to stop the experiments. A lot of information has to be put in the public domain and that makes it very easy for people to trash them."
Lord Mandelson acted to loosen rules on GM licensing in his previous job as EU Trade Commisioner, and it is thought he favours a relaxation of the conditions in Britain.
What are long term strategies for if not for the long term?While the Government has signalled that GM crops hold the potential to prevent future food crises, Gordon Brown has trodden carefully around the issue due to fierce opposition from large sections of the public.
"Plausible deniablity Mr President, sorry Mr Prime Minister..."
GM crops 'to be grown in secret' - Telegraph Sphere: Related Content
Sunday, 16 November 2008
Obfuscation is the most dangerous weapon used against all of us...
I came across this comment posted on the Prison Planet site which linked to a story posted on the Register. (Full article here)
The comment so struck me that I copied it to my blog.
I have reformatted the text to make it easier on the eye, but no other alterations have been made.
Saturday, 15 November 2008
Bent cops, keep jobs
(From the Telegraph)
Police officers stay in jobs despite serious convictions Police officers convicted of serious violent offences are continuing to serve, it has emerged.
Matthew Moore Last Updated: 2:17AM GMT 15 Nov 2008
Dozens of officers at a single force are patrolling the streets despite convictions for gun crimes, actual bodily harm, theft and other offences.
"Serious questions arise over whether the criminal courts can trust the evidence given by police officers who have committed benefit fraud."
Government rules allow for police officers to keep their jobs – instead receiving lesser punishments such as fines, reprimands or demotions – after being convicted of offences that would cause civilian staff to be sacked.
Mr Huhne told the Daily Mail that this created a "two-tier justice" system within forces, with support staff getting a worse deal than officers.
Paul West of the Association of Chief Police Officers defended the police service's procedures. "Where wrongdoing is alleged police officers are investigated and action taken as appropriate to each case," he said.
"It should be remembered that there are just over 140,000 police officers in the country, the overwhelming majority of whom serve the public with dedication."
Why do we have this belief that our "bobbies" are less corrupt than anywhere else on the planet?See here, here, here and here for examples.
Police officers stay in jobs despite serious convictions - Telegraph Sphere: Related Content
November 14th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Colin Powell leak’s the true reason for the use of social security number’s.
“Finding the Russian scientists may be a problem being that Russia does not have a Social Security System, as here in America, that allows us to MONITOR, TRACK DOWN and CAPTURE an American citizen.” 06/17/01 Fox News Sunday Morning. Host: Tony Snow.
Regardless of how the “Amish” feel, they have been intellectually branded, nearly for a century, with a number, which you must possess, that allow’s you to conduct all form’s of business. There are few who can conduct business without said social security number’s; and all who do are considered illegal’s. While they fear RFID, it is not the proverbial “mark of the beast,” that distinction belong’s, wholly, to the social security number. They are much too late to recognize this fact, though it fails me how this fact eludes them, seemingly, to this day. During the inception of the SSN, most felt it was, in fact, the “mark of the beast,” with quite a few people refusing to accept the national policy. Quite funny how they are rebelling against the very same thing nearly all in living memory were born under.
Coincidence has only one definition: Deliberate. A weapon does not fire without human interaction. To quote a famous line, “If it smell’s like an ambush, feel’s like an ambush, and look’s like an ambush, it’s an ambush.” “Friendly-fire isn’t.” “If it can go wrong, it already has.”
Providence notwithstanding, most coincidences aren’t so at all. Sad thing is, it took many year’s of service, for a nominal fee, serving warrant’s to come to this conclusion.
Obfuscation is the most dangerous weapon used against all of us, without fail, and, nearly, without discovery. Unfortunately, this site, and many other’s, together with any and all fair, balanced, and honest reporting does nothing more than serve the very instrument of demise they stand against. We’re looking at this as a complex, intermingled, impossibly tangled web of conspiracies when it couldn’t be further from the truth. But even the thought of such thing’s are fast becoming illegal. We are being oppressed, pure and simple.
We are being driven into a slavery. We are being morally, ethically, and intellectually bastardized. It doesn’t matter “what” the conspiracy is, only that there is one, or more.
We’re writing, protesting, standing against the “gun’s,” in vain, when the only thing we should be doing is avoiding the bullet’s. But we don’t, we stand worrying what type of weapon they are going to use against us, as if that mattered, instead of worrying about how to stop the bullet’s from hitting us.
This isn’t America any longer, though I can’t give the country a name, it’s not America.
Times do change, indeed. We’re repeating the past, which bring’s me some solace, if but for a period. We have slipped into tyranny, and I believe no one living today has lived during a period withouth tyranny. To the future we know they will stand against that which most alive today don’t recognize; it is to them that I envy, when men of like mind come together and, if but for a brief time, bring about something wonderful, something beyound themselves in service to all.
We are afraid of each other, neighbor’s, civil servants, everyone. We are so different that our national loyalties aren’t even comparable. We have no communal history, and that which we should share has been demonized to such a degree as to be taboo. We’ve woken up in a country, that our forefather’s fought, killed, and died for, pauper’s, without home or employment, indebted to other foreign entities, both public and private. At one time, moving was an option, as in imigrating to a foreign country, but I could not even remotely compare any other country to the former United States of America.
Truly, what can we say to each other? Do we continue to discuss the mean’s of our death rather than stopping it?
I was never one who cared much what type of weapon was pointed at me, only that a weapon was being pointed at me. At times, I’ve supported things better left to the past.
We’re all guilty of enabling our own destruction. We each face the horror of the only choice to be made. We also face the horror for it’s the one choice we will not make. Citizen’s are killed by law enforcement, sometimes justified, sometimes not. We are preyed upon by the irregular criminal, read not government sanctioned here. Our families and loved ones are dying; our street’s are painted with blood. Although this is a terrific scene, I can’t imagine the one which galvanizes citizen’s, en masse, to face the tyranny, can you?
My father told me that if you had the capacity and fortitude to protect your community, and you don’t, you are a coward. He also told me that there is no other position that protect’s the criminal more than a government position, whether a LEO or non-LEO position.
I believe in America…I believe we’re lost her, in all her glory. Who was it, James Sparks, who said, “The American flag will fly on younder hill by nightfall or Molly Sparks sleeps a widow this night!”
What courage, what bravery, what determination, of such a small army facing the mightiest nation in the world, and defeating them.
With so many different nationalities within this country, who refused the “melting pot” theorem in favor of the “salad bowel,” just being thrown together without conforming, meshing, and integrating in the least.
For some reason, hate crimes protect all, in this country, except for the majority, as if attacking a particular “race” under federal “protection” is any more worse than attacking anyone, period. “Hate crime,” as opposed to the i really, really don’t like you crime.
Orwell, indeed, Orwell wasn’t prophetic, Orwell DID have a time machine - a history book. Connecting the dot’s wasn’t the hard part, realizing the end result was.