Archive for December, 2009

The first comment – was spam

I did feel pretty happy when I noticed that one comment had been registered…but not so happy when I found out that it was a spam message trying to make me buy cameras. Though I must say that I preferred that kind of spam than the one I recently received on Twitter (porn). “Akismet” caught [...]

Twitter Porn

Unwanted ads to pornsites received via Twitter

Book Inscriptions

Information about The Book Inscription Project

Disclosure, comment and use policies

I have visited some interesting blogs lately, mainly to learn from others what I can do to make this blog better for all. One blog I found particularly interesting was “WebInkNow” by David Meerman Scott.  Here I learned about the need to add “disclosures” to the blog. Something that I had not thought of before. [...]

Disappointed in Twitter

My followers on Twitter seem to forget checking the blog before they become followers.

Christmas Greetings from Koh Tao

Jake has sent me a Christmas Card to upload for all of you to view…it makes me envious but it may not be something for you who want a “white” Christmas. You can view it here.

A Powerful Message

A link to a very interesting speach by a young Canadian girl.

Travelling

Jake is out on a business trip, but he has let me know that he is working on an article covering information about how to go about writing a “travelling journal”. Perhaps not surprising that he came to think about that now when he is actually travelling. However, I know that he usually do complete [...]

Resolutions for writers

Joe Konrath, publisher of the blog “A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing” has an interesting post (Friday, December 18, 2009) where he let his readers take part of his New Year Resolutions. You can read his blog here. Very interesting information, and perhaps a good habit to follow. I have never written any New Year Resolutions before, mainly because I know how hard [...]

Shareasale affiliate program

Since I have found “spyfu” useful when writing contents for this blog, I decided to apply for the affiliate program advertised on their web site. Today I received an email telling me that my application was denied. Any specific reason was not given, but the following “general” rules could apply: Quality Site Design Top-Level-Domain (i.e., [...]