Hot A Meter

I am not sure about others but I have been receiving a slew of spam email from “Hot A Meter”. I don’t even know what that is but the subject title of the email says that so-and-so wants me to vote for him/her in a social networking site.

Actually, what is Hot A Meter and how did the people behind it obtain my email address? I am not going to click on any links in that email to find out who they are and what they do! Is anyone receiving emails from Hot A Meter as well? I tell you, I am getting sick of their spam!

It’s strange that I am only receiving Hot A Meter on my Hotmail account. I think that the next time I receive an email from Hot A Meter, I am going to block them from spamming me.

Not Installing Google Chrome

After downloading the installer of Google Chrome and meaning to install it, I have changed my mind. I am not going to install them any time soon. For one, I am already using, and am comfortable with, Firefox, Opera and IE, not in any particular order.

As for Google Chrome, it is still in Beta and there will be plenty of bugs to deal with which I am not ready to do nor do I have the time to do it. Also, if you have read the privacy policy of Google Chrome, they are going to get all your surfing habits and there is nothing you could do about it because they already have their asses covered.

Anyway, I read some user reviews on the web and there are some things that Google could improve on like Bookmarking and History. Although there’s a saying that goes, “Familiarity breeds contempt”, I think that the more familiar we are with our browser, the faster we could work!

Car Crazy

It’s a guy thing. They love to tinker with cars even if there’s nothing wrong with the cars, which is a good thing for us ladies, actually. We don’t have to worry about changing the oil or the tires. Just drive the car and if the car acts strange just call the man.

A friend of mine is contemplating replacing his car engine. To me, there is nothing wrong with the engine but he says that it is underpowered. I don’t know, but if he wants to do the work of replacing the engine himself then it’s his own problem.

I told him about midwest auto recycling, a company that specializes in used car engines and transmissions and mentioned that perhaps he would be able to find the used engine for his car model. That’s the most I could be of help because no way am I going to accompany him from one garage to another looking for the used car parts!

My Broadband Connection Is Fixed

After slightly more than two months, my Streamyx broadband internet connection is finally fixed. I tell you, I have lost count of the number of phone calls I made to Customer Service and the number of reports I lodged. It has been such a trying time these past two and a half months without a proper, fast, stable and reliable internet connection.

And what about the number of times, totally wasted time, just trying to connect/disconnect, plug/unplug, flush DNS, ping and what not, basically just to troubleshoot my internet connection.

Boy, am I so glad that all these are over already and hope that I will never experience the same in a loooooong while! I have pulled enough of hair and banged my head more than enough times! Haha!

New Facebook

Have you tried out the new Facebook? You know, all along, I access Facebook via the iPhone. It’s very fast and easy to use Facebook on the iPhone but now that they have a new layout, it’s not as good already.

Of course, accessing it on the computer is not such a problem and in fact, I find that it loads faster but who has the time to check Facebook on the computer only to end up joining multiple, and I mean MULTIPLE Elven Blood parties?!?

Since I lost my wifi router to lightning about 2.5 months ago, I haven’t even logged into Facebook anymore because I used to only do it via the iPhone and usually when I was in the toilet or about to fall asleep in bed, usually with my iPhone still switched on and draining my battery!

So do you prefer the new Facebook or do you want to use the old Facebook layout? I think the new one is less cramped and loads a whole lot faster.

Online Parenting Resource and Community Website

I have a friend who is an “older” parent because of late marriage BUT I think that he makes a an even better parent that my friends who became parents at a younger age. I think that this friend, Sam, is more mature and experienced, though not in parenting but in life.

Sam is a geek and he surfs the web for ALL information. If you talk to him and there’s anything that he is unfamiliar with, he will look for information on the internet.

As a parent, you can be sure that he spends countless hours reading experiences of other parents and reading reviews of baby products, among other parenting homework that he does online.

I was told that Lila Guide is a great site for any parent, new of veteran. Online parenting resources and community website like Lila Guide brings parents together no matter which part of the world they are from, allowing them to share experiences and stories of bringing up children.

Missing The Traffic

Well, the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games have concluded and as a blogger, I am missing the traffic already. Sometimes, it seemed like the whole world is out on the web looking for information on the Games, whether they were looking for Olympic photos, Olympic news, Olympic medal tally, Olympic quotes, funny Olympic moments, information on watching the Olympics online, or just curious about Google logo art during the Olympic Games, like why there was a diving pig or a dragon playing ping pong.

And then there was a different group of web surfers looking for information on the Fuwa, checking up what animals are represented by BeiBei, JingJing, HuanHuan, YingYing and NiNi.

For bloggers and webmasters alike, catching the trend is very important. I know of people who would set up a blog or website a few months before a major event like the Olympics, just so that they could cash in on the moment. Yes, “cash in” would be right.

As for me, I did not see a spike in my revenue, as you could see, I did not implement AdSense on my blog and I wrote about Google logo art for the love of the art. Anyway, the traffic killer, in my blogging experience, is still Edison Chen (EDC) and Kira. What about yours?

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