Blogging

I Deleted Your Comment lalala

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Recently, I have been getting some nasty comments. I have no qualms deleting them thanks to the practice I received deleting spam comments with eyes closed.

I know that there are spammers who would come and check if their spam comment has been published, since I moderate all comments, well too bad their comment will never see the light of day. I trash them all.

I salute those who take the time to spam, come and check, see that their comment has yet to be published, and come and spam again with the same message. That shows how much faith they have in technology, thinking that their comment did not come through. Haha! No apologies given, though!

Travel

Budget Your Way To Las Vegas

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Half the summer is over. If you still have yet to take a well deserved break, why not check out the best of Las Vegas vacations? Personally, I have yet to go on a Las Vegas vacation myself but it is high up on my list of vacation destinations! And yes, I will make it someday!

My friends have just returned from a company sponsored trip to Las Vegas. They went there on business, you see, and they told me that they had one of the best holidays ever. Technically, it was NOT a holiday but they thoroughly enjoyed themselves despite having to work.

If Las Vegas is also a holiday destination high in your list, check out the Best of Vegas for hotel deals and many more. You will be able to plan and budget your trip to Vegas better with their rates.

Blogging

Pump Up Your Feed Count

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Lately, every one’s been talking how bloggers have pumped up their feed count by using fake widgets. Well, if your livelihood depends on the performance of your blog(s), surely there would be exploitation. I personally have experienced how some advertisers care about the number of feed readers we have and the higher the number, the higher they will pay us to spread the news about their products or services. Of course, in an ideal world, feed count would be a good gauge on the reach of our blog(s) but then since when is the world perfect?

So I know that there are some people who set up over a hundred email accounts EACH and subscribe to each others’ feed. Sigh… what trouble just to earn the extra money.

I am of the opinion that it is not wrong to make money off our blogs but not to the point of cheating. And pumping up our feed count cosmetically would constitute as cheating; cheating ourselves, cheating our readers and ultimately, cheating our advertisers. And that is totally WRONG!

Blogging

EntreBar – EntreCard Toolbar

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A few days ago, I received three email updates from EntreCard about the launch of their EntreBar. Yes, I always will receive three emails from them unless I unsubscribe but I haven’t found the time to do it even if it is just a click away.

Anyway, there are people who found EntreCard useful and there are people who found EntreCard does not do anything for their blogs. As for me, I have no opinion. EntreCard gives me one or two random readers who come over to drop their cards.

I actually wanted to grab an image of their toolbar from the EntreCard blog but foing to the blog is awful. It totally lags that it hangs my browser and if you use tabbed browsing, I am sure you know what an awful experience it is. Besides, the blog does not have fluid width, so that explains why I hardly read the EntreCard blog.

Anyway, no, I am not going to use the EntreCard since it is a FireFox extension and FireFox is not my primary browser. I cannot understand why people love toolbars. It takes up space of your browser, don’t you think so? The only toolbars I sometimes use are the Google toolbar to check my pagerank when there is an update and the Web Development toolbar to check all my blogs and sites occasionally. I hide these toolbars when not in use. Otherwise, I only have the Navigation toolbar.

General

Are You Interested In Djembe Drums?

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If you are not aware yet, djembe drums are popular African drums that have taken the western music world by storm. I have been a fan of World Music so music from djembe drums is nothing new to me. However, it is not easy to get my hands on djembe drums, until this morning I discovered that X8 Drums has an extensive selection of Djembe drums and accessories! And the good thing is that they are all reasonably priced!

If you love drums, you should check out Djembe drums from X8 Drums. No matter if you are just a beginner or already a pro drummer, X8 Drums has just the right Djembe drums for you. If you are unsure of what would suit your needs, just drop them a line and I am sure they will be more than happy to assist you.

Check out djembe drums for yourself and let me know how you like the experience!

Finances

Insurance Matters

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To reduce the cost of maintaining a car, I have been comparing auto insurance quotes. Well, I do not own a car but this is the family car and I am responsible to maintain it. I feel lucky that we do still have a car which some of my friends have to cancel their car order, or even sell off their cars because it is becoming increasing expensive to keep one no thanks to the rising fuel price and the interest rates for car loans.

What I do to maintain minimal expenses on the car is to look for cheap auto insurance and stop driving the car unnecessarily. Of course, even driving the car, we now have to adopt special fuel saving techniques like driving at an optimum speed, not braking abruptly, driving the shortest routes whenever possible, etc.

My friend told me that while I get to save on car insurance, I must not forget to insure my health. To be frank, I do not have health insurance and that is a little worrisome for me. I know that healthcare is getting more expensive as well no thanks to inflation, so it is important that I get myself insured while I am still young. I am not well versed with health insurance so I am taking time to compare policies to make sure that I purchase the right one to meet my needs. First, though, I need to get car insurance as the current one will be expiring soon.

Travel

A Flight Attendant Career

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My friend has just returned from an exciting vacation in Vietnam. You know, he told me that he had the chance to chat with the flying attendants and he said that they told him that it is their best career choice. They get to fly and it is as if they are going on a vacation even when they are working. I wished that my job gives me that kind of satisfaction!

However, a career in flight attendant is also very competitive. Every year, thousands of young girls are vying for a job in an airlines and it is important to boost or chances at a flight attendant career if we have attended a flight attendant school and received the training and skills required. This will give us a head start over other girls who are fresh out of high school.

If you are looking for a reputable flight attendant school, check them out at http://aha.edu. Some people say that a career in an airlines is not as exciting as it was but I personally feel that a flight attendant career will always be exciting and relevant. What do you think?

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