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Tasks Pending Payment Cancelled

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I don’t know how many people are in the same boat as I am. The other day, I was waiting for a couple of payments from a certain network and they were not forthcoming. So I checked my tasks that were pending payment and found that three were cancelled. Eh, I was surprised because this company should have mailed to let me know why, right? That’s the least they could do.

So I shot them an email via the contact form on their website and also an email to one of the staff. The email I received surprised me more. I was told that my tasks, although completed were cancelled and I will not be paid my dues as i was found to have abused the system. Eh…. Tell me, how can I grab a task a day when they are available and be called a system abuser? Just because I’m dedicated to grabbing one a day they think i abused it? People who understand the grab bag system will know that once a task is grabbed, the other tasks will not show up anymore. If they do not want us to grab and think that grabbing is abusive then why give this grab bag option?

If they claim that these tasks were wrongly assigned to our bags, then there was a task that was assigned to my pr0 blog in late February, 2008 when this blog was already pr0 in October or November 2007. If it’s a mistake after so many months then they should see through payment for it.

The thing that pissed me off is that they do not have the courtesy to inform me. If they had, at least i could remove these posts. They have gone live for 30 days and link juice has been passed. Really, when people told me that this company is not good, I defended it. Now I have my own bad experience to share as well. Really, companies like these sure won’t want to mess with bloggers, I tell you!

Blogging

Ask The Blogger!

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A few days ago, I wrote a post called Why You Should Get On My Top Spot and mentioned that if you tip me on my ScratchBack, I will give you a free buzz. Well, guess what? My post brought none other than the ScratchBack Boss himself, Jim Kukral. [Sometimes, you gotta make some noise to get the attention!]

Jim kindly tipped me [hey, it’s only $2, cheap!] and got a link for his blog, Ask the Blogger. At the time of writing this post, Ask the Blogger is offline, and so is his personal site, JimKukral.com.

Luckily, I already checked on Ask The Blogger yesterday morning. What this site does is to answer all the questions you have regarding blogging. If there’s a question you always wanted to ask but were afraid of being laughed at or something, you can just drop Jim a line. I am sure he will answer your question.

I remember that I once asked another person who runs a similar blog. My question was how to widgetize a WordPress theme. I did not know how even after reading the tutorial on the WordPress Support forum. The reply I got was, “Change another theme!” hehehe

Even though it is free to ask the blogger any question you have pertaining to blogging, I urge you to do a search on the blog first to make sure that the question has not already been asked and answered. I visit plenty of forums and one of the problems I noticed is that people are ALWAYS asking the same questions. That’s not good.

A friend asked me why I am only offering $2 for a link. He says it is too low. Well, this is an offer. You will get a link on my Scratchback widget and a free buzz for $2 ONLY. So how long will this offer last? This offer lasts till I don’t feel like giving an offer anymore. Hehehe a girl needs no reason to raise her prices, you know?! So what are you waiting for???

Travel

St Thomas Villa Rentals

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My friend told me that currently he is busy planning his year end vacation. I was surprised as there are still many more months to go before the end of the year. However, he told me that it is good because it gives him all the more tie to plan a perfect holiday for his fans, family and supporters. Well, I a just opposite of him. When he asked me if I love to plan my holidays, I told him that I would rather leave the minor details to someone else because to me, a vacation is 100% rest and relaxation.

I was told to check out this link, http://www.caretbay.com/caretbayvillas.php to view the kind of St Thomas Villa rentals that are available for rental.

Although I have no plans to go on vacation anytime soon, I am highly impressed with the beautiful St Thomas Villa Rentals, as I could see from the photo gallery.

Do you require plenty of time to plan your vacation or are you someone who is like me who just don’t want to have anything to do during planning? If you are thinking of going away for a little while with your family, perhaps you should check out the website of Caret Bay and the villa rentals that they offer.

*** This post was brought to you by Caret Bay ***

General

Apogee Condo, South Beach, Florida

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If money is of no concern, I would have bought one of the condo units of Apogee Condo South Beach, Florida. If you check out the real estate website of South Beach which features some of the best homes in South Beach with a focus on Apogee Condo, then I am sure you will heartily agree with me.

I was told that residents of Apogee Condo are the rich and famous, sort of like the people we see in newspapers all the time. One of the key factors that they like staying here in Apogee Condo, or as a form of long term investment, is the location and prestigious address.

Did you know that Apogee Condo is great for people who own a boat? There’s a marina within walking distance and imagine sailing right to your own doorstep. Now, tell me that is not living the jet set life!

Computing & Internet

Why You Should Get On My Top Spot

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The other day, an advertiser booked a spot on my Top Spot Widget. If you are familiar with ScratchBack, you will know that although people may like to advertise on your widget you can only cash out when you have accumulated $25 or so.

Well, the point I am trying to bring across is that if you have bought a spot on my Top Spot, you will also be given a free buzz. The advertiser that bought a spot from my blog and whom I gave a free buzz in a blog post was very appreciative.

This means that for whatever price that you pay to get on my Top Spot, right now on this blog which currently is at US$2 only, you will be receiving a free buzz as well. So why should you not get onto my Top Sport, right?

Computing & Internet

For Your Cabling Needs

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My cousin took me shopping for cables over the weekend. He’s the manager of an audio/visual equipment company. He takes me along in his shopping sprees because I know that he has made it his mission to teach me about cables! I keep mixing them up and for the life of me, cannot differentiate between Ethernet cables and Cisco Cables, for example.

However, I was told to view all the different cables that are being sold on Diablo Cable. They do have a wide selection of cable, especially networking cables and audio/visual cables. They are, after all, a leading distributor of these cables and other electronic products. I may be confused with the wide variety of cables but I am convinced already that this is a “guy thing”.

If you have a need for cables maybe for your networking or something, you should check out Diablo Cable. Navigating and browsing through their website won’t take you too long as it is very user-friendly and everything is placed in their respective categories. However, I wish that they would remove their categories that do not have any product. This would save people from clicking on an empty page.

Blogging

Giving Up On Blogger Themes/Skins

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Some of you may have read that I spent a few days this past week searching the web for beautiful blogger themes or skins for my Blogspot blogs. Well, I have had my fair share of looking for beautiful free WordPress themes and free premium WordPress themes and I must say that there are more WordPress themes that I like than there are Blogger themes. Those WordPress themes that I like, I have already used so I am not prepared to use the same for my Blogger blogs. I need variety and I believe that my readers do too.

After going through so many different themes where there is not even one that I like, besides those that I already am using for my WordPress blogs and that have been ported for Blogger, I think that I am giving up. I have spent a considerable amount of time and yet have nothing to show for my effort. It is very discouraging.

What I can do now and may do is to look for a fresh WordPress theme and request JackBook to port it to Blogger. This is the only solution I can think of. But this means that I would have to wait till JackBook is free. So I guess this time, I will be looking for WordPress themes ONCE AGAIN!

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