Blogging

One Down Four To Go

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If you have been following my blog, you would know that I recently set up four new blogs, one website and a personal website. Well, the personal website is almost done and one blog is completed. The other three blogs are way behind schedule already no thanks to going ten days without Streamyx broadband internet, and then two days when my PC gave up on me and a couple of hours without electricity. Tell me that I am not being played by “something”!

See, how could I work? I know that the reason I subscribed to Celcom 3G is as a back up in case of something like this happening but then I could hard use it because I was too busy calling up Streamyx Careline and arguing with them that the problem is not over at my end!!

No matter how great having 3G is, it still does not beat having the dedicated Streamyx line connected to my desktop computer. At least my connection does not break when I have an incoming call or SMS text!

Blogging, Computing & Internet

Driving More and More Traffic To My Blogs

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As a blogger with more than ten blogs, I certainly could do with some free traffic because I can never find the time to network. I know that is the magical way to drive traffic to my posts, by leaving comments and hope the bloggers and their blog readers would notice my comment, like what I wrote and click on the link to my blog. Well, I do not have time for that and I hope that blogging is just writing without the need to drive traffic. I would be perfectly happy if I could just blog, blog and blog but I would be happier if I know that my writing is able to reach out to others.

So it was timely that this morning, I was told of a great place called Buzzfuse that could help me to market my original content that could drive traffic to my blogs. Of course, this means that I would have to write better and also make my title so interesting that people would have to click on it to read the full post from my blog.

I love the fact that just by clicking on the link, we get to read the entire post of the blogger at his or her own blog. You know some services will give you an excerpt, some will even hijack the full post and that just reduce the potential traffic that you could earn.

I am impressed that some posts managed to receive a few hundred views and I admit, I could certainly do with that volume of traffic! I have just submitted my post to Buzzfuse and I am hoping that traffic will start flowing in anytime soon. Of course, I am not hoping for a miracle but I have so many posts that I could try later. It’s so easy to just add a code to my posts.

First, we are required to invite a total of ten people to be able to release our content to the public. I was also told that we could even use this free service to market our paid reviews. Well, I think that is awesome but we should not abuse this free marketplace!

Computing & Internet

Next2Friends Member Get Member Drive

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Like I suspected, Next2Friends may have lots of goodies to give away but they are only giving them to top recruiters. So this means that I will not have the chance to win a laptop or iPod because I never ask friends and family to join any website, especially sites like these which are for younger people.

I should have known better that the organizers would not make it easy for us to win stuff but I had hoped that they would do a lucky pick or sweepstakes or declare that member number XXX is the winner, just for being number XXX!

So this site will just be another that I have registered myself with but will do nothing about my profile. I won’t even remember to log in unless I have a message waiting, speaking of which a “girl” has already requested to be my “friend”. *SIGH*

In The News

Recall Of Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Defibrillation Leads

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A couple of months ago, I was informed out the Medtronic recall of Sprint Fidelis defibrillation leads, not all, but only from certain batches. My cousin sister has defibrillation leads implanted to help her regulate her heartbeat. Well, that got me worried but luckily, she is not using a Medtronic product.

I read that in December, 2007, a patient using Medtronic’s Sprint Fidelis defilbrillation leads filed a lawsuit against Medtronic. The faulty defilbrillator wrongly sent shocks to his heart and he had to undergo a few more operations to replace the device and repair the damage. Naturally, this patient is seeking damages.

I also read that there have already been five deaths linked to complications that arose from using these faulty Medtronic Sprint Fidelis defibrillation leads. Yes, it could be fatal and that is a shame because these patients trusted and used the device to get cured, but instead died!

If you are using defibrillation leads, find out from your doctor the manufacturer of it, and if it is a Medtronic product, find out the batch number.

Blogging

Is Goo Launching Paid Review Programme?

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There have been rumours that Goo may launch a paid review programme. Well, if they are, I am not even surprised. Why? They have tried to kill of their blog advertising competitors and now, this would be the killer blow, or so they think.

So where does this leave us bloggers who are left with a big fat egg for our blog rankings? Most of us are, by the way, also publishers for Goo’s blog advertisements, which I shall not name but I am sure everyone knows the name.

What I know is that some people were so pissed off when they received an egg that they even wrote in to terminate their account. I think that we should keep theses issues separate, though. There’s no point being blinded by emotions.

However, I hope that should such a programme be launched, I certainly would like to participate as well.

Use Buzzfuse* to easily rate, review, and share this item

General

Naked No More

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If you have been following my blog, you will know that despite using my Nokia E61i mobile device for seven months now and my iPhone for three months already, they are still naked.

If is not that I do not want to protect them but I have been looking for protection that does not add bulk to my devices. You may also have read that I do not carry any bags, that is why I like to keep my devices as slim as possible so that I can slip them into my pockets without the bulge.

My friend showed me his spanking new iPod case, which is a thin film of transparent wrapper over his iPod. Prior to this, I have come across invisibleSHIELDâ„¢ before but I had no chance to see the real deal since I live in Malaysia.

Now that I have felt it with my own hands, I am sold! Wrapping my iPhone with the full body coverage, I am sure that my precious iPhone will be protected from scratches yet add no extra inches or weight. I know that the iPhone screen is supposedly scratch-proof but I can’t take the chance.

The invisibleSHIELDâ„¢ is also scratch-proof and they come with a lifetime warranty. This is just the kind of reassurance I need.

Blogging

Stripped Off All Ad Codes

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If you are a regular reader of my blogs, you would know notice that the ad codes of a certain blog advertisement programme has been stripped off all my blogs. I joined this programme years ago, and I have forgotten their Terms of Service, until a friend refreshed my memory that this company prohibits the use of their service on blogs that promotes drugs, imitation goods and gambling.

After my chat with this friend, I went to read their Terms of Service again and true enough, they did mention explicitly which types of blogs qualify and which do not.

I spent the next hour and a half removing all my ad codes from all blogs, or at least I tried to, but I am not sure if I have cleaned it up totally because page impressions are still being recorded but only less than 10 impressions.

I will wait a little longer and see if the cache clears from all our computers to see if there are still impressions. As far as I know, I have already removed them all but it’s hard to say.

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