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Lost In A Sea of Spam Comments

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I have been so very lazy to go through my Spam comment folder anymore. I give up to these spammers and don’t even care now if legitimate comments have mistakenly be caught by Akismet.

I used to worry that my readers will misunderstand and wonder why I purposely do not approve their comments for publishing. Well, let’s just say that I am tired of spammers so much so that I no longer worry about not being able to publish real comments. I know that is happening because don’t get too many comments lately, compared to the time when I still had the energy to flip through pages and pages of spam.

I heard that if someone leaves too many comments on blogs, they will be marked as Spam even if they are legit. Also, this feature that is said to de-spam “spam” comments do not work at all. I tried it a few times and soon gave up.

Computing & Internet

Somebody’s Got Her P-R- Back!!!

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I’ve got news yesterday that a fellow blogger has her P-R- reinstated for three blogs. That is absolutely great news and a perfect ending of the year for her. It has been tough for all of us to struggle with fake ranks but there is no choice but to persevere.

I know that this lady has been working extra hard all along by building blog after blog specifically for links and therefore, she could afford to be a good girl, delete all links from her blogs and seek reconsideration. She did what we could not afford to do because she has the traffic to anchor these three main blogs of hers.

Of course, even without having to sell L—-, she would still be able to create different revenue streams from her now PR-four blogs. The best of luck to her and may the rest of us be given a little respite as well!

Computing & Internet

Planning A Wedding Online

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The other day, I was at my friend’s home and I was that she has a notebook which she has created lists like wedding guests, Wedding Gifts, bridesmaid, maids of honor, groomsmen and lots more lists. Well, what she was trying to do was to plan her wedding which is sometimes around Valentine’s Day next year.

I told her that she could easily do all this from an online wedding planning site called Wedding Channel and she and her husband-to-be could share the account so that they can both log in to plan and manage the wedding at different times whenever one of them is free. Doing it in a book is not exactly a bad idea but then she would not be able to share the task of building those lists.

Although I have not used those interactive wedding planning tools on the Wedding Channel because, I absolutely love the idea and believe that it takes away the stress and hassle of planning our own wedding!

Finances

Stock Picks Made Easy

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Both my friend and I are small time stock players. Well, I am smaller than him because he is braver in speculating while I am a follower. I only buy stocks that come with professional recommendation while he analyzes the stocks himself. He is quite accurate, though, but he will only tell me AFTER he has sold his stocks. I was very mad and told him that he should let me know when he buys so that I could jump onto the same boat as well but he said that he does not want to because he doesn’t want to take responsibility of my loss, should it happen. Bah!!!

So what choice do I have but to depend on other people to pick my stocks for me? I read the papers, visit stocks websites and apply for all Initial Public Offerings (IPO).

This morning, I was told of this site at http://www.fastmoneystockpicks.com which is a daily updated website on the top stock picks according to CNBC’s Fast Money, a TV program on stock trading.

Although the stock market is very volatile and can move both ways overnight due to national and global events, I feel more secure investing my money after reading on recommendations of professionals. Buying, Sell, Hold, only three options but it is not an easy decision to make!

Now that I know of this website, Fast Money Stock Picks, I think that I would track the stocks against their recommendations and see how accurate each analyst is!

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Computing & Internet

Spies Also Need A Break

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A month ago, I published a screenshot of someone who comes to all my blogs to spy on me. He/she comes by a few times a day that at first, back in June, I thought it was a bot but later, when we were slammed, I knew better.

I managed to get a little respite a few days ago during Christmas holidays when even spies took a few days off from surveillance of my blogs. Hah.. I knew that bloggers and their readers would take this chance to stay away from their blogs and the computer in general but even spies? LOL

I didn’t even miss him/her! I certainly can do without that one unique visit a day. The bad news is that he/she is already back! Bah….Such a hateful person.

Computing & Internet

Addicting Video Poker Games

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If you have been reading my blog, you will know that of all the casino games currently available in online casinos, my all time favorite is poker. This was after I watched a movie on the glitz and glamor of professional poker players. Of course, I am not able to reach that kind of level but it’s good to dream!

A friend told me that there is now online video poker that we can play at an internet casino. Well, video poker games are certainly something new to me.

I checked out http://www.videopokerclassic.com to see what this video poker casino game is all about. I tried to play the free video poker where we are given $2000 to play with just to test the system. Of course, we could also download the full version where we could play video poker with all its features.

I think that video poker here on VideoPokerClassic.com has managed to capture the feel as close to a real poker game in a casino thanks to its rich graphics, so real that without realizing it, I spent over an hour playing the free video poker! All I can say is that it is very addicting but I will be back for more!

This has been a non-biased review of VideoPokerClassic.com

In The News

Hello To All My Pakistani Readers

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I was shocked to receive news from a friend last evening of an assassination at former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. One minute she was fine and the next, she is no longer with us. I read news report that over twenty people were killed as well. It is shocking that as we are about to welcome Year 2008, there is still brutal assassinations happening like this!

I know from my traffic statistics and tracker that I have a handful of readers from Pakistan. Not as many as from neighbouring India but it’s still nice to receive visits from foreign lands. However, I don’t remember anyone from Pakistan actually leaving me a comment on any of my blogs.

To all of you who are in Pakistan right now, I hope that you and your family are safe and that your country will remain calm.

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