Computing & Internet

How To Win An XShot

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Drew, a fellow blogger that I got to know of earlier this year and now blogs actively on FOUR blogs (where does he find the time??), left me a note recently about his new contest. I think the prizes that he is giving away are just so apt for his passion in photography. If you like photography, you just have to check out the vibrant photos that Drew shoots. He also takes the trouble to edit his shots to make them more captivating.

Anyway, if you would like to win an XShot from BenSpark, do check out his contest post to read what it is all about. Don’t know what an XShot is? It is something that ALL avid photographers should have. When I do get my digital camera, this is something I am going to get as well.

Or if you win the XShot from BenSpark, you can give it to me while you keep the fame! Thank you very much!

Computing & Internet

Medical News Site

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I came across a medical news website that is a compilation of news and articles with many medical conditions and categories including OB / GYN, asthma and cancer which serves as a very useful starting point for anyone looking for medical news.

With all the news compiled under one website with an easy to read layout, it makes it easy for people who are looking for news on a particular illness or disease.

Although I am not in the medical profession, it looks like the site has all major illnesses that afflict humans covered. Check the sidebar for each specific disease.

Blogging

Review The Cranking Widgets Blog & Win US$50

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I got to know of this contest through Ryan’s Review. While I am not as prolific a writer as Ryan, I will still attempt to review The Cranking Widgets for a shot at US$50.

First up, I don’t really mind the content. I rather like the personal posts interspersed in technology posts and Brett Kelly, the writer, is only human and it is natural to have personal posts now and then. However, checking the archives, I am surprised that Brett seems like he has lost momentum in blogging on The Cranking Widgets for the past couple of months.

With only an average of one post every 3 – 4 days and with 1,647 feed readers, there are not that many comments left on the blog. No doubt feed readers mostly read from the feed reader and do not drop by the blog but if the posts are compelling enough, readers will still come and comment even if they have read the post via the feed reader.

I have to mention that I got this figure of 1,647 feed readers from Ryan because I CAN’T SEE IT from the feedburner icon. The whole rectangular is orange in color. I think Brett needs to get the color recustomized and it would be better to move the icon over to the left sidebar where the other stat trackers are.

Another thing that I would like to mention is that the Google AdSense leaderboard at the bottom of the page sticks out like a sore thumb with a different background color. I could see that Brett did change the background color but it matches the color of the main body of the page and not the darker shade that makes up the left sidebar and the bottom of the page. In my opinion, it would look better if the background color is changed for this leaderboard.

In conclusion, Brett needs to post more frequently to keep the impressive number of readers coming to the blog and there are two things that could be changed to make the layout more visually appealing.

And by the way, Mr & Mrs Brett Kelly, congratulations on the new addition to the family!

Travel

Thinking Of A Golf Vacation?

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I just came across a website for anyone who is thinking of a myrtle beach golf vacation. Coastal Golfaway, which is owned by the PGA Professional, William J. McGraw, Jr., offers some of the best golfing vacation packages to the Myrtle Beach area and Wilmington.

Booking your golf vacation through Coastal Golfaway, golfers only have to pay a low of $749 per person. In any case, it is great to be able to check out the current offers page to keep updated with the new rates.

You could also check out the rates according to the season and your travel dates or get one of those custom packages where the golfing vacation will be tailored to your needs.

Not only does the website allows online booking, one could also make an online payment by credit card. Getting a golfing vacation has never been this easy.

Computing & Internet

Annoying Yahoo! Mail Ads

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Has anyone noticed all the advertorials in Yahoo! Mail? I find that really annoying especially when I accidentally “rolled over” the ads with my cursor.

I wonder why it is even necessary for Yahoo! to stoop this low, bombarding us with ads like that. I am OK with banner ads but not ads that obstruct the main content or distract my attention.

I am already not using my Yahoo! Mail account for anything important. Personal emails have moved to Gmail but I am still keeping my account because of my sign-ups with certain companies and mailing lists and during the early days, my Yahoo! email address was and still is my log in ID to certain websites and I do not know how to request for a change in log in IDs.

By the way, I think that it is dumb of webmasters who require an email address as log in IDs. What if the email account is closed and the address is no longer valid? I have had a few email accounts closed in the past because the provider could not afford to provide the service anymore.

I think the only thing that I use my Yahoo! account daily is the Yahoo! Messenger. How many people have switched to other services, I have no idea but I know that bugging us with such ads is not going to help matters.

Computing & Internet

HostGator WebHosting Review Site

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When I first thought of hosting my own domain, I was worried of committing to a year long of frustrations and agony. I do have friends with their own hosts and they told me conflicting stories. One thing I was looking for was real testimonials from users about the good and bad of hosting with certain companies.

When I was doing my research, I came across HostGator, one of the top webhosting sites and resellers. A good thing about this company is that they do value their customer feedback and webmaster HostGator reviews are most definitely welcome, as evident in the poll on the sidebar of their review website, reflecting true client feedback.

HostGator reviews and HostGator coupons are what make the company stand apart from their competitors. When I was looking for hosting, I wish I knew about the HostGator coupons that could be applied to a HostGator Shared plan. Well, I just did not know better or I would have saved a considerable about of money in hosting.

Blogging

Jantics, The FUNNY Funny Blog

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Mr. Fab introduced the blog of his friend, Janna. Well, the name of her blog is Jantics. Janna actually has two blogs but Jantics is her new baby and we are going to give it some lovin’ today.

First up, I must mention that Jantics has a very refreshing header and at the top of it, it’s written “It’s cute how some people expect the world to actually make sense.” That sounds like a Happy Bunny quotation though I can’t tell for sure.

Reading posts down the first page itself got me cracking up. Janna is such a funny lady that she comes across as a very happy go lucky, cheerful kind of person. I actually can relate to some of her posts, especially about blogging in her dream and talking to the pudding. These are things that go on in my head all the time that I sometimes think I am crazy. So I am not!

You know, I hardly ever blog hop as I have a hard time keeping up with my jobs AND maintaining my own blogs, but Jantics could easily be one of the blogs I lurk around when I have time. I do need her comical outlook in life to get away from my own heavy posts!

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