Computing & Internet

How Much Is Your Domain Name Worth?

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I came across this service by LeapFish.com on a paid to blog marketplace but I did not make a bid for the opportunity. Well, I don’t actually remember if I did or not but I think this is a rather fun service so I am blogging about it. Hopefully, the LeapFish advertiser will appreciate a friendly buzz!

Just for fun I entered a few of my domain names to be appraised. This is the score I achieved for my domain name http://journal.cyberpartygal.com/ My domain name is rather new so I am not surprised that it is so cheap *sigh*

How cheap, I have nothing to compare with so I used a few popular domain names as benchmarks and these values were returned:

Boing Boing – $48,872
Google – $10,875,620
Yahoo – $17,756,531

How come I suddenly feel so small? :-(

Computing & Internet

The Launch of Linkbidr.com

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I have received news that a brand new website, Linkbdr.com is launching this Monday, 25th June, 2007. It is going to change the way we look at web advertising. Linkbidr, a new web application, allows you to advertise your site or promote just about anything at all at the price that you set. So as you can see, Linkbidr is not free, but it can be very cheap if you know how to utilize it to its full potential.

In conjunction with its launch, Linkbidr is giving away $10 for early birds who sign up with the service. There are still 48 spots left and I am going to claim my own cash right after this post and that will leave 47 spots! Sign up now and have $10 credited into your account which you could use when Linkbidr is launched and you can then use it to promote your blog. That is what I am planning to do!

Currently, Linkbidr is still in the development stage I was not able to sneak a preview of the website but from the buzz on the internet, I believe that many people are looking forward to try the site out. I have already bookmarked the site and will be checking it out first thing on the morning of 25th June, 2007. I know that it will live up to expectations.

Blogging

Buzz On Julie’s Blog Promotion Contest

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Here’s some good news I would like to share. Julie, a fellow postie who blogs at Reviews and More is currently running a blog promotion contest where anyone who blogs about her contest and provide two links to her two blogs, including the new shopping blog, The Chronic Consumer, will be eligible to participate.

Quite often people ask me why I let others know of a contest when I am only diluting my own chances. Well, I say the more the merrier. This is a game of luck, anyway. And as I always say, “Good things MUST share!”

If you have a blog, why not participate? Julie is giving away cash prizes not for the best blog post but for the names that she draws out from the bucket from all the entries that she has received. I am not one for details so if you would like to know more about this exciting contest that is closing on 30th June, 2007, head over to Julie’s blog now and read her simple rules for the contest.

If you are also running a contest on your blog, do let me know and I would be more than happy to give you a friendly buzz!

Travel

From London to Sydney

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My father’s business associate arrived from London the other day, en route to Sydney, Australia for a business conference. He told us that he booked his hotel room via the internet from CheaperThanHotels.com. Well, he does not look that internet savvy but thankfully, his secretary knows where to look for cheap Hotels in Sydney for him.

Sydney is a very vibrant business city where many travelers go to daily. This British man thought that he would not be able to book a decent hotel at a bargain since it was a last minute decision to attend the conference and was delighted to know that CheaperThanHotels.com caters to travelers who booked in advance as well as those who book at the last minute like him.

Normally, last minute travelers would be charged higher but that was not the case with CheaperThanHotels.com, thankfully!

In The News

Petition Against Johor Rape Case

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Last week, a friend of mine from Johor Bahru asked me to sign a petition regarding the complain against the rape case that happened in Johor not too long ago. I told him that I am not from Johor, is is appropriate for me to sign? Is this a community or a national issue?

A couple of days ago, my friend sent me a forwarded email with the same link to the complaint site. It was forwarded to him by Ms. Fong Po Kuan, the Batu Gajah MP. Ms. Fong has already signed the petition even though she is from Perak. So I guess anybody can sign since it is a national issue.

The organizers are striving to collect a total of a hundred thousand signatures by 24th June 2007. Total signatures at the time of writing this stands at 68790.

The appeal is as follows:

Pihak kami serentak merasai keadaan keamanan dan keselamatan di Johor Bahru semakin tergugat dan rakyat hidup dalam situasi yang bimbang dan gelisah. Bersama ini kami menurunkan tandatangan sebagai satu penyampaian citarasa kami kepada pihak berkuasa, kami berharap pihak polis akan menfokus dan berusaha dengan sepenuhnya bagi membanteras jenayah untuk mengembalikan keyakinan kehidupan yang aman kepada rakyat semua.

If you too feel strongly about this issue, please do sign the petition. While one voice may go unheard, I am sure that a hundred thousand or even more voices will not go unnoticed.

The link to the website is HERE.

General

Decorative Bath Shower Faucets

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My friend, Paul, who is a designer and architect, says it is therapeutic to redecorate his house once in awhile. He said he needs it to release stress that comes with his tight work schedule.

This summer, he is going to redecorate his bathrooms and he showed me a bath shower faucet which he said he will buy matching ones for the two bathrooms.

I wondered aloud why he wants to get them changed when his current ones are perfectly find. He told me that a good shower faucet can be like a hydro massager and that is what he needs after a long day at work.

After seeing the many shower faucets available on ShowerBuddy.com, I have got to agree with him! Also, I find that the faucets sold by Shower Buddy could actually be decorative items for the bathrooms when they are not in use thanks to their unique designs.

Computing & Internet

Widget Mate

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Last month, I received a couple of spam comments from two guys (or it could be one guy with different IDs) touting their news widget. Well, I am sorry to say I never publish irrelevant comments. Anyway, I did check out the website and I think it is a great free tool, so I decided to give them a friendly buzz :-)

I love using news widget. If you check out my sister blog, you can find MyCen News and Tech feeds there. Actually, I did not embed WidgetMate because the news are mainly international headlines and I prefer national news since I do not even have time to read the papers and the only way to get some news is through the widget on my own blog.

I did try out WidgetMate, though and find it highly customizable and user-friendly. Perfect for people like me who get lost in codes! WidgetMate allows you to change almost everything about the widget including the layout, font, color and size to match the theme of your own blog or website.

Right now, only the news widget is available but widgets for funny quotes, sports and humor of the day are in the works. I think it would be great if there is a widget that only displays my own blog entries. That would be awesome!

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