Tag: From my reader

– This is sad. Belkin were offering to pay people – using Amazon’s mechanical turk platform – to write positive reviews of their products. Glowing reviews. Seriously – if you think you need to pay someone 80 cents to write a positive review of your product you probably shouldn’t be selling your product. This article predicts an imminent denial from the company – which did come. But I can’t help but think that this behaviour was sanctioned and not some random act of company loyalty.

– I’m shocked – unless the respondents definition of “use” included playing Bubble Bobble on their phones…

– Interesting couple of plugins to allow you to use by far the best photo management software – Picasa 3 – to upload your photos direct to Facebook.

– An article last week suggested that coffee is an hallucinogenic – an article this week suggests it’s a miracle cure for alzheimer’s – or at least a preventative.

– This is a tip for Real Estate agents that could equally be applied to churches – or anyone wanting a community foothold.

– from a blog called stuff journalists like… a handy insight into why press releases work.

– The Burger King campaign I shared a couple of days ago has lead to this interesting debate on the actual monetary value of Facebook and Facebook friendships. I tend to see most of my Facebook network as people I can call on for favours in particular areas – I would willingly trade 10 of my more obscure friends for a burger… or maybe not. Having said that, nobody came to my rescue when my hacker claimed to need $800US to extract himself from a sticky situation in London – so maybe my friends will sacrifice me for a burger.

– For anyone interested – I’m hosted by Dedicated Host, and they seem pretty reliable. Their customer service thus far has been top notch. No complaints, and I got it on a coupon deal that makes the hosting incredibly cheap.

– If papers die what happens to spin doctors?

– If there was a nearby Burger King in London, and my Hacker was seriously in trouble he could have earned 60 free whoppers with this Facebook app that provides a free burger for every ten friends culled – and a notification that a burger meant more to the user than their friend. Nice.

– I was one of those people who was frustrated by the mac only deal with this online polaroid generator a while back – but there’s now no reason to feel frustrated. You can give all your images a nice, clean white border, for free. Without having to use photoshop. Well, there was actually a reason I wanted that originally…

– “Apparently Tetris—which requires serious brain power on your part—blocks your brain from storing those bad memories” – no wonder Robyn and I are so happy go lucky – if you play as much Tetris as we do you’re bound to have only positive memories…

– Interesting take on gambling from a Christian perspective. I’d have to say I’m nonplussed on the debate – it seems a bit like alcohol. Moderation and self control are key…

– Good news. DRM is to iTunes what pickles are to MacDonalds burgers.

– Just what I’ve always wanted.

– Good news. DRM is to iTunes what pickles are to MacDonalds burgers.

– Just what I’ve always wanted.

– Roasting your own is a guaranteed way to drop the cost of your coffee way lower than $2.70 per day. Also, cutting milk would be a substantial saver… but then don’t go out and buy a machine that adds about 40c worth of electricity to the cost of a couple of cups.

– Yeah. Cop that Starbucks drinkers.

– A bit of a different view of Bush’s presidency and intelligence.

– An interesting approach to online shopping – where two “experts” do all the leg work for you – but only on particular items in a fairly narrow field.

– Here’s another list – this time with video clips of the 50 best Movie special effects scenes.

– A list of lists from 2008. The end of the year makes a lot of bloggers list crazy – and this is a great one stop shop for time wasting. brbrAll the blogging tips sites I’ve ever read suggest lists are the best way to boost readership. This must be the uberlist…

– It seems like Real Life Superheroes are the new blogging black.

– Why does anybody still use Internet Explorer? Other than having an office structure that prohibits breaking out and using one of the crisper, faster, and nicer browsers like Chrome or Firefox.

– Otherwise known as harnessing jock power. I did see a Tourism Queensland newsletter a while back that profiled a couple of nightclubs that generated power through movement on a sensor laden dance floor. I’ll have to dig that up.

– So, if I ever want a political career does my history of trying to extort money from my friends serve me well or disqualify me? And what about my blog…

– Are there any useless sites you think I should know about? I do like useless sites. Especially awesome useless sites.

– Who’d have thought the internet would help people benefit from piracy… of the nautical kind… arrr.

– This would be useful if you were wanting to use the world map as wallpaper. As in wallpaper in your house – not the desktop background variety.