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It was back when I was just a wee nipper in the prehistoric days of dial-up, actually quite a few years ago. My co-worker had created his own blog, and he was eventually able to quit his job. I wanted to be just like him, to be able to live off of my own entreprenurial success was my newly acquired dream.
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How not to WriEt
The Many Hardships…
And the Threat of Becoming a Square
~}Bitchy Post, De la Tarde{~
‘Make a Post like this, and You are Doomed to Fail’
I began blogging for fun, with the hopes (high hopes) of earning some money as the blog began to grow. Of course being the usual noobie upstart blog creator, my blog was, and is just a blog with little to no traffic. I spend hours each day reading content, hoping to learn enough about one subject that I can create an entirely new article on it. This leaves me and other bloggers in my position with very little time for fun. Especially in between school, homework, and whatever time you may have alotted for gaming.
It may sound odd that gaming is on the list of things that must be done in a day, but it is somewhat important. At least, it is important to me, because if I didn’t play games I would be considered a complete square. Being a complete square is not something that I strive for, and so I take the necessary precautions to keep that title away.
Unfortunately, gaming get’s just as boring to me as thinking up new things to write about. Maybe it’s because I think to much, to much like some other people think.
“What exactly is the point of playing this damned game? Is the point to be completely pointless? Create a character, level it to *70? Get better gear for it, and then make a new character? All the while, never having any actual fun while playing the game, and instead falsifying fun and replacing it with the urgency to be better than other people. Maybe if I/We were more interesting, or felt as though we were better than people IRL (in real life). Then this urgency would be gone from our minds”
As I type, I hear my game addict brother in the background yelling at the computer.
“WHAT THE FREAKING CRAP!? I WAS DOING SO FREAKIN GOOD!! WHAT THE FREAKING CRAP HAPPENED?!! WTFFFF!” (exeunt)
Here is an image to make you feel like your better than someone (so you can stop playing games and do something useful).
Now you see, I created this whiny/ranty post to vent my sorrows without going back and editing my writing. It is definitely possible that if I spent more time editing this post it would’ve turned out worse than it already is. In fact, I think I would’ve intentionally made it worse to increase the overall whiney-bitchIness. After all, the whole reason this is here is to be the visual chalkboard screech of the internet.
I’ve gone off course though, this was supposed to have some sort of value, or meaning. Maybe someone will find it interesting. I doubt finishing this will bring any joy or greater knowledge the the reader. For this reason, I will not allow myself to go back and re-read/proof-read this article. If you wish this paragraph was at the top of the post, then I’m truly sorry… but since I made a previous commitment (in the last sentence) I cannot move this paragraph to the top. It would indeed break the vow I made to not go back and edit this post.
Why exactly is this image Here?:
I’m not really sure why this image is here. It could be because this post is titled the many hardships, and this guy looks like he went through some pretty bad times. Actually, it’s from the movie The Pianist, and he’s a Jew… so you know he’s been through some pretty bad times.
If you’re wondering why the jew is being some quickly intertwined with the words Many Hardships, that would also be because the movie was about genocide. The hardships of Jews when the Nazis and Hitler were ruling over Germany.
No esta muy bueno… 
~If you write like this on your blog… you are doomed to fail.
~Do not write like this on your blog… or you will be doomed to fail
~Fail….
~Fail…..
~Fail……
I have to admit though, this was one of the most ‘fun’ things I’ve been able to write. “LOLZ”
Tags: crappy, noob, post, sauce, stupid, the pianist, uselessIm sure that many people would consider the new freedom of ‘internet’ issue at hand, to be very similar to North Korea, and the Berlin Wall. North Korea is a place where people are trapped inside, and are to be shot if they are caught trying to leave. Which I would correlate with *going to the site you really want to be at*. Where as, people on the outside are able to freely come into North Korea. This is what I would consider, the internet providers way of getting people to go where they want.
Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea for more information on North Korea. I watched a video on it a couple of months ago and it’s really quite interesting what goes on there. The problem is, it’s not the kind of interesting that I’d like to see in my country. But, this sort of thing could start to affect the way we browse the internet.
Net neutrality is important for anyone who enjoys browsing the internet, watching videos, and playing online games. The fact that internet providers are now trying to start charging people based on how much files they transfer, is ridiculous. Eventually it is believed that internet providers will start to charge money for the ability to go on specific websites.
This would mean, if the internet provider cut a deal with Yahoo, that they wouldn’t allow you to access google. Or if they did allow you to access google, it would take an extremely long load. The only reason for the internet providers to do this is because they want more money. It seems to me like they’re making plenty of money the way it is.
I would consider this situation to be just like that of the Berlin Wall. When there are things inside of the walls that the people outside the walls can’t get. The inside being democratic/capitalist, and the outside of the walls being a communist environment. Where people or ‘forced’ to share and use things they don’t particularly want to. In other words, freedom lies inside of the walls, and the walls are heavily guarded with gunman ordered to shoot you on site.
Internet providers seem to be planning somewhat of the same thing. Installing huge firewalls, and blocks so that you can’t access the sites you really want to. While in doing this, getting you to go to other sites that ‘they’ want you to go to. Of course you’re not going to get shot if you ‘try’ to get into the sites you don’t have access to any more, but they’ll make it pretty damn inconvenient.
I’m hoping, that if the internet providers ever grouped together and decided to do something like this. Someone would come out and make a new internet provider that supported internet neutrality. I know, that if no other internet providers formed, than I would try to start one. I’m absolutely desparate for freedom on the internet.
With all of the new rules and internet laws being put into place though, this doesn’t seem like to far fetched of an idea. I read that providers like Verizon, and Time Warner Cable are leaning towards making the switch by 2012. I’m not sure what kind of boycotts and protests are already being planned for this, but I’d probably only be able to hold out a little while without my precious internet.
If you want to help do something to stop internet providers from breaking the rules of net neutrality, then you can google ’save the internet’, and/or ‘net neutrality’. Good look saving the internet, and enjoy it while you still have it…
Tags: berlin, berlin wall, block, censorship, firewall, internet, internet provider, net neutrality, north korea, provider, time warner, time warner cable, verizon, wallOver the past couple of weeks I’ve been experimenting with digg alot. I tried many different methods of getting articles popular. Some methods which I derived on my own, and some that I learned from other more professional social networkers. I have still yet to get an article to the front page of digg, but I consider myself lucky to have been able to get articles up past 90 diggs.
Digg’s initial effort to get the best articles to the front has pretty much failed. There is no way a user can sign up for digg and a day later start making stories go popular. First of all, there are so many users on the site, and so many articles being submitted at high rates, that your article will be buried with thousands of others that never receive a single vote. Unfortunately for you, nobody hears your voice, and most of the news you submit will never get past 10 diggs, unless…
It’s time you got geared up, and got ready to play the game of digg. (I doubt that sounded right, but whatever). I’ve compiled a small list of things you can do to become a popular digger, and even though it could take a few weeks, to a few months to achieve, it’s well worth it.
Why would should you care if you got your article to the front page of digg? First of all, it gives you a feeling of appreciation, and stardom. That kind of ‘wow, they like me, they really like me’ feeling that makes you feel are warm and fuzzy inside. Also, if you’re a webmaster there is all sorts of benefits. Getting to the front page of Digg provides the digg effect for the holder of the article. Thousands of visitors are sent to the site in small amounts of time. So what could you want more than fame, and fortune which Digg graciously provides for those who know how to play.
Hopefully this social networking guide helps out some of the current nobodies on digg. And who knows, maybe this will be my first popular? Pfft… yea right 
IF I was being serious and bloggers really did know everything, then the reason would be;
Since I’m not really being serious, and bloggers really don’t know everything, no matter how intelligent they may seem. I’ll just come straight out and say, Most bloggers have no legitamite idea what they’re writing about, atleast half of the time. Now some of you may be thinking that means bloggers just Bullshit their way through entire articles?
This was brought to my attention when I read a comment to an article on digg. Of course the article was about how to pick up chicks and it was written by someone who spends all of his time on the computer and smoking weed (according to the site’s theme). You can check out the site here. So anyways, this comment stated that the author cleary had no idea what he was talking about. I’m sure most bloggers just spam out articles and forget/don’t choose to proof read their articles. Sometimes this leads to leaving out key points and important parts of certain posts.
So, in my opinion the commentor was being a little too harsh. The ability to BS complete articles seems to me like some what of a sign of genius. Every other blogger on the internet, and myself have written an article simply for the benefits at one point or another. This often times leaders to failure, but can sometimes bring in traffic for spurr of the moment topics.
Also, the aire of intelligence and self confidence leads people to believe whatever the author says. When an author tells something matter-of-fact-like he’s doing better for himself than he would be if he were to say something as if he wasn’t sure about it. Plus, most people browsing the internet are seeking information on the internet, and aren’t likely to call you out if you’re wrong.
When a blogger writes something that he/she doesn’t know anything about, you can probably expect it to be true enough to believe. Educated guesses and hypotheses are what found scientific theories and eventually end up as solid results. Don’t expect things that you’re reading on blogs to be untrue either, because many bloggers look into what they’re posting about before typing up the article.
OMg.. I totally just BS’d my way through that entire article. I’m serious too, I don’t think it came out very well.
Tags: a, Add new tagSexy images, commercials, and even suggestive phrasiology can be the key to a great advertising campaign. Although not always necessary, for most products, you’ll find that when associated with sex, they sell better! It’s my belief that every human being thinks at least a little bit like I do, and when I see an advertisement with a good looking female posing half nude on the internet. I’m probably going to click on the advertisement, even if it’s just to see more.
I’m sure that for everyone, one of the most obvious companies that uses sex to appeal to it’s customers is Godaddy. A web hosting company and domain registrar that almost every webmaster is familiar with. Despite the constant foul reviews Godaddy get’s on the internet, I constantly hear of people that use it. The godaddy girl is just so hot, it makes their whole campaign a little more irresistable.
Sure, any company that spends money on commercials is going to get some bonus customers. But, which commercial do you think is going to get the most followers. A professional commercial, with a guy in a suit telling you about all of the positive features of their web hosting company, or a commercial with a smokin’ hot babe telling you to use her web host. I don’t think she even tells you to use godaddy, she just say… Go Daddy.
If that turned any of you onto godaddy, I apologize… don’t use them for your web host or domain registrar. Bluehost is a much better host, and namecheap is by far the best domain registrar. Neither of which have the advantage of sexy advertisements.
Sex doesn’t have to be your advertising campaign in order to get people interested in your website. It could be a simple article, or tidbit of content about sex that leads users on to the rest of your content. For example, this post could be the turning point in vital pixel’s streak of poor-traffic. Of course I have no idea, since the post isn’t published. But, judging by the way things usually play out… I assume it will be.
On the other hand, sex can be your whole advertising campaign, and what your website is about. Sex and Porn and the two top searched terms on the internet. So that tells you what people are interested in. I’m not even going to bother calling them pervs either, everyone has done it.
An photo blog with sexy images on it, is ten times more likely to succeed than a photo blog about fancy cars. I think most people can imagine, that cars are a big market in today’s world. Sexy, nudity, and suggestive art prevail though, and don’t let anyone tell you it doesn’t.
Advertising campaigns for food using lewd videos and commercials is also common. Here is one commercial for burger king in the UK.
Just try incorporating a sexy picture into your website. Use a good looking female spokesperson for your next business. Hooters will be my last examples, probably one of the most successful chain of restaurant’s to ever exist. Why do you think this is so? Because women are just decoration when it comes to marketing, and it works pretty damn well.
This has got to be one of my favorite short clips of all time. I found it on cracked.com through digg, and I thought I’d share. Hopefully you guys enjoy the short break from webmaster tips.
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Here is my list of the top 10 Firefox add-ons. Some pertain more heavily to webmasters, but I consider them good tools for everybody that browses the internet. Each one of these add-ons have separate uses, and can make your internet browsing experience more enjoyable, or easier than it already is.
Tab Effect: Add effects when current tab is changed…And that… is my top 10
Fireshot get’s an honorable mention, because I almost listed it.