Aug 23
Testing ScribeFire
Found a Safari extension called ScribeFire and I’m testing it. If it really is good, it could be my preferred way of blogging.
Am I the only person using the netbook as if it is a mobile phone? My friend finds it funny that I couldn’t operate my rather user-friendly phone yet bothered to find out what’s going on in my computer operating system. Although the netbook is huge compared to the mobile phone, I found myself using it more and more these days in public transport.
I do my assignments, type blog posts and organize my folders all in the bus. With a computer, it’s so much more to do.
Perhaps it’s time to consider an iPhone or something. My 1.5-year old phone did a silent protest today by being silent the entire day. Perhaps it’s time for shopping soon.
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Mar 23
Top 10 tags of March
Here are my list of top 10 tags of the past month:
These stuff help me determine what to blog next sometimes.
Mar 08
BlogOut! ends
BlogOut! is okay, nice food. I think the discussions has been great. Thanks for organizing. Thanks Claudia for letting me be there. 
It’s real. Spam is the most annoying thing about blogging. It’s like you are trying to tell some friends some personal stuff and you have some Joe Public at one side screaming with a banner, “hey you want to get some Viagra?”
Thirty cents. Better than nothing. I’m literally using the money earned by another blog to pay for the existence of this blog. It’s sad that I spend more effort in this blog but I don’t get the visitors.
Some notes on ad revenue
Thoughtful posts don’t gain you visitors.
To get visitors, you need, I repeat, you need to blog silly things.
No one wants to know your opinion unless you’re a celebrity and have some say in things.
If part of your reason of blogging is to earn some pennies, never start a personal blog.
Start a link blog or something. Put up music for people to download (and violate from ahem ahem stuff), put lots of pictures that are either funny or cute. (Cute pictures like dogs, cats and rabbits are a winner.)
Don’t bother posting those male-female analysis, boy-girl relationship that could have been passed off as dissertation from some academic institution.
Blog with what’s trendy. Bill Gates retire? Blog about it, link it to another blog. iPhone released? Post pictures, and write a bunch of useless iPhone specifications.
Conclusion
Just don’t model your income generator after this blog.
At the end of 4 months, you will just earn thirty cents. That’s just my two cents. Okay, now I’m left with 28 cents, great.
Think you can just quote news for free? It’s only half true only. Associated Press allows you special package of 4 words free, with 5 words just costing a ultra-reasonable $12.50. More below:
- 5-25 words: $12.50
- 26-50 words: $17.50
- 51-100 words: $25.00
- 101-250 words: $50.00
- 251 words and up: $100.00
(Source: TechDirt)
I understand Associated Press is merely trying to protect it’s placing in news spreading but this mentality has to change. AP went after the Drudge Retort for quoting less than 100 words.