The silence is golden.....

Timing is everything!

2008-05-03T20:39:00.003Z

What a time to be offline when I have seen so many familiar faces...like on facebook! Ah well, never mind as I am trying to get online asap I will catch up. ;o) What have I missed then? Anything new happening? Sorry it has been a while since I wrote, will start doing more and more often. Surprised by all those I see on facebook, faces I have not seen in 20 years...in some cases! That long?

Isolation not ignorance.

2007-12-03T14:47:00.000Z

Some of you have been using facebook etc to contact me... I am not ignoring them, it's the library using limited filters and IE 6 stopping me using them. Nice to see old friends on the social sites...even ex girlfriends from um... 15 years or more ago! ;o) Shows how the net really has made the world a smaller place, never thought I would hear again from some of the people I have. Been a great

"Not quite there"

2007-10-29T14:10:00.000Z

Still waiting to be connected up...nevertheless the wait will be worth it I know. Not alot of good news to share with blogrush then?...Oh well. My dashboard is not quite up to usable for me yet! I do miss the communities I have been into, and wonder what you are all up to online and hoping the blogs and sites are still picking up for you. ;o) Whats happening out there then? Anything I missed?

"Blogrush any good then?"

2007-10-19T14:51:00.000Z

Well I am still waiting to be reconnected at home, so while here at the library I had a look at blogrush....still not improved much for me as such, my dashboard is no help! Has anyone seen any significant improvements? Has your traffic improved? Has your dashboard improved? What have I been missing out online lately then? Not much I hope... The break has been nice, a chance to catch up on the

"Amassed clutter, of gold?"

2007-10-05T15:28:00.000Z

Not getting to the library often enough at the moment, even so I am limited at the library with the filters etc in place on here, it likes msn but not google? Anyway, I had an interesting time going through my pc while not online, in other words not "diverted" by the net, being the distraction it is. :o) I can't believe what I have on my pc...way to much of it and some things are junk to put it

"A lesson to learn"

2007-09-27T16:34:00.000Z

Sly membership site owners who fail to STOP trying to take money when the membership was cancelled due to lack of quality! Yes you KNOW who you are...it seems that I NEVER went over a limit at the bank, this sly membership owner tried to take out money from my paypal AFTER I had cancelled it, the money I had paid in to cover the connection hadn't quite got there and this meant the bank bounced

"Dam greedy banks"

2007-09-25T14:48:00.000Z

Done it again, ripping me off with charges...costing me my connection..yet again! Have had enough of the hassle from them. I am astonished at the greed they show. I went £2 over my limit...that's 4 dollars, and got a bloody charge which has wiped out what I had for my connection! Bastards. I am now going to write another letter to the bank to sort this out. Meanwhile, looks like I am back

"Stumbleupon stats"

2007-09-24T15:01:00.001Z

Stumbleupon DOES work and works very well. Here is a snapshot I have done of this blogs traffic when it is stumbled. :o) I have not worked out how to cut the the white space from the bottom of this using the paint program which I did this in, so if anyone can advise me there I would be grateful. :o) As you can see over 600 hits to one post in one day, thank you stumblers, but

"I wanna word with you!"

2007-09-19T23:38:00.000Z

"Blogrush?...um, well, it sucks"

2007-09-19T18:18:00.000Z

Well I wrote earlier about blogrush and asked...why bother? A few days later and looking around it seems people think its sucks! I couldn't say, I didn't have any idea what was happening with mine but now... My stats have appeared in my blogrush dashboard. A few things that bother me are... A very low click through rate, I also notice others say the same.No idea what widget on what blog

"Thanks stumblers, for showing me"

2007-09-18T00:23:00.000Z

Some fantastic pictures, blogs and more. Stumbleupon is great, I like using it and THAT is where it becomes good, when you use it. ;o) Too many people sign up to this or that and just expect results, yet stumbleupon works for those who at least try it the way it should be used. Not only have stumblers given me some good visits stats, they have shared some great stuff that I would otherwise

"Sly marketers = stupid people"

2007-09-17T20:30:00.000Z

Need I really say more? Funny thing IM and the marketers involved in that circle, some are simply to sly to be anything but stupid. Honestly the drivel and crap peddled is seriously getting crazy. Emails with NOTHING of content and a link to the "next big thing" shoved in your face, and yet these are the people who I DID trust to deliver once and they have gone the way of everyone else who

"Blogrush! Why bother?"

2007-09-16T16:15:00.000Z

Many of you will know about this by now as it's plastered all over the net, and yes it's on here too and I DO think if you have yet to add it to your blog you should. You can grab yours at blogrush. You want to add the code to your blog as soon as you can and for a good reason too. So why ask why bother? If this turns out to work as well as hoped it will be the mother of all the widgets, ;o)

"The power of the cause"

2007-09-14T18:41:00.000Z

This weekend is going to very very interesting for two reasons, but first... Fasten your seatbelts! Get your thinking cap on, keep your notepad and pen handy, maybe create a folder to save stuff too. ;o) There is a cause I think you can help make succeed, yet you could also learn a thing or two as well...depending on how you look at things. ;o) Two things are happening this weekend and both

"The time, Italian style"

2007-09-13T22:40:00.000Z

Who needs a watch? ;o)

"A cracking house"

2007-09-13T20:38:00.000Z

What a cracking house eh? Just as the sign says...it's only going one way. ;o) Click it for a bigger image and take a closer look.

"Funny what you find under your nose"

2007-09-10T17:28:00.000Z

Other than your mouth that is. ;o) A blueprint to "getting there" right on the sidebar. ;o) And one that gains you 100% commission?! Funny what we already know is where we look to get answers to what we want to know. Making changes to your blog is all good and well as long as things are improving or improvable. Making alot of changes at once is a bad thing...unless it is the only option. You

"Sunset over chesil beach"

2007-09-10T14:12:00.000Z

A beautiful sunset over chesil beach just as I was walking down the "incline", a steep path that leads from the top of the island to the bottom...pretty direct! I was about 3/4 down by this time...should have walked slower! ;o) BUT...I also videoed the sunset the other night and here it is.... :o)

"It's still a journey"

2007-09-09T15:31:00.001Z

We all start at the bottom when we start out blogging, we all take it one post at a time. Everyting takes time and blogging is no different... You may start off humbly like above... ;o) With dreams of climbing that success ladder in the hope of something better and bigger. One step at a time, if we all walk the steps we all take the same amount of steps...but

"Social networking mastered"

2007-09-08T17:35:00.000Z

Exciting times for you bloggers who actively use social networking, but only if you understand it and use it the right way. Web 2.0 was what I had been eagerly waiting for, being deaf you can probably understand why. ;o) Being a blogger meant it never passed me by, as blogging was part of interactivity (web.2.0) before the phrase web 2.0 was even coined, yet now it is making a big difference to

"Normal(ish), untill christmas"

2007-09-07T14:45:00.000Z

The summer end is approaching but we are having some nice weather here, the kids are back in school, the usual routine again, and mums and dads everywhere breathe a sigh to catch their breath again. :o) A chance to get a little time to themselves and plan ahead, prepare for the coming season changes, slowly. ;o) A nice time to pop to the beach for a breather... Spot the people? And further

"You tell me, I'll listen"

2007-09-06T00:44:00.000Z

It's been a real summer of reflection and change in some ways and they say people fear change, well I would like to embrace it for what it is, not least because the last 7 or 8 weeks has taught me a huge amount. ;o) Learning things in ways I wouldn't have expected and yet learning things where I wouldn't have even looked....right under my nose! ;o) The blogging side of it is no different on

"200th post a few interesting blogs"

2007-09-04T17:59:00.000Z

Well the 200th post on this blog has arrived! I really had no idea what to do on this post for a while, it's just another post after the 199th really. :o) Well I had an idea to offer a one way link from this post and I am glad to say some took the offer up...and a bargain they got it for too. Never one to settle for just doing that I thought I would make it better by way of linking to this

"Portland a 2012 bomb?"

2007-09-04T14:27:00.000Z

Portland Bill a beautiful Island where I happen to live.. ;o) I'd like it to stay this way long after 2012...not lost forever! Here we host part the 2012 Olympic games, the sailing events will be in Portland harbour, NOT Weymouth harbour which it seems as they keep getting the credit and publicity! While this is a great thing for Portland I and I am not alone fear it could be a bad thing..why?

"Did you catch it?"

2007-09-03T13:49:00.000Z

I hope the weekend was a good one for you. Maybe some of you worked hard over the weekend, did you catch it? The opportunity? Where? Right here on the blog, taking action using article traffic and maybe a new blog, or at least your newish blog you have been hard at work on up to now. Grabbing the one off one way link offer to link to your choice of a good article which also has the bio box of