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Followers

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:05:00 PST

Oh the excitement - I've added a 'followers' box on the right side of this blog. It says 'NO FOLLOWERS', none, zip, nobody..... well it is only 2 minutes old (as it says 'no followers' I dare not...

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Balloon Gas

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:37:00 PST

I've changed to Air Products: Balloon Gas Page It wasn't so much that Air Product won the account, it was more the fact that BOC lost it (as in lost the plot completely). They delivered the wrong...

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Leet - 1337

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:56:00 PST

Richard at esterling has pointed out the distance the balloon has travelled is a message: 1337 In some mad computer language it means 'leet' - spellings of the word leet include l33t...

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Logica Balloon Race

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:52:00 PST

Well all went well in the logica race for 24 hours. 220 Balloons were racing and there were no issues - no news is good news. That was until I just looked at the race, Bari has travelled 1337km this...

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logica balloon race

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:41:00 PST

WOW - the logica virtual balloon race started an hour ago, there's already 62 balloons in the race.

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Google starred results

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:15:00 PST

Google has replaced searchwiki with starred results? Starred Results

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Real balloons or google adwords?

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:48:00 PST

When do you get to the stage that adwords take over? Look at this guy - http://www.shoemoney.com/gallery/v/misc/adsensecheck.jpg.html He got a cheque form Google for $132,994.97 in one month! So -...

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Balloon Flights

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:31:00 PST

Balloon Flights across the UK

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Balloons London

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:28:00 PST

London balloon printing, helium and decorations.

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balloonrace.com - next steps

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:57:00 PST

Following some advice from Marc Summers, here's what I've instructed esterling to do next: Place a Twitter and Facebook button on the balloon owners page (the buttons automatically adds a link to...

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Domain name for sale?

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:30:00 PST

So - I post something on my blog about possibly selling a domain name, the message is then blasting out across twitter without me knowing. All of a sudden I'm getting followers who are into domains....

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Sedo - domain name broker

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:35:00 PST

I spoke to Sedo - they reckon they can get at least $150,000 for 'balloon.com'. Now then - when you look at how the £ is against the $ - it might be the right time to sell?

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Work Less and Make More

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:06:00 PST

A couple of years ago I employed a business coach. One of the best lessons he taught me is described below. It's hard to accept and take action - but it's all true. I have taken it to the...

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Balloon Race - Frequently asked question

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:04:00 PST

OK - I did it, I added a page for Frequently asked questions, I'll keep adding questions as I get them: FAQ

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balloonrace.com - home page

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:47:00 PST

I've slightly changed the home page of balloonrace - it's makes it easier for people to find me and demos the current active races. www.balloonrace.com/balloons (demo) www.balloonrace.com/beta...

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Mount Plaeasant Balloon Race

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:44:00 PST

Here's the latest School Virtual Balloon Race - Mount Pleasant are very excited and so am I, as far as I'm aware all the bugs have been fixed.......... what can possibly go wrong? Hi David, Well I...

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Sell balloon.com?

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:24:00 PST

A couple of days ago I was messing around online & I filled out a form at sedo.com - regarding selling the domain name 'balloon.com' Anyway... I've had an email from Germany and they want to...

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All from an N10 (there's still gas left)

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:48:00 PST

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Barclays colours....

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:11:00 PST

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What can be done with an N10?

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:03:00 PST

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Latest cookie error

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:04:00 PST

Solution below to latest error found by Nick Rose: From esterling: I was aware of this when I was providing the fix. The problem we have is that we would have to store the email address - or at...

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Free Boost Cheat

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:48:00 PST

Message below from esterling, I'm gonna contact Nick Rose and ask him to test it: "The free boost cheat should now have been dealt with. The race no longer uses a cookie to record when a boost has...

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Virtual Balloon Race for Logica

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:59:00 PST

I probably shouldn't post this, Nick might be watching? Logica are doing a Virtual Race with their 5000 emplyees - serious traffic here we come! I've not heard from esterling regarding fixing the...

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The Big Red Button

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:46:00 PST

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Aston Villa Balloon Release

david@balloon.co.uk (balloon.com) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:50:00 PST

Here we go, all went well at the villa release:

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DSC01422 [Flickr]

balloon.com — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:16:34 PDT

balloon.com posted a photo:

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balloon.com — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:15:34 PDT

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