Entries from July 2007

Do You Have Time For Paid Comments?

Date July 31, 2007

While there are certainly cases when paid comments can be 100% legitimate, I still stand by my somewhat harsh criticism of the website than brought the issue into the spotlights in recent weeks.
Today I was faced with a little bit of a dilemma. Seemingly innocent comments with clear attempt to (ab)use the fact that this [...]

Ubuntu Frustration: Impossible To Get Dell A940 (All In One) Printer To Work

Date July 30, 2007

Dell Computer is one of the first to offer Ubuntu as an alternative OS on their machines. So when I updated to Ubuntu, printer computability was the last thing on my mind. If you have Dell A940 (All In One) printer, chances are it will be very hard to get it working with Ubuntu. For [...]

Getting Back On Track With Hittail

Date July 28, 2007

One of the biggest downsides of any major update or redesign is that in the process you may miss some important elements of your website. During the most recent update I’ve missed to place the Hittial’s tracking code in the new theme for this blog. What an upsetting mistake!
Hittail is one of those services that [...]

Tagging Games Are Back: 8 Things About Me

Date July 26, 2007

I am not the biggest fan of tagging games. The only reason I am participating in this most recent tagging game is that was to lazy to register with Multiply.com in order to reject the invitation extended to me by Renata from Falando pelos Cotovelos- do not ask me what it means, I just hope [...]

I Am Skype Possessed

Date July 24, 2007

Back in January I started to use Skype. In fact by the end of January have gotten rid of the land line because of Skype. Over the period of last seven month I’ve had only great experience using it. Some times the service is so good, it is hard to believe to be true.
I have [...]

My First $10,000 Paid Review- No Disclosure Required.

Date July 24, 2007

Update: This post contains irony and sarcasm. Things indicated in parenthesis, where not actual. However the request from the advertiser reguarding disclosure is.
Well not exactly, if approved my share will be $6,500 (Update: It is impossible to ask more than an advertiser has specified). Not bad for one review!
I hope you do not [...]

Finds and Links: 07-23-2007

Date July 23, 2007

Carsten Cumbrowski has a great write up on AvantLink and its API. I am not that big on reporting side of the APIs but I always look for an easy away to get product feed from the merchants I work with. I have grown to feel conformable with CSV datafeeds and will definetely give AvantLink [...]