Archive for May, 2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

My wife and I rarely go out of our way to get to the theatre thanks to our two-year-old. Since the last installment of Pirates of the Caribbean, however, we’ve been aching to see how the story ends, so we made the time to catch At World’s End on opening weekend.

My review of At [...]

Promote Your Site by Contributing to Another

Saturday, May 26th, 2007

How do you build valuable inbound links, enhance your website’s credibility, expand your portfolio, and possibly make some money, all in one step? The answer is to go write for someone else’s website. That’s right; whether as a guest blogger, an article author, or a paid contributor, writing for someone else’s site can [...]

Kids Say the Darndest Things

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Having a toddler can be frustrating (okay, very frustrating), but it can also be amusing as talking comes into the picture. I got to spend a lot of quality time with my son last weekend, and I’ll be darned if I didn’t almost fall over laughing at some of the things he said. [...]

Why Nobody Died on the Heroes Season Finale

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

I am admittedly a recent fan of NBC’s Heroes. It’s one of those shows that I always knew would appeal to me but never went out of my way to watch. I finally caught my first episode two weeks ago and loved it, as expected. Thankfully there was a marathon last Saturday, [...]

More Fine Print Frustration

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

I hate contracts. All too often, they bind you into financial obligation for more service than you need or intend. If there’s a line in the fine print that calls for more charges or longer terms, you can bet they’ll squeeze you for every drop they can. They’ll give you a way [...]

Create a Podcast Without Any Added Hassle

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

My bosses are absolutely crazy about the work of the internet marketing guru Derek Gehl, so naturally I read his feeds. A recent post on his blog highlighted a blogging tool that was just too interesting to resist, so I decided to give it a try. Called Feed 2 Podcast, it reads an [...]

Good Riddance to Jerry Falwell

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Jerry Falwell’s death is an inescapable headline today. It’s even on several of the blogs I read, few of which comment on mainstream news. I don’t much care how he died or why, to be honest, but I felt compelled to weigh in on it nonetheless.
As I mentioned to Simon Owens over on [...]

Windfury After the 2.1 Patch

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Much to the sorrow of shaman-lovers everywhere, it’s being nerfed. Yes, our most beloved weapon enchant and the basis of so many dual-wielding enhancement builds won’t be so great in the near future. Exactly when is still up in the air, since the patch is currently being testing, but it’s going to happen, [...]

Kingdom of Loathing

Monday, May 14th, 2007

I generally stick to World of Warcraft for my RPG needs, but I couldn’t help but try out Kingdom of Loathing when a coworker linked me to it. It is, in a word, absurd. That’s not to say it’s a bad game, but the setting and gameplay are just plain silly. In [...]

Link Building with Link Request Emails

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

It’s hardly the method of choice for most SEOs, but sending link request emails can still be a useful link building strategy. After all, criticisms aside, it produces completely organic links; another webmaster looks at your website and may or may not decide to link to it. That you requested they do so [...]