Sephy’s Platzish

Posts I liked -

• Ben in Nelson has a great shot of a “local” leaving from the airport - Air NZ
• One of the coolest buildings in modern architecture is the IDS Center in Minneapolis. This isn’t that particular building, mostly because it’s in St. Paul, but it features many corners like the IDS, and Twin Cities Daily Photo ponders if this was a source of inspiration
• If you’re an Entrecard user, you might be interested in this little contest where there is a prize pool of 45,000 credits on offer. Note that this is only open to new members of Entrecard who sign up between now and 15th April.
• Apparently the LA Marathon was held a couple of weeks ago, and being a major marathon, there was your usual contingent of celebrity runners - including Andrew G, who finished the thing - good onya!
• Four’n Twenty are trying to upscale the market with a series of print ads featuring their gold label pies served by Cousin It, disguised as a butler.

New blogs this week in the US Blogs community at BumpZEE -

• Commuter Chronicles
• 366songs.com
• frozen.oranges
• In Search of my Six-pack

Keywords -

• doctor dress - White lab coat, tie, and stethoscope? Or just a standard jacket and tie ensemble?
• world tv - what specifically do you want to know? There’s a lot out there…
• host blogger on godaddy - if you want to do that, you have to do the FTP version of Blogger. And if you want to host your own blog, then you should go to WordPress
• office space - man, I need to watch that movie again. And finish the TPS reports…
• blogger template paper note - huh? A blog is not a paper venture, ok?
• backing out of parking stall right of way california - generally, and this is over here in the midwest, but generally cars that are in the lane have right of way when backing out of a stall.

This week around the blog, I talked about a cool offline blogging tool that I have gotten used to - w.bloggar. In fact, I mentioned Windows Live Writer, and I might just take that for a run and see what it’s like (of course, I’ve possibly been influenced by a member of the team on WLW saying that I should go for it ).

Of course, then I almost wound up getting run into by someone running a red light. It wouldn’t have been bad if the person had just gotten there when the light had turned red, but it was red for a few seconds by the time she got there…and, my little mystery was solved - apparently the water does get absorbed by the ground throughout the day; I’d have thought it was too saturated to do that.

Coming up this week, well, I’m making no promises!

Til next week y’all!

I have not had much time to read posts this week (or to get out to do some Entrecarding), but I do have a bit to share!

Posts I liked -

• I would not want to work for the Queensland Government - have a read of how the QLD department of Health treated a rape victim recently. Pathetic doesn’t even begin to describe it…
• Although blackout regulations were in effect in 1943 in LA, work continued to happen at the Santa Fe yards there, as pictured by Jack Delano - one of the earliest train photographers who worked in color as far as I know.
• Another bit of intrigue from the largest nation in the world - abandoned wooden houses in Russia

New blogs this week in the US Blogs community at BumpZEE -

• LiteralDan
• Insincere Melodrama
• Abstract Variable

Keywords -

• mr. chang’s blog ghs - I don’t know who Mr. Chang is, but if you’re looking for someone mentioning GHS, it won’t be me, because I’m not familiar with many organizations or products with that name (though I did think of GLH, formula 9)
• how to dress like an environmentalist - Uh….Hemp? 100% organic cotton? Maybe wear some Birkenstock slippers? (Why is Birkenstock an acceptable word for Firefox’s spellcheck, but Monaro isn’t?)
• hedonism/pic free - Do I even want to know?
• tv - These one-word searches still amuse me…

This week around the blog, I brought to a close the sports of summer and winter, and the careers of some stars, along with mentioning the hoopla that is local media.

I also wrote to 1995-era PC Magazine about the observations they made, along with the ads in the back of the magazine. Along with that, I asked some questions of Aussie Homeowners, some of whom would live in what was called during the election the “mortgage belt”.

This week, I still have some posts that I’ve been just faffing on, and not doing. Also, I might just have some new emails from the scammers to share. What I need to do is just take some time and do some pre-blogging, heck I could even write some posts as I’m working.

I’m gonna get this out before I head off to work this week. It might be the restart of a good habit, eh?

Posts I liked -

• Chag, the Cynical Dad has a different take on Dr. Seuss - how it screwed up his life…
• File this one under foods to try. A focaccia made from potatoes. Focaccia di patate, with tomatoes on top. Sounds good.
• The media sure has us rapt to miss a whole bunch of stuff…the Rebellious Arab Girl found a cartoon and made some great observations about what interests the world
• I found this one on del.icio.us, in the most popular section - 20 beautiful HDR pictures. Really, that technique produces some amazing photos!
• Lastly, since last Friday was the quadrennial 29th February, here are some leap year facts and trivia

New blogs this week in the US Blogs community at BumpZEE -

• webmonkey
• Betz’ Blog
• Blogging Women
• Dito’s SEO Strategies
• Affspy Blog

Keywords -

• dressed too hot for plane - It’s a good thing that there are very few major crashes, because the hottie would be one of the first casualties.
• free online proxies anonymously school - There’s a time and place for browsing the open internet - and it’s not at work or at school. Do it at home, ok?
• sephy’s song no words - You might want to try checking out OCRemix for versions of the song from FFVII
• ooh - Do people really search for ooh? That’s like searching for Whoa.
• burn post feed -fat - Apparently there’s a lot of weight-loss results for burning a post feeds? I really don’t know…
• nicole manske dating - You could try writing Nicole Manske c/o ESPN, Bristol CT. Other than that I don’t know…
• plan b red wine - From what I’ve heard red wine is always a good plan b, hehe

This week around the blog, I talked about an interview I attended, and then about the call I got after that interview. Good news all around there.

I also posted one of the posts I wanted to get out, about the ongoing issues with Bumpzee. Not surprisingly, nothing new in either site that I mentioned, but didn’t link to.

Coming up this week, I’ve got a couple of ideas for posts, now I just gotta take time to sit down and write them, which shouldn’t be hard.

’til next week y’all!

Right, so this week’s over, and we are approaching the end of winter. 40°F predicted for Sunday!

Posts I liked -

• Digging into the Minneapolis Star-Tribune’s archives, we find a couple of cool articles. First, from the era of prohibition, a bit of (even 83 years later) unsurprising news - Milwaukee is all wet. Yeah, anyone surprised? Didn’t think so.
• One of my favourite bridges out there is the Stone Arch bridge in Minneapolis. This year marks the 125th anniversary of its opening. Check out the article that originally appeared in the Daily Minnesota Tribune. Fortunately, thanks to the internet, we can pass up the society happenings and court records.
• It’s not a blog post per se, but I love the guy’s pure Chicago accent. It’s too bad they only had 2 guarantees - cos if they had only one more they’d have tree guarantees dis munt. Yeah, I’ve experienced the Chicago accent.
• I’m a comic strip junkie, and have quite a bit of Garfield books and even paraphernalia. But what happens when you take him out of the equation? Elizabeth points us to a site that features just that.
• It’s been a while since I’ve featured something from Craig Harper, but his recent vacation shed some light on some awesome people - big blokes in skirts. I think it’s something in the water of the South Pacific that makes everyone from down there awesome.
• Here’s a hamburger recipe that sounds quite delectable - a bean and turkey burger, with some Mexican influence. Theoretically, you could change some of the ingredients and even make it into a vegetarian burger…
• Have an old laptop sitting around? Why not find some projects for it to take on. Lifehacker have the details on that.
• Lastly, if you only watch one ad this week (fat chance, but you never know), make it be this one from Victoria’s TAC, featuring those who have been affected by speeders around the state. It’s a very well-done spot, definitely meant to get the message out there. Don’t speed.

New blogs this week in the US Blogs community at BumpZEE -

None at this time - once again the site is down…it’s not even funny anymore.

Keywords -

• watch mythbusters monster jam - An interesting concept, if I say so myself. Maybe there is a myth that says if you’re driving a monster truck, you don’t flip? I think one Monster Jam ep would negate that.
• looking for a yahoo chat room - Apparently, they don’t exist anymore, but I think if you try using trillian version 3.0, you might have some luck. I know the scammers loved some of those rooms…along with a lot of sleazy people.
• free on line file manager to post images from - I would not trust any online software to access my whole file system. However, if you are looking for something to upload photos to Flickr from, there is the Flickr Uploadr, along with an extension that you can publish your photos from windows xp.
• hired killer scambait - I’m assuming you’re looking for Don Fabiano Jutolio Chichi. Isn’t everyone? I haven’t heard from him in a while. Betcha his email ain’t working anymore.
• booze proxy server import - Trying to get your vodka by proxy? You’d be better off finding a buddy to drink with…
• censorship is good or not - No. Not ever.
• krista voda sex - She’s already busy enough, but I think I could spare a few moments hours for that. She could too.

This week around the blog, I showed you how to get started on securing your Firefox experience by using NoScript. It is a bit confusing at the start, but once you get the hang of it, it’s not too bad. Also, my laptop came back to life. Fortunately, I did get one of the things off of it that I wanted to get off of it (if you’re wondering, it was some music that I had downloaded but hadn’t transferred over). If I can get it running somewhat stably, I might just install one of those small Linux distros on it.

On Tuesday, I went out and voted. It was a big ballot - one election to vote in. The next one (in April) will have a few more seats. Then, we don’t vote again until September or October (if there are more than 2 candidates for some seats) and then definitely in November to elect the new President.

Coming up, I’m in a bit of a ranting mood. I think it’s got something to do with this weather. One of the things I’ve mentioned already, but the other is one of those let’s shed some light on what happened types of discussions.

One last thing - vale Ashley Cooper, who passed away as the result of injuries sustained in an incident during the Fujitsu V8 Development series race at the Adelaide street course over the weekend.

‘Til next week y’all!

Well, another week, here we go

Posts I liked -

• Are you one who looks at your blog’s stats and gets bugged by how low they are? Ben has some advice for you - Don’t chase statistics, earn them
• The folks at the Blue Stem Winery have some questions about the banking industry. Unfortunately, with the bankers all in the politicians’ pockets, unless you’re very careful with your accounts, you might just be flushing money down the drain. Seriously, the banks have it out for you, even if they claim otherwise. They need to make their shareholders happy somehow…
• If you’re just getting started with blogging and wonder how all the linking stuff works, you can have a read of Lightening’s guide to linking
• Starting our trip to the world of travel and photos, we start with a post that Guera did on the Road Less Travelled. She wrote about her time in Saudi Arabia. It’s a very interesting country to read about.
• If you’re a fan of fantastic photography, you need to check out these pictures. These are a selection of macro photos from Northern Norway. I have to say that I’m stunned by the quality, and am jealous of the diversity of creatures that are way up there.
• My, how standards have slipped. Apparently a 2.5 will get you into the Thursday honors club. I can’t say I’m surprised that the buggered up the sign…
• It’s cold everywhere, ok? It’s not a surprise that the Mississippi River has frozen in St. Paul
• Surely, printing isn’t that expensive in ‘Straya. Apparently at one company, a colour print costs more than $1. That was enough to leave a trail of post-its for the offending person.

New blogs this week in the US Blogs community at BumpZEE -

• .eduGuru

Keywords -

• hack wordpress.com nofollow - just quietly, if you have an avatar for wp.com, apparently that link does not have nofollow - I’ve spotted it happen on technorati. I’m not 100% sure that works though.
• sport - for some reason, I’m continually amazed at how people get to my site using these single word searches. I mean, sport is featured on 1.64 billion pages, and yet they click on me. It must be some kind of special search…
• easycgi block my ip - if that’s true, you might be doing yourself more good than bad. Considering my experience with them, you’d probably be better off going with the competition.
• chuffed potatoes recipe - I don’t know how to make them, but here’s a site with 19 posts about them…

This week around the blog, I talked about all the snow that we’ve gotten in the area. We had more tonight - my drive over to my Monday appointment featured me going about 50 on the freeway. That’s km/h, not miles per hour. On the way home, the speeds were closer to normal though - around 80.

I also showed you how to password protect a post on WordPress, and complained about the whole Underbelly kerfluffle.

Coming up this week, I’ll show you how to make Firefox a little bit more secure - by blocking scripts that sites use. There are some blogs out there that have upwards of 70 scripts on their pages. That is way too many!

Til next week y’all!