Archive for December, 2005
links for 2005-12-07
11 Techniques to Increase Page Views on Your Blog: Blog Tips at ProBlogger (tags: business blogs) Small Biz 101: How to Get Started – Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals) (tags: business) Adgenta. “Post-centric” web advertising network. (tags: advertising business)
More Snowy DC Photos
I went for a walk this morning before work, snapping photos of the National Mall, buildings, memorials, and museums under the modest 2-3 inches of snow that fell last night. My walk went from the the Robert Taft Memorial and the Capitol to the Smithsonian Metro station near the Castle. If I’d gotten up an [...]
How Performancing and PSPFanboy helped Cheap and Tiny
Pidgin’s Progress. Raffy, who does the tech-scouting and writing for Cheap and Tiny, has now also been tapped by Weblogs Inc to write for PSPFanboy. Coincidentally, Performancing did a “Monetization Makeover” study on PSPFanBoy just as I was mulling an ad placement redo on Cheap and Tiny, and some of the tips provided were quite [...]
Chitika Auditing Hubbub
Some hubbub going around over the Chitika revenue audit: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. I’m not giving up on Chitika completely myself. I lost nothing in the October audit, though the total income for that period was barely enough to get a Grande Decaf Skim Mocha with extra whipped cream. I’ll stay [...]
links for 2005-12-06
Planetary Society Weblog: Just Shy of Its First Mars Year, Opportunity Has Hit a Snag. Opportunity is at Erebus Crater, and the robot arm carrying the microscopic imager is failing to unstow itself, possibly due to lubrication issues. (tags: space) How Bloggers Make Money from Blogs: Blog Tips at ProBlogger (tags: blogs business)
Dupont Circle in Snow
Just a light dusting tonight, with a bit more on the way: (Snow.jpg uploaded by brownpau.) I’ve also just finished uploading my older photos of DC in the snow from 2003 to 2005: see Snowy DC (Dec 2003), Snowy DC (Jan 2005), and Theodore Roosevelt Island in Winter. (Last winter came a bit late, didn’t [...]
Observations on the Trip to Work
First snowflakes from the approaching system are starting to fall, but it’s too light to even be considered flurries. Temperature is in the mid 40s, so nothing would stick, but that’ll change later this afternoon to early evening. DC should be under a picturesque winter blanket by tomorrow morning. Is it Metro Buffet Day or [...]
links for 2005-12-05
The Alpha Centauri System. Our closest stellar neighbors. (tags: space) The Chronicle: 12/2/2005: For the Love of Narnia. A defense against Pullman’s baseless criticisms of C. S. Lewis’ work. (tags: literature faith)
Mount Vernon by Candlelight 2005
I hadn’t originally planned on joining my church group to this year’s Mount Vernon by Candlelight, but seeing that the tour comes highly recommended, and since I hadn’t yet been to Mount Vernon (George Washington’s estate to which he retired after the presidency), I decided at the last minute to tag along. I did not [...]
links for 2005-12-04
SPACE.com – Moon to Hide Beautiful Star Cluster. Luna occults the Pleiades through “seasonal” variations in its deviation from the ecliptic every 18.6 years. (tags: space) Sparticus tackles the pressing question as to whether there are wooly mammoths in heaven. (tags: animals theology) DC pedestrians, don’t get struck by a car in the District, or [...]