A bit of this and a bit of that

Hope you like the new theme on the blog. It’s called AdMints Pepper and it’s just awesome. I got it from FreshPress Themes and if you’re after a new theme, pop down there and see if you can find something you like.
Much recommended

I was lucky enough to be one of the few selected for Alpha Testing on SocialSpark, the brand new social media marketing platform of Izea, the brains behind PayPerPost. The team who built it have taken all that they have learnt from PayPerPost and used it to make SocialSpark better, leaner and faster. They also [...]

Hmm, had a really wierd spam comment today:
i’ve got a unibrow and some girl thats 4 foot tall wants to beat me up and i have the smallest ears un the uk
Huh? Even if someone were long overdue for alcohol rehab, I’d expect something more coherent than that. Seriously, you’d think that if someone is [...]

StrivePR are moving offices! Sherrilynne just blogged about it and the truth is that their new location is quite surprising. They’re located just above an Ann Summers shop. How’s that to get traffic in through the door! They managed to sort out their corporate relocation all in one day which was pretty amazing. Which means [...]

Just wanted to let you know I’ve added another “HOW TO” on Ask Owen, entitled How do I design my own logo? It’s a step-through the logo design services down at LogoYes, which has a really easy-to-use wizard (and thousands of clipart images) to help you create your own logo. It’s a commercial service that [...]

If you think this blog is a bit quick, it’s just that I’m maxed out at the moment. Have an exam in a few weeks time (Organisational Behaviour), some projects that need work and, well, my family is higher up my priority list than this blog *grin* I’m still around though, will be replying to [...]

Hmm .. I just realised that my Geowidget plugin is broken. It’s supposed to show you a map you select on the sidebar of your blog, but it’s not actually displaying anything. Time to pull out the toolbox and find out what’s wrong. Will keep you posted.

WordPress 2.3 is out and I’ll be updating this blog soon. I’ve already rolled it out onto one blog, but I’ll give it a day or two to make sure there are no adverse effects. It was relatively painless to deploy it. I’ll be looking forward to rolling it out here. There are a couple [...]

I’ve just noticed that PayPerPost have just launched their brand spanking new PayPerPost University. It’s a collection of hints, tips and best practices to educate both bloggers and advertisers as to how to use their service. The “University” is split into found sections:

Advertiser Tutorials: These are a number of informative video clips that walk [...]

Here’s some literature trivia for you, all the way from Karl Moore’s blog post:

Ian Fleming gave the name “James Bond” to his famed detective after seeing it on the cover of a book of West Indian birds, by ornithologist James Bond.
Agatha Christie claimed to have received most of her inspiration whilst eating apples in the [...]