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Literature Trivia (from Karl’s Blog)

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…

Pownce on me

I just wanted the readers of this blog to know that I’m now on Pownce too: here’s my page. I haven’t quite figured all I can do with it, but I’ll keep at it. It feels a bit Twitter-ish and a bit Facebook-ish,? In the meantime I have 6 invites for the first few people…

My 15 minutes of fame

I had been warned, but it’s still a nice surprise to see your name in the paper. You see, my friend Sherrilynne writes a column for a local newspaper entitled Tech Talk. This week she decided to talk about my blogging exploits and post up a couple of my recent blog posts. I’m flattered at…

Fishing

Went out on a fishing trip yesterday. Caught some mackerel, but also managed to get some great shots of the Manx coastline. We also had the opportunity to see some of the wildlife that grace it’s shores. We say seals, birds, puffins and even managed to see a basking shark. I’ll upload some more photos…

So many blogs, so little time

I just realised that Camille has been posting more and more posts onto Arthur‘s blog, and I’ve really falledn behind with keeping the blog updated with photos. It’s not that Camille hasn’t been taking any .. since we bought her EOS 400d as a Xmas present, she’s taken over 3000 photos. Mea Culpa, I should…

Top 10 signs you’re blogging too much

I came across a great list the other day. It’s the Top 10 Signs that you’re blogging too much. Check them out and tell me if they apply to you: 1. You think to yourself, “Am I spending too much time blogging?”? And then you blog about it. 2. Your wife’s lawyer serves you with…

PPP Direct

PayPerPost have added a new feature for their bloggers to make more money out of their website. It’s called PPP Direct and let’s bloggers put a badge on their website so that advertisers can buy space to go on a specific blog. Nothing new you may say, ReviewMe have been doing this for some time….

Global Warming – A political view

I came across this post recently that shows about how Global Warming has become a really hot political potato. The blog is a conservative blog written from a political viewpoint that may not resonate with all their readers; however from my side, I’m happy to see political blogs come more to the forefront of the…

Linky Love Army

My mate Col Love is building an army of bloggers for his collaborative blogging project. The plan is to come up with a cohesive network of bloggers supporting one another in a number of different initiatives. Great idea with loads of potential. Will be fun to see how far it goes. So, if you have…

Earn yourself $1000

Woke up this morning to find that PayPerPost had just launched a promotion whereby they will be giving away a $1000 opportunity to one lucky blogger ever Tuesday during April. Now, what would be better than that news, would be actually winning the $1000. These 1k Tuesdays are turning out to pretty heated as a…

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