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2008-10-31

iLASIK Procedure  

Eyes are one of the most vital parts of our face. It lets us see the beauty of nature and the world. We also communicate with other people through our eyes.

Almost all my relatives from my father side are myopic. I had 350/200 eye grade and I thought that it was the end of the world for me, due to the fact that my eye grade increased every year since I was 12 years old. Thus, I was myopic, too, until I underwent eye laser surgery.

LASIK technology is the newest breakthrough in eye laser surgery. Some people are afraid to go through with the eye laser surgery due to lack of understanding of the procedure.

The procedure for the surgery is easy and it is painless. Many people are good candidates for the iLasik procedure. One must be 21years old and above, must be in good health, have had a stable vision prescription for a year and have no existing eye disease.

Even the NASA and US military personnel have underwent the procedure and they encourage other people to do the same.

The modern Lasik now uses two lasers instead of one. The procedure is clinically proven safe and the result is excellent.

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What Makes A Person Attractive  

Sometimes we just do not know what attracts us to the opposite sex. Others are just plain looking but they have a huge impact on us. There are group of people who studies the face and what makes a person attractive physically.

They have a website which is called Perception Laboratory. It lets us upload our very own pics into their server and then in one click, we will see what we would look like in the future and what you looked like in the past.

It is an experiment on what makes a person attractive for us. It studies facial symmetry and facial ageing.

If you are curious on what you will look like, try the test.  

2008-10-30

Privacy Council - Stop Spam Mails  

All people want privacy. Even the movie stars would really like to have that but since they are popular, people know their moves. Celebrities sometimes resort to disguising themselves but they are not successful at it.

As simple individuals, we do not have to wear disguises. Some people dig into our personal information to do something unlawful and we should help end it. Let us not be fooled by scammers. We must not let them steal something precious from us.

Let us stop computer fraud and abuse act, government hackers, identity theft, internet crime, personal phishing, junk mails. What we should do is to sign up for the Privacy Council.

Privacy Council is an organization that helps people regain their privacy. They make the internet safe for us. They offer a full list removal service and that means your names, addresses and other important personal information will be removed from the major mailing lists, call lists and marketing lists. Only a small contribution of $9 are being charged to cover the expenses of mailing, faxing and calling each of the major Do Not Call, Do Not Email and Do Not Mail lists on your behalf.


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Earn Dollars by Being an Online Freelance Programmer 2  

I found these sites where you could also find online jobs aside from the list I mentioned before.

1. Craigslist.com - Some online jobs are posted here aside from assorted ads and postings.

2. People Per Hour - Outsourcing to freelance programmers, virtual assistants, web designers, developers, translators, find freelancers, freelance work, freelance jobs, freelance projects, graphic design, simple website, logo design, data entry, programming, research.

3. Elance - Outsource to freelance web designers, programmers, SEO firms, xml programmers and graphic designers who submit competitive proposals for your projects.

4. Get A Freelancer - Freelance programmers and web designers. Get custom web design. Freelancers bid on outsourced projects. Outsourcing to India, Romania, Ukraine and many other countries. Outsource your project and let web developers bid on it.

5. Guru - Free service helps you find freelancers, get free quotes, and get your project done. Search thousands of freelance professionals’ profiles online today.

6. Get A Coder - Custom Programming and Web Design. Freelance programmers and web designers. Outsource your next IT Project today. Let web developers bid on it.

7. All Freelance Work -Find freelance work & consulting jobs & free creative portfolios of freelancers. Outsource your freelance projects here.

8. Get A Freelance Job - Latest bids for freelancers collected from many of freelance sites.  

Panamanian Condo Hotel - Hotel Casco Antiguo  

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We love to visit other places and tour around the world. It is way of knowing the different cultures in this worls, plus that fact that it relieves our stress when we see the beautiful parts of the globe.

When we ask people what place they would like to tour, they would immediately mention places in the Northern America, the Caribbean and Europe. And they are right. Places in those areas have beautiful views and are rich in culture.

An example of one of the most beautiful countries is Panama. The border between Panama and Colombia is the border between the North America and the South America. Panama is included as one of the countries in North America while Colombia is in South America.

Many people in North America chose to retire in Panama. If you are one of those who want to buy properties in Panama, you are on the right track because Panama is a great place to live and invest.

Hotel Casco Antiguo in Panama is offering 34 hotel condo units for sale. The renovation of the hotel will start in 2009. It is Panama’s oldest continuously operating hotel. The hotel has an authentic Andalusian ambience with modern amenities. It is strategically located at the heart of a UNESCO World Heritage site.

If you want to know more about Hotel Casco Antiguo, Register for an eBrochure Here.



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2008-10-21

Earn Dollars by Being an Online Freelance Programmer  

People are looking for ways on how to earn online. Some online jobs pay very little and we think that the money we get from it is not enough to sustain our day to day existence.

I assiduously looked in the search engine where I could find a decent job. And surprisingly, I got 3 outsourcing online companies which helps freelancers get a job, and be compensated at a very charming rate

1. Rent A Coder - Rent a coder is an international marketplace where people who need custom software developed can find coders in a safe and business-friendly environment. Buyers receive an average of 12.4 (no obligation) bids in 24 hours, and can browse resumes and work records online. When they find their 'perfect' coder, they can hire them safely using the site 'Safe Project Escrow'.Coders make extra money doing the work they love, under the protection of the 'Safe Project Escrow' system.

2. Serebra Connect - Serebra Connect offers freelance employment opportunities and online outsourcing for business owners for graphic design, web design, brochure design, logo design, consulting, software development, css, html, reports, presentations and coding.

3. Freelance India - Part time home jobs projects for web graphic, fashion designer, writer in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore. Though you are not from India, you could sign up for this site.

4. Scriptlance - Maddy of Great Registry Blog shared me this site.

I better start studying programming! There are so many opportunities for programmers to earn big. Check out the amount the employers are actually paying for a single task.  

2008-09-30

SEO Link Checker  

To check if a link is good for your site or not, visit this SEO page. You may enter your URL and the URL of the other blogs you are tied with.

This is surely very helpful and interesting. Next time some one wants to have an exchange link with you, think twice.  

On Page Rank and SEO  

I got my Page Rank 3 again for my other blog! I lost it when I transferred to my own domain name. I did not know what to do then, to regain it, but now, it came back.

I do not know where I should attribute it. Is it because I changed my blog template? Or is it because I updated my meta tags? Whatever the reason is, I am thankful for it.

Since I mentioned Page Rank, might as well talk about SEO.

Many techie people are talking about SEO over the internet. SEO means Search Engine Optimization. A SEO expert could make money because website owners are trying hard to be on the top place in the search engine list.

Any web design can be made can be made into a SEO design. SEO layout is basically just having your source code ordered with your article or content first instead of the menus, headers, ads and different widgets, so that in this way, search engines especially Google, could see your content first when they scan your site. Valid codes helps slightly as well like the meta tags. But it should be noted that meta tags will become a passe' in the future.

With regards to your content, keywords and keywords phrases must be used throughout your content, titles, and alt tags.

Let us add more keywords to our articles so that search engines could find our site faster. Do not just add any keyword. Research over the internet what keywords you should use when writing contents. And be consistent. Like if your site is about romance, write articles about romance. And do not link to other blogs or sites that do not have anything to do with your blog. If your blog is about food, you should not link to sites about romance because it won't do any good to both of your blogs. Do not think of blogs that has the same category as your blog as a competitor. "Piggy ride" on their popularity, that is, have an exchange link with them. In that way, you are helping each other.

There is a saying in SEO books that "Content is King."  

2008-09-22

Pearl Producing Snail Being Guarded  

Tight security is being imposed at Birmingham’s National sea life Center in Britain to protect a giant sea snail.

The giant zebra snail or Melo melo measures 20 times the size of the usual British garden snail.

The snail produces rare and valuable pearl that can be fetched anything from 5,000 to 30,000pounds each.

The snail can make any object that gets inside its shell a pearl and the biggest recorded pearl that it made was the size of a golf-ball.

Mr. Graham Burrows, the curator of the aquarium / museum said that they need to be vigilant because some unscrupulous people might attempt to kidnap the snail hoping that its shell contains hidden treasure. There were also CCTVs installed in the different areas of the vicinity for additional security measures.  

2008-09-09

Price of Crude Oil  

The price of crude oil has gone down from $140.00 per barrel to $102.50. It is very interesting to note that when the price of oil increases, the price of gas immediately increases but why it is that when it goes down, the price of gas does not immediately decrease?

The decrease on price of oil was due to the oversupply of it and also the fact that the US has cut down its demand of crude oil due to the slowing economic growth.

To date, the price this year of crude oil ranges from 90.05 - 146.50.  

2008-09-08

Be A Medical Assistant  

Health related jobs are very in demand in the whole world because those jobs are the one’s who takes care of our very important needs.

But it should be noted that it is not only the doctors and nurses who have high paying jobs these days. Medical Assistants are also needed in every hospitals and health centers because they perform the administrative and clinical tasks that keep the health practitioners’ office run smoothly.

Medical Assistant jobs are expected to increase faster than average, ranking medical assisting among the fastest growing occupations in the near future.

There are so many medical assistant schools where one can enroll, but in St. Augustine School of Medical Assistants, you can learn at your own pace. All their classes and training are online and that they have virtual labs to facilitate comprehensive training. They also offer financially viable programs plans, and to top that, they give the best support ever online for medical assistants.

Enroll yourself now and for sure, you will have a stable future.

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2008-09-02

Earn Money Over The Internet By Blogging - Part 1  

We all want to earn easy money online, but we don’t know how. Upon surfing for sometime, I found these sites which offer to pay you by doing what you love over the internet.


1. Buy Blog Reviews -


2. Bloggers Review -


3. Smorty -
Blog Advertising - Get Paid to Blog

4. Sponsored Reviews -


5. Performancing Ads -
PerformancingAds

6. Matched
Bux To  

Paid by Blogging  

Do you want to get paid by blogging?

To earn a dollar for each article, minimum of 200 words, sign up for a www.today.com.If you compute, like if everyday in a month you would post one article, guaranteed you will receive $30.00. That is so cool, isn't it? But you must live in the US to be able to sign up.

So if you want to earn, do it now and sign up for today.com. You can also edit the template there like blogspot or wordpress.  

2008-08-31

Pay Per Click Sites  

So, you would like to earn by just surfing the net...

Here is the thing for you peeps.

First and foremost, you must have a credit card to sign up for Paypal.com. But, if you do not have a credit card, you may sign up for AlertPay.com, in which only your billing address and a country ID, are the required documents for you to submit, so that when you earn, the check will be sent to you by mail.

And if you do not have those, might as well, forget about earning online.

After signing up for your preferred mode of payment, you may start signing up for sites which offer Pay Per Click ads.

In Pay Per Click ads, you will be paid 0.01 on an ad site, which you will wait for 30seconds to load in your PC. After 30seconds, you can then close the browser. Then, click another site, wait for it to load for 30seconds, and that is it. You will only repeat the process everyday. It is not a tedious job.

Below are some of the PPC sites which you might be interested to apply. Most PPC sites' mode of payment is through AlertPay.

1. Bux To
2. Clix Sense
3. Earn Bux
4. Paid To Promote

From Bux To, I earned $5.00. In Clix, I earned $3.39, and in EarnBux, $4.53.

To withdraw the amount, you must wait for a month, whew!

It is not much though, but little by little, I get to save. Every little bit counts.  

2008-08-27

Earn Thru Merkado Network  

Lots of web surfers are thinking of ways on how to earn money online. It is a good thing Merkado Network came up with a community site where one could be active and earn at the same time.

Merkado Network is an online social networking site which aims to connect friends from different countries.

By joining the Merkado, one could earn rewards. And the rewards in turn, could be exchanged for cash or cellphone loads. Isn't that amazing?

I already got rewards by merely uploading photos and inviting friends to join.

Blog Advertising  

2008-08-25

PageRank  

Almost everybody who is into blogging is very conscious of their blog's PR or Page Rank.

PageRank is a trademark of Google and it is used to check if a blog is worth visiting or not. It's one of many factors used to determine which pages appear in search engine results. Additionally, advertisers want their products to be seen in a site that has high rank. So if you want to monetize your site, check every now and then if what you have written on your site is being accepted by Google as essential for linkage to other sites.PageRank thinks of links as votes, where a page linking to another page is casting a vote.

Though PageRank it is a trademark of Google, its patent belongs to Stanford University by Larry Page, hence the name Pagerank.

To check for PageRank, Google suggests bloggers to download the Google toolbar. But for some who does not want to download it, you may check your PageRank by typing your URL address on the space provided below.




Check Page Rank of any web site pages instantly:




This free page rank checking tool is powered by Page Rank Checker service
 

2008-08-18

MIchael Phelps with 8 Medals  

These photos were shot at different times, that show United States' Michael Phelps holding each of his eight gold medals after the 4 x 100m freestyle relay,400m individual medley, 4 x 200m freestyle relay, 200m freestyle, 200m butterfly, 200m individual medley, 4x100-meter medley relay, and 100m butterfly at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
 

2008-08-17

Oldest Facebook Member  

Social Networking helps us to get to know other people. Almost everybody has a social networking account. It makes us feel so alive. Maybe that is the reason why most of us is hooked on making testimonials, uploading photos and editing profiles every now and then, in our social networking account.

Most of these social networking sites accept only 18 year olds and above. There is no limit when it comes to age.

In Facebook, the oldest member is a 102 year old woman named Ivy Bean who is from West Yorks, UK.

Ms. Bean was former mill worker said that she uses the site to keep track and up to date with her friends and relatives. Her grandchildren introduced her to Facebook and now she is posting some photos, videos and events that is going on in her life.

She is slightly deaf but has more than 5,300 friends and fans listed on her including her daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is helped by family members to keep her page up-to-date.

When you see the testimonials and comments in her account, you will see that she is loved by lots of people regardless of age, gender and race.  

2008-08-14

Swedish Wrestler Threw Bronze Medal  

Ara Abrahamian was so angry at the outcome of his game with an Italian wrestler named Andrea Minguzzi.

Ara in blue, Andrea in red


Abrahamian took the medal from his neck. stepped from the podium, then, threw it down on the mat, on which he played earlier, his greco-roman bronze medal. He said that he does not care about the medal he won. Instead, he protested that he want gold and announced, also, that he was quitting the sport.

The famous bronze medal


As the Swedish fans of Abrahanian was booieng the officials, the wrestler shouted at the judges and referees. He, then, went to where they seat to speak up close to them. His teammates were restraining him that he might do something "physical" as he was protesting to the officials.

The wrestler was saying that his loss was totally unjustified since his friends called him just 20 minutes before the competition, begging him to compete.

Is he saying that he was not prepared? What if his teammates would beg him like an hour before the competition and he lose? Okay, what if a month before and he lost, would he still be as bitter?

His coach Leo Myllari said that Abrahamian lost due to politics.

Abrahamian was a silver medalist at Athens 2004 and he was eyeing for gold at Beijing Olympics but he only got bronze.

Is this his closing curtain and how he wanted to be remembered, since he said that the said event was his last match?

He will now be known as "Ara Bitter"  

2008-08-12

Unofficial Sport in the Olympics  

Do you know what the unofficial sport in Beijing 2008 Olympics is? The answer is Sex.
100,000 free condoms are being given away to the 10,500 delegates to protect them of sexually transmitted diseases. If we divide it, there would be 9 condoms for each athlete.

Along with the condoms being given are sex education pamphlets in different languages.

The condoms were donated by China Reproductive Health Industry Association.

It is good to know that the Olympic Committee is protecting not only the Olympic delegates but their sexual health as well.

 

2008-08-10

Truncated Posting  

To make your postings truncated, look for
in your Edit HMTL. Do not forget to check on Expand Widget Templates.

Copy the html box below and paste immediately just way below the one in the maroon box above.


Save the Template.

Now click Settings, then Formatting.

Paste the one below to your Post Template, then save it.



That's it!  

2008-08-09

Rhythm Junction  

Could you define what Music is? According to the American Heritage Dictionary, Music is the art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre. But there is this blog which defines music way more than what the dictionary say.

Rhythm Junction is a blogsite where the writer is willingly sharing rock music not just a sound coming from the instruments but sound coming from the heart. I must admit that I thought heavy metal music only produce pollution to the ears. To its avid fans, it is like angels coming down from heaven. Truly I can say that every person in this world is unique and we should embrace their uniqueness so that they may understand us as well.

Do not be fooled by the template of Rhythm Junction. It may look simple but when you check out its blog archive, you will definitely agree with me that it is truly a rock music blogsite.  

2008-08-08

08-08-08  

It is believed that today is the luckiest day for 100 years.

Are you one of those people who wanted to have phone numbers that has triple 8 consecutively? or plate numbers with 888? It is said that 888 is for good luck and so, many are willing to pay huge amount of amount just to secure good luck.

Chinese Olympics officials chose August 08, 2008 8:08pm as the opening of the Olympic festivities for its auspicious date.  

2008-08-07

"I Am Rich" iPhone Application  

Tom, Dick and Harry or most people who have white collar jobs own the new 3G iPhone. But what could make a real rich person who owns a 3G iPhone different from the rest?
For sure you will be as shocked as I was when I learned that the real rich ones have installed a new application for the iPhone which is called "I Am Rich". Its price is $999.00, and if you want to know what it does, well, it does not do anything! The application only displays a red bright gem! That is it!



The red gem only reminds the owner of the iPhone that he can afford to install it in his phone.

Armin Heinrich, the maker of the program said that the application only marks the owner from the others who doesn't have it installed. Does that mean he is saying that a person who have not installed the "I Am Rich" application poor? it is like, "Hmmm, yeah you have a 3G iPhone but you do not have the $999 application so that means you are not as rich as I am."



Who is insecure now?  

2008-08-06

Remove the Blogger NavBar  

When I was new in blogging 3months ago, I was so curious how to remove the blogger bar on top of the header of my blog.

I researched and checked out the source page of other bloggers and I found out that they had pasted the one in the maroon square below to their HTML.

1. Open your Layout
2. Choose Edit HTML
3. Check out the pic below (Copy the words and symbols in the maroon square and paste it in your own template.)
4. Save.
5. Clear Cache.


so if you want also to remove it, do what I did.
 

2008-08-02

Montauk Monster - Real?  

The Montauk Monster photos are scattered over the net and many have raised their eyebrows if it really exists.

Three women, Rachel Goldberg, Courtney Fruin and Jenna Hewitt, have discovered and photographed the remains of the animal and told the interviewers that they gave the animal to a surf boy named "Colin", to keep the bones as evidence.

In my humble opinion, I don't believe that the monster exists. It looked like a dead animal,like a dog, a raccoon or a water rat, which was photographed and then enhanced by Photoshop. The dead animal also looks like a new specie because it was bloated. The first time I saw the photo, I knew right then and there that it was computer enhanced. See the photo below and you be the judge.


 

Exercise Pill  

Every year, millions of dollars are being spent on exercise machines and diet pills, in fact, diet program is one of the biggest businesses in the US and other developing countries.

Many have thought of ways on how to lose pounds of fat in their body. No matter if it costs a lot, just so a person could have a whistle-bait body.


However, scientists are also continually improving their experiments to give to the people the body they desire with a little or no sweat. And to erase the "no pain, no gain" saying, they come up with a pill that signals the body that it is exercising, though it is not lifting a finger.

The "exercise in a pill" scientist said it could help battle the frailty of old age ... or help lazy couch potatoes get a six-pack.

The biologist who formulated the pill said that when they had done studies on inactive mice, it resulted in boosting their fat burning and increasing stamina.

It is tricking the muscle into believing it's been exercised daily.

The drug works by by tapping into the molecular pathways that normally reprogram muscle in response to exercise.

Have we forgotten that the exercise is not only for our body to be lean and fit but also for our heart to pump in a normal way?  

2008-07-31

Melon That Tastes Like Lemon - Lemlon  

Yeah, you got that right! Some weird agriculturist or botanist had cross-bred the melon to the lemon and the result...A Lemlon!



I do not know if what variety it is. If it is a variety of lemon or melon but it went on sale last week in UK.

Tesco, who sold the fruit said it resembles the honeydew melon but has "zesty, fresh" taste of a traditional lemon and said it was produced from Spain.

It is the latest in a series of exotic fruits to be sold in UK supermarkets which would only a couple of years ago seemed odd or weird to most shoppers.

Lemlon, which is being sold for £1.99, has a high level of citric acid content which is double than that of the regular melons which resulted to a tangy after-taste.  

2008-07-29

Manila Police Cars run by Cooking Oil  

The price of petroleum products are increasing every week, thus the police here in Manila have adapted a new way on how to conserve money and diesel.

The police cars which the police in Manila use, are now being powered by a bio-fuel product. Instead of pure diesel, they added a new ingredient which is the used cooking oil being donated by McDonalds', a fastfood chain.


The first procedure is to purify the used cooking oil in a purifier first, then mix diesel in the purifier.

The Makati police would be the first to benefit from this bio-fuel.

A mixture of 60% diesel and 40% bio fuel must be poured into the diesel tank so that the process could work.The inventor, a Filipino engineer, perfected this procedure.

There are so many products available which can be transformed into bio fuel and among those are, coconut oil and janitor fishes which when burn could yield so much oil.

For those who do not know, the Philippines has so many janitor fishes in its rivers and lakes.



 

2008-07-28

Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe  

Some people all over the world are panicky over high inflation in their respective country and we are worried that the paycheck we are receiving is not enough for our day to day expenses. But we must be thankful that we do not live in Zimbabwe. I am not saying that it is a bad country. What I am driving at is that the inflation in their country is increasing rapidly.

Check out the graph below, the exchange rate of Zimbabwe Dollar against the Euro staggered from May to June of the same year.



The bank note below is the highest denomination note ever released in any country.



Here in Manila, people can buy 3 eggs for Php12.00. Look at the photo below and see how many eggs could a 100billion Zimbabwe dollars buy.



The government of Zimbabwe is even having hard time looking for papers to print their money. They are struggling to find enough cash also to pay its workers, and more importantly the military, after it was forced to severely cut back on printing money because sanctions severed its supply of banknote paper from Europe.Paper money was already in desperately short supply because the state-run Fidelity Printers Refiners in Harare was unable to keep up with the demand created by hyperinflation and rapid devaluation that had caused notes to lose almost their entire value within weeks of being issued.
 

2008-07-27

Faceless Friend  

I love you, That is all I can say. It does not matter if you do not love me. What matters most is I love you and I believe whatever you say.

You do not know how much you helped me. You were there only talking to me but deep inside of this heart of mine, I feel i am the most special person in this world. Talking with you for only a minute makes me feel I am alive.



I am not asking you to love me in return or whatever. All I want is the talk you have given me.Thank you for giving me so much hope. I am strong when I know you are near.

Faceless beings we are but my heart yearns for you. Thank you for supporting me. For accepting me and sharing me an hour life almost everyday. I am not asking for anything just the talk.

Can a person miss someone whom she have never been met? Can this be real? I know it is not but then again I thank you. I accept you for who you are and what you are. I did not expect this to happen. I do not want this either but why? All I know is whenever you are near, I am strong. Whenever I think that you are thinking of me, I am strong. Thank you for the strength. I miss you.  

Bikes in Paris  

Due to the increasing price of gasoline, the government officials have thought of a way on how to help its people and the tourists on how to roam Paris.


This July, Paris launched Vélib'. 20,000 red-painted bikes will be displayed onto the city streets for locals and tourists alike to peddle around to their heart's content.

The riders must insert a credit card into a special bike rack in order to release one of the bikes. If it is never returned, the user is charged €150. If the bike is placed back into another special rack anywhere in the city within half an hour, there is no charge. Every hour after that costs €1.

Reference  

2008-07-26

Acupunctured Sushi  

In Japan, Osakana Planning Company has started giving acupunctures to tuna.



The acupuncture sessions was meant to make the blood of the tuna purer. In this process, they do not need to be treated with chemicals, thus the flesh has a better taste.

This practiced was unveiled at the International Japan Seafood Show but the process of where to insert the needles to the fishes remains a secret.

The company is also planning to test the acupuncture sessions to bream and salmon.  

2008-07-25

Most Expensive Lunch  

A Hongkong based Chinese investment fund manager of Pureheart China Growth Investment Fund won the chance to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett by bidding $2.1 million in the most expensive charity auction ever held on eBay.

Warren Buffet

Zhao Danyang won the auction,with a winning bid of $2,110,100.

Zhao Danyang


The Glide Foundation will receive all the proceeds from the auction.The auction will provide a significant boost to Glide, which provides social services to the poor and homeless in San Francisco. The foundation operates on a $12 million annual budget.

It appears that Zhao and Buffett share a similar investment philosophy.

Zhao and up to seven friends will dine with Buffett at the Smith Wollensky steakhouse in New York City whenever the two men can schedule it. Last year's winners collected their prize only last month.The investment philosophy Zhao's fund describes on its Web site is similar to Buffett's approach of finding companies with an enduring competitive advantage that are selling for significantly less then they are worth.

Buffett, chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is primarily known for his investing success. Berkshire owns more than 60 subsidiaries including insurance, clothing, furniture, jewelry and candy companies, restaurants, natural gas and corporate jet firms and has major investments in such companies as Coca-Cola Co., Anheuser-Busch Cos. and Wells Fargo Co.

But Buffett is also known for his philanthropy.

In 2006, he announced his plan to give away the bulk of his nearly $49 billion fortune over time. Most of his shares of Berkshire stock will go to five charitable foundations, with the largest going to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Buffett has been auctioning off lunches online for six years but began auctioning the lunches for Glide off-line in 2000. He offers only one lunch a year.  

Feedburner  

When I was new in blogging, I did not know what a feedburner is. It took me some time to figure out what is was. According to Wikipedia, a FeedBurner is a web feed management provider launched in 2004 that provides custom RSS feeds and management tools to bloggers, podcasters, and other web-based content publishers. Some of the sites that you will be signing in to promote your blog will ask what your URL Feed is. Please take note that your URL Feed will always be

http://yourblogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/full
http://yourblogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

for example in my case, my URL feeds are:
http://whipstir.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/full
http://whipstir.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

To ensure that your viewers can easily subscribe to your blog content you have to put these URLs in a place easily seen on your blog. Blogger provides a link to them at the end of the posts.

You may visit the site Feedburner to sign up and submit your site so that many people would enjoy your writings.  

2008-07-24

Search Engines  

One must submit his site to a search engine so that people would see his blog and generate more traffic. If you want other people from different countries to take a look at your site, you must advertise it submit it to different internet directories. Most of the directories are free.

Among the most famous search engines are listed below.
Google.com
Yahoo! Search.com
Microsoft Live Search.com
Alexa Web Search.com
SearchSight.com
Scrub the Web.com
EntireWeb.com
Ask.com
SearchKing.com
whatUseek.com
ExactSeek.com
Splat Search.com
SearchIt.com
email Mozdex.com
Jayde.com
Infotiger.com
Abacho.com
Submit-one.com
DinoSearch.com
Exalead.com
SearchRamp.com
Gigablast.com
SearchtheWeb.com
SearchWarp.com
Mixcat.com
AnooX.com
BestYellow.com
Walhello.com
Beamed.com
eVisum.com
HotLaunch.com
The-search-site.com
Websquash.com
Unasked.com

If you have submitted your site to those mentioned above, then you are good.
 

Advertisement  

Most of us if not all, want to earn from blogging. One could add a "Donate" button but he must sign up first for paypal. Other ways to earn is through pasting advertisements in your site. There are numerous advertising sites which are willing to give you a cut if you give them traffic.

Listed here are the sites which you might be interested to check out:
Google adsense
Kontera
Bidvertiser
AdBrite
Amazon  

2008-07-23

Meta Tag  

Meta tags are tags which are placed in the html source code of a website. Visitors on your website cannot see them, but the search engines can. These tags typically are the ‘meta description’ tag and the ‘meta keywords’ tag. The other tag that is extremely important is your title tag. Although not a ‘meta’ tag, this tag is even more important than your website’s meta tags.

Firstly the title tag. This is the title for each of the pages on your website. They are a descriptive title reflecting the content that is on that web page. Since each page of your website is unique, so should be your title tag. You shouldn't have the same title tag on each page of your website. This tag is displayed in the search engine results page and is the clickable link through to your website.

The meta description tag is an objective description of your web page. It should be compelling and not too wordy. Lists of keywords are definitely a no-no! This tag is displayed below your title tag in the search engine results pages, so ideally you want your link to be clicked on instead of your competitors' in the list of search results.

Finally the meta keywords tag. This is much less important now as it used to be open to abuse by spammers. However, some search engines still read it so it does no harm to include it. Don’t list every keyword you can think of, just the targeted keywords of the web page the meta keywords tag is on.

To get a nice Meta Tag for your site, click this link and it will take you directly to a Meta Tag generator which you can insert on your site.
 

Whip and Stir  

This blog is basically a mixture of different ideas and news researched by the blogger.