Martin Schaedel Dies - Sad News

January 30th, 2009

Those of you who have been around for a while will likely remember Martin Schaedel, aka lazerzubb.
Sad news, is that he died in a plane crash.
The dude was ahead of his years, he was a bit of a business and web genius at and age when I was still climbing trees and setting fire [...]

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Business Ideas and Inspiration

December 5th, 2008

I don’t have a lot of time on my hands with all the is going on my end, but I still love to look for new ideas and inspiration…..even if 99% of the time I do FA with the idea.
Shane over at Revenue Addict is one to watch for nice ideas and some useful articles [...]

Posted in General Musing

SEO Roadshow Limerick 2008

October 27th, 2008

After a quick reconnaissance earlier in the year by Me, Paul and Colin, which was really an excuse to get pissed up in Ireland we decided to leave the main arrangements to Colin to sort, as he is so damn good at that sort of malarky. And sort he did, cheers Col!
All sorts oh Herbert’s [...]

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Wheel Of Life

October 27th, 2008

Ok some may think this is a bit gay, but to them thar nay sayers.. I say “bollocks”.
The wheel of life was described to me last week and that same day I went to the pub (great excuse ) to start my ‘wheel of life’.
The process is not very difficult and does not need [...]

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Google Showing Athens 2004 Medal Tally

August 11th, 2008

Medal Tally Olympics
For me at this time there are some “news” results in #1 and #2 is
2. Full Medal Tally. Results. Athens Olympics 2004. ABC Sport.
Medal Tally Live Results from the Athens Olympics. ABC Sport.
www.abc.net.au/olympics/2004/results/medaltally.htm - 25k -
Number 4 is relevant though. But surely they should have this sort of query hand promoted?
Just a bit [...]

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Follow Me on #hitter or is it Twitter?

July 24th, 2008

I really dont get this one.
Now it has become a test of will, to never sign in again:
Twitter/#hitter

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Your Strangest Referral String

July 24th, 2008

OK, we all check our logs, but just out of interest and for a laugh what is your strangest actual referral string in recent times.
Found one in passing today that got me thinking:
When did birdseye change the name of chicken nuggets to dippers?
At the time of writing, this was a #2 spot.
So go on, if [...]

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Wordpress Failing as Real CMS?

July 16th, 2008

Until wordpress can sort out the way they deal with categories they will never be able to handle the sort of sites people really need. The way categories are handled is fine if you only have a few. But if you have a need for multiple and several depths of categories, for example Countries > [...]

Man Sues Over Fake Facebook Profile

July 1st, 2008

A company boss whose personal details were put on Facebook under a fake entry has begun a landmark claim for damages.
A false profile of Mathew Firsht was entered on the social networking website with his name and date of birth, incorrectly stating he was signed up to gay groups.
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Personally I think it is super [...]

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Ebay Fined For Allowing Fake Goods

July 1st, 2008

About time really. I don’t trust anyone on there. It is definitely “buyer beware”. But then if you really think you can get a Luis Vuitton bag for £3 you are a bit of a muppet anyway.
Ebay Fined £30M for fake goods

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