Over at Ashwin’s blog, you will find one crazy blog owner!! You can win $2500!! To enter just copy this text and paste it in your blog!! But hurry, this competition will not last long! So get posting!

Deadline is 20 Aug 2007 (Am I too late for it? I hope not.)

I have PayPal, so does that increase my chances?

Update: It was a huge scam. Contest Blogger has this post. Supposed to use new domain.

I’ve moved my to a new sub domain here. This will no longer be updated. Unfortunately, I don’t have any credits and don’t wish to waste any to redirect this URL to my new site. So, please update your feeds and links.

I have registered my domain name! Now, the next step is to register with Dreamhost and find some WordPress themes to try out on a test host. Here’s the list of sites that contain WordPress themes. Do take a look at their copyright issues and usage issues too.

• Theme Viewer - By WordPress.org
• WordPress Extended Themes
• WordPress Themes
• N.Design Studio WordPress themes
• Just Skins
• WordPress Theme Park
• Theme Porter
• Alex King Theme Browser – I can select the dropdown box and the theme will be in demo. Cool.
• Template Monster WordPress Themes
• Themess Base
• Free WP Themes
• WP Designer

I think I just overloaded myself on the themes.

Previously I wrote about managing your comments. One of it was using CAPTCHA. This, however, is taking it far too secure and hard to read. If it makes it that difficult to read in order to input, then how to verify? I have come across such sites and no longer go there because I can’t understand what they want me to input. It looked like an ‘M’ to me but it’s not, it’s actually ‘NN’. Sheesh.

Published something that you felt was perfect to you online? Every blog has a comments section, for each post, you can turn the comments on or off, well, for WordPress anyway. There times when comments left on your post were hurtful and totally refute your point of view. While some are pointing out their views, others may not be and try to be abusive.

You get hurt and upset because of such abusive comments and feel like closing down your blog after that. Trust me, I’ve seen a few. How do you manage your comments then? Here are 5 things you must do.

1. Word verifications – Boy, I love them. It’s a hassle to the user but you don’t want spam comments that don’t contribute to your post at all. Now, if only this plugin can be used here.
2. Moderate comments – Some love to market their blogs that sell things, are they helpful at all?
3. Publish both negative and positive comments – I have done that unless they are spam.
4. Reply to commentors – I try to if I know what to say which is often not that difficult.
5. Payback the commentors – I visit their blogs and put my comments whenever I can.

Do read the link that I provided because there are many more tips on How to Live Online.

I’ve been brainstorming for my domain name and boy, is it difficult. The one that I want is take. Even .net, .org, .com, .info, .at, .be, etc. T_T Depressing, right? I like it because it symbolises something to me. Unfortunately, got company already have it. So, I have to source for other domain names. Another way is to snatch an expiring domain name. I wonder.

Choosing the right domain name is really important because you’ll be stuck with it at least a year. Here’s the write-up on why. It’s also recommended why buying the same domain with different variations will prevent others from going to other sites than yours. The best part about Dreamhost is that it supports multiple domains. Local hosts, don’t. GAH!

My problem is that I want subdomains later and this domain will serve as a jumping board for the rest of my blogs. Now, I go see if I can go snatch some old domains.

I’ve been asked during lunch “If they are going to renew your contract, will you be continuing?” Frankly speaking, I don’t know. I’m not sure if I want to continue because I’ve been seriously thinking about my career path. I’ve been neglecting another part of me for too long.

Maybe I should negotiate with them if they really want to renew it.

Let’s see now, Pedro Sardinha is offering to pay USD2 just to blog about his free eBook “Your Easy List”. Instructions can be found here. The eBook can be downloaded here. I skimmed through it and it’s quite interesting.

[via Message of The Day]

With all the hype on FaceBook, I’ve yet to register myself on it. It doesn’t seem to attract me. Not even MySpace too. Not sure why but perhaps could be due to the hype and I tend to draw away from such hypes. Just like the big hoo haa on Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows.

I’m pretty impressed that FaceBook has quite a number of applications going on like FBFactory.

I think the resistance to join MySpace could be also be due to the sex offenders on the rise. Scary. The net has provided such a useful platform for them to prowl and hunt their victims.

Now, let’s move on to something less scary, shall we? Microsoft is planning to launch a system that will rival Google Analytics, called, what else? Microsoft Analytics or so I heard. I must say, the screenshot of the graph is cool.

While most of us use social network sites, Respectance is a site that remembers the dearly departed. A moment of silence please.

With my intention still on moving to my own domain, this set of plugins for WordPress comments will come in handy. I wonder when I will actually move. Harping about it doesn’t help, does it?

I have never used Sametime until I started this current job. The demo explains quite a number of things that goes with Lotus Notes.

And now, the announcement of PSP Slim caught my interest. I wonder if it functions the same as PSP except it’s lighter.

I’m starting to wonder if I should get a Walkman, Sony NWD-B100 Walkman. Oh, I can’t buy it even if I like to, it’s sold in Europe only. Rats.

I admit it, I’m lazy to post anything in a story because I have been spending time going through my RSS feeds. However, I do hope you’ll enjoy reading them as I had.

I don’t have much ads here except affiliate links. One’s got to earn a living, you know? I think I’m not tracking them at all. This is something to be rectified soon. Oh dear, did I just announced that I’m earning something extra too? Darn it. Now I have to report to the taxes. Now, where was I? Oh, the links. I have been trying a few ways from joining various sites to see if I can earn something. So far, a few cents for each site. While some, nil.

I’ve even tried earning via pay per email, surveys and the other likes. The numbers are climbing. However, it sure takes a long time to even reach the amount in order to cash out to my Paypal account. I’m still waiting to cash out one of it that has been gaining quite a number of referrals, I’m rather grateful that you have clicked my link. I’m derailed here again.

I’m supposed to introduce something that I have recently joined, Agloco. It’s a site where you can download the ViewBar and it records the number of hours you have spent on the Internet. The programme is small and doesn’t take up much space. Except that my screen size is small so during surfing, my vertical space is smaller.

The rest of the information are found in the site itself, let me introduce them. How Agloco earn money.

• Search: Every time you use the Viewbar™ to do an Internet search, AGLOCO earns money from the search engine providers. (For example, Google pays as much as $0.10 on average for each search that is directed to its search engine.)
• Advertising: The Viewbar™ itself displays ads that are targeted based upon the websites you’re visiting. When you click on an ad and make a purchase, AGLOCO receives a referral fee, which we pass on to our Members. (Please note: Individual members do not receive any compensation for clicking on ads in the Viewbar™, and the Viewbar™ can detect if someone is clicking ads in a fraudulent manner.)
• Transaction commissions: Many major retailers pay commissions when you refer customers who make a purchase. AGLOCO collects that commission and passes it on to our members. (For example, Amazon pays an 8.5% commission to most websites who refer customers, and has cut deals for even larger percentages. The bigger the AGLOCO community, the better commission we can negotiate for our Members.)
• Software distribution: Numerous software companies pay websites to encourage the download of new software releases (for example, Adobe’s Flash and Acrobat Reader software), and trial versions of new programs. AGLOCO members not only get access to the latest and coolest software, they get paid for it.
• Service distribution: Many online service providers will look to the AGLOCO community as a source of new and active users for their services. (For example, eBay, Skype, and PayPal, among others, all pay fees to people who help them recruit new active users to their services)
• Product distribution: When Members agree to use a product, such as cell phones, high-tech gadgets, office supplies, new credit cards or financial services, AGLOCO can collect referral fees. Some companies even offer special rebate and cash-back programs.

Members can earn money with these following ways.

• Members earn a monthly share of the AGLOCO revenue based on the use of the AGLOCO Viewbar™ that month.
• Members earn part of the company based on the use of the AGLOCO Viewbar™ that month (currently a maximum of five hours are rewarded). Click here for details.
• Members who use our referral system to help build the AGLOCO network will earn more. (AGLOCO only has significant value as a large network and people who help build it should be rewarded. – We also feel that the early users who told friends about YouTube or MySpace or even Google probably deserved something too, but no referral system was available to record their work).
• Members will also get a share of any commissions AGLOCO gets when a Member purchases a product or service from an AGLOCO Sponsor company.

What are you waiting for? Get paid to surf the Net now!