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Why I Still Don’t Use External Comments or Any Other External Services

Duncan Riley after all the problems The Inquisitr had.

Posts are an issue. Content is up <7 seconds but the full page is way too long (18s). The biggest problem is JS-Kit, and loading icons for each comment, for example hits to FriendFeed for icons can add 5-10 seconds to load time. I’ve asked them for the option to cut the icons out, crossing fingers.

On SEO and Their Value

Derek Powazek on SEO: Is SEO needed and is it ethical?

And so, like the goat sacrificers and snake oil salesmen before them, a new breed of con man was born, the Search Engine Optimizer. These scammers claim that they can dance the magic dance that will please the Google Gods and make eyeballs rain down upon you.

Do. Not. Trust. Them.

The problem with SEO is that the good advice is obvious, the rest doesn’t work, and it’s poisoning the web.

Blogging is a Meaningless Verb

John Gruber on blogging.

There is an easy formula for doing it wrong: publish attention-getting bullshit and pull stunts to generate mindless traffic. The entire quote-unquote “pro blogging” industry — which exists as the sort of pimply teenage brother to the shirt-and-tie SEO industry — is predicated on the notion that blogging is a meaningful verb. It is not. The verb is writing. The format and medium are new, but the craft is ancient.

♣ Looking for a T-Shirt?

Please a geek and find your favourite a perfect T-shirt and have some fun with nerdy pickup lines in Twitter format.

♣ Techcrunch Tablet Prototype B

Interesting update to the concept of a cheap touchdevice used mainly for browsing the web. The Crunchtablet as they call it internally.
If they manage to release one, with multitouch, I can see myself being in the market for one at $299. 10″ Seems perfect although I would love to see a widescreen resolution.

♣ The Wino is at it again

A British couple on the prospect of a threesome with Amy Winehouse, who invited them to have some ‘fun’:

If she had been at all good looking we might have done it.

♣ I Have A Reason For Everything

You should assume everything written on this blog is a lie. You should assume I have motivation for linking to everything on this page and will benefit from it somehow.

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