Jun - 18th

EasyWP WordPress Installer - Cause There Ain’t No Such Thing As “Too Easy”

Posted at 8:30 am | Filed Under Social Media, blogthropology, coding, nerdiness

Let’s face it… generally speaking, installing WordPress is not exactly an arduous task. It’s designed to be relatively easy, allowing pretty much anyone to set up a blog of their own, regardless of their technical expertise. For the most part, WordPress succeeds at this. However,

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Jun - 10th

CNN Refuses To Discuss Kucinich’s Articles Of Impeachment?

Posted at 7:48 pm | Filed Under On The Ball-ness, Social Media, lackofmeds, scams, the prez

Last night Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) introduced 35 articles of impeachment against George W. Bush. This would be, to most reasonable thinking persons, newsworthy. CNN, however,

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Jun - 10th

Google Updates List Of Third-Party Ad Providers

Posted at 2:38 pm | Filed Under Google, On The Ball-ness, SEO, Social Media, blogthropology, lackofmeds

Well, that was quick. For those of you not using my Free Google Third-Party Ad Providers Widget, which automatically updates whenever Google changes their list of third-party ad providers, it’s time to update your privacy policies once again.
If you are already using the widget,

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Jun - 1st

Free Google Third-Party Ad Providers Widget

Posted at 8:10 pm | Filed Under Google, Social Media, coding, web design

On February 26, 2008 Google updated it’s AdSense program’s terms to include the following language:

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May - 20th

With Only 14 Accident Free Days At Google, Should Google Health Come With A Warning?

Posted at 4:12 pm | Filed Under Google, On The Ball-ness, Social Media, blogthropology, lackofmeds, web design

Often times in factories around the country, looking up on the wall you can see a chalkboard or a sign boasting of how many consecutive “accident free” days those on the job have enjoyed. These are placed there as a form of encouragement for workers to be careful, to encourage healthy competition between departments, and [...]

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Apr - 27th

You MUST Charge Matt Cutts For Linking To Him

Posted at 8:05 pm | Filed Under Cuttisms, Google, Social Media, blogthropology, nerdiness

No, seriously folks. Links have value. If they didn’t have value, then Google wouldn’t care about people buying and selling them. Since they have value, we must avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Not only is it what he wants… it’s Google policy. And even if it weren’t Google policy,

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Apr - 27th

Sitelinks at #60 - A Warning Shot From Google

Posted at 2:58 am | Filed Under Google, SEO, Social Media, blogthropology

Last Thursday Barry Schwartz (Rustybrick) reported over at SERoundtable about a discussion going on in a Google Groups thread, having to do with a webmaster who had dropped 6 pages from the #1 spot, but was still seeing sitelinks when he did get to his listing. Barry said that he did not see the listings [...]

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Apr - 25th

Introducing: PuzzCAPTCHA Advanced Comment Form Protection, LinkMyPics - The Hotlink Advantage Maximizer… Oh, and Evan Rachel Wood, Topless [NFSW]

Posted at 3:42 pm | Filed Under Google, SEO, Social Media, blogthropology, coding, web design

No, my blog wasn’t hacked by porno webmasters, and no, I’m not converting Smackdown to an adult website (although, to be honest, kids or sensitive people should always approach my blog with caution). I wanted to test some of the various image search algos, and as it just so happens the search [Evan Rachel [...]

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Apr - 10th

From: Da Law Offices Of Vinny and Guido, Esquires

Posted at 1:27 pm | Filed Under On The Ball-ness, Social Media, blogthropology

To: Mr. Patrick Curl
From: Da Law Offices Of Vinny and Guido, Esquires
Regardings, as it were: Your Joke on one Mr. Darren Rowse
Dear Mr. Patrick,
Listen ups. Recently it has come to our attentions dat yous decided ta play what yous thought would be a funny on our dear friend, one Mr Darren Rowse. Yous thought, what? [...]

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Apr - 4th

Advanced Web Usability: 5 Important Lessons Learned From Digg

Posted at 7:18 am | Filed Under On The Ball-ness, Social Media, blogthropology, coding, lackofmeds, web design

In the early days of the Internet, one of the biggest attractions was the fact that absolutely anybody was able to sign up for a free email account, and with it get their very own webpage. No design experience whatsoever was required for this… and it showed. Gaudy was vogue, and if you doubt me [...]

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