Archive for January, 2009

Making money with LinkShowOff

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

In my eternal quest to make this site profitable I’m trialling a new program called LinkShowOff.
The LinkShowOff program allows you to run a simple javascript based widget on your site (eg. your blog’s side bar) and earn money when someone purchases a link in your widget. LinkShowOff is said to be Google safe as all [...]

Gran Torino movie review

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Gran Torino is the movie of the year. I know that is a bold statement, given that the year is less than 30 days old, but if another movie comes out in 2009 that can top Gran Torino, then it is going to have to be mighty good.
Gran Torino is the story of Walt Kowalski, [...]

My goals for 2009

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

When I sat down to contemplate what goals I’d set for the 2009 calendar year, I realised that I’d been going with the goal setting thing for two years now. I’ve read that when you are setting goals, well balanced goals equal a well balanced life. Where as in previous years I’ve spread my focus [...]

Leeeroy

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Now, 99% of the people that watch this video will probably groan, mumble something about “nerds” and click themselves to greener pastures. But there’s that 1% that will pi$$ themselves laughing when they see this. I don’t want it said that I don’t cater to the minority groups, so today, this is all about the [...]

Weird cricket dismissals

Monday, January 12th, 2009

I was watching the 20/20 cricket match last night between Australia and South Africa, and besides the jaw dropping debut innings from David Warner, I found myself thinking that there is no way I’d want to be facing up against Shaun Tait.
Tait’s first over last night was one of the fastest and dangerous looking bowling [...]

My little bragging rights badge

Friday, January 9th, 2009

I’ve been messing around with Predictify for quite a while now, and I’ve found it to be an entertaining distraction. I’ve also made over $40 too which is an added bonus.
One of the latest features Predictify have released for their registered users is the ability to add a badge to you blog, website or social [...]

Drugs, speeding and masturbation a dangerous mix a court hears

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Here’s a headline you don’t see in the newspaper every day… “Stiff sentence for man who filmed himself masturbating”.
Yes, the actual new story is as bizarre as the headline itself.
The court heard that the driver:
“had been travelling south along the Stuart Highway, had been smoking cannabis while driving and was filming himself masturbating with a [...]

Resident Evil: Degeneration review

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Resident Evil: Degeneration is the first full length CG animation film based on the Resident Evil video games by Capcom. Unlike the Resident Evil live action films, Resident Evil: Degeneration is set within the same “universe” that the video games are. If you are into the games at all, Degeneration is said to take place [...]

December 2008 goal update

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

As the door closes on 2008, it also close on another 12 months of the Swollen Pickles goal project. It’s been a big year, with some decent gains made in some areas, and some disappointments in others.
Join me, as I take a look at how I went in December 2008.
1. Develop Swollen Pickles into a [...]