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7 comments October 31st, 2005

UPDATE: I've changed the date on this entry to keep it up the top of the page until the end of this month, when it will start to drop down as subsequent entries are done after that date. Thanks for your understanding.

I have over 50 people a day coming to this website, with some of them regulars. However, while that's an obvious sign that there's something that is pulling that many people to visit, I'm not retaining all of them. I want to. I want to make this site more attractive to the regulars and to the newcomers.

How to make your asian girlfriend eternally happy

Add comment October 31st, 2005

I found this on a random internet page somewhere, and just had to post it. I don't completely agree with it, but I can see how some people would. But anyway, I thought it was funny.

1. Be RICH. This is important for you, but not for her. For her the number two rule follows.
2. Spend MONEY on HER. This is the most important thing for her, whether you are rich, have any money, or must lie, steal, or kill to do it.

Web 2.0

4 comments October 31st, 2005

Web 2.0. You may or may not have heard of it. I've been hearing more and more about it over the past few weeks, so I thought I'd take the time to talk a little bit about it.

What is it?

Over here is a very succint, and yet, technical description:

Web 2.0 is the network as platform, spanning all connected devices; Web 2.0 applications are those that make the most of the intrinsic advantages of that platform: delivering software as a continually-updated service that gets better the more people use it, consuming and remixing data from multiple sources, including individual users, while providing their own data and services in a form that allows remixing by others, creating network effects through an "architecture of participation," and going beyond the page metaphor of Web 1.0 to deliver rich user experiences.

Blog Review: Corona Red Roses

2 comments October 30th, 2005

Title: Corona Red Roses

Description: Single 31-year-old, Washington DC area resident. Work for the government, but not a fan of Dubya. Interested in travel, my friends, and world events. Oldest of four.

I found Corona when she left a comment on my Dating For Men website, and I discovered that we had a common interest. Dating! She's single and dating, and I'm not single but writing about dating.

For me, the attraction to Corona's website is mainly her dating exploits. It's interesting to read about about a woman's dating adventures and realising that they're not that unlike men's dating adventures. Both men and women have their various issues, insecurities and annoyances associated with dating.

That sound

3 comments October 30th, 2005

Deidre and I went out on a date on Friday night, going to dinner and then to see a movie (we saw "In Her Shoes", which I thought was quite good). During the movie I heard something.

Pppfffftt

That sound. You know the one. Of 'escaping wind'.

This is something I've gotten used to, as she lets her wind escape in places that she feels comfortable with, or where she thinks people won't hear her. But people often do hear her, and she says 'excuse me', which is great. It means we can go back again, where she does it again. But hey, as long as she says 'excuse me', they keep letting us back.

I think the cinema floor shook when she let her wind escape. I looked at her, and she smiled. I hoped no one else noticed, and grinned back.

British Medical Journal talks about bird flu hoax

Add comment October 30th, 2005

I'll be providing links for a couple weeks to articles I post on Eyes On The World, just to remind you to go there if you've been interested in my views on here.

Here's an update on the bird flu hoax:
British Medical Journal talks about bird flu hoax

Website hacks (modifications)

2 comments October 29th, 2005

I love tweaking, customising, modifying the look, feel and functionality of my website. I love it so much, I'm always looking for something to make it better in some way. Here's what I've been working on recently:

Drop down lists

When I created the drop down lists I did this to reduce the clutter. However, there were two drawbacks to this, which I disregarded in favour of tidying up.

1. The drop down list aren't links, and therefore don't show the visitor where they have or haven't been, as 'visited links' do. I know it can be a valuable means of functionality to see which links you have or haven't been to. And seeing unvisited links can often invite you to visit them! Which only increases the 'stickiness' of the site, causing visitors to browse a bit more.