Random Thoughts

It has been quite a while since my last post. I would love to say it is because I have been spending my time in glorious sunshine at the beach. But if are living in the UK like I am, you'll know that that isn't the case. Sunshine? I can't remember what the sun even looks like!

But I have been rather busy doing other things. Working, spending time with my family and concentrating more on affiliate marketing websites.

The military rulers in Fiji are very unhappy with Bill Gates and friends at Microsoft. Microsoft has allegedly named a new operating system, Window's Fiji.

Bill Gates will not return the phone called of Fiji Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Kaiyum. Sayed-Kaiyum has written to Gates in which he says "Fiji asserts its absolute ownership over the use of the world ‘Fiji’."

When I first heard about Twitter I thought it was quite simply the dumbest idea I have ever heard of. But after reading loads of people saying how much they love it, I decided to give it a try.

As recessionary fear and paranoia grips businesses in the USA and UK, Google does what Google does best, defies the market and paves its own way. Revenue has soared 42% in the first 3 months of this year from $3.66bn to $5.19bn. Profit has risen to $1.31 million, which is 30% higher than the first quarter of 2007.

One of the most annoying things in the world is trying to create a screen grab of a web page when the page does not fit on the visible screen. It involves hitting "Print Screen", pasting into a graphics programme, and then scrolling down to grab the lower part of the page, and then joining the 2 together. Do that a few times and you will soon get sick of it!

I thought it was about time I redesigned this site, after sporting a contributed Drupal theme for far too long. I built the new theme from scratch. I was keen to keep the site simple, with minimal colour and a strong head section. It is a CSS only layout, with the left navigation bar coming after the main content in the HTML, which is good SEO practice.

I was very saddened to hear the news this morning that Sir Edmund Hillary has passed away. It is hard to put into words my feelings for this man, but he is nothing short of a hero. He is one of the giant figures in living memory, not only for being the first person to conquer Mt Everest, but also for the tremendous work he has done for the people of his beloved Nepal and his (and my) homeland New Zealand. Sir Edmund is a national icon and a guy that we can all be immensely proud of.

I know I know, its been a few weeks with no blog entries. That is because I have been on holiday! It is the worst possible time of the year for an affiliate to go on holiday, but it was for the wedding of a very dear friend, so a the sacrifice was well worth it. And we had a fantastic time.

I'm back now, so there will be many more blog entries flowing through this site on affiliate marketing, SEO, web design and development and of course, Drupal development.

This week Google has revealed its plans to enter the mobile phone market and it aims to "bring the internet into cell phones in a very cool way". The mobile market reached saturation point in the developed world long ago, but if one company can give it a massive shake up, its Google.

PC Magazine has released the list of its top 100 blogs of 2007.

There are some quality blogs in the list. You probably already have some in your RSS reader, but I'm sure you'll find some more real gems.

PC Magazine top 100 blogs