Let's link and drop like unique individuals

may 7 2008


Today:
The What-DOESN'T-Work-For-Me edition

Recently I joined entrecard. It's a system that gives me the opportunity to visit sites and let know I'm there.
In return I get a visit back and points which allow me to buy a bit of advertising space on a blog or even some special presents, like design, a recipe.

There are more visitor-exchange systems that work almost the same.

I've also joined some sponsored blogging sites, including the newest one I recently blogged about.
The new system registers how people reach the blogs. Entrecard and some other systems are monitored.
So I assume they're looking for unique visitors.

Those link exchange and dropping systems don't work for me, and in the end they don't work for you.

My guess is that it's important to create a linkexchange/dropping system that isn't monitored by the big guys.

When you want to participate, just let me know.

I'm thinking about a good system which takes just a little time, but gives you unique visitors. Those that really count.
Those that are really interested.

So I want only personal sponsored blogging blogs, no blogs that overflow with advertisements and have no interesting content.

Give me a comment and tell me (where I can find) your emailaddress, so I can mail you the details.

Let's make a good working team!

Because the excisting systems won't work for us in the end.


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dandelion day

april 27 2008

One way or another some days seem to have a theme.

Today I ran across the first dandelions in the front garden.
We don't see as many of them as we used to see, so I was in doubt whether to consider them to be weeds and pull them out, or leave them alone and give the girls the joy of blowing the fluff and seeds around.
There's such a lovely lesson about nature hidden in the way the seeds are transported.

Then I had a coffee and switched on the TV, watching an item about dandelions and their healing properties: cleaning the liver and kidneys.
I almost ran outside and started to chew one one of the flowers. LOL!

Then a friend came in to computer here and she was wearing a shirt with dandelions.

And on top of it I found the most beautiful bag at Teresa's blog.
It's a give-away.

Well, after not receiving the items I've won at the last give-away, I decided never again to enter a contest.
So many people only want to ship to their own country and only their own country, that I felt I would never be able to win again.

Today I have a tiny bit of hope: maybe I will.

It's dandelion day for me here, so why not enter the contest.

You can too.

So:

Teresa is holding a new contest over at her personal blog.
Those entering have a chance at winning a lovely and uniquely designed dandelion handbag by Rebecca Weis.
Teresa is willing to ship this item anywhere, so anyone can participate.

Let's see who'll be the winner!

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publicising research results

april 21 2008

I've been surfing around a bit and I've found quite a lot of blogs which have no real original content.
Some are just copies of the news in a different layout or summaries of scientific articles they have found somewhere.
Or second hand schientific results.

Just getting statistics doesn't say much.
Especially not when they're taken from the news.
There are so many fairytales around, which aren't backed up with proper research or are based on bad research.

It takes some basic knowledge to judge a scientific article, and it takes the whole article.

It's not enough to see the results.

One should be able to see why a certain research method has been choosen, and if it fits the subject, the hypothesis and the researched group(s).

One should be able to judge the statistical method. Some methods are choosen to draw conclusions from the data which shouldn't be used at all!

And one should be able to criticise the way the researchers have reached their conclusion.
Sometimes the data available grant more conclusions than one.
It's important to see them.

I know that many scientists need to publicise on a regular basis, otherwise their researchgroup looses grants and/or is not accepted in the researchinstitute anymore.
Many scientists need to publicise a certain amount of articles a year, to keep their job and/or be promoted.

The pressure to write articles and seek the media is sometimes too much.
A bit of inside information about that sometimes prevents misunderstandings and false joy.

For instance:
In the past the scientific community ignored certain cancerresearch.
We knew where it came from, so we didn't spread any false hope, and quietly tried to make the scientists aware of our doubt about the conclusions.

Then the media got hold of the results and spread false hope among people.
It took ages before it all died down, and so many patients were hurt, because there was no cure.

Another important hype was created about vaccinations and autism.
The article was withdrawn and excuses were made to the scientific community.
But even today many parents think they have given their children autism because they had them vaccinated.
They are not open anymore to scientific results that show there is no correlation.
To the contrary, they jump on everyone who says there is a connection and use it to show they are right.

Selective perception, see what you have in your frame of mind, is even more dangerous than pure phantasy.

More and more scientists are aware of the people who need the results of their reserach.
It leads to more ethical behaviour.
But even when clear statements are made that certain results are just the first step in a long chain of researchprojects, people just take one part out of what they hear: the part they think they can use.

Being aware that writing about research results might cause reactions on the side of the readers which can't be controlled is not often a characteristic of the media.

I hope more bloggers however take a close look to why they re-publisice what they find in the media.

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Freezing internet with Avast

april 18 2008

After my son installed Shampoo and Avast, (firewall and virusscanner) I've had troubles staying on internet for longer than a few minutes each time.

It made me feel sooo irritated!

I tried changing the settings, reinstall and all the other means of trying to solve the problems. Nothing helped.

Then I stopped the whole Avast Scanner and now I'm slowly reintroducing the features one by one.

Surfing internet and blogging is for me a way to relax. Life is exciting enough, so having a virusscanner as another problemchild is not my way of having fun.

Right now it's like I've put a child on an elimination diet to see which food triggers an allergic reaction.

Many people say Avast is the best...
Well, tell that me when I have normal internetaccess again with the scanner properly running.

I know Avast pings the service a great lot.
I wonder if that might have to do with internet freezing under my hands each and every time.

A few years ago our internetprovider used to ping a lot, and we all stood up against us being watched.
They stopped.
So maybe the pingingservice of Avast runs into some sort of protection at the provider level.

Is that possible?

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please rate this look

april 1 2008

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Do you like this spring-look?

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february 4 2008

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Especially when opinionated posts are needed.

Research needs to be done, one has to find the world behind the facts and one has to guard oneself against pure satire, ridicule and other ways to undermine ones own posts.

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Before I have tried services who wanted to spread my words, but they either did nothing, asked a lot of money, or told me they wanted my copyright and the freedom to change in my content whatever they saw fit.

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Special new years offers and design contest at Lunarpages

january 7 2008


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Designers awake!!

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I know some of you want to sell stuff online, some of you want your own url for your blog, some of you want to display your photos better, want to make a site for your kid's clubs, etc etc.
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