Jem's field notes

Another flash game: Crazy Ladybugs. Easy to finish.

When people talk to me about blogging and maintaining websites for the sake of earning money, they tend to walk away with the impression that I am against the use of this delicious medium that we call the Internet as a financial aid. The only problem with this is that strictly speaking… I’m not. Don’t… read full entry »

A week ago I blogged about Manipulating Alexa. At the time I called any gain in rank “fake”, but since then I’ve considered whether my statement was logical. Considering that the majority of you — if you’re anything like me — are likely to visit your site at least once daily anyway, surely this is… read full entry »

According to Wikipedia, the United Nations Convention Against Torture defines torture as: any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person So why is there no mention of daytime television in this article? I’m serious. I’ve been at home today because I feel like I’m dying,… read full entry »

I have to admit that I’m a bit of a sucker for a creative advert. I swear I’m more likely to buy a product if I see an advert that tickles my funny bone than I am if I see an informative or factual one (which is why PPP posts are nothing but shit to… read full entry »

How high can you score on this nifty word game?

I’ve noticed over the past couple of weeks a lot of websites are suddenly sporting little badges boldly displaying their Alexa rank with pride. This coincides “nicely” with the increase of PPP bloggers and other sponsoring programs because some of these services use Alexa as a measurement of how good your blog is and how… read full entry »

My village is slipping into the river (again).

The more observant (or should that be nosy?) of you will have noticed a new page appeared in my scripts section this week titled “BellaBiblio” (mucho thanks to Hayley for the creative name). BellaBiblio is a new flat file PHP-based book rating/listing script for those avid readers out there. It uses a single plain text… read full entry »

Is it wrong that every time I visit a new blog I assume a post that recommends a product is PPP related?