Snoskred - Life in the Country

Weekly wrap ups have gone on holidays for the month of November. They are likely sunning themselves on a beach somewhere. Fear not, because I am still keeping links, and there will be a monthly wrap up instead this month.

But Why?

Well in case you didn’t notice November is a busy month, and I haven’t been well so I missed last week. I’ve been feeling like the wrap up is a chore for a little while now and not as many people as I thought click on the links. Perhaps I need to change it up a bit, write better descriptions or things to interest people in the links. I’m trying a new, potentially easier way of keeping links which I’ll let everyone know about, if it works out.

Now What?

I’ll be back later today with something potentially interesting, so drop back then. In the meantime if you’re Australian and you have not seen LOLPOLs yet, you may want to check it out. Just be warned, don’t put the pics on slideshow and eat or drink anything during it. I almost covered my screen in water when I saw this one. My absolute favourite? This one. The look in that baby’s eyes!

Oh my god, I think I truly have lost my mind. Not only did I sign up for NaBloPoMo, but I have just signed up for NaNoWriMo as well.

I’ve had this story floating around in my head for about a month now, partly inspired by Stephen King’s book Insomnia, and partly inspired by a dream I had which contained the odd concept that we all have a set amount of time here on the planet when we arrive - it doesn’t matter what we do, what we eat etc because our time of death is pre-determined. So I’ll give writing the story a go, and see what happens.

Chani is holding Accentuate The Positive on November the 1st, make sure to get involved, I already have mine written.

Also, the NaBloPoMo Randomiser is up and running - get clicking and commenting ya’all!

Funny Search Terms This Week -

does someone want to give me 5 million dollars - I’d say the answer is no..

school teacherw upslirt - Maybe if you had concentrated better in school instead of trying to look up the teachers skirt, you would have been able to spell this search and find what you were looking for?

get me a site meter - For everyone who is looking for this, keep an eye out for a post from me this week - possibly on Tuesday as we don’t have a topic for the Tech Tuesday yet - about a fantastic new site meter I found that you can get for me, or you!

Now before we get into the links, I still have about 400 unread posts, so forgive me for the lack of linkage and apologies for the short wrap up.

Must Reads -

Post of the week
Strength and gentleness are not opposed. - Absolutely amazing photographs! If you click on no other link make sure to click on this one.

Top 50 Australian Women’s Blogs - And hey, I’m like number 7. I was number 2! Moving down in the world already hehe..

Well, it seemed like this year’s must-have, bad taste Hallowe’en gift for amputees, but sadly it isn’t even that cool. - I agree, it is in extremely poor taste and to add insult to injury it doesn’t do what it says it will do!

Deliverance on Coronation Street - A beautiful dream, Audrey.

To the NaBloPoMo virgins - some words of wisdom from a veteran - Ooh, I am one of the virgins! Yay!

Notes - Yes, come back Invader Zim!

Funnies -

Every week I look at this section and I realise I don’t have a lot of funny blogs - can anyone suggest a few more for me?

Photo Hunters #40: Pink - Wow that is such a pretty wig Daisy!
Fashion Friday: It’s almost Halloween! - practicing ringing the doorbell had me laughing so much the other half came in to see what was the matter with me. I love your blog Daisy!

The One with Naked Lis - Lis completes the Actors Studio meme, and bravely posts a picture of her naked self.

Foodies -

beet bread. - I will be trying this sometime in the next couple of weeks.

Chez Panisse’s Butternut Squash Risotto - Yum!

Blogs To Be Added To The Sidebar -

There’s only one on the list this week but it is an absolute corker - make sure you check it out!

Diary Of A Koalawrangler

Coming Up -

Julie has announced the Hump Day Hmmm topics for the next 3 weeks - Next Hump Day Hmm topics for 10-31, 11-7, and 11-14 - also don’t forget about Accentuate The Positive.

NaBloPoMo and NaNoWriMo begin Thursday. Have you signed up? If not, may I suggest doing so now, before the last minute rush?

Hopefully tomorrow we will be launching the new scam emails blog, fingers crossed. Now I to take a break and have some Lindt chocolate or this wicked new icecream I found. Aussies, keep an eye out for Gelativo Vanilla Bean, it rocks!

Tomorrow I am going to post what might be the most important blog post I ever write here on the blog. Some people may be insulted by it. Some people may feel guilty. Some people may shoot the messenger. The message is important and I am going to ask all of you to help me in getting the message out there by stumbling the post, digging it, posting about it on your blogs and anything else you can do to get the word out. Please don’t blame me for being the messenger or making you feel insulted or guilty. We all have a responsibility to our fellow humans to try and do the right thing but sometimes convenience and “what we’re used to” and “what seems easy” is what we do, instead of what is *right*.

I’m struggling with the wording of it right now because it is something I feel very strongly about and as it reads right now, it could be seen as.. well.. venomous. I’ll try to take the venom out, if ya’all promise you’ll read it with an open mind.

On Friday I posted about blog spam - when I posted there had been 91 spam comments in the Tan Tan Noodles spam filter. Would anyone like to take a guess at how many there are now, Sunday evening, just 2 days later? Not you Sephy, you have admin access and that would be cheating..

And now onto the wrap up!

Funny Search Terms This Week -

Britney Naked - Oh come on, we’ve all seen her meat purse already! Why are you still looking for this? Seriously!

western uniuon - Looks like I’ll be getting all the mis-spelt searches for this - and it might be a great idea to create a page for the search engines..

girl who made a million dollars with adsense - I don’t believe anyone did. I’m firmly anti-adsense. Bloggers and webmasters deserve to get paid more than adsense pays. It really is that simple. Google are making a shedload out of it, I’m sure - and they need to give more back to the people supporting it.

Must Reads -

Post of the week
You Own Your Thoughts, Now Control Them - I believe in what this post is talking about. I do what this post is talking about, daily. I believe it so much I sent this to my other half who is going through a negative patch right now - and I think if he reads it and embraces it things will improve.

BIG List of Disposable (Temporary) email services - This is really useful if you want to not get spam.

Seven Questions That Will Change Your Life - I’m adding this to my to do list!

Blog Stuff -

Zen and the Art of Blogging - This post is wonderful. Great work Patrick!

Seven Reasons Why Your Blog is Scary - Absolutely, I have gone to blogs and shut down the window within seconds.

69 Tools to Monitor, Measure, and Track Your Website - Handy!

Does Google have anything to fear from the blogosphere? - I think another question to ask is, does Google have anything to fear from the ACCC - if they go around penalising Aussie bloggers they might find out that they do, because something like that would be against the trade practices act. Plus, they’re already in trouble with the ACCC - ACCC Alleges misleading and deceptive conduct by Trading Post and Google - It will be interesting to see how that turns out.

Comments: How to Get and How to Give - Heather mentioned my guest post at One Man’s Goal and there are other great links here.

Move Your Blogspot Blog To Your Own Domain With Ease - Those of you on Blogger will want to read this.

Here On The Blog -

Tiffany Guest Posted and it was a moving read, so if you missed it check it out now.
I posted about the blogs of a fascinating man with an excellent about me page - Neerav Bhatt.
I spoke about things I am doing to stop Online Scammers

The Actors Studio Meme -

I memed people this week, and people responded which was cool -

A Meme in time…. by Kin
Meme by Lightening
10 Questions Meme by Colin
The Actors Studio 10 Questions Meme by Ian
The One Where I Do a Meme by Katie (and Puddy)
The James Lipton Meme by Andrew
The Actors Studio Meme by Snoskred
The Actors Studio 10 Questions Meme by John
The Actors Studio Meme by Kelly Marie
Awards And Memes by Magneto Bold Too
Meme by Frogdancer
Inside the Actors Studio… by Sephyroth

If I missed linking to anyone let me know.. it’s been a long day and I’m so tired.

Snoskred In The BlogOSphere -
I guest posted at Grammology - Mothers - Teach Your Daughters Well. And Your Sons

I guest posted at One Man’s Goal - Successful Commenting Starts Here

The site with the cutest Aliens on the web reviewed my site - A scam baiter’s life in the country

Tiffany’s Guest Post inspired JohBlogs to write this post - Reflecting on Communities

Blogs Added To The Sidebar -

Blogs which will be added to the New Reads sidebar tomorrow when I am awake again -

Viking Conquest

RamblingMoo

Telling It Like It Is

The Silver Lining

A Spot With Pots

Ordinary Folk

My Little Drummer Boys

Duchess and the Duke

Letting Loose!

New Australian Blogs Community Blogs -

Alternative Fuels Australia

2 Paupers

Archies Archive

A.K.A. Mum

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Health and Nursing Issues Australia

webmenu.com.au Blog

FanFic

Coming Up -

As I said at the top of the post, tomorrow a post I’m a little worried about posting - but it is important information. So I’ll grit my teeth and do it. The tech topic for this Tuesday is Skype and I’m going to show you how it can save you money - and Sephy will tell you how it works. The rest of the week may come to you as a surprise.

It has been a HUGE week with a new redesign and moving to wordpress. This week’s wrap up is a little shorter than usual because I have been too busy to keep up with my reader. Sorry about that everyone!

I got the $100 voucher I mentioned in last week’s wrap up, and bought a few sponsored reviews. I asked the bloggers to make any links to the blog no follow - I did not want to pay for links, I was paying for the opinions of people who are not biased. Two reviews have been completed and I link to them below.

The process of paying bloggers was very eye opening, I will talk about it later in the week but if you are someone who does sponsored reviews I highly recommend you get your own voucher - you have till the end of October - and try it for yourself. Trust me on that one, ok? You can find out more about the voucher here - $100 SponsoredReviews.com Coupon : Exclusive for Search Engine Journal Readers.

Just before we get into the wrap up, I got an email from Neerav about the election being announced. If you’re in Australia you will want to read this post - Enrol and Register To Vote: You Can Make A Difference

Funny Search Terms This Week -

ways to get back at my sister - Now this is just sad. You don’t need to get back at her - it is bad karma for yourself. Take the high road. Be the better person, build a bridge and walk over it.

what country does romeo and juliet born - Now I have to search to find out. I don’t think Shakespeare said a particular country.

picture of big jersey cows milk under - Do you mean udder? Is this some new weird kind of pr0n?

Must Reads -

Post of the week
The Computer Junkie’s Guide to Fitness. - We can all use this, a simple and easy way to keep fit while blogging.

10 Ways to Discover New Blogs - Great post Katie!

77 Arrests. $2.1B in Fake Checks Yay, scammers arrested, that’s what we like to see.

7 Tips To Overcome Your Fear Of Failure - I know a blogger who needs to read this but they shall remain nameless. They know who they are!

Rethinking our Stinking Thinking. - We all need to change those tapes in our head from time to time. What sentences do you hear daily in your head that start “you can’t…” “you’re not…” etc? Change those tapes - because you can, and you are.

Link Frenzy: Google Related Articles - There’s a lot of good links here if you’re looking for more to read about Google.

The Best of the Blogosphere: October 13, 2007 - More good reading.

Blog Stuff -

9 Grammar Rules all Bloggers Need to Know - This is a fantastic post and all bloggers should run, not walk, to read it.

Policy Galore - Do you have a comments policy? A disclosure policy? If not, it is time to seriously consider getting one.

10 Great Bloggers Tell What Mistakes They Made As Beginners - Tay’s had a blog redesign too - goodbye to my favourite green theme but hello to a lovely new one. And *I* am one of the bloggers who is telling what mistakes I made so be sure to check it out!

Paid Links Simply Aren’t Going Anywhere - Amen. And I think certain search engines better get used to the fact they’re not going anywhere.

Sponsored Reviews -

De’moments Reviews Snoskred
Spilt Milk Reviews Snoskred

Blogs Added To The Sidebar -

My Little Drummer Boys

Ordinary Folk

De’moments

Spilt Milk

Ya, I Yee

Me And Mine

Coming Up -

This Tuesday we’re wrapping up some Blogger stuff on the Think Tank, I’m going to tell you a bit about the house as well as my plans for a housewarming party and hopefully we’ll have a men we love to watch this week, just for fun.

I’m so exhausted after a long day of chores so I’m off to bed, be good ya’all!

This week has been huge for me in terms of learning about Wordpress. This time last week I was quite frankly terrified about switching to WP. Now, I am thrilled and excited about it. I can’t wait to switch over and show you guys what I have created. Hopefully that will be early this week - I’m just trying to break it now, making sure everything works.. I will let you know when it is happening. And now, on to the wrap up.

Funny Search Terms This Week -

is there a picture of alf with an oxygen mask on - Do you mean Alf the tv alien? I don’t know..

pregnant woman driven crazy by barking dog - I don’t think pregnancy increases your chances of being driven crazy by a barking dog. I think a barking dog is annoying to all - other than the owners of said dog - regardless of their gender or whether or not they are pregnant.

aussie pie shop wont go halal - And nor should they have to, if they don’t want to. This is Australia in the year 2007, not Australia back in the days when it wasn’t safe to eat Pork. We have refrigeration here. We have a thriving pork industry. Halal is a hangover from about 2,000 years ago. Just because it says something in a book, and that applied back in those days, does not mean we all have to obey it now in a different age entirely. It’s your choice to eat Halal, and it is a shops choice to go Halal. That’s up to them. Customers can choose to go there - and if they wont because it is not Halal, the shop loses out. Pies include meat, and often bacon. Build a bridge. Eat somewhere else.

neil diamond wig - There’s no doubt, the man has some great hair..

sexist designer advertisements - Allrighty then..

spoiled country bitches - Yeah, that’s me. You’ve come to the right place! hehe

belly dancer confessions sex owner tips - I am thinking of taking up belly dancing actually. They have lessons here where I live.

where sequins come from - Is it the same place babies come from?

Must Reads -

Bloggers Note! Free Stuff!
$100 SponsoredReviews.com Coupon : Exclusive for Search Engine Journal Readers - This is a fantastic opportunity for bloggers to sign up as an advertiser and purchase a few reviews of their blog. I read about it on Sphinn and now have added the Search Engine Journal to my reader - not only did I get a $100 credit but I found a great new blog to read as well. A good deal all round!

Post of the week
A Long Answer to a Short Question - Gwen, if you happen to read this, I respect your decision but I strongly disagree with it. Perhaps it is the best thing for you but it means I’ll have to remove your blog from my feed reader. I can’t read a blog where I feel like I can’t be there for the blogger in comments. It makes me feel like my thoughts and opinions aren’t wanted or cared about. However I can see how people get caught up in the amount of comments on my post = my self worth. I have seen other bloggers do it. Me personally I don’t let it bother me. If a post gets comments, yay. If not, also yay. I said what I wanted to say, and I gave other people the chance to say what they wanted to say. I hope you change your mind, let me know if you do.

Ten Signs That You are WAY Outside of Your Comfort Zone - I agree, stepping outside of your comfort zone can feel like $hit. I needed this post right now, with the whole switching to Wordpress thing. I was starting to doubt, to second guess.. in fact most of the things on the list of 10.

Caring for the Dead - A thought provoking post.

Beach Etiquette - Some Classic Andrew G Writing. Love your work!

Don’t Forget to Get Back Up - Amen.

How much control does Google have over us? - Far too much, I’m afraid. ;(

Dancing With The Gevil - Defamed By Google? - This post makes me extremely angry. I can’t believe Google feel they have the right to treat people like this. It’s yet another in a line of blows to bloggers which Google are inflicting. Someone needs to take a stand - and I’m hoping it will be Andy. I have a huge amount of respect for you Andy, I’m so glad I somehow found your blog, and I completely agree with everything you wrote in this post. Just so you know.

Comma Chameleon - I enjoyed this. I am also an offender.

The Fear Is Back - Vera has upgraded to Wordpress and the blog looks fantastic but the content has always been spectacular and this is yet another example of it.

How to Give Kind Criticism, and Avoid Being Critical - This is a handy talent to have - and any of us can have it simply by learning how to do it.

Blog Stuff -

Bloggers: Are You Ready For Writer’s Block? - A few of my blog friends have struggled with this lately. Maybe this article will help.

9 Ways to Beat Writers Block on a Personal Blog - And another very helpful and useful article.

233 Social Networking Sites for Marketing Your Blog - This is a useful resource for all bloggers.

Being a Good Blogosphere Citizen - I think it is important for all of us to be excellent to other bloggers. As it said in Bill And Ted - Be Excellent To Each Other - And Party On Dudes!

11 Pointless Blog Posts that Waste my Time - I disagree with one of the points in the comments, but most of these are valid. Bloggers, do you commit these sins?

Six Ways Blogging Differs From Other Types of Writing - I am a particular fan of point number 4.

34 StumbleUpon Posts That Aren’t Crap - An excellent resource of info about StumbleUpon. If you’re not a stumbler, check this one out.

Blogger To WordPress By Lucia-

Upgrading a Blogger Blog to Wordpress for Beginners; Lesson I
Upgrading a Blogger Blog to Wordpress for Beginners; Lesson II
How to Install Wordpress: Upgrading a Blogger Blog to Wordpress for Beginners, III
Upgrading a Blogger Blog To Wordpress, Lesson IV

More posts will be written in the series and when the series is completed I will post a link to all of them. Thank You Lucia from Big Bucks Blogger for writing these!

Here On The Blog - -

It’s been a busy week here on the blog.

Thomas from Technical Blogger got out of his niche with a great kitties post. If you missed it be sure to check it out!
I did my second ever CD review - Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor.
I spoke about how Custody Battles Are Hell on the Hump Day Hmmm.
The Tuesday Think Tank was about HTML this week and I wrote - Basic HTML for Bloggers.
I answered some Questions.
I posted about one of my scammers thinking Heidi Klum is just “okey”.

Snoskred In The BlogOSphere -

Snoskred has been a busy, busy girl this week.

Snoskred created The Aussies group on NaBloPoMo this week.

Snoskred guest posted at Super Blogging - one of my favourite blogs about blogging! You can read my post here - Bloggers, Are You Wasting Time?

Snoskred got interviewed at On Blogging Australia - Interview with Snoskred of Life in the Country

I have a couple of guests posts that I am in the process of writing for next week, too.

Past Snoskred -

Travel back in time and read my thoughts about - saving wildlife in Australia

Blogs Added To The Sidebar -

The World According To Pia
Unequivocally Moe
Search Engine Journal
Caroline Middlebrook :: Livin’ Online

New Australian Blogs Community Blogs -

Welcome to the new members of the Australian Blog Community! If you want to take part in National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) be sure to check out The Aussies group.

David Jacobson’s External Insights - My Little Drummer Boys - Soul Solutions - crazy meezer - ImportJap - The Import and Japanese Car Enthusiast Blog - Philippine Contract Workers Centre - Health, lifestyle & money - neodigitalist - dLook Discount Coupons - Debt Diet

Coming Up -

Another huge week - possibly the biggest ever because sometime this week I will be migrating to the new blog. So far it is looking good, even if I do say so myself. Hopefully it will all go well.

Another busy week. I have two boxes left to unpack, and that is us all moved in. My office is now completed, most of the pictures are up on the walls, and I’m almost done washing, drying and ironing, for now at least. Onto the wrap up!

Funny Search Terms This Week -

pictures of fishes off of finding meno - Meno, I think they’re on to you.. do you need a place to hide out?

song with the lyrics:i’m your buck a roo, i’ve been watching you - I hope these were not the same people. What scary lyrics!

why plympton rent is less cheap adelaide - Because of the tram line. Everyone loves the tram!

girls needing sex in brisbane - Ohhhkay then. And you think you’re the one who can provide this service?

prince harry hardon - Yes, it is here on the blog - check my past Snoskred section below for the link. He has some family jewels all right.

747 plane crash images for myspace blog - That sounds like a lovely my space blog you’re putting together there. No really, people can’t resist a good plane crash image. People love to be reading a blog and then have death and unpleasantness come to them as a surprise. I’m sure it will be a huge success.. NOT!

niche oops oh my song words - I have no idea what you’re looking for but I hope you found it somewhere.

dazzleland myer what happened - Bizarrely, making the top two floors of a shopping centre into a mini theme park complete with rollercoaster didn’t turn out to be a success. I can’t understand why. I went on that rollercoaster enough times to keep it going all on my own. Sad but true.

opal tribble beauty products - Someone from Trinidad and Tobago is looking for you and your beauty products, Opal. I hope they made it to your site!

Must Reads -

Post of the week
Did I uncover your credit card details on the web today!? - Seriously, you should google your name, your address, and your credit card number regularly. Just to be certain.

How to Transition from Work to Play - This is so important, especially as more of us work from home than ever before.

So, What Is It With Me, Anyway? - Belinda, I don’t know what to say other than good on you for seeing what you need to do, and getting on with doing it.

Does anyone enjoy grocery shopping? This is a great post, Ali.

A reason, a season or a lifetime - Kin is one of those who has been paying attention to the Tuesday Think Tanks, and look how great her blog looks as a result! This is an excellent post.

A post! A man’s BBQ story. - Ladies, this is the truth. Be sure to read it!

Fashion Friday: Ballerina Daisy! - What a pretty outfit Daisy the Curly Cat is wearing in this blog post!

Lives in a house/A very big house in the country - Moving to the country? Read this first.

Lose and Control Your Clutter - I sent this one to The Other Half.. When I take photos of his office you’ll see why.

Blog Stuff -

10 Firefox Add-ons to Supercharge your Blogging - I use some of these.

Bloggers Beware! Your Privacy Might be at Risk - A scary post which bloggers should read.

It’s OK To Be A StatsAHolic - I agree there are great things you can learn from your stats. On the other hand, I don’t think checking them more than once a day is a good use of a bloggers time, though.

The Three Types of Bloggers I Try to Avoid - I try to avoid them too..

Weekly Links - There are some excellent articles linked to in this post, so rather than link to the articles individually, I’ll link to the link post instead, well done Vandelay Website Design!

Here On The Blog -

- I said goodbye to a good thing

- First it was the big cat, and now the little kitty has taken the keyboard

- Liv took the chance to jump out of her niche.

Think Tank Tuesday was about Google Reader

I mentioned why when it comes to Spam and Scam Emails - you should Never Unsubscribe and Never Reply to them.

Past Snoskred -

Travel back in time and read my thoughts about - Britney Spears Is A Bad Dresser and only because someone searched for it - Prince Harry’s Family Jewels. Shocking past posts!

Blogs Added To The Sidebar -

Yack Yack SEO - How did I miss putting this site in my Google Reader for so long!
Get It Together, Starting Now

Coming Up -

Get your notepads out ya’all, because the Tuesday Think Tank this week is HTML, and I’m going to give you some great code to grab and squirrel away to use on your blog.

I do have the next two weeks planned out and mostly written, because I’m taking some time to learn Wordpress and start the process of switching over. Rather than spoil it all, I’ll let it come to you as a surprise.

Another busy week. There’s a lot of linkage here this week so drop by and check it out - have I linked to you? Get clicking and read some wonderful posts I found lurking around the BlogOsphere.

Funny Search Terms This Week -

windex does everything - Wasn’t that one yours, River? Things said in the comments section get googled too ya’all!

aluminum underpants - Ok I know why I wrote it, but why are you searching for it? A new fetish?

how can i cut my hair the feng shui way/and view it - I have absolutely no idea.

missile launch codes - I’m still getting a lot of hits for this. Do these people have access to missile launch panels where you type the codes in, is what worries me?

ask questions about black and white cows - is this racism for cow questions? What’s wrong with asking questions about the brown and white cows? The all one color cows?

Must Reads -

Post of the week
Conquering My Fears - When I sat down to read my Google Reader today I thought “I want to link to RT today in the wrap up, I hope he’s written something kick ass” and when I went to his blog I saw my dreams had come true, this is a fantastic post RT.

Engineer Life: Set Up Habit Changes So It’s Hard to Fail - An excellent article on how you can change habits.

16 Traits Of An Abusive Relationship - This is a worthwhile read.

Can you spot that Phishing e-mail? - A good question - can you?

Negativity kills creativity - Great post, Hari! I agree with this completely.

It’s Only Illegal if You’re Selling It, Right? - By odd coincidence, I went to Bunnings and bought cat grass today, only mine I have to grow.

Got A Minute? -

Guess the side effect - Try and put a smile on Sepha’s face by guessing the side-effect from the picture. I had a go at it myself.

Blog Questions - Got some spare time? Pop over and answer these. I will have some spare time over the next couple of days, so I will answer them.

Foodies -

Presto Pasta Night #30 - Oh my GOD. I never knew potatoes were available in purple! Ya’all have to see this, go on, click!

Nigella Lawson’s Chocolate-Almond Whirligig Buns - YUM is all I can say..

Blog Stuff -
(These will be added to the bloggers are helpful sidebar tomorrow.)

Creating An Eye Pleasing Post - This is info any blogger should read and use often. I have been doing this for some time now.

Free for all, two new Technorati icons - In case you missed the link in the technorati post.

Don’t Be Your Own Worst Blogging Critic - I can think of a few bloggers who need to read this post.

Web Safe Typefaces - Are you using one? Am I? I will check.

The Great “Blog Rush” Roundup - If you’re not yet tired of hearing about Blogrush - and believe me, I sure as heck am, the echo chamber effect has been deafening on this one - this is a good article, as is the following -

Blog Rush or just Blog Mush? -There’s been a lot of talk about blog rush. I won’t be signing up for it at this stage. I’ll wait to hear what other bloggers have to say after a month or so of using it.

I’m the kind of person who refuses to go to see a movie if they hype it too much, even if I want to see it. So the hype over blogrush has made me back right away from it. Note to start ups - a lot of hype in one week or less is not always the best for you and your product.

Why I Will Not Make Money With DealDotCom - Well done, Bloggrrl. An excellent article which says a lot of the stuff I thought when I heard about this too. This one was also talked about a lot last week.

StumbleUpon Networking: How to Easily Share Content and Build Relationships - This is a great post with a lot of good info on StumbleUpon Networking.

Five Tips for Getting Traffic From Stumble - I intend to try all five!

Claim Your StumbleUpon Blog through Technorati - An interesting idea..

Snoskred In The BlogOSphere -

I do apologise but this section got missed out of the last couple of wrap ups, so I’m putting them all in today.

September 2007 ‘Readers First’ Awards - I got a lovely Readers First award which I am going to install on the blog the first moment I have spare tomorrow - it’s been a crazy few days.

Life in the Country- Snoskred = Avalanche - I got interviewed by Blog Interviewer.

Give yourself permission to play - A discussion I had with Facibus turned into an excellent blog post.

25 Top posts from 25 Bloggers: Lessons that you can learn from them - Thiru mentioned one of my posts but this is an excellent read even without that.

Get to know me #5- Snoskred’s question - Elizabeth answered my question.

Guest Post at Life in the Country! - Pearl wrote some lovely things about my blog here - thanks Pearl!

Places to Go, People to See… - Juliet wrote some lovely things about my blog as well - thanks Juliet!

Are readers obligated to appreciate bloggers? - A comment I wrote inspired this post and an excellent post it is too.

I’m A Follower - Kirsten became a follower. Well done Kirsten!

Following the dofollowers - And Facibus became a follower as well. Good on you mate!

Here On The Blog -

I spoke about my Miele Condenser Dryer - Facibus guest posted in my new Jump Out Of Your Niche Friday feature - I began to see The Light At The End Of The Tunnel - I spoke about how I make a difference with Internet Scams - I talked about my Fear Of Dogs.

Think Tank Tuesday was about Technorati and one of the crew from Technorati dropped by and left a comment on both my post and Sephy’s post - The Ups (and Downs) of Technorati

Past Snoskred -

Travel back in time to November 2006 and read my thoughts about - My Funeral and what I would like to happen to me when I *ahem* leave this planet. I want to be made into something sparkly!

Blogs Added To The Sidebar -

eMoms at Home - Livelygrey - Blogging Tips - TopSecret Blogger - Couture Cupcakes - On Blogging Australia - Bloggrrl

New Australian Blogs Community Blogs -

Aide-memoire - Guide to Blogging - Duchess and the Duke - planet doom? - Australian Bushfire Monitor - Disability Care Work - A Matter of Perspective - Project 183 - The Cerebral Mum

Coming Up -

Think Tank Tuesday is about Google Reader this week. Sephy and I are going to swap roles, I’m taking the technical side because I have found some AMAZING and wonderful tips to make your blog reading faster. Well, Sephy told me about them, so.. But I can tell you how wonderful they are, and it’ll have screenshots and everything! Yay!

The Jump Out Of Your Niche feature is booked up till the end of October now but I still want to encourage anyone reading this to get on board.

I’ll be back tomorrow with an as yet undetermined post.

It’s just a quick wrap up this week due to my internet connection playing up, my apologies all. I’m only going to post the funnies and my favourite articles from the last week. I’m not really in the mood to struggle with this wireless constantly dropping out in order to finish the other sections.

The actual internet connection is fine, it is the wireless between here and The Other Half’s room which is the issue. Concrete walls and steel reinforcements don’t seem to help! I may complete the wrap up in a separate post tomorrow, if we can get this sorted.

Funny Search Terms This Week -

how to puswad your mum - I suppose this one could be a LOT worse. But Mums everywhere, watch out. In particular, mums whose kids are using Opal Telecom Dsl Network in the UK and whose computer uses internet explorer 6, windows XP, and 1024×768 screen resolution. Just in case you happen to be reading this.

how to made sequin in photoshop - I hate to point this out but you can’t actually make physical things like sequins with photoshop. You can manipulate photos, and that’s about it.

10 ways to clear your sinuses - I don’t know but if you find out can you let me know?

morten harket dressed in norwegian - morten harket leather - pics of morten harket naked - It seems like everyone wants to see Morten but they’re not quite sure what they want him to be wearing. I’m voting for leather myself.

spray high powered water jets into pussys - I think this is quite an unwise idea, for *both* definitions of the word. Don’t be squirting anything into pussys, either the kitty variety or the *ahem* female gentialia variety.

australians all a bunch of convicts - Yep, that’s right. So don’t mess with us!

Must Reads -

Post of the week
without further adieu - Instant classic! I love this post..

Ike Says - Prepare a communications plan - and I believe this is so important. We now live in a place that can be entirely cut off by bushfires, except for boats - and has sketchy mobile phone coverage. The Other Half and I will need to do this.

Are There Any News? - Some excellent links to September 11 related articles you may not have seen.

A Simple Quote - An excellent post and a reminder to me of why I sometimes need to go with the flow..

In the Name of God - Lawyer Mama tackles a difficult subject with grace.

Google Loves Transparent Links & Hit Counter Spam - In case you missed it, Meg put a link to this article in my comments section on Site Meters.

Don’t be crossing the streams, remember! It might cause The End Of The Internet - I loved Ghostbusters, what a great movie.

Brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous…. - Amen.

Blog Stuff -

Readers Behaving Badly - This is a worthwhile series for all bloggers to read. In fact ya’all should be reading the Reader Appreciation Project blog if you’re not already.

Why You Need Your Own Hosting Plan: Keep your blog from vanishing! - A scary tale.. this could happen to any of us.

12 Surefire Steps to Make a Big Splash in the Blogging Toilet - This may be one of the best headlines I have seen on the net. Ever. And the article is excellent too. Well done!

That’s it for today. Back tomorrow I hope!

It’s been a busy week of moving for me this week, and also a busy week here on the blog. The wrap up is smaller this week due to me not being able to read many blog posts - I will have a larger wrap up next week which may include some of the posts I missed reading this week.

Funny Search Terms This Week -

wierd sex insertions snakes - Oh dear..

makes 5 million a year from mail order - Not possible, I’m afraid, has to be a scam.

how to rob a bank nigerian man who collect 5 million dollars - If you want to know how to rob a bank, watch Point Break. It should teach you that you can die doing it, so it’s a stupid idea!

Must Reads -

Post of the week
7 Classic Ways To Un-Improve Your Life - Are you sick of people telling you how you can improve your life? This post is for you..
How to Deal with a Workplace Bully - I could have used this info a few times during my working life.

Blog Stuff -

These will be added to the bloggers are helpful sidebar early next week, I just didn’t have the time this week to do it with the moving. But in the meantime you can click the links here to read these posts.

Are readers obligated to appreciate bloggers? - Inspired by some questions I asked on a previous article, Bes wrote this article with some excellent thoughts on when you should appreciate other bloggers - and when people do not, but should.

60+ Resources for New Bloggers - Some fantastic stuff here.

Warning: Don’t Back Date PPP Posts! - PPP = Pay Per Post. Anyone advising you to do this hasn’t checked out all the rules properly.

Add Your URL to SEO Friendly Directories FREE - Another thing to add to my to-do list!

Increasing Your Stumbleupon Network - As soon as I have moved I will be working on this too.

Five Reasons to Fear Your Readers - This post made the song “Don’t fear the reaper” song play in my head.

Great Stumbles this week -

Teamwork - I’m not sure this is such a large goal, though.

You might want to get stumbling yourself, with StumbleUpon. Check out Meg’s great guide - Beginners Guide To StumbleUpon if you’re new to stumbling.

Here On The Blog -

This week, we had Pearl from Interesting Observations drop by with a question. Thanks, Pearl!

I spoke about Spam, Spiders and Dofollow in the Tuesday Think Tank. This week’s Hump Day Hmm was about Values. I gave some Cereal Confessions, posted an Update that Came as a Surprise and also put up A Photo of Myself.

Past Snoskred -

Travel back in time and read my thoughts about some of the more sombre anniversaries this time of year - the passing of Steve Irwin and Peter Brock, and September 11th.

New Australian Blogs Community Blogs -

Welcome to the new Aussie blogs! MyNRMA Motoring Blogs - Three Ring Circus - Motivational Speaker - Craig Harper

Coming Up -

We’ll have to wait and see - I have the thoughts of the day pre-blogged but other than that I’m out of pre-written material.

It’s been a busy week for me, both on the blog and around the house. If you’re listed in my blog sidebar, or a member of the Aussie or US blog communities on Bumpzee, I have given you an award in this post, so drop by to pick it up.

Funny Search Terms This Week -

refer to yourself as the - Yep, that’s it. The what, I wonder?

refer to yourself using name - Are people confused about how to refer to themselves?

refer in the third prson - Might help if you spelled person right.

don’t breed cows - Why not?

she loves cows - Ayuh, she does. And I do.

sex therapy–photos - oh, you mean pr0n? Why not just search for pr0n?

snoksred - I’m used to seeing Snoskred, but someone searched for me and found me even though they mis-typed?

snokesred scam - And another one! Ya’all, it’s simple to spell. Snos and kred. Add them together. There you have it. Sort of like K-fed and K-rudd. But better. You can just call me Snos if you like.

Must Reads -

Post of the week
Mr Glass-Half-Empty 2007; and the winner is… - I am SO crazy about this. Especially - Every day we have the choice of having a great day… irrespective of what happens (or doesn’t happen) during that day.

The Serious
On Blogging Zazen writes about a new project she has set up - calling all with Diabetes, you might want to check out the Diabetic Round Table - I grew up with a best friend who spent a lot of time in the hospital due to her diabetes, another good friend of mine has lost a few toes to it, and one very inspirational lady in my life died due to complications from it. If you have diabetes, finding people who support you and know what you’re going through is worth a great deal, so visit the round table and get involved.

Amazing Child Runs 2,212 Miles - I don’t think parents should be allowed to abuse their children in this manner. Yes, I believe it is abuse.

The Useful
The Inaugural Get-Yer-Shit-Together Challenge - I’m on board, are you?

Tons of Homemade Solutions for the House - 12 uses for all the left over cans of coke I have? Plus stuff you can do with vinegar, salt, dental floss, dryer sheets, olive oil and aspirin? Brilliant!

Simple Systems: Clean Your House as You Go (with an added burst) - YES! I totally need this!

Tip: Tracking Down That Wiley Svchost Process - This is possibly the most useful info I have found this week. I have wondered what those SVChost things were so many times! Must read for the non-techs like me.

The Self-Improving
The Manager’s Cheat Sheet: 101 Common-Sense Rules for Leaders - great stuff!

The Ultimate List Of Personal Development Blogs - you’ll find one here to suit you, surely.

The Eye Opening
House Hunters Wow, what a holiday! I had no idea crabs were so good at climbing..

Times are changing - I love this, Tornwordo. A lovely post, even with the mention of *ahem* BM’s.

Death To the Little Black Dress - Wear colors with pride, ladies!

The Orgasmic Sale of Francesca’s Dreams - If you’re like me and *not* a stick thin type, this blog should be on your must read list. And these items are on sale, and they look great. Purchase!

The Scary Yet Amusing
Alligator! In my backyard!!! Be careful Daisy!

15 Funny Church Signs You Don’t See Everyday - I must see if a nearby church still has their “this church is prayer-conditioned” sign up and get a pic.

Foodies -

Bill Telepan’s Tomato Bread Soup - Looks great!

Marian Burros’s Plum Crumble - Wow, adding this to my must cook list!

Blog Stuff -

How-to: Add a Google Search Box to your blog - Fantastic and I did it myself, too. I recommend all bloggers have a google search box on their blog to make it easier for your readers to find things.

Productivity Tips for Bloggers - This is excellent info for anyone serious about their blogging.

9 Essential Tools for Bloggers - I use most of these.

The 7 Types Of Visitors - This is spot on. Lucky me, I have a lot of diamonds, bless ya’all!

5 Blog Structures To Consider For Your Blog - I love the color fold one. That is absolutely stunning!

How To Find Hidden Links In Your Site - I had no idea people would hide links like this, and it can affect your rankings, so make sure you do this with your blog.

4 Ways to Check Your Blog’s Health - I’m going to have to learn all about meta tags when I move to Wordpress soon.

Wall Street Journal discusses Paid Posting - and it’s not such an evil thing, apparently.

5 Myths About Copyrighted Material - This is important information to know if you’re a blogger.

CyberCelt’s Paid To Blog Series - If you are new to paid blogging, you might want to have a read of these. I found a couple of new pay to blog sites here.

A - Z of Professional Blogging Tools - An excellent list of stuff bloggers need and use.

Things to Avoid: What Makes Me Nervous When Reading Your Blog - Blogger does not give our readers the chance to subscribe to comments, which is why I use co.mments myself. I don’t like to lose track of conversations I took part in.

Here On The Blog -

This week we were blessed with two wonderful guest posters - River and Dorothy from Grammology. Thank you both so much for taking the time to contribute a guest post. I appreciate it!

The Hump Day Hmm this week was about School. I spoke about Blog Design - Open Your Eyes on Think Tank Tuesday, and on Monday I gave you a few Blog Hints. There was also A Moving Update.

Snoskred In The BlogOsphere -

Idiot Affiliate reviewed my blog and it was lovely, thank you! In Focus: Life in the Country with Snoskred

Christine from Running On Empty gave me the Nice Matters award - I am hereby giving this award to *everyone* listed in my sidebar. Consider yourselves awarded if your blog appears there. That includes both the Aussie Blogs Community, the US blogs community, the new blogs I am reading, and the blogs I read with google reader. I wouldn’t be reading you if you did not deserve this award.

Thomas from Technical Blogger Got My Attention when he tagged a post with my name, which appeared in my google alerts!

Kirsten responded to my post Am I A Good Blogger? with this post I Am A Good Blogger!

SELaplana wrote a response to my post 10 Easy Ways To Improve Your Blog Writing with this post - How To Improve Your Writing Skills?

Past Snoskred -

Let’s look back at some of the men I love to watch - Christian Slater - Rob Lowe - Morten Harket.

Blogs Added To The Sidebar -

Lightening’s thoughts, musings and happenings

vaguetarian tea room

New Australian Blogs Community Blogs -

A big welcome to the new bloggers joining the Australian Blogs Community! They are - Design Sojourn | writings on Industrial Design + Entrepreneurship - Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch - Keyword Elite | Keyword PPC Campaign Software - Bare Bones Gardening - Animal Art: Pet Portraits and Wildlife Art by Michelle Wrighton - Art by Michelle - SLOz: Australia’s Second Life News Source - Life in Black and White - Kelly Marie Letting Loose - Alyndabear

Coming Up -

We get the house keys tomorrow but don’t ya’all worry, I have this entire week already written. Well, most of it. On Tuesday we’re going to talk about no follow blogs, and on Wednesday the Hump Day Hmm topic is Values. There’s also a guest post from someone special coming up on Thursday.

During the week I spotted this incredible shot in my sidebar from airliners.net - all I can say is WOW. Look at the people ducking under the plane! The wake turbulence from a plane that big flying over your head that low.. it must have been an incredible experience.

Here’s another shot taken just seconds later from a different angle, see all the sand getting kicked up from the wake turbulence? That’s one heck of a way to exfoliate.

Funny Search Terms This Week -

Just when I thought I had seen all the sexual fetishes that existed on the internet, a new search term came to me as a surprise this week. I must say I got a good laugh out of this one, though the mental image I can do without..

crapping in a codpiece - I did once mention the word codpiece, in my “The Pirate Movie” review. Still, I can’t seem to find myself in the search results for it.

giving baby whiskey - STILL! Every time I see this I feel like I have to say don’t do it!

if you deposit and spend money on a counterfeit check can you be arrested? - Absolutely you can - it is very likely.

dream kangaroo attacking chasing - Sounds like some kind of nightmare.

Must Reads -

Post of the week
How to ’steal’ HTML code - This is essential reading for anyone on the internet today - want to know how something you saw on the web works? This tells you how to find out - with screenshots! Great post Sephy!

6 Practical and Powerful Ways to Overcome Depression - Very true.

20 Great Tools to Keep Your Life Organized - This fits in with the new organized me very well.

Beware the Dream Squasher - This was very apt given I want to start this new business and some just don’t understand it.

Google, I thought we were friends? Google penalty nightmare - This is a reminder why none of us should rely too much on Google.

It Makes Me Proud - I suppose it is too much to hope that this will mean an end to butt crack on the streets?

A new twist on the Nigerian bank fortune scam - The Nigerians have discovered IRS surveys in order to steal your identity. Be careful.

Everything I need to know I learned …at kindergarten orientation - Julie has a rather DISorientating experience at Orientation.

Funnies -

Another reason to love Finland - If you watch only one video this week online, make it this one.
William Shatner and the Dancing Stormtroopers - And if you choose to watch two, make this the second - classic!

Foodies -

Red Velvet- You voted, here’s the cake! - Oh my god. This looks AMAZING. I think this will be the first thing I cook in the new kitchen.
Ukrainian Honey Cake - And this might be the second.

Great Stumbles this week -

Behavior of Cats - Most of this I already knew..
The Bridge Illusion - Cool!
Random Title Generator - Looking for a blog post title? Generate some here.
Absolute Shakespeare - I love Shakespeare.

You might want to get stumbling yourself, with StumbleUpon. Check out Meg’s great guide - Beginners Guide To StumbleUpon if you’re new to stumbling.

Here On The Blog -

The big news in Snoskredland this week is We’re Moving at long last. Yay! Many of you know we’ve been looking for a place in our dream location for a while now.

On Think Tank Tuesday, I spoke about 14 Reasons Readers Unsubscribe From Your Blog and Sephy spoke about Tuesday Think Tank: All About RSS - if you missed his post be sure to check it out because it was fantastic.

I mentioned how I have a big.. camera lens .. it’s not how big it is, it’s what you do with it, right?

I Challenged Ya’all to compliment great service and products you love - note there’s some pics of the new place we’re moving to in that post. I also spoke about some of our past Neighbours.

And finally yesterday I Thanked The West Wing.

Snoskred In The Blogosphere -

RT from Untwisted Vortex reviewed the blog - Blog Review: Life in the Country - RT will review your blog too, all you have to do is ask nicely.

I guest posted at I’ve Tried That - Snoskred on Fake Check Scams and Scambaiting.

Past Snoskred -

Someone sent me an email this week about a post they’d read of mine from the new Snoskred Is sidebar - Prince Harry and his *ahem* large family jewels - I thought I’d share it with ya’all again. Also, I’m a bad daughter - and I still am a bad daughter, setting those little popup reminders

Blogs Added To The Sidebar -

About Every Little Thing - Hari’s Corner - Home of Slightly Cracked Dreams - Grammology - meno’s blog - Our Patch - Pet Animal and Wildlife Art By Michelle - Present Tense - The Coffee House

New Australian Blogs Community Blogs -

Lost in Australia - absoluteLeigh - Your Second Identity - Your Second Avatar - Social Cult

Coming Up -

I had so many blog links this week I’ve kept them for tomorrow’s Blog Hints post. Also in that post, I will reveal why Snoskred refers to herself in the third person so often - it isn’t what you think.

This coming Think Tank Tuesday the topic will be Blog Templates. I’ve got a great post on things your readers might be seeing when they look at your blog. Sephy will be covering a few basics on how to change Blogger templates.

On Wednesday the Hump Day Hmmm topic is School - I’ve already written my post.. Please feel free to take on the Hump Day Hmmm, all are welcome.

On Thursday we will be having a surprise guest post! If anyone reading this would like to put up their hand as a guest poster over the next 2 weeks while I’m moving, shoot me an email. I’ve asked a few people personally to guest post for me but I’d love to hear from anyone who would like to try it.

As you can probably tell, I have pre-blogged a lot of this. I’ll be busy packing up the house but I’m not going to leave my loyal readers without something to read.

On Tuesday this week, Sephy and I will be introducing a new feature to our blogs called Tuesday Think Tank. Each week we will look at one aspect of blogging and ways you can improve your blog. Sephy will be going into the technical stuff - how to do things you may not know how to do - while I look more at the blogger or reader side of things.

This week we’ll be looking at RSS feeds. I am in the process of clearing out my Google Reader, and I’m going to give you an insight into why I’m unsubscribing from blogs - it might help you consider why people would unsubscribe from yours. I’ve already written the article and believe me it’s a cracker, make sure not to miss it.

Sephy will be delving into the more technical aspects of feeds - everything from how they work to how to put a subscribe icon in your sidebar. It will be most educational. So there’s a little heads up for you.

And now, the weekly wrap up.

Funny Search Terms This Week -

romeo juliet hair leonardo - His hair was fantastic in that movie. Juliet was not wearing her own hair- those were wigs, just so you know. She even had a special underwater wig. Yes, I watch dvd commentary tracks, I have all kinds of info like that on many movies.

dazzleland adelaide photo - If you find it let me know, I would love to see one.

why do light globes explode in australia - Do they? I have never had this experience and I’ve lived here for 32 years.. hmm.. should I be worried? If they did explode, would that mean we’re completely in the dark at night time or having to use lanterns or something?

why don’t you eat dairy cows? - Because they are good at what they do and not so good at being a steak?

why do some cows have udders and others dont - Because only female cows have udders? Male cows have something else where the udders should be.

stereotype of a reporter - They get stories wrong. That’s my main bone to pick with them.

what is the safest place to keep 5 million dollars? - I would suggest.. in a bank? Buy some real estate? Waterfront somewhere? Are you sure you’re not being scammed though? Where is this 5 million dollars coming from?

Must Reads -

Post of the week
Emotional Feedback - Amen Ray! AMEN! Post of the week!

Goal Setting for Dummies. - Another Amen! This is a post I have been waiting for from Craig! Sing it, brothers!

Staying Motivated - Vera Bass had linked to this article and I liked it so much I decided I should link to it as well. Share the love.

Anonymity is Freedom - this is a brilliant post. I believe everyone online should be thinking about how much they want known about them in order to protect themselves and their family. It’s a tricky topic because I want to share things with my readers but on the other hand there’s people out there I should be very afraid of - we all should.

Ur wikid bad babe… - Don’t let the title throw you off, that’s the kind of thing some of the men looking for love have been writing to Audrey.. This is an excellent read!

Happiness/More or Less? - Gigglewick has been thinking and it’s worth a read.

Be Wary Of Some Check Deposits - I cannot tell you how nice it is to finally see a journalist letting people know that checks can bounce up to two years after you bank them.

No Good Deed Goes Undented - This post really upset me to read because I’ve had a bad experience with a car dent myself as long time readers know - but even worse than that would be if I damaged it myself by accident. Right now I’m very protective of my new car and likely to dead anyone touching it. With my eyes. And possibly my bare hands. If necessary. Keep off ooo. Step away from the vehicle, people! And have a bit more respect for other peoples cars in carparks, will ya?

A Beginner’s Guide to Scanning - With an incredibly fantastic idea that I never thought of before but will make the other half absolutely ecstatic because The Other Half loves his paper shredder - scan your mail!

Blog Stuff -

Do You See What Your Readers See? - The answer will probably be no.

Revisited: Blogging Personna and Is This Blog … Me? both interlinked so best to read both - very thought provoking.

113 Must Read Blogging Tips - It doesn’t get any better than this if you’re looking for insp