Snoskred – Life in the Country

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?

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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!

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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?

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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!

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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!