Sunday, November 28, 2010

I find some cool things sometimes...

After self-hosting loads of Wordpress blogs (Wordpress.org), I decided to start one up on the shared Wordpress platform (Wordpress.com) mainly for backlinking purposes.

I have always refrained from going there because, as with these Blogger blogs, you don't actually own your own blog. If you hvae some content or affiliate links on these shared blogs which 'they who must be obeyed' object to or if a competitor decides to call you a spammer to get you out of the way, Mr. Google or Mr. Wordpress can delete all of your work without a by-your-leave.

Anyway, the WP platform does have some SEO benefits for me providing I stay within their silly rules.

So, I set up a blog there and wanted a really flexible theme which would be good for RSS feeds. And I found the coolest of the cool. (The 'what am I doing right now' thingy over on the right is the rss feed from the blog).

Take a look at the developers' video. Its really is very good! http://p2theme.com/

So now when you come here and read a post, you will see recent status updates in the sidebar :)

Monday, November 22, 2010

All of Greece Gets an Election

We just had Mayor and council elections here in Greece.

Bizarrely,  the electoral process seems to have been modeled on the XFactor rules. Totally useless contestants are whittled away and sent home and the two more serious contenders have to come back the following week for a 'Mayoral sing-off'.

Problem is, Wagner keeps winning.

Sunday, November 07, 2010

Is this the most tasteless ad you ever saw?


You really have to hand it to the Greeks. Unfortunately, they excel at things like this.  Full marks for having zero consideration.