The diversity of PR type emails that I receive has gone up markedly in the last two weeks. It appears that I was added to a mommy blogger PR list at some point and press releases targeted at that demographic now outnumber the things I am interested in my inbox.
So today, I am not:
A pregnant blogger worried about losing post pregnancy belly weight.
A soccer mom worried about gas prices.
An interior designer trying to get in touch with my masculine side.
Capable of reading Russian, Chinese, or Portuguese.
A liberated woman trying to make sense of religion.
Interested in reciprocal links.
And that’s just since 6am this morning.
I’m working with some friends on an outlet to post some of the more inappropriate press releases we receive. Watch here for a link. Even if it doesn’t prove to be very well read, it will be a fun outlet.
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I was having problems with the old redoable theme on WP 2.5 so I went looking for something that’ll work and wasn’t too difficult to tweak.
This one is called RedLine and it is produced by Blog Oh Blog. So far I don’t see any bugs with WP 2.5 and everything went smoothly. I even added a plugin to handle google searches locally and shoe-horned in my ads. A couple other problems are also fixed, most notably the tag and category pages now work properly.
CAPE Day 2008 in Dallas | Geekdad from Wired.com
It’s official, I’m a contributor for Wired Magazine’s GeekDad blog. It’s a non paying gig, but I’ve been an avid reader for some time and it’s a cool blog with a good slant toward Geek Dads and their little Geeklets. Give it a read!
Real Live Preacher: Change Begins with a Dream
The question is: How do we want to spend our money? Do we want to explore the heavens or do we want to fight amongst ourselves? Amazing, isn’t it, how global politics begins to sound like something from an elementary school playground?
A compelling and non-political essay on politics, space exploration and economics. It is well worth the time to read it.
Win $500 at McGrath Dot CA
Steve has added a paid Blog Directory in 1 Cool File but he wants people to know about it. So, he’s doing a contest where you could win $500USD or 1 of the 15 Blog Buffet(valued at $11,50USD/each). But he also want people who are really serious about their blog to add it there. The packages start from $2.50USD/year/reciprocal link up to $11.50USD for the Blog Buffet(one time fee, unlimited blogs, no reciprocal link) . By asking a small fee, your blog will be in a better position and not part of dead blogs. You can also find theme(s) and plugin(s) or add those you have created. You can also find 1 Cool File that has nothing to do with your blog.
And you must read the rules to get more chances to win.
Contest: Blog about my new download site and win 100 CAD
Contest is over . I will make a new post about the winners when they reply to me.
I’ve won my first blog contest for linking to 1 Cool File. Might be time to run around and enter some more contests. I’ll link to the winning post on McGrath dot ca when it’s published.
[update]
The post about the winners is here.
