Subscribe by RSSThinking of going to Germany (Hildesheim)
I was planning on going to Honk Kong not so long ago… Bug that kind of fell apart for a number of reasons…. I’d still love to go though.
Well I have a friend who I have been hanging out with who is going to Germany soon and I may tag along. I have nothing to do over the next few months… And most of what I do now is just talk to people on the phone, go jogging, worry about my diet, and fix other peoples problems so I don’t think about my own.
Well my friend has a place to stay in a lovely town called Hildesheim which looks amazing, I love these types of towns! I have been looking at loads of photos that she took the last time she was there…. Its just beautiful! I am not sure how long I will be staying but id like to stay as long as I can.
Ill keep you updated and if I do go ill take some pics 
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Subscribe to the comments for this postWhy I am ashamed to be Britsh right now
I have always been proud to be British and have always been proud of its history. I found myself today feeling ashamed of how our Prime minister (Gordon Brown) has acted on the British workmen that have been Kidnapped for over a year.
I feel the only reason out Prime minister has now acknoleged that they have been kidnapped is because a newspaper got their hands on a new video. Before this we have seen nothing in the news and no commitment from our own Prime minister about his own people.
I know these men took some risks when working in Iraq, but they still deserved the respect of acknolegment from their country.
Why has he waited a year before doing anything? Why does it take publicity to get his ass moving?
These men have been missing for a year! Their families have been told to keep quite about everything and just wait… Wait for what? Wait for their heads to be delivered to their doorstep?
I know publicly acknowledging this would give the kidnappers more power… But they will get that anyway! You cant just leave people to fend for themselves at risk of having their heads carved off!
We need to grow some balls and let our countries heroes know that when they get into any trouble their own country will stand by them! And out Prime minister Gordon Brown needs to grow some Scottish balls!
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Scoutle is your personal blogging slave!
Scoutle is a new blogging tool that follows in the footsteps of sites such as Entrecard and Spottt. It does have a twist to it that is unlike the others though. With Entrecard you need to spend a lot of time dropping card and promoting your blog… But with Scoutle you have a tiny little slave to do all of the work for you!
Meet your Scout (I call mine Nicole) and she walks around my fave blogs who also use Scoutle! She finds all the interesting posts I may like and send them to my widget on my blog.
All I do is find new blogs I like and get Nicole to say hi for me. She will then go walking around all of my fave blogs and meet other Scouts and as she talks to them she finds out new things.
Here is a video that tries to explain how everything works:
I have only been with this network for a week and have found some cool sites. It has a nice ranking system that I have not totally worked out yet though 
I am told that they are working on a new version of Scoutle that should be out soon!
One cool thing I really liked about Scoutle is that you can sign up using OpenID. This is one of the first networks I have seen do this, which is awesome!
When you sign up (Do it now to get more points!) please remember to add me to your network!
Here is some info from the Scoutle website:
1. Sign Up & Login
Sign up, activate your account and login.
2. Create a Scout and let him walk
Your Scout is your personal webcrawler. He will walk over the Internet and meet other Scouts. To help your Scout walk, give him some space by installing the small Stage on your website. This will not only activate your Scout, but will also bring other Scouts to your website.
3. Check & Connect
The Scouts your Scout will meet are selected based on a range of criteria, like interests, networks, connections and more. Be sure to check his results every now and then, visit the websites and if you find them interesting, start a Connection. This will help your website become more valuable.
4. Grow & More
You will not only see more visitors come to your website, but you will also get more points, which means your website is more appreciated. Discover all other options Scoutle has to offer. Create or join Networks or search in the Guide. Of course, new options will be available in the future as well. A new way of browsing the Internet is born!
HAVE FUN!!!
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Is Google all we need?
I have always been a fanboy of Google and most things they create. I was just looking at my laptop and what I use it for when I realised it is mostly Google made programs that I use the most.
What scares me most is that I have always hated that Google does own the internet… I guess George Orwell was right “You will one day love Big Brother” and that is very true. I have grown to want to get my Blogs PR back to PR4 or above. I now feel good if one of my articles is on the Google search first page, and I am now dependent on what Google offers me for free.
If Google left the internet and shut everything down I really do not know what I would do…. Google is the internet for me! They are the building blocks for everything that the Internet is today… They hold info on everyone who uses the it… Close to every page is Indexed and copied by Google, most of my personal data is entrusted to Google… But I do not mind. Why don’t I mind? I have no idea! maybe it is because they offer everything for free… Or maybe it is just me excepting that they are the Internets version of God, and they can strike down on me and my Blog with a swift click of a mouse.
Anyway, here are a list of most of the Google owned things that rule my internet life:
- Search - I have no reason to use anything else but Google for this! And with the new Google interface that is coming out I am sure ill be even more hooked.
- Gmail - Google changed e-mailing for me. Before Gmail I used Hotmail and got reallt sick of it. I never checked my email everyday and was sick of having to log in so i never lost my emails. Now I use Google and with the reinvention of email it is so easy and quick! I love the way the inbox works and all the new features that keep being added. Gmail is the most used thing on my laptop!
- Google Docs - I no longer use MS Office as it costs way to much and is a pain in the ass! Now I can write anywhere in the world and have all my files to work on at anytime. I can share my work with other people and keep it safe and secure…. Did I mention it is also free?
- Google Talk (Gtalk) - I hate MSNM because of how many features it has! I hate all the images that are replaced by text… It just drives me crazy! So I found Gtalk and am inlove! It is so simple, has a web interface that does everything you need! you can now log into AIM and soon more will be added. I use Pidgin as my chat client as I can log into more accounts… But the web version is still amazing!
- Google Desktop - This is a new tool for me It gives you 1000s of widgets that you can stick on your desktop. They can range from mostly ANYTHING you can think off! Check it out and see what you can find!
- YouTube - Read more »
Should the media be able to ruin peoples lives?
I have been on the blunt end of the media a few times in the last few years, and have seen the damage they can do. I was just reading about Robert Murat who was accused of kidnapping Madeleine McCann. He had his life ruined by the media and they never had a shred of evidence to back anything up. They tore into this mans personal life and made him guilty till proven innocent.
Is this the day and age we live in now? A world run my the media? They have the power to turn anything into a witch hunt without anything to stop them. Do we all really believe in everything we are spoonfead these days? Is it true if we read it in the papers or see it on TV?
When I have dealt with the media in the past they always give me the line “We have a right to report the news” and “We are just doing our job”.
This is what Waffen-SS said when they murdered millions of Innocent people. I know they are not murdering people, but they do put peoples lives at risk with the words that they use. They have no laws and only care about the story and not what happens after.
Robert Murat life has been destroyed at the hands of just a few people… But millions of people read these stories and made this innocent man go into hiding. He has just won £600K from the newspapers which I hope can do some healing to his life. But will this money give him back the time he lost? Will it heal any emotional damage it has caused him and the people around him? No. We also need to think about how much they made from ruining this mans life, and how much have they made from all the other peoples lives they ruin everyday?
It makes me sick when I see these newspapers and magazines on the shelves which sole purpose is to make people feel bad. You just have to walk into a newspaper shop to see “Britney gets a big bum!” or “Winehouse punches a man in the face”!
These are the types of stories that hit the front page! We have our own men and women dying in unjust wars, people starving to death, and children being murdered on our own streets! BAre we are now conditioned to care more about someones sweat patches at the Oscars then anything that effects us in real life?
It really upsets me to see how much control the media have over us now. They distate what we think and what we know… We really are living in George Orwel’s vision of Big Brother now.
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Entrecard loves SezWho! Kissy kissy
The moment every Entrecard Community member has been waiting for! The news is out, the papers are rolling, and yes… Entrecard and SezWho are now officially a item.
I have been testing this new system for a while and have to say that these two individuals could not be better suited! The big problem that most people found through Entrecard was that people just powerdropped for 
credits. Well now this problems may be fixed. You can now get credits from commenting on blog posts!
I know a lot of people will moan about spam… But no need to worry because the Great King Graham has the answers that everyone wants! You can MOD your comments and stop these people from getting their filthy hands on the credits.
I hope this marrige lasts, and I hope everyone can join me in wishing these two a happy life together.
Getting started
The cool thing about this partnership is that we have a big range of blogging software to use! Not only that you have some Forum software with phpBB! I am not 100% sure but I think you may be able to get Credits through making forum posts on phpBB forums.
So make sure you get installing SezWho as soon as you can! The more of us that use it the more credits we get to use!
I have also been in touch with SezWho developers and asked if we will be able to use our 125×125 images for our comments! I was told if it is possible it will be out in a few months (Or weeks).
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Handing in the badge
I have decided that I do not have the time to be a MOD for Entrecard anymore. I have so much going on with other things and no time to do the normal modding duties that I am meant to do. It is not just Modding forums it also involves modding websites and dealing with PMs and Emails. It has just got way to much for me to deal with ontop of my normal jobs. I can now spend more time helping people in need and thinking of new ideas for Entrecard
I think I would be best suited to being a normal Entrecard member and having less restrictions in what I can say.
i would like to thank Graham and Richard for their help and understanding through my times of need. I would also like to say sorry for not being able to put as much time into it as I would like to have.
A big thanks to the whole MODDING team! I hope to still keep adding to the community and help take Entrecard further.
This has nothing to do with Entrecard, it is just my personal life and time restrictions I have.
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