Month: March 2013

Being a Sceptic in a World of Bullcrap

I don’t like the word sceptic. It is frequently used in a negative way by the media; associated with conspiracists, UFO hunters, and guys that sit in their underwear all day eating cold beans from a can. In the true sense of the word, I am a sceptic. When I …

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WordPress Theme Lists

Returning to an Old WordPress Blog

Returning to a website you haven’t updated in a long time is a little bizarre. Relaunching this blog at the end of November was akin to returning to an old family house that was covered in cobwebs. Most of the blogs that were listed in my blogroll are no longer …

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Chilling in Baños, Ecuador

After a month in Cuenca, we travelled up to Baños on Saturday. It only took around 9 hours to get here, which isn’t too bad when compared to most of the other journeys we have done in South America. The town is situated in a valley, surrounded by many high …

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It Is Not Always Bad When Someone Unsubscribes From Your Email List

You have heard many times that “the money is in the list”. Whilst it has become somewhat of a cliche, it remains true. Having a large responsive email list is a great way to drive traffic to your website, products or services. For many affiliate marketers, seeing people unsubscribe from …

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Video Game Companies Need To Stop Adding Restrictions to Games

In my opinion, the SNES is probably the greatest gaming console ever created. One of the first games I purchased for the system was the city-building simulation Sim City. There’s been many versions created over the years. One of my favourites was Sim City 2000. Electronic Arts (EA) recently released …

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So Long Cuenca

It’s time for another quick travel update. The last time I updated you all about my travel situation was just over a month ago, when I just arrived in Ecuador from Paraguay. A few days after that post I uploaded a video from Puerto López and Machalilla National Park. Since …

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5 Great WordPress Stats Plugins

Traffic analysis is an important part of tracking the growth of your website, and seeing where traffic is coming from. This helps you plan out future decisions for your website such as what topics to write about. You probably all use Google Analytics to anaylyse your traffic. I use the …

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Display RSS Feeds on Your WordPress Website with WP RSS Aggregator

With the news of Google Reader closing down in a few months, many people are looking for alternative ways to read their favourite news websites and blogs. Jean Galea today shared with me a link to his WP RSS Aggregator WordPress plugin. The plugin allows you to create a page …

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