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Read a well researched article. For a change

Published on 1 June, 2006 in blogging, online and tips to share. 0 Comments

Tired of your usual blog read? Try Benjamin Edelman’s website for a refreshing change.

If you are more impressed by fact than fantasy, then you will be impressed by what you read. Compared the usual blog rant supported by half-baked facts, Benjamin Edelman pieces are all well researched and succinctly presented.

A PhD candidate at Harvard University, his interest covers online advertising, click fraud, spywares. Stuffs of much interest to many of us.

Take for example the latest piece, authored with SiteAdvisor, tells us how unsafe all those search engine ads are. Think twice, triple before clicking on a google ads. Then again, it spells bad news for AdSense publishers.

SiteAdvisor study - Google Results, by Individual Keyword

I am a Weekend Blogger

Published on 29 May, 2006 in 59ideas, my ideas and tips to share. 0 Comments

(Actually, he is the real weekendblogger, I just blog on weekend.)

One thing I had learnt from maintaining a few blogs is that time is never available when you need to write a post.

When you have not blogged for a few days and felt you need to put in an entry, you have no time.
When you have time and wanted to write a post, you think, “I just did this morning, save it for another day“.

9rules consider consistency as an important trait of a good blog. Some think that daily blogging is a bad idea. To me a regularly updated blog feels flesh and shows effort.

One method that I found effective is to just write when I have the time and save then as draft. So in the weekend when I have a little more time, I write as many entries as I can. Some complete, some partial. These serve as my ammo when I need to get a post out.

Is scheduled post a good idea? Should blog post be instantaneously published?

Migrating from Serendipity to WordPress

Published on 1 May, 2006 in my ideas, online and tips to share. 10 Comments

Looking to import your Serendipity blog to WordPress?

You are out of luck. So far I had searched and found nothing. Three questions over the years in WordPress support forum met with no answer.

After holding back for a few months, I decided to hack things together and get my Serendipity blog entries into WordPress.

Before you try, make backup. You milage may varies.

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Upgrading K2 with WinMerge

Published on 29 April, 2006 in adadvantage, my ideas and tips to share. 4 Comments

If you are not a software developer you might not have heard of the term code merging or tools like WinMerge.

In this post, you can see how I use Winmerge to merge my changes with the K2 svn and keep it in sync with the lastest development.

I want to share this because some people asked me about my AdAdvantage scheme update. Unfortunately I do not have the time to follow each svn update, but you could use this tip to help yourself. This is especially useful if the lastest version fix a bug in the version you are using.

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