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The joy of a hosted blog
TypePad was briefly off-line this week but was pretty much fixed by the time I saw this tweet: We really appreciate our bloggers - through this frustrating downtime you have been gracious, witty, and tenacious. Thank you very much!March 5, 2014 They were subject to a distributed denial of
Kiva and RobiNZ Blog team milestones
The video shows what Kiva microloans are about and some of the proceeds* from this blog are allocated to a Kiva Lending Team. 2013 was a big year for Kiva and closed with a significant milestone for the blog team. Thanks for your support 10,000 times over. [youtube=://www.
The blog stats “Are you human?” test results
A few days ago a post asked Are you human? Prove it! by sending an email. It was a rather unscientific way to see how web stats relate to actual readers who will take action in a 24 hour period. So what happened in the stats? * According to the site
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The blog stats test: Are you human? Prove it!
The Question: The FeedBurner subscription count on my blog varies between 500-3500/day (?). TypePad and Google tell me several hundred to thousand/day land here via search, direct visits or social media. Stats are nice but wonder how many of those numbers are real vs “search bots”, and the
Thanks TypePad, helping me support Kiva
TypePad have generously waived the hosting fee for my account again this year. This has enabled some Kiva loan contributions which I added last night. Kiva leverages micro fund organisations so these are loans, not donations, but I re-loan repayments as they accumulate. Thanks to TypePad for the support
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Ribbon Hero! A Microsoft Office game from Office Labs
I only just found, and installed, this but had to share it due to my ribbon affection. It’s a “game” that aims to improve your Office skills while you work. Read all about it on the Office Labs blog: Play Ribbon Hero and hone your Microsoft Office skills - Office
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Want your own “Love the Ribbon”?
Due to popular demand, ok a couple of comments after posting this, these are available at RobiNZ Blog Store. Any profits from these sales will go to RobiNZ Blog Kiva Micro Fund Lending Team. NOTE: As I don’t have rights to reproduce a real product ribbon the CafePress image
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Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays, thanks for visiting & clicking!
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Thanks TypePad!
i couldn't get Quicken to reconcile recently, then realised it had entered the annual TypePad hosting fee (as a scheduled transaction). It was out of balance as TypePad have generously waived th...
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2008 Blogging Highlights
About this time I do a Blog related review of the year so here goes… Best Blog Discovery: This was the year I started reading SolidWorks blogs . That may seem strange considering I don't use...
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RobiNZ MindManager 8 for Kiva Auction - Shared It!
The auction has finished and the funds have been allocated to Kiva. I chose to spread the amount across a variety of locations and types of recipient. With a bit of rounding up it resulted in eight $2...