Digest for February 2006
Every two to three weeks I publish a digest for subscribers who are would rather take their //engtech in infrequent chugs rather than frequent sips.
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If you’re a blogger you can get win a prize by participating in my group writing project.
Deep Thought
- Getting to Simple – Engineers Have No Idea How Normal Human Beings Interact With Their Environments
Thoughts on simplicity and how it is anything but simple to create. - In the Future This Blog Post will be Obsolete
The modern Library of Alexandria is already burning because of ever changing digital formats.
Comic – Harold is a Robot
- How to Earn a Six Figure Income from Blogging in Two Easy Steps
Most popular comic I’ve done so far with around 15,000 views - Ode On a Silicon Yearn
A Valentine’s Day poem - According to Dilbert Creator Scott Adams 95 Percent of Men Would Have Sex With a Robot
A Valentine’s Day poem gone horribly wrong - Q+A: What is your favorite online web comic?
I ask a bunch of people what their favorite web comics are. There are some good finds in the list.
How-Tos / Reviews
- StumbleUpon Help: I Can’t Submit a Site or Page
Surprisingly easy to fix - Book Review: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
A little meh, but some interesting ideas.
Blogging
- Building an Audience – DailyBlogTip’s Traffic Generation Tips Project
31 tips to increase the number of visitors to your web site. - 5 Reasons Why Blogging Is Better Than Sex (With Me)
- Win an Amazon Gift Certificate or WP Upgrade Credits – Group Writing Project and Contest #2: Five Things
There’s a new group writing project with more prizes - Group Writing Project #1 Complete and the winner is…
Links to everyone who participated in my last group writing project - Technorati Top 3000 and the Neighbour of the Beast
I hit the top 3000! I’m already in the top 2500 since I posted this - Robert Scoble attacks the cat blogs… but what about MyCatBlogLog?
Taking the piss in order to introduce MyCatBlogLog - In defense of 2000 bloggers
Giant link bait?
Aggregated Links
- National Engineering Week
- Best of Feeds – 39 links – humor, google, marketing, howto, seo, tips
- Best of Feeds – 36 links – humor, design, webdesign, programming, blogging, photos
- Best of Feeds – 62 links – design, humor, funny, programming, tips, howto
I’ve Got VD – Valentine’s Day Related Posts
- Have Yourself a Very Geeky Valentine’s Day
Lots of geeky Valentine’s Day links like gamer VD cards - Top Romance Movies: 76 Romantic Flicks for Guys and Girls
Another movie compilation post — this time on romantic flicks. - The Secret to Finding the Perfect Valentine’s Day Gift for the Person You Love
I try to do the guys in the audience a favour. - Show Your Geek Love with Code Poetry (in Perl)
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