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)