tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32405830091410892582011-11-27T16:50:20.308-08:00popular downward spiralsHOW POPULAR CULTURE IS GOING DOWN
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If you expect the worst, you will rarely be disappointed.Popular Downwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05453741867659079138noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240583009141089258.post-520589804931611602010-02-08T10:52:00.000-08:002010-02-08T11:30:31.241-08:00The Mind is Hungry<span style="font-size:130%;">the mind is hungry<br />the web is full of junk food<br />where does one eat around here ?<br /></span><br /><br />When you don't have a lot of time, and want something filling, where do you go?<br />You know, something that doesn't make you feel empty and time-wasted? Not the cheezburger and lolcats, or yesterdays viral video, but something that gives you a sense of wonder and hope, inspires you, brings a tear to your eye. Places where you can easily waste a lot of time, like a library, but don't feel like you're wasting time.<br /><br />I listen to a lot of <a href="http://www.publicradiofan.com/">public/streaming radio</a> and a few podcasts; I am thinking stuff like This American Life, or The Moth which has really amazing stories.<br /><br />For simple websites, I had nearly forgotten about <a href="http://postsecret.blogspot.com/">PostSecret</a>. This never fails to start the tears flowing. A picture and a secret charged with emotion: regrets and sadness; hope and inspiration; good, bad, and random secret deeds.<br /><br />For amazing, <a href="http://www.ted.com/">TEDtalks</a> - Riveting talks by remarkable people.<br />Instead of grabbing the remote and turning on tv, watch one of these instead.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What are your favorite non-candy sites?</span><br />Did this make you think about nourishment of the past that you are missing?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please share</span>--it's a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potluck">potluck</a>.<br /><br />And it doesn't have to be popular. Hidden gems are often the best.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3240583009141089258-52058980493161160?l=populardownward.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Popular Downwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05453741867659079138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240583009141089258.post-17112282921445351212009-09-14T10:52:00.000-07:002009-09-14T10:54:02.699-07:00Today's twitter summary<div>Think you're the next big thing? </div><div>Twitter Wiki, the free twitter directory.</div><div><br /></div><div>Do NOT Pay For Teeth Whitening!!!</div><div>How To Extend Your Laptop's</div><div><br /></div><div>MMS already rolling out to some AT&T iPhone users</div><div>Sink The Pirate Bay</div><div>shot through the heart, and you're to blame</div><div><br /></div><div>Another stimulus 'Cash for Appliances' is on its way!</div><div>spray-on newspaper</div><div>a hunter's dream vacation</div><div>Breakthru to Enlightenment</div><div><br /></div><div>How to Build a Climbing Wall?</div><div>You are now following geekmorons.</div><div><br /></div><div>NOTICIAS Y EVOLUCION</div><div>products I can feel good about sharing with others and sharing with my family</div><div>.. the exact opposite of today's personal care</div><div>Does anyone know a good remedy to make it go away?</div><div><br /></div><div>Swinging thru McDonalds and then off to the ER.</div><div><br /></div><div>I love your new format,</div><div>Michael Jackson (or, more likely, his people) attempted to buy 25,000 followers for his Twitter account before he died.</div><div>I need a morphine drip STAT.</div><div><br /></div><div>Just left the ER. Everything's good, just a really bad bruise.</div><div>I'm about to show you how to..</div><div>Learn the trick discovered by a mom to turn yellow</div><div><br /></div><div>The newest craze in home parties</div><div>a hunter's dream</div><div>said to be the most complicated ever</div><div>it blurts out unpleasant truths</div><div><br /></div><div>Gold Partying.</div><div>my son & daughter followed my ex's cheesehead</div><div>Use Twitter So It Doesn't Suck Up Your Time</div><div>make things beautiful when you spread it</div><div><br /></div><div>I know some people like that</div><div>sooner or later will return with the force & inevitability of natural law,</div><div>an excellent roast with all the trimmings</div><div>broken gold</div><div><br /></div><div>super sexy for any age</div><div>a Pina Colada thinking about my entry</div><div>inspired debt collection</div><div>If you really want to do something you'll find a way.. </div><div><br /></div><div>A quick glance </div><div>The train arrived on time</div><div>You need an injection</div><div>It kind of breaks up the week ya know</div><div><br /></div><div>Most people eat, write, and work with their fight hands</div><div>Cross my gingers</div><div>I had to pick my courses</div><div>Just waiting for approval</div><div><br /></div><div>Spotify App Goes Live on iPhone and Android</div><div>start booking appointments today</div><div>then back to prep for the crooked monkey</div><div>It's only Day Three, but some strong trends are emerging</div><div><br /></div><div>so much faster than my old world</div><div>now that I don't have to think about writing</div><div>i liked the aliens even more than the humans.</div><div><br /></div><div>Coming from someone with the disease</div><div> the no-pants trend</div><div>you're hot under the collar,</div><div>You could win cash</div><div>from cocoons</div><div><br /></div><div>"I will never answer that question."</div><div>Dumpster Diver</div><div>will not buy into the idea</div><div>only barrier I see to smashing the glass</div><div><br /></div><div>taking a shower. having lunch.</div><div>in their dreams.</div><div>Old-fashioned cuteness:</div><div>like a lady's skirt</div><div><br /></div><div>You can use clever words to make it appear as if you are</div><div>next time, i promise we´ll be perfect.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>More to come very soon</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3240583009141089258-1711228292144535121?l=populardownward.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Popular Downwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05453741867659079138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240583009141089258.post-51886569850037696612009-07-06T12:55:00.000-07:002009-07-06T13:35:57.759-07:00starting SEO part Onewhat are your favorite tools?<div>for SEO</div><div>aka</div><div>Search Engine Optimization... ?</div><div>It is actually a huge market,</div><div>both white, grey, and <a href="http://www.blackhatseo.com/">black</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Just do a search; if you never heard of it you will be surprised,</div><div>like it's bigger than beanie babies!</div><div>Now, you will probably start seeing ads for those toys... OR <b>BULK STYROFOAM at WHOLESALE PRICES.</b></div><div>[update: I now have 8 styrofoam salesmen following me on twitter.]</div><div><br /></div><div>One way to become popular is to provide lots of value, over time.</div><div>People find what you wrote, book mark, pass it on, spread, subscribe,</div><div>and over time your traffic grows geometrically.</div><div><br /></div><div>Another is jibber jabber about all the popular things!</div><div>Talk about <a href="http://www.google.com/trends">whatever's popular today</a>, like</div><div><div>michelle mcnair, sahel kazemi, steve mcnair shooting, </div><div>ricketts family, patrick cudahy fire, </div><div> smart technologies s.a., panic at the disco breaking up,</div><div>michael jackson memorial service, bordure cycling,</div><div>OH!!! link to DISNEY MONORAIL ACCIDENT VIDEO,</div><div>robert mcnamara, ola ray lawsuit, jenna bush wedding dress...</div><div>and the only one interesting: <a href="http://www.codex-sinaiticus.net/">codex sinaiticus online</a>.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>The worst way is a parked domain, domain squatters, or the typo-buyers.</div><div>You've seen these--you click on some old link from </div><div>They are the lowest! </div><div>They should be taken out and shot. I'm sure they try to justify to themselves that they are somehow "adding value, " but I couldn't live with myself.</div><div>Why weren't we smart enought to think of that?</div><div>At least every moment you are reading my article</div><div>is a second you are not clicking on them.</div><div><br /></div><div>I treat this in more detail in Taking Them Out and THen Shooting THem, Part II in pt.2</div><div>and how to crash these systems.</div><div><br /></div><div>The object is to get your links on the first page.</div><div>But I like random links on page 10 or later.</div><div><br /></div><div>So post your favorite links here, and I can post to you later!</div><div>extra <a href="http://sulumitsretsambew-id.com/">webstim</a>, share the juice, link affiliation, ...</div><div>this makes me realize i know too much about this to not be making money!</div><div><br /><div>I was looking for a 2-liter bottle.<br /><div><br /></div><div>PS send money...</div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3240583009141089258-5188656985003769661?l=populardownward.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Popular Downwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05453741867659079138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240583009141089258.post-62748774111744076522009-05-06T11:48:00.000-07:002009-05-08T13:04:52.374-07:00Christian Bale pandemic virus movie<div>Is there a new moving coming out?</div><div><br /></div>Scene:<div><br /></div><div>driving jeep, open back.</div><div><img src="http://www.tysondesignworks.com/a_YJ_Jeep_sm_5.jpg" /><br /></div><div>in back is large tote</div><div><img src="http://www.standard-biodiesel.com/members/images/SL-7%20Series.jpg" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>driving down the freeway</div><div>breathing from the tube</div><div>connected to the tote -- </div><div>the outside air is contaminated.</div><div><img src="http://www.hms.harvard.edu/orsp/coms/images/B_hazard.gif" height="175" width="175" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>he's getting gas</div><div>under the carport</div><div>at the pumps</div><div>at the gas station</div><div>he breathes from the tote</div><div>with the tube</div><div>when he needs to.</div><div><br /></div><div>leaving the city</div><div>driving down a dirt road</div><div>trail, rather</div><div>through a forest</div><div>breathing from the tote</div><div><br /></div><div>he passes another jeep</div><div>going in the other direction</div><div>they do not know.</div><div><br /></div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Breathing from a 250G tote seems odd.</div><div><ul><li>Ineffective: if there is a virus in the air, </li><li>Inconvenient: get a gas mask, dude. I don't mean an N95 face mask, but one of those WWI masks with the tubes and canisters.</li><li>Inbelievable: because inbelievable isn't even a word, but if it was, it would be the same and unbelievable. Actually, I think it makes more sense than unbelievable, because if you believe something, can you un-believe it? ''Sorry for my previous belief, I will now go back and unbelieve that.''</li><li> not to mention probably not very.<br /></li></ul></div><div>Now, I don't know what the title of this movie is,</div><div>or when it is coming out.</div><div>I only briefly saw these few scenes</div><div>and it was in a dream.</div><div><br /></div><div>I guess it was just the trailer.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/qf/c/ModernMechanix/5-1935/med_type_mask.jpg" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Pictured above is the model</div><div>most popular amongst bloggers.</div><div><br /></div><div>I guess it fits in</div><div>with the current H1N1 / Swine flu / <a href="http://hashtags.org/tag/HAMTHRAX">hamthrax</a> situation.</div><div>but why Christian Bale?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3240583009141089258-6274877411174407652?l=populardownward.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Popular Downwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05453741867659079138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240583009141089258.post-3569599826969247982009-04-08T11:38:00.000-07:002009-04-08T12:27:01.207-07:00Top Google searchs for Todaytops searches in today's google: is<br /><br /><br />Apr 8, 2009 - <a class="u" id="date" href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?sa=X#" name="date" listen_hc_="4">change date</a><br />You cannot change time - (you to know supernatural 4 Day <a href="http://www.timecube.com/">Time Cube</a> Principle ?)<br /><br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=jennifer+barretta&date=2009-4-8&sa=X">jennifer barretta</a> - billiards player<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=pulte+homes&date=2009-4-8&sa=X">pulte homes</a> - will create the biggest U.S. homebuilder, Pulte Homes Inc. is buying Centex Corp. for $1.3 billion<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=mva+maryland&date=2009-4-8&sa=X">mva maryland</a> - ID fraud makes voter registration fraud easy for Maryland Vehicle Administration (MVA). I got mine! howto, anywon?<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=passover&date=2009-4-8&sa=X">passover</a> - lotsa matzo<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=2011+jeep+grand+cherokee&date=2009-4-8&sa=X">2011 jeep grand cherokee</a> - why so popular?! why do they skip 2010 ? what abotu the apocalypso?<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=centex+homes&date=2009-4-8&sa=X">centex homes</a> - see pulte, above<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=passover+2009&date=2009-4-8&sa=X">passover 2009</a> - these people know what year it is! wait -- it's the year 5769 !<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=drea+de+matteo&date=2009-4-8&sa=X">drea de matteo</a> - she's hot, no? une acteur sexy. “Come at me, bitch.” she said to Lindsby Lohan ?<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=new+york+auto+show&date=2009-4-8&sa=X">new york auto show</a> - I bet there's a jeep then, and other things.<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=jamie+waylett&date=2009-4-8&sa=X">jamie waylett</a> - the <a href="http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2009/04/jamie-waylett-arrested-for-marijuana-possession/">harry potter boy like to grow plants </a>- marijauana! "10 plants valued at $2900" - wow! <a href="http://www.amsterdammarijuanaseedbank.com/Growguides/marijuana-seeds-info/marijuana-seed-storage.html">save your seeds</a>, and i don't mean be celibate.<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=somali+pirates&date=2009-4-8&sa=X">somali pirates</a> - americans to pirate the pirates</li></ol><br />ok, elven! I had to include pirates; there were a few duplicates anyway.<br /><br />Eventually the order "Splice the mainbrace" came to mean that the crew would receive an extra ration of rum, and was issued on special occasions:<br />Crashing the Valdez.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3240583009141089258-356959982696924798?l=populardownward.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Popular Downwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05453741867659079138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240583009141089258.post-6260045606322790582009-04-06T11:15:00.000-07:002009-04-06T11:31:54.053-07:00Are you a member of the Loyalty Progam?In the United Kingdom it is typically called a loyalty card,<br />in Canada a rewards card or a points card,<br />and in the United States either a discount card, a club card or a rewards card.<br /><br />The loyalty card market in the UK is one of the most significant in the world, with most major chains operating some form of reward system.<br />According to <a href="http://www.ciao.co.uk/ratings.php/RatingId/5082265">Ciao</a>,<br />some of the most popular in the UK are Boots, Tesco, Sainsburys, and Nectar.<br />Small keyring cards (also known as keytags) which serve as key fobs are often used for convenience in carrying and ease of access.<br /><br />In the news to day is this <a href="http://keyringthing.com/">keyringthing</a> - it's just a card with 6 of your key fob codes on it!? What else do you get from it?<br /><br />Remember the news story about a club dedicated to the trading of these cards (I think it was in California, maybe for Ralph's ?) ?<br />Actually, for the big grocery store in town, I never signed up. I found the card. I've found three, and gave the other two to friends. I think my son found two as well. I'm enjoying some money off on pricing, and getting the gas discounts; I share them with whoever this card belongs to.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>(Hello Mrs Gupta!)</em></span><br /><br /><br />Low low prices!<br /><br />I knew that many stores require the cards in order to receive the advertised price;you may receive this in your mailbox several times a week ("junk mail").<br /><br />Some of these grocery stores are: Kroger and Safeway (each through both their own name and many of their regional chain names), Albertsons, Winn-Dixie, Harris Teeter, Ingles, Giant Eagle, Tops, and CVS/pharmacy.<br /><br />Do you <a href="http://www.personalfinanceanalyst.com/grocery-store-loyalty-cards-savings-or-trouble/">agree with this person</a>?<br />Do you have to buy more than you need to get the savings?<br /><br />If it's something we use frequently, I'll buy the larger/largest size, if it won't go bad.And even though my store advertises a price like "5 for $5," I can still buy 1 for $1.<br /><br />I have one for a couple grocery stores, though not the ones I use most frequently (they are discount stores, that already have the lowest price).<br /><div align="left"><br />Here's something I <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalty_program">didn't know </a>(from wikipedia) :</div><div align="right"><br /> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Cards from other, even competing chains will generally work at other stores to receive the advertised loyalty price, because only a few companies make the cards, but stores generally will not allow this since it will not allow a customer to be tracked, though a customer can make it work if they use a self-checkout.</span></div><br />and of course, there's gas discounts, cashback, and coupon savings.<br /><br />So who do these cards provide more value to? Customer or corporation?<br />Are the companies that require these <a href="http://www.colloquy.com/">corporate branding services </a>looking for something they've lost but can't get back, like cosmetic surgery? maybe there's no little blue pill.<br /><br /><br />Which cards do you use?<br />Are they really helping you save,<br />or do they encourage you to spend more money?<br />Do you feel the company is tracking you with this information?<br />Why? <strong>what do you have to hide?</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />or do you feel with this information they can give provide you withinformation more likely to use?<br /><br /><br /><em>Control the food supply and you control the population.......</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3240583009141089258-626004560632279058?l=populardownward.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Popular Downwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05453741867659079138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240583009141089258.post-75666425477864714072009-04-04T16:47:00.000-07:002009-04-04T16:52:43.403-07:00what are the most popular downwards?What are most popular downwards this wek?<br />Aunti-virus, home spybot control, ad aware search and destroy?<br />No!<br /><br />and it's not Brangolina either.<br />What is it?<br />Stay tuned for next wek!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">HINt: search for "&</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3240583009141089258-7566642547786471407?l=populardownward.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Popular Downwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05453741867659079138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240583009141089258.post-41537545825816538052009-01-01T01:24:00.000-08:002009-04-03T13:29:01.493-07:00Do not show this warning next timeIs critical thinking a thing of the past?<br /><br />Is reading level going down?<br /><br />Treat with some common humanity!<br /><br /><em><strong>Press any key to continue.</strong></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3240583009141089258-4153754582581653805?l=populardownward.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Popular Downwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05453741867659079138noreply@blogger.com0