Disqus - Friends of Missus_Emm

Re: Plaxo 3.0, the new “Switzerland” of social networks, but…

Gary Denness — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:38:02 -0000

You convinced me! I signed up! I can't tell you whether it's fast or slow though, only that it brings up a page saying it won't work with Opera. I prefer Opera to Plaxo, so no Plaxo for me.

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Gary Denness — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:43:57 -0000

Robert - you say you read every comment. If each of the 1300 people who had added you had left a little ditty, would you still read every comment?!!!

I gotta confess, I would like more comments on my blog - I get hundreds of hits every day but only a handful of comments. I have to satisfy myself with the stats that says people do have a looky see.

I find different topics produces different response rates. A really good (imo) bit of blogging gets little. Any ols line about beer or boobs gets a ton.

Such is life.

Re: Blog designs that catch my eye

Gary Denness — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:38:10 -0000

A vote for a redesign here! I don't see you do much on blogging platforms though. Will you stick with WordPress for ever? I'd like to pimp the My Opera community if I may - it seems to be invisible to the world at large. A newbie, Blogr, seems good too. But talk about a saturated market...

Not thinking of running a redesign comp? Could be a laugh.

Re: Reading feeds

Gary Denness — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:43:49 -0000

Well, if you want to read about Mexico, there's always my blog....:(

Re: Why Microsoft doesn’t deserve Facebook

Gary Denness — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:55:32 -0000

What I want from Facebook and what I'd doif I had Facebook are really at the opposite ends of the spectrum. Dude, if someone offered me a billion for my soul, it'd be packaged with a ribbon on it before the ink was dry on the contract. A web app would be easy to let go. That's reality right?

As a user, Facebook has really grown on me in the last couple of weeks. I've added a few friends which helps, but the Killer App is the apps. I want Facebook to be the centre of my online world - it isn't yet, but it could be. Bring my blog, Gmail, Flickr and all the other accounts I have out there into an interactive one screen package, where I can manage and operate it all. That would be cool.

Re: Why no hype for hi5?

Gary Denness — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:18:19 -0000

The ads on Hi5 go beyond intrusive. Every other time you refresh a page an ad blocks half the screen, forcing you to close it to see what you want to see.

It also seems to be 'over customisable'. Usually, on a blog or network or whatever, you have set professional looking themes, or it's customisable only by people who know what they're up to, be it CSS or whatever.

Hi5 has the unenviable ability to turn a profile into the most hideously monstrous looking page in less than a minute. They're often unreadable.

It is the most popular network in Latin America though, or so I'm led to believe. Which is where I am - but I'll stay 'unpopular' and stick with Facebook.

Re: Microsoft copies Google

Gary Denness — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:41:01 -0000

I can't take Google or Microsoft bus rides, let alone use the WiFi. Nor any free meals.

On the other hand I do use Live Writer, which is an excellent piece of kit. It even works with MyOpera blogs with zero fiddling - not something any of its rivals (that I know of) can claim.

Re: 9/11

Gary Denness — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:14:29 -0000

Dawn. Al Zarqawi was not in Iraq prior to 9/11, and when he did go there prior to the invasion, he set up in the North, out of Saddam's reach.

Having a son in the Marines, serving in Iraq does not change that. What has happened since 9/11 was not a cause of 9/11. Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, and it's unfortunate that some people have swallowed that lie in the face of the evidence. Dead wrong? Because of that lie, hundreds of thousands are now dead, full stop.

Re: My rock star: Rocky

Gary Denness — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:06:10 -0000

How is the Nikon, aside from the WiFi? A good review would be cool! I'm thinking of upgrading my everyday snapper.

Re: How many people use RSS anyway?

Gary Denness — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:27:59 -0000

I use RSS feeds, but the wonder for me is why anyone would use something as ghastly as Google Reader to do so!

Re: PayPerPost+Bloggers+Get+Slammed+By%26nbsp%3BGoogle

Gary Denness — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:36:11 -0000

@Señor Scoble - I'm not sure that a blogger with a few hundred readers a day could ever be regarded as evil for posting an undisclosed ad. Google on the other hand has (at least been accused of) operating in a way that could be thought of as a little evil. Nasty at the very least.

I've just signed up and done a few posts for PPP. Still awaiting approval; crossed fingers. You know, an ad is an ad, regardless of whether it's Adsense, a paid banner or a post. It should be clearly labelled for what it is though.

I have Adsense running on one of my blogs. I have no say in what is advertised. I'm sure many ads are of a dubious nature.

I have PPP on my other blog - I can choose what I advertise, and have a little fun creating the post. What's the big deal?

Well...the disclosure is the big deal. I must confess, I have just done an post for an advertiser who requests no in post disclosure - which I have put on the other paid posts.

I live on a pretty low wage, with little hope of getting the Nikon D40x DSLR. Unless PPP comes through for me. I'm as greedy as the next person. I did the ad. It pays a good price. I want that camera. I'm prepared to whore my blog - just a little, if I have to. I've promised myself not to do it again, but I'm pretty sure if the money is right, I'll do it again. I want that camera.

But Ted, I really don't want to 'have to'. If Social Spark sorts out the disclosure issue, then all well and good. But PPP needs to be more than just transparent with a site disclosure in a hidden page buried deep in a blog, with a little sidebar button. It needs to be whiter than white.

Personally, I can't hate anything that might get me closer to that camera. I hope PPP develops into an accepted form of advertising with a model that is 100% ethical.

Re: Having fun in London

Gary Denness — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:04:59 -0000

I'm jealous. It's been 3 years since I've been back home to London, and Xmas is the best time of year to be there! There's a very nice pub next behind the Tower of London with great views, good fish 'n' chips and real beer!

Re: Google Dictating Nofollow For ALL Links From Compensated Content

Gary Denness — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:48:31 -0000

It strikes me that Google is using it's power as a monopoly to dictate how people publish on the web. I appreciate that Google isn't forcing anyone to do anything per se - they are simply threatening exclusion to anyone who dares publish in a way Google doesn't like.

I have no idea what form it will take, nor when, but I am sure Google will find themselves up against the EU at some stage.

Re: Google Dictating Nofollow For ALL Links From Compensated Content

Gary Denness — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:48:31 -0000

I have no idea what form it will take, nor when, but I am sure Google will find themselves up against the EU at some stage.

Re: So we're missing a few hundred thousand iPhones. What's the big deal?

Gary Denness — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:12:05 -0000

Good news! I found one of the iPhones! Oh...wait...my mistake. It's just a black clay brick. Oh well. Works just the same! If you're an iTard... :)

Re: New York New York!

Gary Denness — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:51:57 -0000

Test comment

Re: Mentos world record.

Gary Denness — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:34:08 -0000

Dude, keep it Apple! How about you video the explosion you get from puring 1000 lites of diet Coke over a few of them nice new iMacs that got upgraded today. Keep them plugged into the mains, of course....

Not so much a Mentos record, more a Mentals record, but still. I'll watch it.

Re: It's official: Grand Theft Auto is banned from our stores

Gary Denness — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:24:40 -0000

Dispatch Moshe. And the hounds.

Re: Dag Nammit!

Gary Denness — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:21:26 -0000

Its just the illogical sense of frustration, not knowing the 'what if'. Fact is, he did have a gun, and nothing I had on me was worth the risk. Such is life!

Re: Watch live TV on your iPhone or iPod Touch

Gary Denness — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:16:53 -0000

Sounds great. I'll try and pass on the tip to the turd who nicked my Touch...

Re: Pimp My Flickr

Gary Denness — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:56:52 -0000

The self hosted version of WP answers every criticism I have of the public version, but for me it creates one new issue - I'd have to pay for it! I don't like paying for things if I don't have too. I'm very tight! Blogger is, I think, the only free platform that permits javascript which means I can do almost anything I want on it. I do wish they'd sort the Admin out though. WP, as you say, has Blogger licked there. Bloggers standard comments system is ghastly too, but thats to a little bit of script I have DisQus installed. Which works just great.

Btw, MyOpera worked out very nicely for me in the end. I whored it with PayPerPost ads! I know most bloggers scorn PPP with quite a bit of venom, but it's been a most profitable few months. Its paid for my trip to Milwaukee to get married, a new camera, a new computer, a new Zune... :)

I do try and pimp my Flickr when I can!

Re: Three Reasons To Use Disqus

Gary Denness — Sun, 11 May 2008 11:07:20 -0000

I've had Disqus installed for a while, and the Greasemonkey script. Although this is the first time I've tried it out. And I'm doing so just to see if it shows up on your blog, or whether it takes the comment away from the blog and out of the bloggers domain...

...and here it is on the blog. I do like the Disqus inline comment editing as well.

Re: Delete a blog within Disqus

Gary Denness — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:13:07 -0000

I've also added a blog that I dont want. Being able to delete a blog within Disqus would be cool.

Re: That giant whooshing sound is Facebook's $15 billion valuation going up in smoke

Gary Denness — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:46:04 -0000

You typed Zuckerberg instead of ZuckerBorg. You're slipping. I knew this day would come. What slip of the tongue is next? The iPud?

Re: Photo Sharing

Gary Denness — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:18:15 -0000

You're more than welcome to use any of my photos. :)