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RSS Feeds Updated

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:43:33 GMT

I've decided to remove all the extra RSS feed buttons of the blog and stick with only FeedBurner's one. I think (hope) that one of the reasons why the number of readers reported was not increasing, was because people were not subscribing through the feedburner feed, but through the blog’s main feed.

With this update I'd also want to take the opportunity to remind you that the blog other sections (travel and technology) have SEPARATE RSS feeds. Content posted in the technology section is NOT always posted in the main blog. So, if you're into tech and travel subscribe to those RSS feeds separately.

These are the feeds:-

Main Blog RSS Feed


Tech Section


Travel Section

Shameless self-promotion

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:44:15 GMT

As part of my 2007 year in review I've determined that this blog deserves more readers so I've decided to do some self-promotion. Evidentially if people don't know about you they cannot read you. As part of this campaign I decided to self nominate me to the Irish Blog Awards in the Personal Blog Category.

Where do you come in? Easy, in nominating me. Just click on this link and fill in the name and my blog in the personal blog category with a short description of why. That's it. You only need to nominate a minimum of 1 blog so don't be scared at the length of the form.

This is who I nominated for in the other categories:-
Best blog: Twenty Major
Best Technology blog: Semantic Bits
Best Food blog: The humble housewife

1000 posts in mindspill

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:27:55 GMT

Introducing 3 new sections

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:26:52 GMT

To reflect the start of my two year research project in Information Visualization, Social Networks and the Airline Industry I'm adding 3 new categories to the blog. The first section on Information Visualisation will contain examples of interesting graphical displays of information to help communicate better (see the Information Aesthetics site for some examples).

Source: NY Times Information Graphic Examples - Matthew Ericson

The social networks section will contain posts on social relations. The essence of social networks is the focus on relationships between entities (e.g. people, countries), rather than the individual characteristics of that entity. Nowadays social networks are commonly associated with websites like Facebook and Myspace, which are examples of social network services. These services provide an accessible way for social scientists to examine the social networks of people who use these services.

The third area of this project is the airline business. Instead of starting a section on the airline business itself this section will contain general airline travel tips.

Since the contents of these sections are going to be a bit on the geeky side, posts in these sections are going to be published in the technology and travel section of mindspill.

Leaving two days earlier

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:16:46 GMT

I'm leaving for my September "holiday" two days earlier. I managed to combine some work I've got to do in the dot with my personal holiday. This way I'm hoping to keep my free time my own and not let work creep in as happened before. Making an extra buck doesn't hurt either.

Blog News: I've created a new section for in the inbox this week posts.

New tech section layout

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:56:25 GMT

I've updated the layout of the tech section slightly. It was done in a bit of a rush because I was fed up with the old layout. I think I should do something better with the title which isn't really convincing. Any opinions / suggestions on the new layout?

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After

First birthday present

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:53:15 GMT

Today I received my first birthday present, 3 days in advance. It definitely helped start the day on the right foot and with a smile especially when I saw the card with the cat fish. To celebrate the postcard I've added a cats category to the blog.

Got three CDs of bands I’ve been listening to a lot recently. Pain – Dancing with the dead, Finntroll – Ur Jordens Djup and Ajattara – Tyhjyys. Great stuff and most welcoming. The Finnish theme of the bands gives off the sender doesn’t it. Thanks!

The elephant penis

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:41:47 GMT

If you were redirected here from an "elephant penis" or any other related "animal sex" search you can find what you're looking for here!

Personalised blog t-shirts with popularity statistics

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:02:30 GMT

Alexa, the website popularity tracking providers let you create these t-shirts. Oh, I'm so tempted to get one, I like the 0.000045% popularity on the web. It's hilariously pathetic.

Venezuela Photos

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:53:02 GMT

At last I've finished uploading and writing up the Venezuela photos. There are a couple of galleries for each different place I've been to. Check them out in the travel section.