Mother’s Got A Dot Com

It’s that time again, and here’s a post of big thanks to my advertisers:

Childrens Activities with Usborne Books
Happy Steps
Pearls
Personal Finance Management Guide
Carole’s Thoughtful Spot
Confessions of a Diet Coke Addict
Blogs To Note

Remember the Big Bang meme? From the brain behind it comes SlogBite, a new, meme based directory of blogs. The objective being Link Love all around once it’s officially launched, it’s open to anyone with a web presence (it doesn’t have to be a blog). The site is under construction, but accepts participants in preparation for the official launch.
Have a look, have a browse, and join in!

Update: I’ve got 8 referrals to my name from this site already - thank you, whoever you are! I’ve entered this blog in the Norway Blogs Category, a sub in Blogs Of The World. There are two (2) blogs there, mine and mine. I felt so sorry for the category, you see. All empty… C’mon, you Norwegians out there, let’s multiply… Or something.
Oh, and there are PLENTY of categories to choose from. You don’t have to join the Norse squad.

Last weeks advertisers on my Entrewidget - a big thank you to you all!

Happy Thoughts, Happy Tot
The Erickson Zoo
My Opinion Counts
State Of Confusion
Scramories
24 Hour Paradigm
Stay At Home Mom

I believe this blogs Technorati authority must have been on a serious regime of very potent diet pills lately. It went up like a rocket with the Big Bang meme, but for a month now, it’s been going down steadily.
I think I know why. My links are “outdated” in Technorati terms - they only count links that are less than 6 months old. So, when the effects of the Big Bang wear off, I’ll be back to scratch, unless someone comes up with another meme equally as effective. (I’m in, by the way, you creative bloggers out there!)
As for Page Rank - this blog is now back on 0, after a stint in the N/A category… I guess that’s an improvement, at least I choose to see it that way. As long as my other blog (where you’ll find that every post has a contextual paid link in it, and loads of weird comments that I can’t be bothered to delete) has a PR of 2, I refuse to take it seriously.
I guess I could be creative and come up with a meme too. I could also get better at commenting on blogs - I know I lurk a lot - and at replying to other peoples comments here. Social bookmarking sites are not my thing - I’m sure it’s wonderful to have 10 000 “friends”, but I prefer having a few that I feel bad about not visiting go and see.

So - I’ll just keep on blogging for my own enjoyment, and if it pays a bill or two per month, it’ll be a bonus. I’ve “met” some wonderful people, and I’m sure there are many more out there. If you catch me lurking on your blog, it’s because I like you…

What’s a week?

Hardly anything, these days - has anyone changed weeks from 7 to 3 days and not told me? Anyway - here’s a big thank you to last weeks advertisers - all 7 of them!

Twerlemz’ Blog
The Clan McLeod
Confessions of a Diet Coke Addict
Pearls
Our Journey to Forever
On The Horizon
Avon Romance Blog

Mo is on holiday (hope you’re having a smashing time, Mo!), and in his absense, Janna’s hosting her very first Carnival!

Head on over there, there may still be time to join in, and there’s certainly time to visit some of the wonderful MM posts that people have submitted. My favourite Manic post on this blog has to be this one, on 1000, and that’s the one I’ve submitted to the Carnival on The Jannaverse!

If I’d known about the site Webhostrating back in the days when I was looking for a web host, I might have made a better job of it.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m very happy with my hosting service. The thing is - I was lucky.
My service happens to be within the top 5 in the rating.
How I made my choice?
The criteria were few and very simple: I didn’t really have any. I didn’t even know the correct term (web host, FYI!) in English, so I had no idea what to look for at first…
The host I finally chose had a site that looked trustworthy, and I’d seen their name now and then during my search.
As I said - lucky.
Webhostrating also have an extensive articles section, where you can learn more about various types of hosting. There are tutorials too, that can help you get the most out of your hosting service. I’ll be sure to check those out - that I managed to get this blog up and running was something of a miracle. I should learn more, so I can keep it for a long time…

du-du-du-du-du-du

Right. I’ve managed to hack into #4 Brats computer (Ha! I tortured her into giving me the password), and here’s a post of thanks to my Entre-adverisers from last week.
About Offshoring
Art Blog - Wildlife Art
Amy Lilley Designs
The Journey
Homebound
neurogyp
The Sewing Mom

I have a little hope that I’ll be able to get online with my own PC tomorrow, which means no Vista (yay!!!) and back to dropping Entrecards (I went cold turkey. Awful.)

Anyone heard this conversation before?

- online support, how can I help?

- I don’t seem to be able to get on the Internet.

- OK, blablabla, push this, press that, blablabla, is this lamp on? press this, push that, blablabla and reboot your computer.

- It doesn’t help, I still can’t get on…

- right, I see what’s gone wrong. You need a new driver for your network card.

- great! How do I get hold of that?

- You download it. Give me your email adress, and I’ll send you a link.

This is where I wished to be 14 again, so I could say: DUH!

I’m back - just in time to publish this tribute list to last weeks’ advertisers:

Sasha Says
Mommies Home
My So Called Life
The Sewing Mom
According To Me
Lainy’s Musings
Scramories

Thanks, all of you!