Published on Sunday, 22nd June, 2008 .
I was going to do a short post on how I am getting round my ’sell out’ clause (see last post) by keeping up to date with MisssyM via her full post aggregation on the ABZblogs site. Hehe! I set the rules I’ll bend them where quality blogging is happening.
I couldn’t ignore the last post from fellow ABZ blogger Cllr Mark McDonald though. It’s late now and I wouldn’t do a response justice, although I will be posting comment in his blog soon enough. I just want to say that this blog may well be heading in a slightly local political direction (hey I already have 2 mentions in the Scottish round-up, I’m practically the politics authority! - also, what’s happening with curious hamster? after his move to wordpress his aggregation’s not feeding ABZ, this needs sorting, I digress…) Yeah, politics… I don’t think the P&J are doing the current round of political troubles in Aberdeen justice with their coverage. They’re becoming ever so slightly story writers rather than story tellers. Hopefully some fellow bloggers and I can re-direct the focus or at least get both sides heard.
I don’t talk about my own political leanings, mainly because I don’t like the set up of party politics, it’s always party first, politics second. Not how I want my life to be run thanks. So I’ll be staying independent although I’ll no doubt seem to be taking an SNP bias as I try to get the viewpoint of a non P&J/EE writer across.
Published on Tuesday, 17th June, 2008 .
I’ve come to a decision today. If I find Google Adwords or PayPerPost or any “we’ll pay you for putting our links on your blog” on YOUR blog, I’m blacklisting it. “part of the BlogHer network” = not part of my internet(yes it’s mine!)
You’re selling out.
I’m annoyed because some of the best blogs I read are awash with these(I particularly hate Adwords as part of a post template.)
Now I have adverts in my sidebar, you’ll have noticed, they’re identified as such, but none of these pay me to put them there. They are all sites I personally use and endorse, there may or may not be a requirement to show these links as part of the service. I’d show them anyway(the statcounter one for example). I do not have, and never will have paid advertising.
Sorry if you are losing a reader through this. I’ll keep a list of the blacklisted blogs on another page.
btk
Oh, FF3 is out today, I wonder if it still breaks parkingwars, the beta did.
[edit] all my ads have gone now since I changed template, doh![/edit]
Published on Saturday, 7th June, 2008 .
Congratulations to my mate Alan who got his private pilot’s licence today. 
Published on Thursday, 5th June, 2008 .
…she said. Catty always “knows” someone from Big Brother. I’m sure I know him. Aye aye aye. But..
He’s only from KILWINNING!!!! (centre of the universe and home town of thekid) So she probably did his AVON or something.
Mikey to win!
